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A Century Late
Tuesday, October 19, 1926
Nation & WorldAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Daily Kennebec JournalAugusta, Me.

Arrives at Capital

Context - explained by ACL:

At the close of her first day in America, the Queen of Rumania was housed for the night in the Rumanian legation, described as becoming by virtue of her presence the royal palace of a distant Balkan kingdom. The report describes a day crowded with incidents of cordial welcome and new sights, which the queen called exciting and touching, and begins to recount her first glimpse of the Capitol before the text breaks off.

The Queen of Rumania, at the end of her first day in America.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., October 19, 1926, page 1]

Washington, Oct. 18 - (AP) - Marie, Queen of Rumania, at the close of the first day in America, returned to rest on Rumanian soil. After a day crowded with incidents of cordial welcome and new sights described by the queen as "exciting' and "touching," she was housed tonight in the Rumanian legation, become by virtue of her presence the royal palace of a distant Balkan kingdom.

The queen's first glimpse of the Capitol came as she stood under the (Continued on Page 5 - Col. 4)

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

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Today's paper

October 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

A Century Late
Tuesday, October 19, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Nation & WorldAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Daily Kennebec JournalAugusta, Me.

Arrives at Capital

Context - explained by ACL:

At the close of her first day in America, the Queen of Rumania was housed for the night in the Rumanian legation, described as becoming by virtue of her presence the royal palace of a distant Balkan kingdom. The report describes a day crowded with incidents of cordial welcome and new sights, which the queen called exciting and touching, and begins to recount her first glimpse of the Capitol before the text breaks off.

The Queen of Rumania, at the end of her first day in America.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., October 19, 1926, page 1]

Washington, Oct. 18 - (AP) - Marie, Queen of Rumania, at the close of the first day in America, returned to rest on Rumanian soil. After a day crowded with incidents of cordial welcome and new sights described by the queen as "exciting' and "touching," she was housed tonight in the Rumanian legation, become by virtue of her presence the royal palace of a distant Balkan kingdom.

The queen's first glimpse of the Capitol came as she stood under the (Continued on Page 5 - Col. 4)

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

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Today's paper

October 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

A Century Late
Tuesday, October 19, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Nation & WorldAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Daily Kennebec JournalAugusta, Me.

Arrives at Capital

Context - explained by ACL:

At the close of her first day in America, the Queen of Rumania was housed for the night in the Rumanian legation, described as becoming by virtue of her presence the royal palace of a distant Balkan kingdom. The report describes a day crowded with incidents of cordial welcome and new sights, which the queen called exciting and touching, and begins to recount her first glimpse of the Capitol before the text breaks off.

The Queen of Rumania, at the end of her first day in America.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., October 19, 1926, page 1]

Washington, Oct. 18 - (AP) - Marie, Queen of Rumania, at the close of the first day in America, returned to rest on Rumanian soil. After a day crowded with incidents of cordial welcome and new sights described by the queen as "exciting' and "touching," she was housed tonight in the Rumanian legation, become by virtue of her presence the royal palace of a distant Balkan kingdom.

The queen's first glimpse of the Capitol came as she stood under the (Continued on Page 5 - Col. 4)

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

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Today's paper

October 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

A Century Late
Tuesday, October 19, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Nation & WorldAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Daily Kennebec JournalAugusta, Me.

Arrives at Capital

Context - explained by ACL:

At the close of her first day in America, the Queen of Rumania was housed for the night in the Rumanian legation, described as becoming by virtue of her presence the royal palace of a distant Balkan kingdom. The report describes a day crowded with incidents of cordial welcome and new sights, which the queen called exciting and touching, and begins to recount her first glimpse of the Capitol before the text breaks off.

The Queen of Rumania, at the end of her first day in America.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., October 19, 1926, page 1]

Washington, Oct. 18 - (AP) - Marie, Queen of Rumania, at the close of the first day in America, returned to rest on Rumanian soil. After a day crowded with incidents of cordial welcome and new sights described by the queen as "exciting' and "touching," she was housed tonight in the Rumanian legation, become by virtue of her presence the royal palace of a distant Balkan kingdom.

The queen's first glimpse of the Capitol came as she stood under the (Continued on Page 5 - Col. 4)

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

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Today's paper

October 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

A Century Late
Tuesday, October 19, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Nation & WorldAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Daily Kennebec JournalAugusta, Me.

Arrives at Capital

Context - explained by ACL:

At the close of her first day in America, the Queen of Rumania was housed for the night in the Rumanian legation, described as becoming by virtue of her presence the royal palace of a distant Balkan kingdom. The report describes a day crowded with incidents of cordial welcome and new sights, which the queen called exciting and touching, and begins to recount her first glimpse of the Capitol before the text breaks off.

The Queen of Rumania, at the end of her first day in America.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., October 19, 1926, page 1]

Washington, Oct. 18 - (AP) - Marie, Queen of Rumania, at the close of the first day in America, returned to rest on Rumanian soil. After a day crowded with incidents of cordial welcome and new sights described by the queen as "exciting' and "touching," she was housed tonight in the Rumanian legation, become by virtue of her presence the royal palace of a distant Balkan kingdom.

The queen's first glimpse of the Capitol came as she stood under the (Continued on Page 5 - Col. 4)

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

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Today's paper

October 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.