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[August 19th, 1926] The Inquiring Photographer asks women, "Do you find married men are worse flirts than single men?"

u/Beowulfbard — 1 day ago
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[August 18th, 1926] The Inquiring Reporter asks school children, "Are you glad the vacation period is almost at an end?"

u/Beowulfbard — 2 days ago
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[17 August 1926] GIRL'S DEATH IN ALLEGED SUICIDE PACT. MAN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

u/erinoco — 2 days ago
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[August 18th, 1926] The New York Polyclinic Hospital issued a bulletin describing the condition of Rudolph Valentino as "favorable" after receiving multiple phone calls while rumors of the film idol's death circulated.

u/Beowulfbard — 2 days ago
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[18 August 1926] GERMAN COMMUNIST SQUABBLES. RECRIMINA TIONS IN BERLIN.

u/erinoco — 2 days ago
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[August 17th, 1926] The Inquiring Reporter asks, "What remedy would you suggest to curb the epidemic of assaults upon girls?"

u/Beowulfbard — 3 days ago
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[17 August 1926] MOTHER AND THREE CHILDREN FOUND HANGED. DISCOVERY IN HERTFORDSHIRE COTTAGE.

u/erinoco — 3 days ago
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[August 18th, 1926] An Air Union airliner with 15 people aboard crashed while making an emergency landing while on a scheduled flight from Paris to London, seriously injuring everyone on board, with two passengers and the pilot, a Mr. Delisle, dying.

u/Beowulfbard — 2 days ago
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[August 18th, 1926] In the United States, a weather map is 'telecast' for the first time. It was only intended for one recipient: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington, DC.

u/MonsieurA — 2 days ago
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[August 16th, 1926] 7yo Boy Lost in Woods For Three Days, Thrives

Jackie Strong, 7 years old, got separated from his brothers while they were fishing near Mount Hood, OR. Lost for three days, he THRIVED. Ate fish and huckleberries. Didn't know what all the fuss was about when the search party of over 200 people found him. "Scared? Me. Why no." His parents had faith knowing just how much he looked up to Tarzan, and welcomed wilderness challenges.

What an incredible survival story - I wonder what amazing things Jackie went on to do. According to a brief search, he lived until 2010.

u/HiddenLensHistory — 4 days ago
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[August 17th, 1926] "Friends" Trick Drunk Man Into Being Traffic Cop, Who Then Tries To Arrest Real Officer

Harold Berger needed some new friends.

u/HiddenLensHistory — 3 days ago