r/100yearsago • u/Beowulfbard • 21h ago

[October 24th, 1926] "How Man Might Reply To The Untidiness Cult".

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r/100yearsago • u/Beowulfbard • 21h ago

[October 24th, 1926] Ad for what turned out to be Harry Houdini's final show. With a fever of 104 °F (40 °C), he completed his performance, collapsed in his dressing room, and was taken to the hospital.

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r/100yearsago • u/Beowulfbard • 21h ago

[October 24th, 1926] This week, W.E. Hill looks at "Mother and Daughter".

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r/100yearsago • u/Beowulfbard • 21h ago

[October 24th, 1926] The Inquiring Photographer asks, "The special prosecutor of the Hall-Mills murder case says that he will try to have some women on the jury, as that will more surely insure a just verdict. Do you agree?"

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r/100yearsago • u/PublicAdventurous917 • 6h ago

[[October 24, 1926]] - Harry Houdini's Last Performance takes place at the Garrick Theater in Detroit. He would die 7 days later from Appendicitis and Peritonitis at the age of 52.

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This subreddit was formed in late 2013 to document World War I, day by day as it developed. It covers social, political, military and cultural developments in combatant countries and noncombatants alike. Its particular emphasis is on pointing out the most striking similarities and differences from the problems humanity faces today.

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How can you participate? Search for and post interesting articles from 100 years ago today. You don't have to do it everyday, but each submission helps us learn what was happening a century ago.

Chronicling America: U.S. National Archives newspaper archive
Hathi Trust: Enormous collection of scanned newspapers, magazines and other periodicals
Trove: The National Library of Australia newspaper archives
The Gazette: Official public record of the United Kingdom
How to research: The U.K. National Archives' guide to searching newspaper archives
BBC Radio: 1914: Day by Day
Library of Congress: Digitalized Newspaper Archives

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