ADDITIONAL HISTORY: Headlines You Probably Missed

On December 25, 1914, a Christmas miracle happened on the front lines during World War I. That day, the British and Belgium soldiers met in the middle of the battlefield with the Germans and shared an evening of celebration. What led to the sudden festivities and how did it change the course of the war?

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SOURCES

“Christmas Truce.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Accessed November 18, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/event/The-Christmas-Truce.

Janssen, A.J. Baime & Volker. “WWI's Christmas Truce: When Fighting Paused for the Holiday.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, October 29, 2018. https://www.history.com/news/christmas-truce-1914-world-war-i-soldier-accounts.

Silent Night: The Story of the Christmas Truce. YouTube, 2020. https://youtu.be/yCRjN6qqgHc.

“Troops to Take Holiday.” The Weekly Eagle (Wichita, Kansas), December 25, 1914. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

On May 7, 1915, something happened off the coast of Ireland that would change the course of history in the United States. That day, a German U-boat sunk the Lusitania, a passenger ship, bringing the USA one step closer to entering World War I. It was an important moment in history, but what else was being reported on the same day?

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“Advertisement: Grape-Nuts (Page 3).” The Potter Review (Potter, Nebraska), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Russell Pethrick, 22, Admits Murder of Mrs. Ella Coppersmith.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, Missouri), May 18, 1915. www.newspapers.com.

“Attempt Made In Court On Life Of Russell Pethick.” The Day Book (Chicago, Illinois), September 28, 1915. www.newspapers.com.

“Board of Trade to Urge City Council.” The Palatka News and Advertiser (Palatka, Florida), May 14, 1915. www.newspapers.com.

“Diamonds Object of Double Murder.” Altoona Tribune ( Altoona, Pennsylvania), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com.

“Ella G Monahan Coppersmith (1887-1915) .” Find a Grave. Accessed November 17, 2022. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68725793/ella-g-coppersmith.

“Emmeline and Dame Christabel Pankhurst: Suffragette Leaders.” English Heritage. Accessed November 17, 2022. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/emmeline-christabel-pankhurst/#:~:text=for%20the%20cause.-,'WAR%20BABIES',result%20of%20the%20social%20upheaval.

“Fingerprints Reveal Slayer.” Lima Republican-Gazette (Lima, Ohio), May 21, 1915. www.newspapers.com.

“Florida Woodenware Plant Destroyed.” The Palatka News and Advertiser (Palatka, Florida), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com.

“Great Liner Lusitania Torpedoed and Sent to Bottom by Germans.” The Ogden Standard (Ogden, Utah), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com.

Kettler, Sara. “Emmeline Pankhurst.” Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, November 12, 2021. https://www.biography.com/activist/emmeline-pankhurst.

“Liner Lusitania Torpedoed Off Irish Coast and Is Reported Sunk.” The St. Louis Star (St. Louis, Missouri), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com.

Lines, Chris. “The Nurse Who Kept Emmeline Pankhurst Alive.” City Magazine, September 18, 2018. https://citymag.city.ac.uk/emmeline-pankhurst-nurse/.

Magazine, Smithsonian. “Telegraph Recovered from the Wreck of the 'Lusitania'.” Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution, July 31, 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/telegraph-recovered-wreck-lusitania-180964267/.

McDermott, Annette. “How the Sinking of Lusitania Changed World War I.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, April 17, 2018. https://www.history.com/news/how-the-sinking-of-lusitania-changed-wwi.

“Mrs. Pankhurst to Become Mother to Fifty War Babies.” The St. Louis Star and Times (St. Louis, Missouri), May 7, 1915. www.newspapers.com.

“RMS Lusitania.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 16, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared while on an around-the-world flight. The world mourned. What else was being reported on such a historically significant day?

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“Advertisement: Leaves Tomorrow! Excursion By Air! (Page 2).” Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), July 2, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

“Amelia Earhart Disappears.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, February 9, 2010. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/amelia-earhart-disappears.

“Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937.” PBS. Public Broadcasting Service. Accessed November 15, 2022. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earhart-timeline/.

Associated Press. “Fireworks Blast Kills Woman, Two Children.” The Twin Falls News (Twin Falls, Idaho), July 2, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Five Killed, Score Maimed In Fireworks Blast In Store.” The Salisbury Times (Salisbury, Maryland), July 2, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Long-Dead Indian Speaks Into Spiritualist Mike.” The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) , July 2, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Seek Amelia Earhart At Sea.” Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, Texas), July 2, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Three Killed and 15 Injured in Nampa Fireworks Explosion; Women Are Trapped By Flames.” The Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise, Idaho), July 2, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

“Blast Survivors Now Recovering.” The Idaho Statesman (Boise, Idaho), July 4, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

Bonham, Sherry Keefer. “Josephine Karns (1911-1992) .” Find a Grave. Accessed November 15, 2022. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184203091/josephine-karns.

“Carolyn Josephine Karns; Pennsylvania, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1906-1913.” Ancestry.com. Accessed November 15, 2022. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3284650:60484.

Davis, Erin, and Brandon Griggs. “Amelia Earhart Broke Aviation Records and Empowered Generations of Women Pilots.” CNN. Cable News Network, July 24, 2019. https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/24/us/amelia-earhart-day-facts-trnd/index.html.

“Death Toll From Blast Reaches Six At Nampa; Others Are Recovering.” The Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise, Idaho), July 3, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

“Girl Disappears From Her Home.” The Mountain Echo (Shickshinny, Pennsylvania), July 2, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

Hartigan, Rachel. “Amelia Earhart's Bones May Have Been Discovered in 1940.” History. National Geographic, May 3, 2021. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/amelia-earhart-bones-forensic-analysis.

“Josephine C. Karns: 1940 United States Federal Census.” Ancestry.com. Accessed November 15, 2022. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/27978960:2442.

“Josephine C. Karns: 1950 United States Federal Census.” Ancestry.com. Accessed November 15, 2022. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/238984909:62308?tid=&pid=&queryId=16ddfb7138f81d72872038e81e82c11e&_phsrc=xdm120&_phstart=successSource.

“Josephine Karns: Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968.” Ancestry.com. Accessed November 15, 2022. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/902975161:61381.

“Josephine Karns: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.” Ancestry.com. Accessed November 15, 2022. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/.

On August 31, 1992, a long standoff between hundreds of federal agents and the Randy Weaver family finally ended at Ruby Ridge in northern Idaho. What led to the standoff, who was at fault, and how did it finally end?

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Associated Press. “Daughters Mourn, Cope With Deaths.” The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho), September 1, 1992. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Federal Agents Dispute Accounts of Vickie Weaver's Death.” The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho), September 5, 1992. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Weaver Surrender, Ends Siege.” The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho), September 1, 1992. www.newspapers.com.

“Bo Gritz.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 15, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Gritz

Geranios, Nicholas K. “25 Years Later, Ruby Ridge Standoff Inspires Militia Groups.” The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho), August 31, 2017. www.newspapers.com.

Geranios, Nicholas K. “Weaver, Participant in Ruby Ridge Standoff, Dies at 74.” The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho), May 13, 2022. www.newspapers.com.

Morlin, Bill. “Journalist Was Eyewitness to Tragedy, Nightmare of Ruby Ridge.” Spokesman.com. The Spokesman-Review, February 13, 2017. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/feb/12/journalist-was-eyewitness-to-tragedy-nightmare-of-/.

Press, The Associated. “Randy Weaver, Participant in Ruby Ridge Standoff, Dies at 74.” NPR. NPR, May 12, 2022. https://www.npr.org/2022/05/12/1098652910/randy-weaver-participant-ruby-ridge-standoff-dies.

“Randy Weaver.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 2, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Weaver.

“Bo Gritz.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 15, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Gritz

“Remembering Ruby Ridge 25 Years Later.” Ruby Ridge Official Web Site. Accessed November 6, 2022. https://www.rubyridgetofreedom.com/ruby-ridge-25-years-later-interview.html.

“Shootings at Ruby Ridge.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, February 9, 2010. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/incident-at-ruby-ridge.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

May 8, 1886, was the date something extremely iconic debuted. Was Coca Cola an instant hit, or did it take a while for the famous soda to get a following? And, what else was happening around the globe the same day the first glass of Coke was dispensed at the soda fountain?

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“Advertisement: Venable's Soda Fountain (Page 11).” The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), June 6, 1886. www.newspapers.com.

“Benj J. Burton.” Newport Mercury (Newport, Rhode Island), October 24, 1885. www.newspapers.com.

“Dorsey and Wife Sentenced to Life Imprisonment.” Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), July 1, 1886. www.newspapers.com.

“Emily Burton's Sentence.” Boston Daily Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), May 8, 1886. www.newspapers.com.

“John Pemberton.” Lemelson. Accessed November 4, 2022. https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/john-pemberton.

“Millington's Ghost.” The Ness City Graphic (Ness City, Kansas), May 8, 1886. www.newspapers.com.

“The Newport Tragedy - Confession of the Murdered Man's Daughter.” Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, Massachusetts), November 25, 1886. www.newspapers.com.

“Parson Dorsey Tells of the Confession by Mrs. Dorsey of the Murder of Her Father.” Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), June 30, 1886. www.newspapers.com.

“A Queer Murder Case.” The New York Times (New York City, New York), May 9, 1886. www.newspapers.com.

“Suicide by Murder?” Newport Mercury (Newport, Rhode Island), October 31, 1885. www.newspapers.com.

“Whirl of a Water Spout.” Savannah Morning News (Savannah, Georgia), May 8, 1886. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Usually episodes from the 1940s are about World War II, but on June 4, 1943, something else was unfolding in California--the Zoot Suit Riots. Don't know what a zoot suit is? Never heard of those riots? Listen to learn all about them and other events being printed in newspapers on the exact same day.

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SOURCES

Adam Hill Last Modified Date: October 28. “What Is a Silver Penny?” Smart Capital Mind, October 28, 2022. https://www.smartcapitalmind.com/what-is-a-silver-penny.htm.

“Advertisement: Airplane Spotters Wanted (Page 5).” The Portsmouth Herald (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), June 4, 1943. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Chaplin Wed Again.” The Barre Daily Times (Barre, Vermont), June 17, 1943. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Girl Accuses Charlie Chaplin.” The Post Register (Idaho Falls, Idaho), June 4, 1943. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Morgenthau Asked to Punch Hole in Penny.” The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Washington), June 4, 1943. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Narcotic Probe Ordered in L.A. Zoot Disorders.” The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), June 11, 1943. www.newspapers.com.

“Boy Reenacts His Slaying of Newell.” St. Louis Globe (St. Louis, Missouri), June 4, 1943. www.newspapers.com.

“Chaplin's Name Linked With Many Actresses.” The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), June 4, 1943. www.newspapers.com.

“Charlie Chaplin and the Changing Meaning of ‘Paternity.’” Science Friday, June 27, 2019. https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/charlie-chaplin-paternity-lawsuit/.

“Charlie Chaplin.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 2, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin.

“Cycle Rider Severely Hurt in Car Crash .” Belleville Daily Advocate (Belleville, Illinois), July 27, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

Everett, Richard. “Jury Probe Ordered On Charges Linking Newell, 4 Policemen.” St. Louis Star-Times (St. Louis, Missouri), May 19, 1944. www.newspapers.com.

“Grasswick Now Says Affidavit on Graft Is True.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri), May 18, 1944. www.newspapers.com.

Headley, Susan. “How Rare Is a 1943 Lincoln Steel Penny?” The Spruce Crafts. The Spruce Crafts, June 1, 2022. https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-rare-is-a-1943-penny-3970325.

History.com Editors. “Zoot Suit Riots.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, September 27, 2017. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/zoot-suit-riots.

Typically these mini episodes are about little known moments in history. Today, I decided to share a big moment. In 1910, a murder case involving Dr. Hawley Crippen gripped the world and was one of the most exciting trials of the 20th century. The shocking twists would come 100 years later.

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SOURCES

“Crippen in the Box.” Evening Standard and St. James's Gazette, October 20, 1910. www.newspapers.com.

“Hawley Harvey Crippen.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Accessed November 3, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hawley-Harvey-Crippen.

“Hawley Otto Crippen (1888-1974) .” Find a Grave. Accessed November 3, 2022. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75454525/hawley-otto-crippen.

“Is Belle Elmore Still Living?” The Daily Standard (Kingston, Ontario, Canada), November 7, 1910. www.newspapers.com.

Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume 60 Issue 11 November 2010. “The Execution of Dr Crippen.” History Today. Accessed November 3, 2022. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/execution-dr-crippen.

“Too Great Haste.” The Billings Daily Gazette (Billings, Montana), November 9, 1910. www.newspapers.com.

United Press. “Stepfather of Belle Elmore Will Go to London in an Attempt to Secure the Acquittal of Dr. Hawley Crippen.” Belleville Daily Advocate (Belleville, Illinois), August 1, 1910. www.newspapers.com.

United Press. “Want to Question Los Angeles Man About a Murder.” Los Angeles Evening Post-Record (Los Angeles, California), July 14, 1910. www.newspapers.com.

“Was Dr Crippen Innocent of His Wife's Murder?” BBC News. BBC, July 29, 2010. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-10802059.

“Who Was Hawley Harvey Crippen? Everything You Need to Know.” Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements. Accessed November 3, 2022. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/hawley-harvey-crippen-5438.php.

“With Quiet Resignation Dr. Crippen Pays Penalty For His Crime.” The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, Alabama), November 23, 1910. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music

On September 25, 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court. What else was being reported in newspapers on that historic day?

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“Advertisement: American Waterbed World, Inc. (Page 11-A).” The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida), September 25, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “O'Connor Gets Her Day As First Woman Justice.” The Lima News (Lima, Ohio), September 25, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

Barrett, Tom. “Police Rescue Kidnapped Tot.” The Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), September 25, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

Calhoun, John. “10 Fascinating Facts about Joan Crawford.” Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, March 22, 2021. https://www.biography.com/news/joan-crawford-biography-facts.

Elkins, Ken. “Lambert Granted Parole, Facing Alabama Hearing.” The Columbus Enquirer (Columbus, Georgia), December 28, 1984. www.newspapers.com.

Hixt, Nancy. “Stolen Innocence .” Crime Beat Podcast, air date January 10, 2022.

“Joan Crawford.” Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, March 26, 2021. https://www.biography.com/actor/joan-crawford.

Mathews, Tom. “Denise Lambert Denied 'Youth' Status by Judge in Heath Murder Case.” Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, Tennessee), September 3, 1983. www.newspapers.com.

Montgomery, Chris Zdeb. “Sexual Deviant's Sentence Boosted to 4 Years on New Disclosures.” The Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), March 8, 1994. www.newspapers.com.

“Owens v. State.” Justia Law. Accessed November 1, 2022. https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/1986/531-so-2d-2-0.html.

Parker, Jerry. “'Mommie Dearest' Was Not the Dearest of Mommies.” Clarion Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi), October 15, 1978. www.newspapers.com.

Perreaux, Leslie. “High-Risk Sex Offender to Make Warman Home.” The Star Phoneix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada), April 4, 1998. www.newspapers.com.

“Sandra Day O'Connor.” Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy. Accessed November 1, 2022. https://oconnorinstitute.org/civic-programs/oconnor-history/sandra-day-oconnor-policy-archives-research-library/.

Solomon, Howard. “Crossfield Kidnapper Jailed.” Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), March 27, 1982. www.newspapers.com.

Susan Swartz. “Was Crawford Really Weird?” The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California), September 25, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

“Urgent Inmate Executed for Plotting Murder of Pregnant Wife.” AP NEWS. Associated Press, March 20, 1992. https://apnews.com/article/217fea3fba61cbd656112759fe71a363.

Walters, Nolan. “$200,000 Bond Set For Denise Lambert.” The Columbus Ledger (Columbus, Georgia), September 25, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

We've talked about many wars and conflicts on this podcast, but there's one we haven't covered yet--the Korean War. It's often called the forgotten war, but  today we want to remember it and the other things being reported in newspapers the day it began.

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SOURCES

“Advertisment: Rominger Jewelry Co. (page 4).” Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald (Scottsbluff, Nebraska), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

“Albion Family of Cook Awaits Word He Has Inherited $150,000.” Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), June 28, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

“Albion Family Of Cook Awaits Word He Inherited $150,000.” Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), June 28, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

Ashcroft, Brent. “Memorial Service Set for Recently Discovered Flight 2501 Mass Grave.” Detroit Free Press. Detroit Free Press, June 23, 2015. https://www.freep.com/story/news/2015/06/23/northwest-orient-flight-2501-memorial/29149889/.

Associated Press. “Café Cook Is Left $150,000 Estate By Judge He Befriended .” The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Tank-Led Communists Invade South Korea.” Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, Texas), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

“Bloody Murder Plotted to Dupe Insurance Firms.” Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, Tennessee), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

Bodell, Luke. “Disappearance over Lake Michigan: The Story of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501.” Simple Flying, June 23, 2022. https://simpleflying.com/northwest-orient-flight-2501-disappearance/.

“Clive Cussler.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Cussler.

Fishman, Joseph Fulling. “Attempts to Swindle the Life Insurance Companies (American Mercury; July 1950).” The Unz Review. Accessed September 26, 2022. https://www.unz.com/print/AmMercury-1956jul/.

History.com Editors. “Korean War.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 9, 2009. https://www.history.com/topics/korea/korean-war.

“Mystery of Call to Albion Mayor on Death Solved.” Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), March 14, 1969. www.newspapers.com.

“National Underwater and Marine Agency.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, February 15, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Underwater_and_Marine_Agency.

“Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, September 17, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_2501.

“Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, September 17, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_2501.

“Olinto Nenni (1882-1956).” Find a Grave. Accessed September 24, 2022. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88982337/olinto-nenni.

United Press. “58 Persons Dead In Worst US Air Crash.” The Mexia Daily News (Mexia, Texas), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

“Wire Says Man Inherited Fortune Here -- But Where?” Tampa Bay Times (Tampa Bay, Florida), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

It's another random clippings mini episode! In these episodes, I share interesting, tiny articles and blurbs from random times and places in history that aren't long enough--or on the right days--to work as additional history stories. Enjoy!

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SOURCES

Associated Press. “Good Luck Coin Turns Out More Bad Than Good Luck.” The Advocate-Messenger (Danville, Kentucky), January 18, 1967. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Humans Add Water, and Plug's Up Well.” The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina), July 26, 1960. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Letcher Officer Ambushed, Shot.” Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

Dix, Dorothy. “Happiest Time Of Life Can Be Any Time, Miss Dix Declares.” Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, Tennessee), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

International News Service. “Mob Captures Deer Taking City Stroll.” The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), May 20, 1932. www.newspapers.com.

“Lineman Unconscious At Top of Telephone Pole.” The Montgomery Times (Montgomery, Alabama), August 20, 1908. www.newspapers.com.

“Mysterious Letter Is Lost.” The Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan), April 26, 1986. www.newspapers.com.

“Real Tin-Can Tourist Always Gets a Lift.” The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), November 2, 1941. www.newspapers.com.

“Three Dollars Reward.” The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), July 30, 1776. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.