On May 25, 1935, a major record was set. It was a record that would last for nearly forty years. But, did those living in and printing newspapers in 1935 know just how big of a deal Babe Ruth's record would be? And, what else was being printed on the same day?

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“Advertisement: Hope Star Carrier Boys (Page 3).” The Hope Star (Hope, Arkansas), May 25, 1935. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Asks $250,000 for 'Lost Beauty'.” Lead Daily Call (Lead, South Dakota), May 25, 1935. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Believe Kidnappers Trapped In Oregon.” The Paris Morning News (Paris, Texas), June 2, 1935. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Kidnapers [Sic] Hideout In Spokane.” Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), June 10, 1935. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Laura Ingalls to Attempt to Break Amelia's Record.” Carroll Daily Herald (Carroll, Iowa), May 25, 1935. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Lumberman Dies.” LaGrande Evening Observer (LaGrande, Oregon), May 16, 1935. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “National League.” Spokane Daily Chronicle (Spokane, Washington), n.d. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Weyerhause Boy Kidnapped At Tacoma.” LaGrande Evening Observer (LaGrande, Oregon), May 25, 1935. www.newspapers.com.

“Babe Ruth Hits the Final Three Home Runs .” This Day In Baseball, May 24, 2021. https://thisdayinbaseball.com/babe-ruth-hits-the-final-three-home-runs-numbers-712-713-and-714/.

“Comment On The Day's News.” Medford Mail Tribune (Medford, Oregon), July 19, 1935. www.newspapers.com.

“Court Blocks Mrs. Waley In Pleading Guilty.” Albany Democrat-Herald (Albany, Oregon), June 22, 1935. www.newspapers.com.

Glover, K. Daniel. “The Aviatrix Whose Name Lives in Infamy.” Medium. Medium, April 22, 2018. https://danny-glover.medium.com/the-aviatrix-whose-name-lives-in-infamy-a219ad658d8d.

“Ruth Chatterton.” Hollywood Walk of Fame, December 9, 2020. https://walkoffame.com/ruth-chatterton/.

“Ruth Chatterton.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, December 3, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Chatterton.

United Press. “Ruth Chatterton Flies Across U. S. .” The Morning News (Danville, Pennsylvania), May 25, 1935. www.newspapers.com.

“Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping.” FBI. FBI, May 18, 2016. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/weyerhaeuser-kidnapping.

Zemeckis, Leslie. “A Showgirl You Should Know.” Medium. Medium, September 5, 2018. https://bounddv.medium.com/a-showgirl-you-should-know-2c530262257f.

“‘I'll Spend My $90,000 To Get My Damaged Beauty Reconstructed!".” The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), February 2, 1936. 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.