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Headlines, articles, advertisements, cartoons, etc. from newspapers published 100 years ago today.

All the newspapers used can be found on the Library of Congress website as part of their Chronicling America collection.
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Imperial Valley Press, February 26, 1926
Newspaper article reading the following: ROME. Feb. 26.--The Prince of Hesse, so -in-law of the King of Italy through marriage to Princess Mafalda, fell today from his horse and was dangerously injured. His condition is regarded as grave.
February 27, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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Feb. 22, 1926: A gunman is arrested as the “mad sniper” who has been terrorizing Omaha, Neb., for eight days. Frank Carter confesses to the spree but offers no motive as to why he has been firing through windows at seemingly random people, often at night, killing two. 1/6
February 22, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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New Britain Herald, February 22, 1926 #otd #history
Photo of two women in long jackets and figure skates each standing on one skate. They’re facing the camera and leaning towards each other holding each of the other’s hands. Image is titled “They Cut a Pretty Figure.” Image is captioned as follows: Beatrix Loughran (left), Brooklyn, N. Y., retaining the U. S. figure skating title at Boston, Mass., contest. Mrs. T. W. Blanchard, ice dancing with her, took second place and won senior pair-skating event with Nathaniel Niles of Boston.
February 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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The Sunday Star, February 21, 1926 #otd #history
Newspaper article titled Death Laid to Dance with a black and white photo of a white woman with short hair captioned “Evelyn Myers.” Article reads as follows: Seventeen-year-old high school senior of Seneca, Kans., and the best Charleston dancer of her district, recently paid for this distinction with her life. On the death certificate, Dr. W. R.Boyer attributed the cause of her death to too much Charleston. He advised the city to limit this dance.
February 21, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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The Sunday Star, February 21, 1926 #otd #history
Newspaper article reading the following: BOYCOTT 13-CENT BREAD. Baltimore Housewives Baking Own in Fight on Dealers. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, February 20.- Housewives here are boycotting the bread industry by refusing to buy bread until the 1-cent increase in price has been removed. They say 12 cents was too high, and 13 is robbery. They are baking their own. Mrs. Peter B. Bradley, president of the Baltimore Housewives' League, says letters are pouring in to her from every town and eity in the State, and from women in Washington, Wilmington, Philadelphia and other nearby cities, encouraging the Baltimore women to continue the boycott until they have won their fight.
February 21, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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The Sunday Star, February 21, 1926 #otd #history
Newspaper article reading the following: Italian-Born Child Must Bear Italian Name, Court Rules By the Associated Press. TRIESTE, Italy. February 20. Children born in the territories ceded by Austria to Italy after the great war must be given Italian names, the Court of Appeals here has ruled. The court declared that refusal to given an Italian-born child an Italian name was an anti-national act.
February 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Key West Citizen, February 20, 1926 #otd #history
Newspaper article reading the following: BOGGED BABY IS RESCUED THROUGH EFFORTS OF DOG ROCKYFORD, Cal.—That 2-year-old Betty Anson, daughter of a local farmer, is alive and happy today she owes to Pepper, a dog that had been her playmate. The child had wandered down to the river and become bogged in the mud up to her should-ers. The dog at first tried to pull her out, but soon abandoned this effort and dashed away for help. Meeting Henry Koerner, he seized him by the trousers and dragged him toward the river. Koerner suspected something amiss and ran to the spot where the child was trapped. He pulled her out and the next day was none the worse for her experience.
February 21, 2026 at 3:53 AM