Old News

"Should spirits be exorcised?  Before proceeding it would be a good idea to find out what kind of 'spirits' they are."  From Fate Magazine, 1951.

"Is the moon dead or dying?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1920.

"Fat men reducing weight by dancing."  The article promised that a single Salomé dance (belly dance?) reduced one man by 15 pounds.  From The Duluth Herald, 1913.  

From What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell.

"The universe in a room."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1925.

We checked this, and it's true that today's mothers must get 'with it' and that surfboard-riding is as inevitable as the measles!  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1965.

"Scientists hunt game of 500,000 years ago."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1914.

"No kitties were used to fill this white space."  From The Omen, 2003.

"It is a miraculous world.  The war that pleases nobody and the peace that nobody wanted."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1935.

"Confident picture of neurotic illusion."  From The Times, 1981.

"Revenge: is there an understanding among birds?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1930.

"But she won't be lonely very long."  From North Texas State University's 1964 yearbook.

"Here come the elephants."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1953.

"The poetry of sleep."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

"From a volcano to a quiet room.  Silence after noise."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1935.

"The man with the prettiest eyes.  Whew!  'Ain't his eyes too cute for anything.'"  From Southern University's 1915 yearbook.

"Isn't anybody listening?"  From The Instructor, 1969.

"Arouses the beast in man.  Modern woman's dress is foolish, vain and immodest.  Modern styles expose young men to needless temptations."  From The Duluth Herald, 1913.  

Revealed: how Humpty Dumpty got up the wall.  He climbed.  The headline reads, "Eggs climbing."  From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1900.

"Help, please, in the name of God."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1920.