Century Late

The news, as printed onWednesday, September 22, 1926

2 stories, chosen from 40 newspapers of the day and shown exactly as they were printed. Every clipping is the original page, linked to its scan at the Library of Congress.

The morning edition ended on Sunday, November 1, 2026, and no more emails go out. Every edition and storyline stays here to read.

Fonck's Atlantic flight · the take-off

As printed: Giant Sikorsky Plane Crumples On Take Off, 2 Die

Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine: Giant Sikorsky Plane Crumples On Take Off, 2 Die

ContextCapt. René Fonck, the French ace credited with more victories than any other Allied airman in the war, had been waiting on Long Island for weeks to fly nonstop to Paris with three companions in a big three-motored Sikorsky biplane, with a $25,000 prize for the first to make the crossing. The heavily loaded machine never left the field.

Daily Kennebec Journal · Augusta, Maine · page 1 · View the page at the Library of Congress
Only in 1 of the day's 40 papers.
Boxing · the fight is tomorrow night

As printed: PHILADELPHIA IS CROWDED AS FIGHT NEARS

ContextJack Dempsey, heavyweight champion since 1919, defends his title against Gene Tunney in Philadelphia tomorrow night, and the city is filling with one of the largest crowds ever gathered for a sporting event. Rival squads of lawyers are still busy: Dempsey's former manager Jack Kearns and a Chicago promoter claiming a prior contract have both gone to court.

The Bismarck Tribune · Bismarck, North Dakota · page 1 · View the page at the Library of Congress
Ran in 4 of 40 papers that day.