5 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.
As printed: 17 AMERICANS KILLED; FIRST NEWS FRIDAY
ContextA hurricane crossed Cuba on Wednesday, and for more than 48 hours no word came out of the Isle of Pines, which lies about 35 miles off Cuba's south coast and has long been home to a colony of American settlers; "AP" is the Associated Press wire service.
As printed: Hundreds Reported Dead in Armenian Earthquakes
ContextLeninakan and Erivan are cities in Russian Armenia, part of the Soviet Union. Near East Relief is an American charitable organization founded during the World War that runs orphanages for Armenian children.
As printed: Plan Cremation Following Rites
ContextEugene V. Debs, who helped found the Socialist Party and ran five times for president, died this week at a sanitarium outside Chicago; Terre Haute, Ind., was his lifelong home. The Rev. John Haynes Holmes is a New York minister known for his pacifism and his work in civil liberties.
As printed: HARRY GREB, FORMER CHAMPION MIDDLE WEIGHT BOXER, DIES
ContextHarry Greb of Pittsburgh won the world middleweight championship in 1923 and lost it to Tiger Flowers in February of this year; among the men he beat in the ring was Gene Tunney, now the heavyweight champion. Cardiac trouble means failure of the heart.
As printed: 200 Wild Buffaloes, Growing Wilder, To Be Killed Off on Salt Lake Island
ContextAntelope Island is a large island in Great Salt Lake, Utah, where a private herd of American bison has been kept since the 1890s; the species was hunted nearly to extinction on the plains in the last century.