As the newspapers reported itGertrude Ederle's poisoned-food claim about her first Channel attempt

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Tuesday, October 26, 1926

Gertrude Ederle's poisoned-food claim about her first Channel attempt

As printed: Gertrude Ederle Claims Poisoned Food Defeated Her in First Channel Attempt

Evening Star, Washington, District Of Columbia: Gertrude Ederle Claims Poisoned Food Defeated Her in First Channel Attempt

ContextGertrude Ederle of New York swam the English Channel in August of this year; an earlier attempt in 1925 ended when she was taken from the water partway across. The Harvard Crimson is the student newspaper at Harvard, in Cambridge, Mass.

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