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OddlyTrue News Stand — August 2

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Classic headline

War Dims Hope for Peace

Source: Classic headline (CJR 'Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim' collections)View clipping source

Headline 27 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.

Weird history on August 2

1790 First ever
The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.
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1873 First ever
The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
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1870 First ever
Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1926

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), August 2, 1926

Page 10 · mentions "monster" · printed on this very day

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Image and text from the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site.

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