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OddlyTrue News Stand — December 19

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From the archives

Classic headline

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

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

Headline 4 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.

Weird history on December 19

1924 Weird
The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
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1843 Weird
A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was published.
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1776 First ever
Thomas Paine published the first in a series of pamphlets entitled The American Crisis, opening with the line: "These are the times that try men's souls."
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