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OddlyTrue News Stand — December 22

One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1902 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →

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Classic headline

Hospitals Are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors

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Headline 7 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.

Weird history on December 22

401 Oddly true
Pope Innocent I began his papacy, succeeding Anastasius I.
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1894 Oddly true
The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
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1891 First ever
Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1902

The Brandon news (Brandon, Miss.), October 30, 1902

Page 6 · mentions "ghost"

“BILL ARPS LETTER Bartow Man Discourses on Part Children Play in the World MANY OF OUR GREAT MEN CHILDLESS Little Ones are a Heritage From the Lord and Their Proper Raising is the Biggest Thing in This Life Says Arp Lord …”

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