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He should have known better…
February 7, 2009 by TimHughes · 1 Comment
Just for fun…
Sometimes it can take 75 years for a tinge of humor to be found in a tragic report, such as the one in the photo. The headline certainly makes one ask: what was he thinking???
This appeared on the front page of the COLDWATER DAILY REPORTER newspaper, Michigan, Sept. 21, 1934.
Filed under: Collecting Newspapers, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: unusual headline