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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Bad News From the Past / We're Old Twitter? That's So Late 19th Century

Posted by Cliff Doerksen on 12.22.09 at 09:30 AM

San Francisco Bulletin, February 16, 1873. Digital scolds bemoan tweeting as the ultimate signifier of our busted attention spans, but old-timey newspapers used to run randomized factoidal gibberish like this by the yard.

If you're hungry for more mince pie-related weirdness, the buffet never closes over at The Hope Chest.

Tags: dissection, corpses, mince pie, clergymen in trouble, antique journalism

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Bad News From the Past / We're Old Twitter? That's So Late 19th Century

Posted by Cliff Doerksen on 12.22.09 at 09:30 AM

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