100 Years Ago Today
Today, a century ago · Wednesday, October 20, 1926Edition: Montgomery, The Montgomery Advertiser

100 years ago today: Wednesday, October 20, 1926

The Montgomery Advertiser was printed in Montgomery, Alabama. This is its front page from today's date in 1926.

The Montgomery Advertiser

Montgomery, Alabama
Front page of The Montgomery Advertiser, Wednesday, October 20, 1926
The full front page as printed. Public domain scan, Library of Congress.

Questions from readers

What happened on Wednesday, October 20, 1926?

Open the Library of Congress link above to browse every paper printed that day.

Is this the real newspaper?

Yes. Every headline and story is taken from the scanned page and its OCR text at the Library of Congress. OCR can misread letters, so the scan is shown next to the text.