100 Years Ago Today
Today, a century ago · Wednesday, October 20, 1926Edition: El Centro, Imperial Valley Press

100 years ago today: Wednesday, October 20, 1926

Imperial Valley Press was printed in El Centro, California. This is its front page from today's date in 1926.

Imperial Valley Press

El Centro, California

“WHAT’S DOING 1”

Scan of the original clipping: WHAT’S DOING 1

OCR text: Turkey Holtville TONIGHT Raisers ’ meeting. Post Office, 7:30 p. m. Midweek meetings, churches. Bankers association banquet, Hotel Barbara Worth. Redwing dance, Brawley. "Rocking Moon" and "Miss Nobody," Valley theater. "The Lone Wolf Returns,’’ Palace theater. "Why Men Leave Home,” Brunk’s Tent theater. City council meets tonight. Chamber of Commerce direct ors meet, 7:30. Young People's club, St. Mary’s hall, 7:30. TOMORROW Rotary Club luncheon, Bar bara Worth, 12:10.

OCR text from Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, page 1. See the original page. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.

Front page of Imperial Valley Press, 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?

Front pages that day led with: “WHAT’S DOING 1”. Each story above is quoted from the original page.

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.