100 Years Ago Today
Today, a century ago · Wednesday, October 20, 1926Edition: Washington, The Washington Daily News

100 years ago today: Wednesday, October 20, 1926

The Washington Daily News was printed in Washington, District of Columbia. This is its front page from today's date in 1926.

The Washington Daily News

Washington, District of Columbia

“Gale is Blowing 110 Miles an Hour in Cuban Capital”

Scan of the original clipping: Gale is Blowing 110 Miles an Hour in Cuban Capital

OCR text: Storm From Caribbean Sea Is Expected to Reach Southern Florida Late Today ! MIAMI IS APPREHENSIVE Officials Seek to Prevent Undue Alarm; Hurricane Increasing in Intensity By United Pre-s KEY WEST, Fla.—A tropical hur ricane of great intensity was sweep ing toward Florida today from the' Caribbean Sea, and was expected to: strike late today or tonight. Reports from Havana, Cuba, said! a gale of 110 miles an hour was Radio towers were i blowing there. _ - _ - been,falling in torrents since 7 a. m.

OCR text from The Washington Daily News, Washington, page 1. See the original page. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.

“Will Leave Post as Soon as Successor Is Appointed”

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OCR text: Need for Rest After Long and Arduous Carrer Given as His Reason SURPRISE AT WHITE HOUSE President Again Faced Wit. Necessity of Seeking Man for City's Head Cuno H. Rudolph, president of the Board of District ( ommi siopers, to day called on President Coolidge at lieved of his job. ' resident. The request. •ime as a surprise. t herefor e. d the l’resi lent withheld official aeceptanee, Rudolph said he would stay in of i e “until the Prodent rives me the > h -ign and AUBt* or take; tariC4.

OCR text from The Washington Daily News, Washington, page 1. See the original page. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.

Front page of The Washington Daily News, 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: “Gale is Blowing 110 Miles an Hour in Cuban Capital”; “Will Leave Post as Soon as Successor Is Appointed”. 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.