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Tragedy, Wealth, and News from 1926
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A train wreck in Pennsylvania claiming 15 lives kicked off June 18, 1926, as the front-page drama, while May Stores’ lease purchase of the Railway Exchange Building signaled booming commerce. Amidst tragedy—like the recent Wood River explosion—and tales of a Mississippi drowning hero and a million-dollar jewel estate, the era’s headlines reveal a world where slow news travel couldn’t dampen human emotion or economic pulse.
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