Comments on: Saturday, Jan. 1, 1921: Women who wait http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/74 Minnesota history at your fingertips Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:22:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Ben Welter http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/74#comment-9675 Ben Welter Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:05:34 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/74#comment-9675 Interesting observation, Michelle. The piece did appear in the Minneapolis Daily Star on the date shown above. What era would you say Margery Rea's writing style is more typical of? In my microfilm browsing, I've read several newspaper wire stories and syndicated columns from the early 1920s, and can't say that Rea's style feels out of place. See, for example: Saturday, July 31, 1920: Ponzi scheme http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/270 Interesting observation, Michelle. The piece did appear in the Minneapolis Daily Star on the date shown above. What era would you say Margery Rea’s writing style is more typical of?

In my microfilm browsing, I’ve read several newspaper wire stories and syndicated columns from the early 1920s, and can’t say that Rea’s style feels out of place. See, for example:

Saturday, July 31, 1920: Ponzi scheme
http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/270

]]> By: Michelle http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/74#comment-9674 Michelle Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:38:16 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/74#comment-9674 There is no way that this piece was written in 1921 -- the writing style is all wrong for that era. There is no way that this piece was written in 1921 — the writing style is all wrong for that era.

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