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1900s newspapers had ZERO chill with the graphic details

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A sensationalist newspaper headline and article from February 8 (appearing to be early 1900s based on typography) reporting a tragic suicide involving dynamite in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. The article describes an extremely graphic death of a despondent man with chronic illness, detailing the explosive aftermath with unflinching brutality typical of period sensationalist journalism.
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