"Time has arrived to go over the top" & other vintage headlines

November 6, 2022 10:25 AM

Craig Conley of oneletterwords.com (previously) has over 4,000 vintage headlines for you to peruse, including:

• Time has arrived to go over the top, is advice — The Duluth Herald, 1920
• New evidence that one can still be blinded by science — Woroni, 1996
• Pretty and imposed upon — The Duluth Evening Herald, 1905
• Kisses sent over phone — The Duluth Evening Herald, 1904
• Is your child backward? — The Australian Women's Weekly, 1949
• Murder's so permanent — The Australian Women's Weekly, 1946
• Kissing is all right: Pronounced safe and sane — The Duluth Herald, 1910
• Doctor admits improved patients upset him — The Aberree, 1961
• Demons are a girl's best friend! — The Australian Women's Weekly, 1962
• Why some people haunt houses on finding themselves dead — Reality Magazine, 1938
• Spiders are good to eat — What a Girl Can Make and Do by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard, 1906
• Insane or very cute — The Duluth Evening Herald, 1906
• It's so wonderful NOT to be young — The Australian Women's Weekly, 1964

posted by wesleyac (12 comments total)

My two favourites are:
- "Scientists with powerful telescope see rings around Uranus" - The Globe and Mail, sometime in the 80s.
- "Experts fear boom in nuclear shipments" - Oakland Tribune, sometime in the 90s
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 10:48 AM on November 6, 2022

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posted by The Underpants Monster at 12:10 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]

A citation for "New evidence that one can still be blinded by science — Woroni, 1996 ": https://archive.org/details/woroni/1996-10-10/page/n25/mode/1up?q=%22New+evidence+that+one+can+still+be+blinded+by+science%22

(I can not help it, I always want the provenance (and a link))
posted by brewsterkahle at 12:22 PM on November 6, 2022 [2 favorites]

I recall a 1970s Seattle Times headline:

𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗡

posted by y2karl at 12:35 PM on November 6, 2022 [5 favorites]

CANADIANS POPULAR
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:36 PM on November 6, 2022

I love those headlines and the previously link was another great rabbit hole. I had to google googlewhack and I think I’m edging up to another rabbit hole.
posted by bendy at 4:37 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]

My old newspaper ran "MIA KIN BOO NAM"
The story was about relatives of the missing in action protesting at the Vietnam embassy.
A colleague later wrote a parody song to the tune of Kumbaya.
posted by cccorlew at 4:59 AM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]

Apocryphal ... just in case someone hasn't heard of it already ... describing Michael Foot being appointed to lead a nuclear disarmament committee:

FOOT HEADS ARMS BODY
posted by illongruci at 9:05 AM on November 7, 2022 [3 favorites]

I got to write some fun headlines about lottery winners:

Electrician shocked to win $100,000
Truck driver hauls in $1 million in prizes
Football coach scores top prize instantly
posted by gestalt saloon at 11:01 AM on November 7, 2022 [2 favorites]

Recent favorite (NYT, no less):

"Started Out as a Fish. How Did It End Up Like This?"
posted by gottabefunky at 2:08 PM on November 7, 2022

Surprised nobody has yet posted the wartime headline:

8th ARMY PUSH BOTTLES UP GERMANS
posted by HiroProtagonist at 6:17 PM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]

Today provided a gem:

Mystery parasites on zombie ant fungus identified by scientists

posted by y2karl at 1:03 PM on November 21, 2022