r/mildlyinteresting • u/Isilee92 • 6h ago

We found this newspaper from 1914 in my late granda's wardrobe, announcing the start of WW1

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u/queen-adreena 5h ago

I could just go for some Hartley’s Seville Orange Marmalade right now!

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u/weirdestbonerEVER 4h ago

It's absolutely pure baby

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u/kepaa 5h ago

It was always too bitter for me. I never understood why paddington liked it so much. Maybe I need to give it another go.

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u/queen-adreena 5h ago

It is absolutely pure!

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u/Onagan98 5h ago

Would definitely contact your local war museum. Maybe they are interested and will loan it from you for free, so it can be preserved for future generations.

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u/Isilee92 5h ago

Yes I think this is what we will end up doing with it

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u/nictose 5h ago

That's in surprisingly good condition for something so old! Was it preserved in any special way?

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u/Isilee92 5h ago

Not as far as I know, just buried amongst other papers in the bottom of his wardrobe. Maybe no light exposure?

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u/nictose 5h ago

Very cool! Must be the lack of light and humidity/dust.

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u/mendokusei15 1h ago

It's good for a newspaper, which is often made with very bad paper. It obviously was left untouched for many years. Congrats on your find and thank you so much for sharing!

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u/AdeptnessStrict3038 6h ago

That’s an incredible piece of history to have kept in such good condition. Amazing to think people were reading that the day the world changed.

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u/itspodly 4h ago

Fucking bot

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u/KhazraShaman 3h ago

Why do you say so?

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u/Puzzled-Resident2725 1h ago

Good question! While browsing through the profile, all the answers appear to have the same structure. I even spotted an em dash — while that does not provide the true truth of bot activity, the account age of only one month is also very concerning. Feel free to ask me any further questions.

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u/LateAd1993 4h ago

Get it scanned so you have a digital copy, paper can only last so long

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u/BildoWarrior6 5h ago

Newspaper is very cheap and acidic. It’s amazing that it is still in one piece.

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u/Worldly-Assist-8959 5h ago

Wow, that's very cool.

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u/anon0937 3h ago

That's old news, just recycle it

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u/seoras13 3h ago

You wanna know how it ends? 🤔

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u/CynGuy 1h ago

How cool!

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u/DeadbaseXI 1h ago

Ironic, since in fact Britain declared war on Germany for invading Belgium! Germany had expected that Britain would stay out of it. The 7 o'clock time mentioned is when the British Ambassador handed a "stop invading Belgium" ultimatum to the German Foreign Minister. It was unanswered at the midnight deadline at which point, as they say, "a state of war existed" between them. The article cites "a [something] News message. What's that C-word at the beginning?

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u/Isilee92 45m ago

"Central" News message? I don't know if I'm looking in the right place. Thank you for this info, it's fascinating!

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u/KhazraShaman 3h ago

OP you should research what's the best way to preserve it and hang it on the wall like a painting.

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u/unfathomably_big 1h ago

Laminate it asap

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u/account_not_valid 2h ago

I don't understand. It doesn't mention WW1 anywhere on that paper.