Welcome to Clip That, where we pull random newspaper clippings from all throughout history and take a peek at what was going on on a random day, in a random place. I do the dirty work for you and bring you the weirdest stories, hot off the archived presses.

Today's location: Westerly, Rhode Island The Literary Echo, & Pawcatuck Advertiser, Thu. Nov 24, 1853.

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The audio is edited in such a way to remind you of childhood; the news blaring in the other room as you played with your toys, ignorant of the horrors of t ...