"A carpenter slid a newspaper between the floorboards during a home renovation in the 1940s - then a common fix for uneven planks. About 80 years later, another renovation at the home in Fargo, North Dakota, revealed the brittle pages, still wedged beneath the wood. At first, the discovery seemed unremarkable. "They used to do this back in the day," said Vincent Vincent, the contractor who pulled up the boards last month. "I find many things like this.""
""I looked at the lady on the right and said, 'Hey, that's my mom,'" Chapman said. Other news on the front page included stories about the price of milk rising to 16 cents; cold weather opening the start of duck and pheasant season; and a wire story from New York that read: "This is to warn whoever stole a shiny, black five-passenger sedan ... to get out of town. The car belongs to Joe (heavyweight champ) Louis.""
A newspaper inserted between floorboards during a 1940s renovation was uncovered during a recent top-floor renovation in Fargo, North Dakota. Contractor Vincent Vincent pulled up the boards and found a brittle front page dated Oct. 6, 1946. The front page included a photograph of Marty Anderson, later identified by homeowner Casey Chapman as his late mother; she briefly lived in Fargo while attending North Dakota Agricultural College and was named homecoming queen that year. The front page also reported rising milk prices, the opening of duck and pheasant season, and a wire story about Joe Louis. The house was built in 1929 and was purchased by Chapman in 2017.
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