Headlines from the August 1, 1910 Ypsilanti Daily Press

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THE FIFTH ATTACK: Unknown Man Attempts to Drag Girl from her Bed: Screams Awaken Parents and Prowler Makes His Escape; Thought to be Same Man Who Attacked Four Other Girls Last Week (Detroit)

AUTO THIEVES ARE CAPTURED NEAR YPSILANTI

SERVICES AT CHURCHES HELD SUNDAY

DR. CRIPPEN AND HIS STENOGRAPHER ARE TAKEN PRISONERS

FORMER YPSILANTI MAN WRITES OF NEW WESTERN COAST HOME

HIGH COST OF LIVING CAUSES LOW BIRTH RATE

L. T. I. HOLDS MEETING: Officers Elected and Pleasant Social Hour Follows the Session

DEMONSTRATION OF SUMMER WORK AT GYMNASIUM TODAY

PETITIONERS ASK THAT DITCH BE FINISHED SOON; Drain commissioner must Show Why Drain is Not Completed.

INJURED AT THE PARK; Eight-Year-old Girl Struck by Swing and Badly Hurt.

MACCABEE LADIES HOLD WARM SESSION

SAYS HE WASN'T "TOO INTIMATE" WITH NEIGHBOR'S WIFE AS REPORTED

Sunday Comics for You...From the 1950s

No Sunday is complete without the Sunday comics section. With newspapers failing left and right, this hallowed weekend tradition seems threatened. To fill the gap, please allow Dusty D to bring you a selection from the Ypsilanti Daily Press of half a century ago. They hold up a mirror to the mores of the 1950s. Or do they?

(Click on each image for a larger version).

Ypsilanti Daily Press, Jan. 15, 1950: Etta Kett, Brick Bradford, Secret Agent X-9.


















YDP, Feb. 11, 1950: Brick, X-9:












YDP, Feb. 14, 1950: Etta, Brick, X-9:


















YDP, March 14, 1950: Myrtle, Etta, Brick, X-9:






















YDP, March 15, 1950: Myrtle, Felix the Cat, Muggs McGinnis:


















YDP, March 16, 1950: Etta, Brick, X-9:

















YDP, April 21, 1950: Etta, Brick, X-9: