You are shown an image of one line from a scanned newspaper.
The textbox below it displays our interpretation of the scan. Make any necessary
corrections to record exactly what was printed.
For more context you may hover over the scan to view the preceeding and following lines.
Transcriptions are released as public domain (CC0) for free reuse.
1. Case as printed. A word in capitals stays in capitals.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
2. Keep words broken. The hyphen stays, the word stops.
bona fide guests are violating the Vol-
3. Single spacing. Regardless of the whitespace amount.
reparations.” He declared there was
4. Retain original typos. If it was printed, transcribe it.
you go to to fix that up?” “I,” said the
5. Read the word. Use context to interpret distorted letters.
Father William Cleary officiated and
6. Only allow characters. Skip lines with ornamental marks.
Skip → Bad crop
7. Single lines. Skip if more than one line.
Skip → Bad crop
An uncertain guess is the single most damaging thing you can submit.
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