# I don't understand the date of this paper. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-date-of-this-paper/693394 "2014-07-17T20:03:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maeganspop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Maeganspop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeganspop)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-date-of-this-paper/693394/1 "2014-07-17T20:03:21Z")
I was browsing old newspapers on Google news and came across this: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0MsrIDK0EWAC&dat=19150811&printsec=frontpage&hl=en](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0MsrIDK0EWAC&dat=19150811&printsec=frontpage&hl=en) What the hell? The date on top of the paper says August 11, 1915. The stories do not correspond to that date. I thought these were just photocopies, if so, something is really amiss. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-date-of-this-paper/693394/2 "2014-07-17T20:06:21Z")
No, it says 1945. If you look carefully, you can see the left side of the four very faintly. Whoever scanned it, put the wrong date for the Google title. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-date-of-this-paper/693394/3 "2014-07-17T20:06:49Z")
It looks to me like it should say 1945, but has been altered or was just an error in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-date-of-this-paper/693394/4 "2014-07-17T20:07:33Z")
> [@Maeganspop](#): > > What am I missing? I think you’re missing the faint line of ink and the spacing that shows the year is 1945. ---
**Author:** ![Maeganspop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Maeganspop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeganspop)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-date-of-this-paper/693394/5 "2014-07-17T20:08:32Z")
Ahh! I see that now. Thanks, whoever messed up did so on some others as well. My mind was blown, Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-date-of-this-paper/693394/6 "2014-07-17T21:11:46Z")
Either that, or it is a typographical error. It certainly looks as though it says 1915 to me, and on all the pages, at full zoom. Possibly the piece of type (there must be a word for that, but I can’t think of it:smack:) carrying the “4” was broken, and nobody noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Maeganspop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Maeganspop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeganspop)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-date-of-this-paper/693394/7 "2014-07-18T21:46:09Z")
I have never looked into it, but what type of people scan and upload these papers? I noticed the October paper of that same year has the same problem. I didn’t check any others, but whoever put those in should have noticed something weird and not categorized them by that date. At least without figuring that the date couldn’t possibly be right. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-date-of-this-paper/693394/8 "2014-07-18T22:07:39Z")
August 11 was a Saturday in 1945, and a Wednesday in 1915. Since the paper is dated “Saturday, August 11”, it cannot be 1915 and almost certainly is 1945.