Cool trivia note:

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romar289 — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 01:37 PM)

Cool trivia note:
The Herald's most notable writer and editor was young H. L. Mencken.

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kattlee — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 02:44 PM)

Isn't he based on him?
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romar289 — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 04:16 PM)

Yes. Being from the B-more area, I wasn't too sure how many others knew it.
For a nice read about his reporting on the trial, check out this link:
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1077

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Toshi51 — 10 years ago(November 06, 2015 08:23 PM)

Hornbeck is based upon Mencken but this is not a biography. Some similarities, some differences.

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Rogo-9 — 10 years ago(November 30, 2015 08:09 AM)

"Of course we should respect the other fellows religion, but only in the same sense that we respect his opinion that his wife is beautiful and children are intelligent."
Mencken was awesome.