Flat Earth-Historical (and some Hysterical) Newspaper Articles (#1) gathered by Dean Hawk

This is the first in a series of old newspaper articles unearthed by Dean Hawk youtube channel. Dean discovered these gems after first hearing about flat earth. He went to his local library to research and found over a hundred articles and passed them on to be read aloud and shared. Fascinating to see how the globe theory was challenged and ridiculed and disbelieved by many people right up until very recently.
This article (1) was from The Evening Telegraph, (UK?) Monday 21st November 1921. It is about how Flat Earth and Geocentrism was being taught in high schools in Zion, Illinois, U.S.A by order of the state board of education, overseen by it’s president by Mr Wilbur Glenn Voliva. Also the school principal, Miss Mary Thompson, and Miss Eva Baker, Geography teacher. It disputes gravity (calling it unnecessary – “and unnecessary things don’t exist”), questions the lengths of the tropics, and the distance and size of the sun.
I found it interesting that in 1921 the sun was officially held at 91 million miles away, whereas now it is adamantly theorised at 93 million.
My favourite line -“Both teachers say that their students grasp the theory of the flat world readily, and accept the theory because it appears to them as rational.”
Sorry it appears unreadable when I rewatch I will try and bump up the size more in future articles, email me if you want a copy elissa@elissahawke.com
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