Ring Ring! Hello? Hi Geoffs! This week Spencer is giving us the 4-1-1 on 9-1-1! Next, Madison tells us the incredible way newsboys used to look out for one another! We’ve got an obituary that had us rollin, and a beautiful self-written final goodbye. Oh, and we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!

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Sources:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/times-standard/name/ann-king-obituary?id=7398412

https://www.newspapers.com/image/668112570/?match=1&terms=newsboy%20funeral

https://www.newspapers.com/image/841950015/?match=1&terms=newsboy%20funeral

https://www.newspapers.com/image/374580200/?match=1&terms=newsboy%20funeral

https://daily.jstor.org/heroic-newsboy-funerals/?highlight=funeral

https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3136#:~:text=Newsboys%20first%20appeared%20on%20city,often%20slept%20on%20the%20street

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/18091/summary

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/green-wood-cemeterys-living-dead

https://www.dyingtotelltheirstories.com/home/2017/4/22/the-innocent-15-year-old-bystander-during-the-baltimore-railroad-strike-of-1877

https://www.ktlo.com/2025/03/18/woman-arrested-for-entering-home-putting-on-owners-clothes-says-dont-come-in-here-im-naked/

https://people.com/woman-allegedly-cons-reverend-into-certifying-marriage-certificate-with-her-ex-11756228

https://abcnews4.com/news/offbeat/4-year-old-boy-calls-911-on-mom-for-being-bad-and-eating-his-ice-cream-milwaukee-wisconsin-village-of-mount-pleasant-police-department-dispatch

https://www.google.com/search?q=Man+Calls+911+to+Report+Himself+Drunk+Driving&rlz=1C5MACD_enUS1149US1149&oq=Man+Calls+911+to+Report+Himself+Drunk+Driving&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yDQgCEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgDEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyBwgFEAAY7wUyBwgGEAAY7wUyBwgHEAAY7wXSAQczMTdqMGo5qAIAsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:09a49419,vid:8fvu0baggVA,st:0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fvu0baggVA

https://www.iredellcountync.gov/1768/History-of-9-1-1#:~:text=%22The%20first%20known%20use%20of,to%20Genovese's%20cries%20for%20help

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/911_(emergency_telephone_number)

https://www.upworthy.com/man-called-911-then-handed-the-phone-to-his-5-year-old-life-saving-adorableness-ensued-ex1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj837OTiYWc

https://people.com/human-interest/9-year-old-girl-saves-family-from-carbon-monoxide-unlocking-dads-phone-with-his-face/

https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/police-call-999-ayaan-juman-b2752950.html

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