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In late 1783, change was sweeping the Western world. The Revolutionary War had drawn to a close, the Treaty of Paris had been signed, Mozart's Great Mass was performed for the first time, and, with the Montgolfier brothers' balloon, mankind was poised on the threshold of flight. And only one newspaper, H. Ulysses Zweibel's The Onion, had the courage to stand against it all. Here, for the first time ever, is a reprint edition of The Onion's October 6, 1783 issue.

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  •  ACLU Defends Nazis' Right To Burn ACLU Headquarters

  •  Exxon Paleontologists Call For Increased U.S. Fossil Production

  •  Christian Rockers Deny Kicking Ass

  •  Sea-Going Turtle Under Fire For Egg Abandonment

  •  18-Year-Old Demands Right To Be Sexually Harrassed In Workplace

  •  Money Storm Hits Palm Springs

  •  Gay Gene Isolated, Ostracized

  •  Astronomer Discovers Black Hole At Center Of Own Marriage

  •  Study: Depression Hits Losers Hardest

  •  Taco Bell Launches New 'Morning After' Burrito

  •  Rules Grammar Change

  •  Doyle Redland Says Goodbye

  •  Area CEO Doesn't Have Time For This Crap

  •  Jewish Texans Commemorate Holocaust…Texas-Style!

  •  Bush, Al-Zeidi Tour World Recreating Shoe-Throwing Incident

  • Mule-Deaths Of Late

    Mon-day. Belonging to M. SEXTON, Dottie. Tues-day. Belonging to A. BROWNE, Sour Mash. Belonging to F. WESTON, Corporal Thiſtleweed. Belonging to P....read more

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