Showcase 2026 · Newspaper front page

Breaking News: John King

The front page, piece by piece

Handwritten text is transcribed with the student's wording, spelling, and punctuation preserved; letter case is normalized for legibility.

Headline (bubble letters)

BREAKING NEWS

Thought bubble

John King was a 8-11 year's old he died April 26 1717!

Boxed bulletin

John King Cause of Death: Whydah Gally sank in a violent storm of the coast of CapeCod.

Pasted print

A black-and-white print of Gregory Manchess's painting of John King — the boy standing hands-on-hips in a striped shirt, neckerchief, and tricorn hat — is pasted along the left side, with the artist's credit line visible at the bottom of the print.