Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.
“Russian control of Crimea contested”
“Egyptian controlled Suez blocked”
“France controls British power infrastructure”
“A N***** WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT. AMERICA HAS LOST ITS WAYS TO INSANITY”
“F*****S PARADE AROUND THE CITY AND THEY WERENT SHOT AT FIRST SIGHT”
“PATRIOT ARRESTED FOR BURNING CROSSES”
“PEOPLE CLAIMING STATE AND CHURCH SHOULD BE SEPARATED ARE NOT FIT FOR OFFICE, THEY ARE COMMUNIST TRAITORS”
You can buy groceries from a mechanical grocer, but it’ll accuse you of shoplifting like three times while checking you out.
Quite a few people would be probably surprised that colonial empires are no more
as for headlines: British PM Rishi Sunak negotiates Scottish independence with First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf
“Man fired for criticising homosexuality”, or maybe “man imprisoned for refusing to hire black person”.
People are thinking about technology, but in 1923 people were very familiar with breathtaking technological change. The complete reversal of some social norms, on the other hand, would be almost existentially disturbing to these dudes who believe in the great benevolent Christian empires, and in some cases thought ending slavery was a mistake.
I have to wonder what the residents of the 1920’s third world would think. I’m sure there would be many interesting perspectives.