Stories Related to Today In History: August 16, 2018

100 Years Ago - 1918: Water nymphs who appear daily in the Delaware off the Chester Shipbuilding plant have caused scores of workers to drop their tools and gaze for hours at the fair swimmers until the shipyard officials have asked the local police to call them out of the water on account of the time the workmen are losing.

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