The Slice: When homonyms attack

Paul Turner takes us on an embarrassing jaunt down memory lane in today’s Slice post:

Newman Lake’s Rickey Harber passed along a clipping from a Georgia newspaper.

The article in question included the following sentence. “Most mosquitoes don’t travel very far from where they’re bread.”

Rye? Sourdough? Pumpernickel?

Thank heavens, the S-R has never made a mistake.

Well, except for the time we had a recipe for “honey-fried children.”

Or the time, in a story about schools, we referred to “pubic education.”

Or the time, in a photo caption, we got one letter wrong in a woman’s name and wound up calling her “Lix Cox.”

Or the time, on a subscription sign-up card, we called the editor of the newspaper “Christ Peck.”

Or, well, you get the idea.

Can you recall any memorable mistakes in newsprint history?