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Rekindled Hill Vs. Hacks Rivalry Fuels Centennial Spelling Bee

It’s been a century since Ohio Republican Frank B. Willis wrestled the “Best Speller in the United States” crown from Washington Post editor Ira E. Bennett, sealing the fate of the flummoxed scribes at the National Press Club’s inaugural spelling contest.

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