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Vintage Newspapers- From Headlines of Yore Comes News Galore
Hello! Thank you for stopping by. Grab a chair and a cup of something hot to drink and join us for a short trip through some vintage newspapers. Women Work Wicked Wiles, The Maumee Advocate-Era (Maumee, Ohio), September 3, 1915 OK, is it us, or does this sound like the absolute opposite of what it…
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Sometimes You Get The Itch To Look At Some Old Newspapers
Very nearly every researcher/historian/genealogist etc. looks at vintage newspapers to help find their query. But what about the stories that are left forgotten? Well, that’s what we try to do here, so grab your customary cup of tea and let’s take a little trip down nostalgia’s broad boulevard. Enjoy! Sunday Dinner Menu, The Elko Independent…
advertisements, banned, blue oyster cult, Brooklyn, California, carlos santana, ccr, chicken, cigarettes, coffee, comedy, concert, conoco, count basie, creedence clearwater revival, DDT, dinner, don draper, elko, film, folgers, gas, gasoline, genealogy, hotel, lehi, licky strike, mad men, malaria, manson, mosquitos, movies, nashville, nevada, new york, pesticide, restaurant, rush, stockton, swing, tennessee, the captain hates the sea, the grateful dead, the three stooges, utah -
Old Newspapers Can Be Quite Interesting
Welcome! It’s good to see you! Put some water on the stove and have some tea. English Breakfast is always good. Settle in and join us for a short journey into time. Here we go… I. Magnin & Co. Advertisement, Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California), July 27, 1934 Do you like fashion? If you do, are…
adah proctor, adah sturgis, advertisements, agriculture, agronomy, alaska, baranof island, baton rouge, broken neck, California, carriage, cemetery, chemist, chicago, cisco, clothing, connecticut, cow, f.e. spencer, family-history, ferrara candy company, fort steilacoom, genealogy, Goddard, greenoaks memorial park, harrison street, health, history, holstein, hot springs, illinois, louisiana, louisiana state university, luxary, mae brussell, magnin, main chicago post office, massachusetts, navy, new haven, oakland, ohio, owlite, owlite brands, patent, pepsico, perrysburg, post office, sanitarium, seattle, sitka, social security, stony ridge, sturgis, swartz, tacoma, texas, texas a&m, tragedy, uber, walgreens, washington, washington state university, western state hospital, woman, world war -
Newspapers! Get Your Old Newspapers!
Happy New Year! We hope your holidays were bright and beautiful and the coming year brings you all the joy you require. This is our first post of the year and we will dig into more vintage newspapers and finding out who these characters of the past were. Also, we are happy to announce that…
acme tea company, advertisements, alabama, baltimore, California, calluses, cheerleader, colorado, congress, corns, country, denver, dolly, elko, Elks, elman, flag day, genealogy, great depression, greenville, grocery, hair, hamilton, hardware, horse, house, isobel carter, jockey, Klamath Falls, knoxville, legend, maryland, miss america, miss tennessee, missouri, music, nevada, New Jersey, opera, oregon, parton, pedicure, pennsylvania, philadelphia, pimlico, porter wagoner, preakness, president, race, santa claus, shaver, store, tennessee, thomas pattison hunter, trimmer, university of tennessee, victoria ann motlow, violin, woodrow wilson, ysaye -
Holy Tea and Biscuits! More Newspapers!
Here we are again, looking at old newspapers and trying to learn more about the people, places, and things of older times. We have chosen some eclectic snapshots of time. So, grab a cup of your favorite hot tea (it sure is cold enough out for it now) and don’t forget the biscuits! Or cookies!…
advertisements, bangor, Brooklyn, busty brown, California, capital plaza, chicago, chicago city hall, cocaine, dentist, dentistry, film, genealogy, great chicago fire, guitar, hotel black, hupmobile, lane bryant, lena himmelstein bryant, los angeles, maine, missouri, movie, music, musical instrument, new york, odontunder, oklahoma, oklahoma city, pennsylvania, plus sized, roscoe arbuckle, seattle, senate park, silent, squatter, strip city, theater, theatre, washington, washington dc -
Old News Is Still News
Newspapers were and still are (although that is slowly fading away) used as a primary source of reading the news. People used to depend wholly on what was written in the newspaper and sometimes what was written and not written was due to the politics of that newspaper. Baseball Toledo, Toledo Blade (Toledo, Ohio), August…
a taste of honey, advertisements, belcourt, belcourt playhouse, consumption, films, genealogy, Hank Williams, horse, idaho falls, jewelry, Kentucky, Klamath Falls, la grippe, malt whiskey, minneapolis, minnesota, movie, movies, Mud Hens, nashville, ohio, oregon, Oxfords, Paducah, perrysburg, pocatello, police, rita tushingham, Roy Rogers, shoes, south dakota, switzerland, tacoma, tennessee, texas, theatre, toledo, train car, washington, watch, watchmaker, whiskey, wisconsin, world war I, Wurlitzer -
Old News: A Vintage Newspaper Extravaganza!
Folks, we gather here again to look at some old newspapers. As usual, please grab a good cup of tea and sit down with us on today’s journey. Robert Burns Cigars Advertisement, Buffalo Morning Express (Buffalo, New York), June 20, 1922 PSA: Cigars can be harmful to your health. That said, the general public was…
accident, advertisements, austria, bavaria, bridgeport, broadway, Buffalo, child, china, cigar, connecticut, death, Dr. florence janson, drown, earthquake, genealogy, germany, hookah, hungary, illinois, king cole, morgan stanley, new york, north china daily news, nurse, nutting, ohio, oregon, sherriff, strand, theater, theatre, vaudeville, woman, women -
Another Walk Through Historical Newspapers
It’s that time again. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, whichever you prefer, and a some breakfast. Settle into your favorite chair and join us for another trip through vintage newspapers. Budweiser Advertisement, The Bakersfield Californian (Bakersfield, California), April 7, 1937 Was the Budweiser mascot once a Boston Terrier? Probably, given the company’s penchant…
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A Little History Is Good For The Soul
Closing Out Sale, Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, Nebraska), April 27, 1902 Anybody in the market for an upright piano? May we suggest Schmoller & Mueller in Council Bluffs? They seem to have great bargains! Chocolate Angel Parfait Recipe, Panama City Pilot (Panama City, Florida) This sounds quite nice. We love chocolate in this office. Let…
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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Ethyl is in Good Company, Omaha World Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), April 3, 1929 Ethyl gasoline was the first “Anti-Knock” gasoline on the market and is comparable to the “Premium” gasoline we are offered today. This lead-based fuel would adhere to the cylinder walls and was easily scraped away by the piston rings, thus providing better…
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