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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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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 -
Feeding The Newspaper Beast
Developed in the 17th century, newspapers were literally a newsletter-style periodical that served as information sheets for merchants. Evolving over time, newspapers now represent local, state, federal, and international news pieces. Newspapers have played such a huge part in our society for many centuries and continue to do so. Let’s take a quick look at…
bayionne, betty rowland, bicycle, bike, breast cancer, burlesque, California, cancer, car accident, colonnade, genealogy, Georgia, girl scouts, hawaii, hilo, hootch, hotel, Iowa, lenny bruce, Lyceum, moonshine, New Jersey, pennsylvania, philadelphia, prohibition, surveyor, theater, theatre, washington -
What Happened Years Ago?

Grab a cup of coffee (or tea, if that’s your thing) and take a trip into the past with us. Hotel Arlington., The Rocky Mountain Echo (Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada) April 9, 1906 With the great Rocky Mountains to the West and the flat, lonesome plains to the East, Pincher Creek, Alberta was officially incorporated…
