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How to Host a 1950s Brunch

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

Popularized in the 1930s, brunch had become a weekend “national habit” for many American families by the 1950s. With the post-war economic boom in full

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Family History Tips, Hints & Helps

Using Newspapers to Uncover Women’s Birth Surnames

March 22, 2022March 17, 2022

Do you have a woman in your family tree whose married surname you know, but you don’t know the one she was born with? If

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Belleville News-Democrat, 26 Dec 1925
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7 Helpful Hints for Making Vintage Recipes

February 11, 2022February 10, 2022

26 Dec 1925, Sat The Belleville News-Democrat (Belleville, Illinois) Newspapers.com We love vintage newspaper recipes, but admittedly some of them can be hard to follow

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The Star Press, Sep 27, 1919
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5 Unexpected Genealogy Goldmines You Can Find in Newspapers

January 27, 2022February 3, 2022

27 Sep 1919, Sat The Star Press (Muncie, Indiana) Newspapers.com Birth announcements, marriage announcements, and obituaries are invaluable in family history research, but those certainly

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Newspaper Finds

15 Vintage Home Hacks That Still Come in Handy

December 9, 2021December 1, 2021

15 Dec 1922, Fri The Nebraska Farm Journal (Topeka, Kansas) Newspapers.com Looking for household tips and tricks? It’s not a new phenomenon! Historical newspapers reveal

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Chattanooga Daily Times, Nov 28, 1923
Newspaper Finds

8 Easy Thanksgiving Desserts That Aren’t Pie

November 12, 2021November 4, 2021

28 Nov 1923, Wed Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) Newspapers.com Want something other than pie for Thanksgiving dessert? We searched the historical papers on Newspapers.com™

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The San Francisco Examiner, Mar 7, 1908
Newspaper Finds

How NOT to Be Buried Alive

October 19, 2021October 18, 2021

07 Mar 1908, Sat The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com “Are you sure that your relative is actually dead, when the coffin is

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True Crime

“More Horrors Yet to Come”: How Newspapers Covered the Belle Gunness Murders

September 14, 2021September 13, 2021

Belle Gunness & children 03 Dec 1908, Thu The Salina Daily Union (Salina, Kansas) Newspapers.com It started with a tragedy. In the early morning of

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Newspaper Finds

Coupons & Canned Corn: What a WWII Shopping List Reveals about Rationing

August 17, 2021August 16, 2021

Shopping for meat during rationing 16 Apr 1943, Fri Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) Newspapers.com World War II permeated the lives of Americans on the

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Newspaper Finds

The Astonishing Adventures of Houdini’s Favorite Detective

July 20, 2021July 21, 2021

Rose Mackenberg in disguise 12 Mar 1939, Sun The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com “Hints of Seances at White House; Witness at Capital

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