The holiday season seems to bring out the best in people. Acts of service, kindness, and generosity are contagious and tend to envelop everyone around
Category: Newspaper Finds
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
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™
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
In the late 1800s, a sense of panic invaded New England. An alarming number of people were dying of consumption, and residents became convinced that
In 1881, a group of high society women gathered in London to form a new organization. They named their group the Rational Dress Society, intending
Passenger lists are important records for tracing immigrant ancestors. Before air travel became more common in the 1950s, ships were the primary mode of intercontinental
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
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
Same-day front page about the General Slocum disaster 15 Jun 1904, Wed The Evening World (New York, New York) Newspapers.com While the PS General Slocum