This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Friend Day Old Newspaper Highlights and Oddities
The old paper page features scattered items from May, including local notices on marriages and weather, a sea serpent tale by a captain claiming witness testimony, a Philadelphia poem clipping, and ads. It notes Auditors plan land appraisals by July 2, and the Lake Shore Michigan Southern railroad begins double tracking from Youngstown to Ashtabula, six miles.
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