Birth of Newspapers Recounted In Historic Overview
A retrospective on the origins and growth of newspapers traces early presses from Venice and London to Boston and Philadelphia. It covers the first publications, the rise of weekly and daily papers, the spread across the United States, notable editors, and the scale of modern newspaper production and distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Franklin
Philadelphia
United States
Colonies
Yorke City
New York World
Venice
Roma
Gazetta
London
Lord Burleigh
Aeaense Auaeaty
Mereurty Pune
New York Gazette
Atitian
Teusro
Huginods
Kentucky Gazette
Lexington
John and Molding Bradford
Knoxville
Phan
New York Herald
James Gordon Bennett
George D. Prentice
Louisville Journal
Kentucky
Prentice
America
Tre
Allerton
Matthew Lyon
Lyon
Ireland
Vermont
Congress
Washington
John Adams
Eddyville
Lyon County
Southville
Farmers’ Library
Samuel Watt
Rondera
Woman Restored to Health After Seven Years of Illness
Sallie Jeter of Palicatnta Ter writes from Palicatnta to Mrs Pinkham recounting seven years of female troubles. She says doctors failed to help but after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength and wellness.
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Heaby
Lydia EK
Pinkhan
Vitaba
Sallie Jeter
Palicatnta
Ter
Mra
Pinkhamt
Pinkham
Lydia
Facts for sick women by Lydia E. Pinkham ad
A late 19th century classified style ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ailments. It claims to cure displacements inflammation irregularities period pain backache and other symptoms. It invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice.
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Lydia EB. Pink Him
Mae
Netto
Health Coffee Deception Claim Sparks Caffeine Controversy
An advertisement claims Dr Shoop's Health Coffee fools tasters in taste and flavor. It asserts the brew contains no real coffee and is made from toasted grains, malt, and nuts. The maker promises quick preparation in minutes, priced at 144 pounds 26e and marketed to gullible critics.
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Dr. Shoop
Maxim Invents Noiseless Gun in New Patent
Hiram Percy Maxim, son of Sir Frum Maxim, has secured a patent for a silent firearm. The device aims to render firearm discharge practically noiseless by using a mechanism similar to that used to deaden noise in gasoline engines.
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New York
Hiram Percy Maxim
Frum Maxim
Kentucky feudist Titche r hangs in Chattanooga jail
Chattanooga Feb 27 id Titcher the Kentucky feudist was hanged in the county jail at 4:00 pm Higmack fell to the rope and died within eleven minutes Turner killed his wife Lillian Turner on Lookout Mountain in April 1907 He confessed at trial and was said to be the second white man hanged in Hamilton county Governor Paterson declined clemency His plea included being raised amid rough mountain folk and wanting burial near Shoulder Blade Ky beside his mother and sister.
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Chattanooga
Titcher
Higmack
Turner
Lillian Turner
Lookout Mountain
Harilton County
Warner
Paterson
Kentucky
Shoulder Blade
Foley's Honey and Tar Advertisement Claim
No case on record of a cough or cold resulting in pneumonia after Foley's Honey and Tar. It will stop your cough and break up your cold quickly. Refuse any but the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in a yellow package. Contains no opiates and is safe and sure. For sale by all druggists.
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Foley
Woley
They Were Good Eaters Visit Provokes Humorous Congregation Debate
A Scottish minister and elder visit Mrs. Melunren over Scotch Mills. She lavishly feeds them with jams, jellies, preserves, and shortbread. After the meal the minister questions a kirk Sunday sermon, prompting Mrs. MacLaren to quip about baskets of fragmentary food for the disciples.
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Norman McLeod
Mrs. MacLaren
Worth Remember Cough Cure Warns About Fake Honey and Tar
A reminder that Woley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds when bought in the genuine yellow package. The notice urges avoiding counterfeit products and says it is sold by all druggists.
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Foley S
Sequel to Slocum File at Sing Sing Prison
New York reports Capt William Van Solutk from the General Slocum affair visits Sing Sing to begin a ten year sentence. The elderly captain struggles to walk as his wife accompanies him to the prison door. He is fifty nine, aged and unlikely to survive the term. Seven thousand petitioners have urged the President for clemency.
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New York
Wiliam van Solutk
General Slocum
van Sehaik Fa
They Can’t Get Anything But Now Sir Word Puzzle Prompt
A fragment from the Semi-Weekly Journal proposes a missing word puzzle with a quoted sentence and offers two trials on a yearly subscription. The item ends with an advertisement note about Foley’s Honey and Tar cough remedy.
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Rettan
Atlanta, Ga
Figures on Cigars in Chicago News
A Chicago news item notes a New York report stating Edward VII ordered 600 cigars costing 1600. The cigars are 12 inches long, a grand smoke. A city hall statistician estimates Britain and Italy’s colonies total 392 million inhabitants, the Czar’s realm 181 million, and Kaiser Wilhelm’s 78 million should smoke similarly, with Edward’s and Wilhelm’s followers sparking longer smokes.
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Chicago News
Chicago
New York
Edward Vit
Indies
Great Britain
Ita
Edward
Kaiser Wilhelm
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World OF Newspapery
Boston
John Campbell
Scotland
Aedo
Pontrastor
Europe
Bualies
New York Tribune
Tribune
Old Times
Cincinnati
Bugan
Bovantes
Spain
The
Journal
the World
Manhattan
Shadow
Maxim
Gan
Cardui
R. H. Lawson
Sprott
Als
Trainor
Sing Sing
Cheage Record-Herald
Ate Janta Jonvehal
Harleaton Seans
Conger
Paner
Keowee
South Carolina
J. Romor
A. Gmrth
Heenes
Bouth Caro
bin Sere
Wathalin Court House
Ieave
Mina
Goh
Piper
Annes South Caroling
Pinpor
Pult
D. Nicholson
Walpee
Midway
Anl
Burton & Tentley
Walhalla
Keowee Courter
T. P. Moore
J. W. Bell
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