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!
This newspaper page contains 2 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1969
Page
3
In Nashville a department store's Santa hotline with ten lines overwhelmed the system. Calls jammed libraries and businesses as 5,000 hourly attempts blocked by busy signals. South Central Bell could add only 30 more lines, not the planned hundred, leaving many callers with a recording instead of Santa.
Today in history December 17 marks milestones from 1903 Wright brothers first flight near Kitty Hawk to 1969 notes. Notable entries include Simon Bolivar birth, Graf Spee scuttling, Battle of the Bulge onset, Eisenhower Tunisia visit, and a UN missile talks vote. A South Africa police incident and a note on federal judges age limits conclude.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.