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This probably didn't end well...

#OldNewspapers #History #Tombs #MummysTomb #Egypt #pyramid

Headline from the 1920s that reads "Seek Treasure in Pyramid 5,000 Yrs. Old," datelined from Cairo, Egypt, June 4 – I forgot to note the year, probably 1923 – "An Egyptian archaeologist belived today that he may find the crown jewels of ancient Egypt when he opens the newly-found tomb of a Pharoah who has been dead about 5,000 years."

July 1870: Just a couple of months before wildly miscalculating what turned into the Franco-Prussian war. Presented for no particular reason.

#OldNewspapers #History #HistoryRepeatingItself

An article from the Troy NY Daily Whig, July 1870:
"That's a very probable story which the London Telegraph prints that Napoleon confessed to its correspondent he should be obliged to lead France to war to save the reins of power from slipping out of his hands. The Emperor doubtless feels all this, but he isn't such a fool as to say so."

We are all Rensselaer's mayor. [1903]

#OldNewspapers #Headlines #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork

A 1903 newspaper headline reading "Rensselaer's Mayor Disgusted With Way Things Have Been Running of Late."

When I took this – or even ten years ago, for that matter – I could not have imagined that city newsstands would almost completely disappear someday. This is from November 1979, in downtown #SyracuseNY. His name was Pete Mussi, and he was a fixture there for decades. He's holding up the afternoon paper, because at the time a city the size of Syracuse could still support two newspapers.

#OldPhotos #OldPhotographs #BWPhoto #filmPhotography #Syracuse #Newspaper #OldNewspapers

Hey, turns out employment ad scams are nothing new. Here's a beauty from 1927 that I'm absolutely certain was a totally legitimate opportunity and probably neither murder nor multi-level marketing:

#OldNewspapers #ClassifiedAds #HistoricalScams #HelpWanted

A 1927 classified ad reading:

MAN
. R—U—THE MAN?

SAY. FELLOWS, YOU CLAIM TO BE LOOKING A GENUINE POSITION AND HAVE SAID WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU COULD GET IN TOUCH WITH ONE. NOW. THEN, HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. I SAY IT AND YOU QUESTION MY VERACITY, SO THE WAY TO SETTLE. THINGS IS | FOR YOU TO COME IN AND I WILL PROVE OUR CASE. THIS 1S AN ABSOLUTELY BONA FIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BECOME IDENTIFIED WITH A CLEAN, PROGRESSIVE. LEGITIMATE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT. FOR INTERVIEW, . BOX 26-F, KNICKERBOCKER PRESS.

#OldNewspapers #1828 #Obituaries##Combs #Horses

This clipping was with my father's collection of family memorabilia.

I can only assume the newspaper was from 1828, as that's the date on one item advertising comb repair.

It was the obituary that caught my eye, though. So young. I haven't looked up the name.

I will get to the alt text a bit later. Apologies.

In Levant (?) on Sunday afternoon last, Mr. James M. Learned, formerly of Canterbury (illegible) and more recently of this place aged 24 years.

It is seldom that the death of a young man interests the world. Mankind retain their grief rather for those who have spent a long life of usefulness and go down to their graves at their maturity. But this does not always happen.---Sometimes one leaves us, whose life, though short, has been peculiarly characterized with sone good traits, and when that person is taken from us we cannot bey shed the tear of sorrow at his sudden departure, whole mindful of his many virtues.

The comparatively short life of Mr. Learned did not pass away without leaving his virtues deeply impressed on our minds. He lived long enough to acquire a reputation and a name which will not easily be forgotten by those who knew him. He was a young man of the finest feelings, being possessed of that remarkable degree of amiability which we so rarely meet with. His character, as every one will bear testimony, was without a stain; the foul breath of distraction never reached him, while a resident among us.

COMB FACTORY
The subscriber offer tot he public at (illegible) Comb Factory, in Salem, CT and at William L' Hommedieu's Store, in Norwich City, a general assortment of Ladies Combs, whole sale and retail. Merchants and peddlers can be supplied with the above article as as at any other Factory in the State. Shell Combs mended in the neatest style. All persons wishing to have Combs mended, will please leave them at Wm. L' Hommedieu's store, where the subscriber will take them the first Monday in each month and return them as soon as finished. (hand with pointing finger) Cash paid for old shell Combs.
GILBERT A. SMITH
Salem, August 19th, 1828
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STRAYED OR STOLEN
From the pasture of Mr. Ezra Standish, in Bozrah, on the 27th inst. a dark bay mare, six years old. Said mare had a white star in the forehead, one white hind foot and the other about half white, with a square foretop, long mane and switch tail. Whoever will return said mare to Ezra Standish or to the subscriber in Preston be reasonably rewarded.

So preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

1918 #Albany #newspaper #oldnewspapers #AlbanyNY

1918 headline proclaiming "Rotarian Food is Dehydrated – Dried Menu Served and Enjoyed by Club Members at Ten Eyck"

The members of the Rotary club sat down to a dehydrated luncheon at the Ten Eyck yesterday and every one of the diners enjoyed the dried food.
At least they said they did. The food was furnished the hotel by Mrs. George Curtis Treadwell, who asked the cooperation of Rotarians in making the dehydration plant which is shortly to open in Albany a success. After tasting and eating the food the Rotarians voted their co-operation.

1895. I say he had it coming. #OldNewspapers #Troy #TroyNY #newspapers #headlines

1895 newspaper headlines reading:

PATRICK AND HIS WIFE
SHE THREW A PAIL OF WATER ON HIM,

Because He Went to Troy and Got
Drunk—Then There Was a ‘Scrap’’
for Fair, and the Police Had to
Interfere—Mrs. O'Conmor Rushed the Growler, the Neighbors Say.

Ads from the summer weekly student newspaper where I worked, offering typing services. 1980. It was truly a different world. Not a lot of people typed, or needed to, and a typist could make decent side money. None of these ads were mine, but that's definitely my model of Coronamatic in the clip art in the middle.

#OldNewspapers #Newspapers #typing #typewriter #typewriters

Three separate ads for typing services in a 1980 Syracuse student newspaper, The Summer Orange.
The Summer Orange July 10, 1980

TYPING Theses, dissertations, technical, letters; near campus, 474-0487.

Typing services. Papers, Letters, Resumes, Dissertations. Call 472-9782.

TYPING General typing done in my home. : Fast. Accurate. Can arrange pick up and delivery. Call 683-5250.

I regret to inform you that Mattices' has long since closed, and despair is now an option.

#oldNewspapers #advertising #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork #TroyNewYork #TroyNY #CollarCity

Newspaper advertisement from 1850 that says "Never despair while J.C. Mattices' Wholesale & Retail Clothing and Furnishing Establishment is in existence at 210 River St. Troy"

https://medium.com/@jeannetteaustin261/the-first-newspapers-in-south-carolina-f379375587b3
#genealogy #familyhistory #genealogytips #oldnewspapers #southcarolinapioneersnet

This is definitely one of my most prized possessions. It's a Romanian satirical newspaper called "Furnica" ("The Ant") from January 1910.

I love this because it's a very good reflection of the people's problems from over 100 years ago and it shows that they were exactly like us. Nothing's really changed. This is 3 years after the Romanian Peasants Revolt of 1907 (an important event in Romanian history) and 4 years before WWI. (1/2)

#History #culture #Romania #worldwar1 #oldnewspapers

An old newspaper with a cartoon illustration in the front showing a man kneeling before the pope.

Breaking news:
#newspapers #oldnewspapers #headline #headlines #adirondacks #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork #winter

A newspaper headline from the 1920s that reads "Snow Falls in Adirondacks," which is rarely news.

https://open.substack.com/pub/oldwills/p/the-first-newspapers-in-south-carolina?r=21atox&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#oldnewspapers #genealogy #southcarolinapioneersnet

News sure was different way back when. 1930s #Albany NY #newspaper headline:

#ephemera #oldNewspapers #newspapers #headlines

A newspaper headline, with no further context, that simply says "Alarming Drop of Stored Meat."

I was doing some painting today, and pulled out my stash of newspaper to protect my table. Mid-painting I happened to notice the date on the paper and had a spontaneous nostalgia hit. The world didn't end after all! 😆

#Y2K #Nostalgia #Ephemera #OldNewspapers

The corner of an old newspaper page, showing the date Saturday, Jan. 1, 2000. Also an advert for the movie "Sleepy Hollow" is barely visible below it.

Public Service Announcement: If your dead wife tells you to give all your property to a medium, perhaps get a second opinion.

Story from my old neighborhood at the link:

https://hoxsie.org/2024/11/11/shes-honest-and-all-right/

#oldNewspapers #LocalHistory #AlbanyNY

Newspaper photograph – Photograph from a newspaper showing a woman in a floral patterned dress standing looking at a framed certificate for a spiritualist church. The cutline, inset into the photo, describes her as Mrs. Margaret lewis, Rensselaer spiritualist, who is a defendant in a court action begun yesterday by an Albany man claiming loss of his property.

I'm trying to get my little #LocalHistory blog, the confusingly named Hoxsie, moving along at a somewhat more regular (if not blistering) pace. My last big project took three years, so I'm returning to the days of just posting little snippets in hopes of getting some ideas out of my folder. I started with a brief piece about "the human semaphore of the traffic squad" in #AlbanyNY nearly a century ago:

https://hoxsie.org/2024/10/14/a-safe-sane-way/

#Albany #AlbanyHistory #OldNewspapers

Ok, one more for tonight in #OldNewspapers also #CatsOfMastodon
I know President Coolidge was a conservative git, but at least he loved animals, unlike some.

’ Coolidge’s Cat Gone a Month; | President Fears He Is Lost ! Special_to The New York Times.

WASHINGTON, July 23.— Tige, President Coolidge’s pet cat, is again missing from home. The gray-striped wanderer of the White House has been gone this time more than a month. The President, it is sald, is beginning to fear he will never return.

During his life of ease and comfort at the White House Tige frequently strayed but generally only for a night or so, although several months ago his journey into new worlds consumed nearly a week. ‘The police were notified then and a description of Tige was broadcast by radio. Tige always looked a little worse for wear when he returned from these absences, but ‘ never failed to reinstate himself in the graces of the President. | Those who have engaged in a long and systematic search for Tige in the last month gave up hope some time ago. Were it not for the President’s fondness for the animal they would not care if he never returned. The New Pork Times Published: July 24, 1924 Copyright © The New York Times

Here's more what I was looking for in this issue, btw. #OldNewspapers #Journalism and #Law
Also, La Guardia is standing behind the box, not in it.

#oldNewspapers

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