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Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 2. Part I. Aug 17, 2023

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This collection of 20 public domain newspaper articles comprises volume 2 of the Historic Newspaper Articles collection. Both U.S. and U.K. newspapers are represented here. The articles span from 1848 to 1920.

Topics covered (e.g., the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire, the troubles of ‘Typhoid Mary’, how to dress for the seashore) vary in length and tone. Although the writers display a range of diverse styles, their words give today's readers a sense of the tenor of the times.

01 1848-06-10 Excitement & Enthusiasm of Gold Washing Still Continues -- Increases, California Star 00:04:04

02 1859-01-11 American Industry Abroad The New York Times 00:12:43

03 1884-10-22 Dakota. A Description of One of the Most Perfect Apartment Houses The New York Times 00:12:26

04 1886-10-29 France's Gift Accepted The New York Times 00:11:39

05 1888-09-01 Another Murder in Whitechapel The New York Times 00:06:38

06 1889-07-18 The Whitechapel Crime The New York Times 00:01:43

07 1889-07-21 Whitechapel Crimes and French Elections The New York Times 00:03:04

08 1889-09-11 Another London Murder The New York Times 00:01:25

09 1893-05-22 World's Fair Annoyances The New York Times 00:11:37

10 1900-12-01 Memorial Notices Mr. Oscar Wilde The Manchester Guardian 00:02:56

11 1906-05-26 How to Dress in the Water The Manchester Guardian. 00:10:40

12 1906-06-26 Thaw Murders Stanford White The New York Times 00:04:44

13 1910-04-09 A Girl's Visions and Her Career The New York Times 00:06:13

14 1911-03-26 141 Men and Girls Die in Waist Factory Fire The New York Times 00:42:56

15 1911-12-03 'Typhoid Mary' Asks $50,000 from City The New York Times 00:04:24

16 1915-10-03 The Novel is Doomed, Will Harben Thinks The New York Times 00:10:43

17 1917-05-19 Anarchists Demand Strike to End War The New York Times 00:07:14

18 1918-01-13 The Story of Harry Houdini The New York Times 00:10:36

19 1919-08-29 The Progress of the Film The Manchester Guardian 00:05:35

20 1920-01-17 America 'Dry' Tonight. 00:01:58

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Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 1. Part II. Aug 17, 2023

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Public Domain newspaper articles in the US span a period of nearly two and a half centuries. Subjects, styles, period, publisher, and length vary greatly. This collection is a sampling of twenty such articles including one from the Journal de Paris.

01 1784-04-26 Letter to the authors of the Journal de Paris: Daylight Savings Time Journal de Paris 00:10:50

02 1859-10-28 The Tragedy at Harper's Ferry The Liberator. 00:05:16

03 1861-02-18 Inauguration of the President of the Southern Confederacy The New York Times 00:04:55

04 1861-03-08 The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH). 00:28:18

05 1865-02-01 From Washington: Abolition of Slavery The New York Times 00:02:11

06 1888-09-01 A Terribly Brutal Murder in Whitechapel The New York Times. 00:01:33

07 1888-09-09 Whitechapel Startled by a Fourth Murder The New York Times. 00:03:22

08 1888-10-01 Dismay in Whitechapel The New York Times. 00:05:32

09 1888-10-02 London's Awful Mystery: The Whitechapel Murderer Still Untracked The New York Times. 00:02:45

10 1888-10-03 Another Mysterious Murder Brought to Light The New York Times. 00:04:38

11 1888-10-05 The Whitechapel Murders The New York Times. 00:00:53

12 1888-10-06 The Murders in London The New York Times 00:01:04

13 1888-11-10 The Parnell Inquiry and Another Butchery The New York Times. 00:04:19

14 1888-11-13 Sir Charles Warren Resigns The New York Times. 00:01:06

15 1888-11-19 The Same Tumblety: His Arrest in London not His First Experience The New York Times. 00:02:29

16 1888-11-22 Whitechapel Again Excited The New York Times. 00:01:35

17 1888-11-23 Something About Dr. Tumblety The New York Times. 00:01:20

18 1910-03-22 Mark Twain is Dead at 74 The New York Times. 00:38:22

19 1910-04-22 Mark Twain (obituary) The New York Times. 00:04:10

20 1914-07-29 Austrian Emperor to Take Command at Vienna Headquarters The New York Times. 00:03:19

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Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 1. Part I. Aug 17, 2023