I was searching the Chronicling America collection at Library of Congress Website. They’ve added a few years to their Garden Island Newspaper collection. The newspaper now covers through 1920. I didn’t have much luck on the pre-1910 edition, but I expected to do better with these later years. As I was browsing around I came…
Category: Newspaper Research
That’s Old News: Planking, 1946 Style
I often here people comment about how stupid people are today. “That planking is going to get someone hurt!” “Owling is just ridiculous.” While people do stupid things, I don’t they are any more idiotic than their predecessors. I found this column in the 26 Jun 1946, Oakland Tribune. It was written by Jack Burroughs. …
Tuesday’s Tip: Naming Computer Files
As I’m working through my organize and input project, I’ve come to the conclusion that I have awfully negligent when naming my computer files. In a good majority of cases, it’s not a big deal. The file name may say “antonsouza”. I open it and I can see it is a World War I draft…
That’s Old News: Caught In Shanghai
The 26th of March 1926 Oakland Tribune headline blared… Then it was followed by the story of a young couple separated by continents. The young woman, Norine “Dorothy” Segalas, was at home in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her boyfriend, Everett Bargones, was working for the Dollar Steamship company in Shanghai, China. A letter home…
That’s Old News: Attempted Murder/Suicide
The Guido family was prominent in the Oakland family. I have several cross links to my Pacheco and de Braga distant cousins. I came across this family tragedy when searching the Oakland Tribune, 29 January 1906, page 7. This is the tragic story of the family of Manoel Guido. Manuel Guido owned a saloon in…