Tag Archives: Newspaper Research
Garden Island Newspaper is Online
I was doing a search at the Chronicling America website today. They’ve added some newspapers. I notice that they have the Garden Island Newspaper which is the newspaper for the island of Kauai. You can access the newspaper here: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015411/ The collection covers 1911 to 1922. Though, it appears that they may eventually take it …
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 …