http://loc.gov/chroniclingamerica Notices of new content, points of interest, use and reuse of our collection of digitized newspapers. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:38:04 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/memorialday.html "On Memorial day wealth and poverty, youth and old age unite in paying tribute to the defenders of the flag," reports the Omaha daily bee in its May 26, 1901 issue. "It is a day when the hurrying world stops for a little while in its mad rush and thinks of the generations that have gone before." This topic page provides useful information for searching about Memorial Day in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1913-05-14/ed-2/seq-1/ In May 1913, the Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE) included a front-page cartoon illustrating a homeowner's dilemma still pondered today - how to get rid of the weeds! With commentary from workmen, neighbors and local children, each with their own advice, the beleaguered gardener does his best to tackle the green intruders using the tools at hand - "marvelous weed extractor," weed killer, and a garden hose nearby… Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/mothers.html In 1908, Anna Jarvis holds a memorial service at a West Virginia church to honor her mother, Mrs. Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis, who passed away three years prior. Philadelphia newspaper publishers latch on to the idea and widely promote a day for honoring mothers, to be held on the second Sunday of the month of May. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Mother's Day in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/goldenspike.html The crowd cheers as Governor Leland Standford drives the Golden Spike at Promontory Summit, Utah to complete the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. As the Central and Union Pacific tracks are officially united by the Golden Spike celebrations are held in towns and cities across the country. This topic page provides useful information for searching on the Golden Spike and the Union Pacific Railroad in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates and associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1913-04-06/ed-1/seq-13/ More than 30,000 baseball fans enthusiastically attended the opening of Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, according to the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) in April 1913. With seats for only 25,000, five thousand were turned away from the gates but managed glimpses of the game from beyond the fence and in improvised stands. The Superbas (later known as the Brooklyn Dodgers) triumphed in their first game in their new home field, an exhibition, beating the Yankees "in a riotous ninth inning" by a score of 3 to 2, despite "the slippery outfield, where only an occasional blade of grass had appeared, as yet." Opening ceremonies preceded the game including the raising of a massive American flag in deep center field and the traditional performance of the "Star Spangled Banner." ... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/aprilfool.html "The first of April some do say, Was set apart for All Fools' Day: But why the people call it so, Nor I nor they themselves do know" begins the article in the San Francisco Call on April 1, 1900, which discusses the history and customs of "April Fool's Day," also known as "All Fools' Day." This topic page provides useful information for searching about April Fools Day in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/divisions/preservation/featured-project/new-release-chronicling-america With details on new titles and features available, the National Endowment for the Humanities, co-sponsor of Chronicling America, recently highlighted the project on the NEH Division of Preservation and Access Web site. The article spotlights new additions to the site (now 6 million pages), bilingual content, and the goals of the National Digital Newspaper Program that supports Chronicling America... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/ Published for a working-class readership in a convenient size of 9 x 6 inches, the Day Book (Chicago, IL) was an experiment in advertisement-free newspaper publishing. The non-traditional business model however did not come without its challenges. One hundred years ago this week, the Day Book's very own headlines read, "Chicago Newspaper Trust Conspires to Suppress the Daily Day Book" (March 26, 1913; http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1913-03-26/ed-1/seq-1/), followed the next day with, "Police Obey Orders and Stop Sale of the Day Book on Stands of Chicago: Circulation Manager and Newsboys Arrested" (March 27, 1913; http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1913-03-27/ed-1/seq-1/) and finally, "The Day Book Wins Its First Battle for Free Speech and Free Press" (March 28, 1913; http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1913-03-28/ed-1/seq-1/). For more information on this free speech saga and the fate of the Day Book... Read more about it! <br> http://edsitement.neh.gov/what-chronicling-america "What is Chronicling America?" is a portal offered by EDSITEment, the K-12 digital outreach of the National Endowment for the Humanities, co-sponsor of Chronicling America. Designed for teachers and students, the "What is Chronicling America?" site houses introductory videos on using the database, curated links for searching, and an ever-growing guide to individual state newspaper partner's podcasts, videos, and blogs. It is enriched with EDSITEment-related lesson plans and a full guide to using Chronicling America for National History Day....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/triangle.html "142 DIE WHEN SHIRTWAIST FACTORY BURNS," reads the March 26, 1911 Washington Times, one day after fire broke out in the factory building of the Triangle Waist Company in New York City. Many who leaped to their deaths from windows were young immigrant women. Though factory owners were acquitted of any responsibility, the tragic fire lead to labor law reforms in New York, and is a pivotal moment in labor history. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ On March 18, the Library of Congress updated the Chronicling America Web site to provide access to more than 6 million pages. This update adds more than 800,000 newspaper pages, published from 1836 to 1922 in the U.S., including newly added states Indiana and North Dakota, additional French and Spanish newspapers from Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas, and many other titles as well. Other updates include improved use on iOS devices, added navigation features, and updated US Newspaper Directory information.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1913-03-13/ed-1/seq-8/;words=TUBMAN+Tubman?date1=03%2F01%2F1913&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&proxdistance=5&date2=03%2F31%2F1913&ortext=&proxtext=tubman&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=7 In March 1913, the Sun (New York, NY) carried the somber news of the death of Harriet Tubman, former slave and "originator of the Underground Railroad" before the Civil War. According to the article, she was "regarded by many as one of the most remarkable women on this continent." Known for her many trips into the South to lead slaves to freedom, during the Civil War she served in the Union Army as a spy and nurse. After the war she moved to Auburn, NY, where she lived the rest of her life.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/escadrille.html "Yankee Fliers Fool Enemy!," reads the July 25, 1916 issue of the New York Tribune. During the Great War, adroit and courageous American aviators who volunteered to join the French army were known as the Lafayette Escadrille flying squadron. Their brave and gallant efforts in battle (along with their "Yankee trick" of sneaking behind enemy lines), were often heralded in American newspapers. http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2013/03/inquiring-minds-its-all-in-a-word/ Check out the Library of Congress Blog and learn about research into word origins and phrases supported by the newspapers available in Chronicling America! <br> <br>From the blog: <br>"With pop culture changing at such a rapid pace, it’s no wonder our language changes with the times as well. Here today, gone tomorrow as they say. I wonder where that phrase came from? <br> <br>Barry Popik has made it his passion to discover word and phrase etymology. A lawyer and writer, Popik is a contributor to the “Oxford English Dictionary”....He is recognized as an expert on the origins of the terms Big Apple, Windy City, hot dog and many other food terms, and he is an editor of the “Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink.”.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/nineteenth.html TEN THOUSAND WOMEN MARCH DOWN AVENUE IN FIGHT FOR BALLOT! reports the Washington Times (Washington, DC) of March 3, 1913. Despite decades of events and protests it was not until 1920 that Congress ratified the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the 19th Amendment and women's suffrage in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1913-03-03/ed-1/seq-1/ In March 1913 more than one parade occupied the nation's attention during President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration in Washington, DC. The day before the official swearing-in, thousands of "suffragists" from around the country, including famous activists such as Carrie Chapman Catt, Inez Millholland and Helen Keller, gathered to march the streets of Washington demanding women be given the right to vote. Planned to be a peaceable 1-mile walk from the Capitol grounds to the White House, the day before the event the organizers learned their request for additional security and crowd management during the parade had been denied by military, political, and local law enforcement unwilling or unable to participate. The result, according to the next day's Washington Herald (Washington, DC) (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1913-03-04/ed-1/seq-1/ ) was a scene of chaos and disorder with more than 200 marchers injured amongst the crowds, horses and automobiles. During the parade, "masses of coagulated humanity" blocked the route and interfered with the carefully-orchestrated displays and symbolic "tableaux" planned by the organizers, even as the advocates marched on....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/purefood.html "Oh, here's to good old germs, Drink 'em down!," goes a toast published in the December 6, 1903 St. Louis Republic. Over a century ago, twelve government-sponsored volunteers, dubbed "the Poison Squad," recite this toast before consuming food laced with toxic additives such as borax and salicylic acid. Scientific experiments on food using human guinea pigs eventually resulted in the signing of the Pure Food &amp; Drug Act in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt. http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/jones.html "I can never remember the time when I did not sing," soprano Sissieretta Jones said in the July 4, 1896 issue of the San Francisco Call. Mme Jones and her touring group, "The Troubadours," are feted by immense audiences around the world, often inviting the tribute of tears to those who hear her magnetic voice. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Sissieretta Jones in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/jimthorpe.html Considered the best all-around athlete of modern times, Native American James "Jim" Thorpe won gold medals in both the pentathlon and the decathlon in the 1912 Stockholm Summer Olympics. Scandal struck in late January 1913 when he was stripped of his titles by the Amateur Athletic Union after admitting he had played professional baseball prior to the Games. Within days of the judgement, however, Thorpe had signed on with the New York Giants and went on to play years of professional baseball, football, and basketball.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/pingpong.html “Ping-Pong Craze May Doom the Tight Laced Corset!” declares the St. Paul Globe of May 25, 1902. As the table tennis fad of 1902 sweeps the country, sounds of celluloid balls beaten to and fro reverberate from nearly every house. Ping-pong madness gives rise to ping-pong newspaper cartoons, ping-pong perfume, ping-pong gambling, ping-pong corsets, ping-pong on trains and in Broadway shows, and a set of twins named Ping and Pong. Just watch out for common injuries such as ping-pong eye, the papers warn, a term used to describe the strained eye muscles associated with over-play. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Ping-Pong in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/ Over its 53-year existence, this prominent Hawaiian newspaper reported on four monarchs, the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the annexation of Hawai'i to the United States, and the establishment of the Territory of Hawai'i. The Hawaiian Gazette was a fervent advocate of American economic interests in Hawai'i, sometimes aligned with the current government, sometimes not. In particular, in January 1893, the paper was among several that refused to print Queen Liliu'okalani's protest against the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy (see "The New Era!", published Jan. 24, 1893 - http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1893-01-24/ed-1/seq-1/ ). In addition to local and international news, it featured shipping schedules, import and export statistics, figures for worldwide sugar consumption, and a wide array of commercial advertisements. Currently more than 24,000 pages published between 1868 and 1913 are available through Chronicling America....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/newyears.html “GREETINGS TO THE NEW-BORN CENTURY,” announces the San Francisco Call of January 1, 1901. It’s the dawn of a new century, but which dawn, Jan. 1, 1900, or Jan. 1, 1901? Revelers celebrate both. On that same day Harriet Hubbard Ayer wrote in the Evening World: “Hail to the woman of the twentieth century, with her bright, roughish eyes, her blowing hair, her radiant health and magnificent spirit,” although the century was only one day old. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the new century celebrations in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/christmastruce.html “Miracle is Wrought by Christmas Spirit in Hostile Trenches,” announces Philadelphia’s Evening Public Ledger for March 24, 1915. Following months of trench warfare, unofficial ceasefires erupt along the Western Front during Christmas of 1914. Climbing from their trenches onto battle-scarred “no man’s land,” British and German soldiers shake hands, swap cigarettes and jokes, and even play football. “We all have wives and children…we’re just the same kind of men as you are,” one German said. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Christmas Truce in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/diaghilev.html “Police May Curb Russian Ballet!” reports the New-York Tribune for January 25, 1916, the audience aghast as beautiful barely-clad female dancers appear on stage during opening night of the troupe’s U.S. tour. “A most idiotic affair,” says director Sergei de Diaghilev of the police clamp-down. A tamer second-night version of “the dance that made even Paris blush” nevertheless plays to a packed house. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Russian Ballet in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/gibson.html “By George, I’ve never seen so many pretty girls in my life. I should have come to California to create the Gibson Girl!,” exclaimed American graphic artist Charles Dana Gibson, in the November 23, 1895 San Francisco Examiner. Gibson is know for his creation of “The Gibson Girl,” a popular version of the New Woman of 1900, long-legged and graceful with her expertly upswept hair, a young educated socialite portrayed in terms of personal independence and sexual freedom. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Gibson Girl in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2010270504/1912-11-22/ed-1/seq-6/ Providing rich detail, the Nov. 22, 1912 North Platte Semi-Weekly Tribune (North Platte, NE) included a history and description of the original Thanksgiving celebrations, comparing some aspects with the Thanksgivings of 1912. Quoting historical sources, the article reports on the menu of the original 3-day Pilgrim feast, the likely means of cooking, and the dining customs of the 17th century settlers ("the table fork was an innovation not generally in use.") According to the writer, "if the good housewife of today was obliged to prepare the thanksgiving feast with the utensils and inconveniences of the kitchen of three centuries ago, she would probably throw up her hands in helpless despair."... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1912-11-05/ed-1/seq-1/ A century ago---before social media, the Internet, television or even radio---newspapers were the main provider of reliable news from afar. They frequently distributed information in multiple print editions a day to keep up with breaking events, but sometimes that wasn't fast enough. For the Presidential Election of 1912, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) announced to its readers they were collaborating with city managers and utilities to use the local electrical streetlight grid to share news of the election's outcome. The plan was to flash the city lights off and on at specified intervals to indicate the winner - 1 blink for Wilson, 2 blinks for Roosevelt, 3 blinks for Taft .... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/jacktheripper.html “Is it Jack the Ripper Again? Another Fallen Woman Found Murdered in London!” reports the New York Tribune on December 22, 1888. In 1887, a mysterious murderer haunts the narrow streets and back alleys of East London, and news reports travel quickly to the U.S., creating mass hysteria. Who is this Jack? Is he acting alone? This topic page provides useful information for searching about Jack the Ripper in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1912-10-13/ed-1/seq-31/ Astronomers and other scientists of 1912 speculated widely on the details of Earth's near neighbors and beyond. This article, published in the Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) in October 1912, includes a number of Mars facts reaffirmed by 21st century science. The length of a Martian day is indeed half an hour longer than an Earth day and the length of a year is 687 days. The atmosphere of Mars is mostly carbonic acid gas (although we usually call it carbon dioxide) and water on Mars is scarce and maybe non-existent. Other "facts" of 1912, however, were a little further off the mark. Twenty-first century science has proven that the red color of Mars is not due to vegetation, "yellow or orange, instead of green, as with us," but rather iron oxide, and that the canals described in 1912 are likely to have been optical illusions. And of course, the answer to the question of whether there is life on Mars, while not conclusive as yet, has been shown to likely not be "a vast eye, upon a tenuous...neck...watch[ing] the growth of its vegetable body..." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-198.html From the press release: <br> <br>Popular Online Resource Provides Access to Nation's Historic Newspapers <br> <br>The Chronicling America website, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov , a free, searchable database of historic U.S. newspapers, has posted its 5 millionth page. <br> <br>Launched by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in 2007, Chronicling America provides enhanced and permanent access to historically significant newspapers published in the United States between 1836 and 1922. It is a part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a joint effort between the two agencies and 32 state partners. <br> <br>"This magnificent resource captures the warp and weft of life as it was lived in grassroots America," said NEH Chairman Jim Leach. "Metropolitan newspapers were early targets for digitization, but Chronicling America allows the journalism of the smaller cities and the rural countryside to become accessible in all its variety...and sometimes, quirkiness." <br> <br>"Chronicling America is one of the great historical reference services on the web," said Roberta Shaffer, associate librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress. "It is a treasure trove of information about communities, personalities, key events and culture in the United States, and it is all free and available to the public." <br> <br>The site now features 5 million pages from more than 800 newspapers from 25 states. The site averaged more than 2.5 million page views per month last year and is being used by students, researchers, congressional staff, journalists and others for all kinds of projects, from daily podcasts to history contests. The news, narratives and entertainment encapsulated in the papers transport readers in time...&lt;see Press Release, http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-198.html or http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2012-10-22 , for more information> http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/cocaine.html “Cocaine Monster Throws His Tentacles Around the Nation,” reports the Los Angeles Herald of December 11, 1898. Found in common medicines and popular soft drinks, cocaine addiction sweeps across the country during the early 1900s creating a nation of “drug fiends,” and prompting government legislation. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the first cocaine epidemic in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/national-digital-newspaper-program The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is now soliciting proposals from institutions wishing to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Applications are due January 17, 2013. Program awardees participate in the creation of a national, digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 in all U.S. states and territories and printed in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish. Each award supports a 2-year project to digitally convert 100,000 newspaper pages from that state's collections, primarily from microfilm negative. <br> <br>The program provides access to this resource through the Chronicling America web site (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/), hosted by the Library of Congress (LC). <br> <br>For more program information, please visit the NEH's program page at http://www.neh.gov/divisions/preservation/national-digital-newspaper-program or for technical information, visit the LC site at http://www.loc.gov/ndnp/ . http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/missStone.html “American Woman at the Hands of Lawless Turks!,” reports the Houston Daily Post on September 7, 1901. In September 1901, a gang of masked revolutionaries seize and hold for ransom Ellen M. Stone, a Congregationalist missionary. During her six months in captivity newspapers across the US report on her ordeal and on President Teddy Roosevelt’s attempts to free her. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the the kidnapping of Ellen Stone in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/sox.html "Striiiike! 8 Men Out!" Soon after the Cincy Reds win the 1919 World Series rumors spread that gamblers paid eight Chicago White Sox players (later nicknamed The Black Sox) to "throw" the game. An investigation is launched and though a grand jury acquits the players, they're banned from playing professional baseball ever again. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Chicago Black Sox scandal in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/pandemic.html “Spanish Flu” Sweeps the Country, Killing Millions! Between the spring of 1918 and the spring of 1919 a highly virulent and fatal influenza sweeps the country in three waves, killing the youngest and the strongest, devastating entire communities. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Spanish Flu in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! <br> http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/tanks.html Tanks: New Weapons of War. “Hurdling trenches, crawling over shell craters, and walking through forests unhalted by intense gunfire, the tanks cannot be stopped by anything less than a direct hit from shells of considerable caliber,” reports The Ogden Standard of October 21, 1916, 4 p.m. City Edition. http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/galveston.html The “Night of Horrors,” September 8, 1900, begins as a 15-foot storm surge rolls across Galveston, Texas, killing over 8,000. Dawn breaks over a grisly scene of bodies in the streets. The Galveston flood is remembered even to this day as the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Galveston Flood in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085620/1912-08-30/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Labor+Day+DAY+day+LABOR?date1=1912&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1912&proxtext=labor+day&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=2 More than 100 years ago the Labor Journal of Everett, WA, chronicled the origins of Labor Day as a New York City parade and described local events scheduled around the observance (in 1912). Other prominent front-page articles included the election platform of John E. Campbell, candidate for the Washington state legislature and advocate of the 8-hour work day for women. In addition to his political activities, Campbell was the business manager of the Labor Journal (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085620/ ), which was the official paper of the Everett Trades Council, the Central Labor Council of Everett, and the local chapter of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/pingpong.html Love! Advantage! A "seductive influence!" It's 1902, and America is going crazy for the new British pastime called "ping-pong!" With articles on who was playing, how to play, and even the dangers of too much play, the newspapers of the day covered every aspect of this new-fangled fad. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Ping-Pong in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/elect1912.html Former President Theodore Roosevelt bolts the Republican Convention and runs as the Progressive “Bull Moose” Party candidate in the election of 1912, dooming the reelection of William Howard Taft. The Republican Party rift sent to the White House Democrat Woodrow Wilson, who became one of the century’s most influential presidents. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the 1912 Presidential Election in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2012-07-26 Recently the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced awards totaling $3.6 million to 13 institutions representing their states in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Four of these institutions - the State Historical Society of Iowa; the University of Maryland, College Park; Central Michigan University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - are new to the program this year. Nine other institutions - the Arizona Department of Libraries, Archives and Public Records; the University of Hawai'i, Manoa; the State Historical Society of Missouri; the University of New Mexico; the Ohio Historical Society; Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the Washington State Library and the University of Vermont - have received continuing awards to contribute additional content to the program. <br> <br>This funding will support the selection and digitization of historic American newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 by each participating state, according to NDNP technical guidelines. The Library of Congress (LC) will make these newspapers freely available through the Chronicling America Website (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov) beginning in mid-2013. In all, 32 states have participated in the program. <br> <br>NDNP, a partnership between the NEH and the LC, is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of all U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource will be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. The NEH grant program will fund the contribution of content from, eventually, all U.S. states and territories. http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/spanishAmWar.html The U.S.S. Maine explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor on Feb. 15, 1898, killing 266 American sailors. Pressured by the “yellow press,” the U.S. declared war on Spain on April 25, 1898, resulting in the deaths of thousands and the collapse of the Spanish empire. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Spanish American War in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/ww1declarations.html A month after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, on July 28, 1914, the Austro-Hungarian government declares war on Serbia. Immediately, and within a period of six days, European countries declare war upon one another. Known as the Great War at the time, the conflict became the most destructive and widespread the world had ever seen. This topic page provides useful information for searching about World War I declarations in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/97071090/1912-07-06/ed-1/seq-1/;words=games+Games+opened+Opening?date1=06%2F01%2F1912&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=10&state=Oregon&date2=09%2F01%2F1912&ortext=&proxtext=games+opening&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=0 Including action-packed photos of competing athletes, in July 1912 the Medford Mail Tribune (Medford, OR) hailed the opening of that year's Olympic Games and the first American successes. Held in Stockholm, Sweden, the 1912 Games were attended by more than 3000 athletes representing 26 countries, according to the Tribune. The article described the opening ceremonies where "a pistol shot in the stadium at 11 a.m." began the games in front of 6000 spectators.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/bloomergirls.html "Bloomer girls" take to the baseball diamond challenging amateur, semi-pro, and minor league men's teams in front of thousands of spectators. Known for wearing practical, loose Turkish-style trousers created by Amelia Bloomer, hundreds of teams 'barnstormed' the country during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, providing women an opportunity to travel and play this traditionally all-male sport. This topic page provides useful information for searching about bloomer girls in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1912-07-14/ed-1/seq-4/ "...Use Windmills for the Storage of Electricity---Drop a Nickel in the Slot and Re-charge your Auto!" declared the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) in a feature article on the future of energy in July 1912. The illustrated essay described the outcomes of a 20-year government study, conducted by Prof. P. C. Day, into the prospects of developing wind-generated electricity. Identifying "the great possibilities of the windmill of the future" when "all the coal and wood of the world does become exhausted," Prof. Day spent much of his studies "to learn the average daily wind power" in locations across the country and considering how wind power might be implemented in those areas....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/civilwarmaps.html As hostilities intensify between the North and the South, people on both sides of the burgeoning Civil War seek to make sense of what is taking place in their country. The press rushed to publish stories and accounts of the battles, but perhaps the most telling features were the maps that they published. The New York Tribune published these graphical accounts of the Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Gettysburg and more. This topic page provides useful information for finding Civil War Maps in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/belle.html Lured by matrimonial ads from Chicago area newspapers to a farm house in rural LaPorte, Indiana, over 40 wealthy suitors meet their ends at the hands of Belle Gunness, one of the century's "most fiendish" murderesses. After a suspicious fire leveled the house killing her children, authorities would later unearth scores of missing men's bodies from the "murder farm," many beheaded and dismembered. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Belle Gunness Murder Farm in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/4july.html Centennial celebrations of the Declaration of Independence spark increasingly dangerous revelries on July 4th each year. The American Medical Association cited 1,531 deaths between 1903 and 1910 with more than 5,000 injuries in 1909 alone from exploding fireworks and other incidents during July 4th celebrations. Finally, pleas from social groups and President Taft for a "Sane Fourth" brought the festivities back under control. This topic page provides useful information for searching about 4th of July Celebrations in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1893-04-16/ed-1/seq-11/;words=storms+derechoes?date1=1880&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1910&proxtext=derecho+storm&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0 Following days of record-breaking heat, this past Friday, June 29, 2012, included an unusual weather event, devastating and destructive in its passing through the Mid-Atlantic U.S. This major storm, referred to as a "derecho," crossed the region from Iowa to New Jersey through 11 states, leaving downed trees, major power outages and general mayhem in its path. The "derecho," while an unfamiliar term to many, is described as early as 1893 in the Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT) as "a form [of tornado that] appears as horizontal rather than vertical whirls...that advance[s] in the form of a horizontal roll of dust." In addition to the "derecho", the article includes descriptions of other types of tornadoes as well, including twisters, wind-rushes, and dust columns, and, importantly, instructions on what to do when they occur.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/versailles.html Newspaper headlines around the world proclaim, “World War Ends as Pact is Signed” on June 28, 1919, ending one of the deadliest conflicts in history that resulted in over 35 million casualties. Exactly five years after the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the Treaty of Versailles was signed as crowds cheered and wept, while Germany bitterly protested. Many historians claim the peace treaty's harsh terms set the stage for the Second World War. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Treaty of Versailles in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2012-06-14 On June 14, 2012, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced a new contest encouraging students, grades 6-12, to use Chronicling America in National History Day projects for 2013. <br> <br>"At the closing ceremonies of National History Day, held on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Maryland, NEH Chairman Jim Leach announced that NEH would begin offering recognition and prizes to students who make effective use of the Chronicling America database in 2013 National History Day submissions. This would include cash prizes for exceptional use of the newspaper archives for junior and senior students in all submission categories. All National History Day participants who incorporate Chronicling America in their project research will receive certificates of recognition."... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/horseless.html Fifteen thousand people cheer in the streets of Seattle as the Ford Model T wins the transcontinental automobile race on June 23, 1909. The first gasoline powered "horseless carriages," also called "motocycles," appeared at the end of the nineteenth century, but it was the Model T that revolutionized motorized travel in 1908 by making automobiles affordable to the middle class. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Horseless Carriages and Ford's Model T in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/topics.html Launching Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in 1883, buffalo hunter and showman, William Frederick Cody romanticizes the adventure and excitement of the wild western frontier through horsemanship, sharp-shooting, battles with Indians, and rodeo style events. Attracting huge crowds daily, the show traveled with 600 people and 500 horses throughout the U.S. and Europe, introducing personalities such as Annie Oakley to the thrill seeking spectators. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Buffalo Bill in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1912-06-03/ed-1/seq-17/ In June 1912 the Evening World (New York, NY) began serially republishing millionaire tycoon John Jacob Astor's only novel, originally printed in 1894. The "fantastic semi-scientific tale," set in "the year 2000 A.D.," chronicles the journey of four adventurers to the stars traveling at more than 1 million miles per hour towards Jupiter and Saturn.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/carrienation.html "Saloon-wrecker" Carrie Nation barrels through Kansas bars wielding a hatchet in the name of temperance. Run out and beaten by locals, Nation landed in thirteen jails across the state but stubbornly continued her violent assault of saloons. In 1903 she laid down her hatchet and continued her work more peacefully, speaking across the country for the temperance movement until her death in 1911. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Carrie Nation in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1912-05-28/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Titanic+TITANIC?date1=05%2F28%2F1912&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=5&state=District+of+Columbia&date2=05%2F28%2F1912&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=titanic&dateFilterType=range&index=0 Winding up weeks of investigation into the sinking of the RMS Titanic, a US Senate subcommittee published a scathing report in late May 1912, charging responsibility for the disaster to individuals, government regulators and corporations alike. The document specifically blamed Captain Smith of the Titanic for "overconfidence and neglect" and Captain Lord of the California for not responding to the distressed ship's signals. Also deemed at fault were the British Board of Trade for maintaining outdated and inadequate maritime regulations and the White Star Line itself, owner of the Titanic, for hiring inexperienced crew and providing disinformation after the disaster. Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan, who led the subcommittee, also recommended special commendation for Captain Rostron of the Carpathia, rescuer of the Titanic's survivors....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/memorialday.html With flags flying at half-mast, tombstones decorated with wreaths and bouquets, and processions of the bereaved paying their respects at national cemeteries, ceremonies honoring fallen soldiers take place across the country. First observed in 1865 to commemorate soldiers who died during the Civil War, Memorial Day (formerly known as Decoration Day) was later extended to honor all American military personnel who gave the ultimate sacrifice in all wars. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Memorial Day in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/battleships.html Trying to keep afloat in a world-wide naval arms race, the U.S. launches the great USS Michigan on May 26, 1908 swiftly followed by the USS South Carolina in July of that same year. England sparked the race in 1906 when it introduced the “world’s most powerful battleship,” prompting Germany, Japan, the U.S., and a number of other countries to build increasingly larger and more powerfully armed ships. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Battleships and the Pre-WWI Naval Arms Race in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/plessy.html The U.S. Supreme Court changes history on May 18, 1896! The Court’s “separate but equal” decision in Plessy v. Ferguson on that date upheld state-imposed Jim Crow laws. It became the legal basis for racial segregation in the United States for the next fifty years.This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Plessy v. Ferguson case in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-04-29/ed-1/seq-7/;words=Continent+Adventure?date1=04%2F29%2F1912&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=10&state=Washington&date2=04%2F29%2F1912&ortext=&proxtext=continent+adventure+&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=0 Reporting in 1912, the Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA) described the travels of two young women who, "with $1.50 and an unbounded zest for adventure," walked from New York to San Francisco in just 8 months. In the article, Daisy Myers and Mollie Dougan, pictured wearing the "same dusty khaki suits, brown sweaters, worn shoes and slouch hats," recounted some of their experiences crossing the country and people they met along the way....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/bostonmarathon.html Running through dust, rain, snow and mud, Thomas Longboat pulls ahead of his competitors, easily winning the Boston Marathon in April, 1907, and smashing the current record by more than five minutes despite the terrible weather conditions. In the next few years the marathon craze would move outside of Boston to sweep across the country with races run "in nearly every big city," turning the ancient Greek tradition into an American phenomenon. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Boston Marathon and the Nationwide Marathon Craze in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016413/1912-04-20/ed-1/seq-1/;words=TITANIC+Titanic?date1=04%2F20%2F1912&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=5&state=Hawaii&date2=04%2F20%2F1912&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=titanic&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=3 In April 1912, tragic details of Titanic's sinking continued to grip the world in the following days and weeks. Even as far away as Hawaii, the effects of the disaster were felt. A front page article in the Evening Bulletin (Honolulu, HI) reported Senate testimony by an assistant wireless operator regarding miscommunications between the S.S. Frankfurt and the Titanic, while another article noted the presumed loss of local residents known to be passengers on the ship. But even as reports of the disaster continued to dominate the headlines, Hawaiian authorities rushed to reassure the ocean-bound island residents that "Travel in Hawaii is the Safest in the World."...Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/earthquake.html Horrific shrieks of pain and grief pervade San Francisco as the most violent earthquake in modern history slams the city in the early morning hours of April 18, 1906. EARTHQUAKES DEAD MAY NUMBER 3,000; FIRE IS NOW RAGING, screamed the Final edition of the New York Evening World. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/titanicsinking.html Lulled into a false sense of security, Titanic passengers continue their lively parties and return to their beds after an iceberg deals the fatal blow to the "unsinkable" ship. Hours later panic rushed through the more than 2,000 passengers as the few life boats filled and the ship began sinking. More than 1,300 people would die from drowning and freezing in the early hours of April 15th, 1912 in one of the worst maritime disasters of history. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Sinking of the Titanic in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1912-03-24/ed-1/seq-51/ In 1912, the Sun (New York, NY) provided some helpful tips for the ocean-going traveler seeking adventure in Paris, France. Exercise economies by considering travel in second-class accommodations; do bring a rug; "Don't buy a deck chair;" "Do not play poker;" the writer advises. "Women seek pensions[sic]... men like the boulevard hotels." These and many more tips covering both the voyage and eventual arrival in the City of Lights provide ample guidance for thrifty travelers....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/rollerskating.html The roller skating craze claims 106 young lives in New York City in a ten-month period in 1912. "Pay[ing] the price for the venturesome pleasure," adventurous kids coast down hills while gaining speed and crash, at times into heavy trucks and automobiles. The fad began in 1905 and spread across the country, contributing to the health and influencing the fashion of Americans despite its dangers. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Roller Skating Craze in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/cherry.html Wishing to beautify the nation’s capital, the new First Lady, Helen Taft, begins plans in 1909 to plant cherry trees along the Potomac. Hearing of this plan, Dr. Takamine and Consul Midzuno of Japan donate trees in the name of the City of Tokyo. The first 2,000 cherry trees arrived diseased and tragically had to be burned. Undeterred, Tokyo’s Mayor Yukio Ozaki sent 3,020 more cherry trees which arrived in the U.S. in March, 1912. As lasting symbols of friendship between the two countries, their fame continues today with more than a million visitors coming to see them each year. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Cherry Trees in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/gorky.html Touring the United States with his beautiful mistress, Russian author and revolutionist Maxim Gorky’s scandal hits the American press, shocking friends and society. Evicted from New York hotels and having most of his speaking tour cancelled, the dashing “polygamous” hero is mobbed by women at every lecture. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Maxim Gorky's visit to the U.S. in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1912-03-09/ed-1/seq-9/ On March 6, 1912, telegrams and cables flew across the world from Hobart, Tasmania, with rumors that the British explorer Robert Scott had discovered the South Pole a few months prior and finally returned to civilization. Within hours, reporters quickly sent corrected news that it was actually Roald Amundsen of Norway who had appeared in Hobart, claiming he, in fact, had successfully located "the southern axis" of the world and had no word regarding Scott's whereabouts. For days after Amundsen's arrival in Hobart, details of his haring voyage and travels trickled into newspapers worldwide. On March 9, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) reported on the "bitter disappointment everywhere over the fact that ...Scott...has yet to report on his quest for the south pole," "praise for the achievement of...Amundsen," salutations from royalty, and reaction of the scientific community....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/pancho.html Francisco "Pancho" Villa is wanted "dead or alive" by American troops after Villa's army of bandits murders 16 Americans in a raid on Columbus, New Mexico on March 10, 1916. Known at first as a "Robin Hood" in Mexico, the American press later portrayed Villa as a brutal villain "thirsting for blood" as war raged along the Mexican border. At the end of the Mexican Revolution, after his army had dwindled, Villa negotiated an amnesty with the Mexican government and retired his military pursuits in 1920, only to be assassinated in an ambush three years later in 1923. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Pancho Villa in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1912-03-02/ed-1/seq-1/;words=parachute+Berry?date1=1912&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1912&proxtext=parachute+berry&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=6 Hurtling from more than 1000 feet in the air, Capt. Albert Berry made the first recorded parachute jump from an airplane, landing safely, on March 1, 1912. The Washington Herald (Washington, DC) reported the next day on the daring feat that occurred in front of "hundreds of soldiers" at Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis, MO. "I didn't feel a bit nervous," declared Capt. Berry after making history in "heavier-than-air flying".... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Since October 2011, the National Digital Newspaper Program has expanded the Chronicling America site by more than 550,000 historic newspaper pages published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Including titles like the Wenatchee Daily World (Wenatchee, WA), the Anti-Slavery Bugle (New-Lisbon, OH) and the Montana News (Lewiston, MT), these pages have been digitized from collections in Arizona, California, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. More than 4.7 million pages are now available online, published between 1836 and 1922.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/halleys.html Streaking toward Earth after a 75-year absence, Halley's Comet is reported in the popular press as an "evil eye of the sky," creating mass hysteria, the public fearing it would “snuff out all life on Earth.” Opportunistic entrepreneurs hawked anti-comet pills, gas masks, and comet-protecting umbrellas. In the end, the May 1910 event proved harmless, while marking the first use of the spectroscope and the first photographic documentation of the comet’s sighting. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Halley's Comet in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/panama.html After a spirited debate, the U. S. Senate ratifies a treaty with the newly established Republic of Panama on February 23, 1904, giving the United States control over the Panama Canal Zone. Celebrated as the culmination of American technological ingenuity and medical innovation, the Panama Canal officially opened ten years later. At the time no single effort in American history had exacted such a price in dollars or in human life. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Panama Canal in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1912-02-11/ed-1/seq-16/ In an illlustrated article published in February 1912, the New-York Tribune described the life and recollections of American sculptor Vinnie Ream (Hoxie), who, at the tenacious age of sixteen, convinced President Abraham Lincoln to sit for a statue in the last months of his life. After Lincoln's assassination, Congress awarded Ream $10,000 to render the statue in marble for placement in the Capitol, making her the first woman artist to receive such a commission. The statue of the "half-farmer, half-lawyer, and altogether a child of Nature, with a face sadder than was ever worn by man..." was received to much acclaim and sits today in the Capitol's Rotunda. Ream went on to a successful career in sculpture and society... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/maine.html Shaking the city of Havana to its core and breaking residential windows, an explosion destroys and sinks the U.S.S. Maine to the bottom of the Havana Harbor on the evening of February 15, 1898, blowing seamen out of their bunk beds as they slept. The American "yellow press" blamed Spain in banner headlines, outraging the public, inciting the rallying cry, "Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!" About 260 crew members perished in this precipitating event that led to the Spanish-American War. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the sinking of the Maine in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/russojapanesewar.html Late in the night on February 8, 1904, Japan launches a surprise attack against the Russian-held Port Arthur, along the coast of Manchuria, beginning the Russo-Japanese War. Russia faced many defeats as it battled Japan while also fighting a revolution on the home front. In September 1905, President Teddy Roosevelt negotiated peace between the two countries, earning him the Nobel Peace Prize. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Russo-Japanese War in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058397/1912-02-03/ed-1/seq-9/;words=SKATE+sailing+SAILING?date1=02%2F03%2F1912&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=5&state=Utah&date2=02%2F03%2F1912&ortext=&proxtext=skate+sailing&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=0 Amongst several articles on winter sports, in February 1912, the Evening Standard (Ogden, UT), described the new winter hobby of skate sailing across frozen lakes in colder climes. Highlighting the importance of "a pair of sharp skates," the article told of expert speeds of "fifteen to eighteen miles an hour" and included candid photos of skate sailors in action.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/haywood.html In connection with the bomb-rigged assassination of former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg, radical union official William "Big Bill" Haywood is arrested and extradited to Idaho in February of 1906 to face murder charges. Covered extensively by the media, Haywood's trial ended on July 29th, 1907 when he was acquitted with the help of respected defense attorney, Clarence Darrow. This topic page provides useful information for searching for the Haywood Trial in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/bachelor.html "The Bachelor girl is growing in popularity," reports the Hilo Tribune (Hilo, HI) on January 22, 1904. Young, unmarried women’s social groups, known as Bachelor Maids’ Clubs, began in cities such as New York and Washington, DC. Not to be confused with “old maids” (or “spinsters”), these women opted to be independent of men, live on their own and manage their own business affairs. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Bachelor Maids in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069309/1912-01-17/ed-1/seq-1/;words=farm+Dynamite?date1=1912&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=5&state=Kentucky&date2=1912&ortext=&proxtext=farming+dynamite&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=1 Advocating progressive farming practices, in 1912 the Breckenridge News (Cloverport, KY) briefly published a weekly series of half-page illustrated articles extolling the value of using dynamite to improve soil. The articles not only describe the benefits possible with dynamite, but also address local farmers by name with suggestions on what such an improvement might offer them.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/prohibition.html In an effort to make the nation "bone dry" and protect families from the effects of alcohol abuse, breweries, saloons, and distilleries are forced to close their doors after the ratification of the 18th Amendment on January 16, 1919. Ushering in the Prohibition Era, the legal enforcement of the law one year later sent the message of "let rum alone" to Americans, but also gave rise to the illegal production and sale of liquor and increased gang-related violence. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Prohibition in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/hawaii.html While a revolutionary crowd gathers outside the Iolani palace gates on January 14, 1893, Queen Liliuokalani is forced to relinquish control of the Hawaiian government. With the Queen dethroned, years of political turmoil would follow until Hawaii was officially annexed to the United States in 1898. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Hawaii's annexation in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88084272/1912-01-06/ed-1/seq-1/;words=statehood+New+Statehood+Mexico?date1=01%2F06%2F1912&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=5&state=&date2=01%2F06%2F1912&ortext=&proxtext=statehood&phrasetext=new+mexico&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=0 In 1912, President William H. Taft signed the proclamation of statehood bringing New Mexico into "the Sisterhood of States." According to the El Paso Herald (El Paso, TX), parts of the new state, formerly ruled by Spain, then Mexico, had been U.S. territory since as early as 1845, with the whole being declared a territory in 1851. After delays associated with timber rights were resolved, the president finally signed the state into the Union on Jan. 6.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/flapper.html The flapper craze arrives on the American scene in the 1920s, featuring young libertine women who bob their hair and dance the Charleston in short dresses. They frequent jazz clubs and use flapper jargon like "the cat's meow," "the bee's knees," or "that's so Jake." On January 2, 1905, the Tomahawk (White Eagle, MN) features the article "Graceful Fashions for the Flapper," highlighting some of the latest fashions! This topic page provides useful information for searching about Flappers in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/trainwreck.html On the foggy evening of December 30, 1906, a roaring steam locomotive crashes at full-speed into the back of three, flimsy, wooden passenger cars, sending bodies and debris flying for a quarter mile along the Baltimore &amp; Ohio tracks, killing 53 people. As the huge locomotive lay hissing on its side, screams of agony pervaded the area as priests from the nearby Brookland Seminary administered last rites to the dead and doctors attended to the injured. It was the most disastrous train wreck in Washington, D.C. history. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the wreck in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/owney.html Owney, the renowned railway mail dog, returns home to New York on Dec. 23, 1895, after his world tour. Owney became famous as he traveled by mail car around the United States and Canada, then by steamer to other countries including Japan, China, Singapore and more! He became a mascot for the postal service and has recently been featured on his own postage stamp. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Owney in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/greatfleet.html On the warm, cloudy morning of December 16, 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt's "Great White Fleet," a force of sixteen battleships bristling with guns and painted sparkling white, steam out of Hampton Roads, Virginia to begin its 43,000-mile, 14-month circumnavigation of the globe "to demonstrate to the world America's naval prowess." The four-mile-long armada's world tour included 20 port calls on six continents, and is widely considered one of the greatest peacetime achievements of the U.S. Navy. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Great White Fleet in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/carnegie.html December 13, 1902 the first New York City Carnegie library opens. Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie gave millions of dollars to establish more than 1,600 libraries in the United States. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Carnegie libraries in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024720/1911-11-30/ed-1/seq-5/;words=storms+Magnetic+Storms+earth+EARTH+magnetic?date1=1911&date2=1911&searchType=advanced&lccn=sn84024720&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=magnetic+storms&andtext=earth&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0 In 1911, the Staunton Spectator-Vindicator (Staunton, VA) boldly declared "Brake the Earth - Magnetic Storms are Robbing Our Planet of Motion." The article described the reported discovery, based on ten years of data, that magnetic storms were slowing the rotation of the earth and would bring it to a complete halt in just over 3300 years. Once it stopped rotating, "the side towards the sun... will become overheated...and blistering deserts will cover the surface." Alternatively, on "the dark, cold side of the earth, all the water will be frozen solid...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/oscar.html On November 30, 1900, Oscar Wilde dies of cerebral meningitis surrounded by a few friends in a Parisian hotel room. Known as an "Apostle of Esthetes," who wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Importance of Being Earnest," his life was marked by fame and controversy. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Oscar Wilde in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/sunday.html November 19, 1862, Billy Sunday is born in Ames, Iowa. Sunday began his career as a baseball player for the Chicago White Stockings, but later became one of the country's best known evangelists. Between 1896 and 1935 he gave an estimated 20,000 sermons. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Billy Sunday in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1911-12-01/ed-1/seq-6/ In 1911, the Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, MO) illustrated a variety of calorie-burning activities that "wise turkeys" might use to keep from being guest of honor at the Thanksgiving Day meal. The cartoon of turkeys steaming in turkish baths, grazing on "anti-adipose pills," and even utilizing a "home trainer" treadmill of sorts, is part of a full page of illustrated Thanksgiving stories providing a glimpse into holidays past.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/FTTSTheWest.html Referred to as "the land of fertility and progress," Oklahoma enters into statehood November 16, 1907, becoming the country's 46th state. Two other western territories preceded Oklahoma's statehood, with Wyoming joining the Union on July 10, 1890, and Utah being admitted on January 4, 1896. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the creation of these three states in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95070058/1911-11-10/ed-1/seq-2/;words=ETH+THIEF?date1=1911&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=Nebraska&date2=1911&proxtext=thief+eth&y=13&x=27&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0 Illuminating the universal value of a complete alphabet in the world of publishing, in November 1911 the Norfolk Weekly News-Journal (Norfolk, NE) reported on the alleged theft of all letter "S" 's from the printing room of a Sawtelle, CA newspaper. According to the article, the editor of the Sawtelle Sentinel told his readers "an evil dithpothed thief entered thith office and carried away all our eth...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/FTTSNorthernWest.html After years of serving as territories, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington all join the Union as new states in November 1889. Congress agreed to allow Montana and Washington to become states and they split the Dakota territory into two new states. Idaho soon followed, gaining statehood in July 1890. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the creation of these four states in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069395/1911-11-07/ed-1/seq-3/;words=rockets+RAIN?date1=1911&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=Kentucky&date2=1911&proxtext=rain+rockets&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0 In November 1911, the Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, KY) reprinted an article, credited to the London Daily Mail, describing a successful attempt to influence the weather in times of drought using fireworks to prompt rain. Recounting his experiences in 1905 while visiting a coffee plantation in India, the experimenter had "a supply of rockets kept on the estate and fired off every afternoon at the rate of one rocket every five minutes...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/halloween.html The 1907 Los Angeles Herald features well-known Halloween customs, like mischievous pranks and Jack-O-Lanterns, but also the obscure, like forecasting the matrimonial futures of lovers. Originating as a blend of mythology and Christian superstitions, Halloween is celebrated on the eve of All Saints’ or All Hallows Day with the belief that spirits of the dead are amongst us. This topic page provides useful information for searching for Halloween in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/met.html The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens on October 22, 1883 with a performance of Gounod's "Faust." The Metropolitan Opera Company is only able to perform for nine seasons before a fire destroys the building in August of 1892. Now known as "the Old Met," the building at 39th and Broadway was rebuilt and reopened in 1893, where the Metropolitan Opera Company performed for the next 73 years. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Metropolitan Opera House in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88077573/1911-10-13/ed-1/seq-1/;words=REBELLION "From All Parts of Empire Reports of Bloodshed and Anarchy Come," reports the headline of the Marion Daily Mirror (Marion OH). The article goes on to call Sun Yat Sen a "man of high education and broad attainments," but stops shy of proclaiming him the leader of the 1911 rebellion.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/ndnp/news/index.html#20110923_1 NEH is soliciting proposals from institutions to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). NDNP is creating a national, digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1836 and 1922, from all the states and U.S. territories, published in English, French, Italian or Spanish. (See the website, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.) http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Last week, the Library of Congress updated the Chronicling America Web site with more than 190,000 additional newspaper pages in various titles. The site now provides access to more than 4.1 million searchable newspaper pages from 581 newspaper titles, published in 25 states and the District of Columbia between 1836 and 1922. <br> <br>To learn more about what newspapers have been added or updated, subscribe to the Recent Additions RSS feed available from anywhere in Chronicling America (click on the orange Subscribe button). <br> <br>Chronicling America is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058397/1911-09-23/ed-1/seq-1/;words=postal+aviators?date1=09%2F23%2F1911&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=10&state=Utah&date2=09%2F23%2F1911&ortext=&proxtext=aviator+postal&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=0 In 1911, the Evening Standard (Ogden, UT) reported that at an international aviators meet in New York, the first official US aerial postal service was to be conducted. Designating a new postmark indicating "special aerial service," the US Post Office established a regular branch office as "Aerial Station No. 1, Garden City, L.I." and planned to deliver 20,000 letters a day between Long Island and New York City.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016413/1911-09-18/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Transit+Hotel?date1=09%2F18%2F1911&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=50&state=Hawaii&date2=09%2F18%2F1911&ortext=&proxtext=transit+hotel&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=0 Celebrating the heroism of an unassuming streetcar conductor, the Evening Bulletin (Honolulu, HI) highlighted the quick actions of one Henry Honan who saved 2 children from certain mayhem in downtown Honolulu in September 1911. The article described the conductor's heroic act of rescuing the children from the car's path by throwing himself ahead of the streetcar to push one child out of the way and "on his face beside the car, half-holding to the car with one hand...drew [the other child] from under the wheels...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/McKinleyAssassination.html President William McKinley dies on September 14, 1901 of complications from bullet wounds inflicted by Leon Czolgosz. Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot the President during one of his public appearances at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Initially doctors believed that President McKinley would survive the assassination attempt even though only one bullet was able to be removed. This topic page provides useful information for searching about President McKinley in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1911-09-09/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Astor+ASTOR?date1=09%2F09%2F1911&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=5&state=Washington&date2=09%2F09%2F1911&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=astor&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=0 Amid controversy and disapproval from across the nation, divorced multi-millionaire Col. John Jacob Astor IV, age 47, married Madeline Force, age 18, in September 1911. In side-by-side articles, the Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA) described both the simplicity of the socialite wedding, attended only by family at the Astor estates in Newport, RI, and the local disapproval of ministers of various denominations, who remembered Col. Astor's first marriage and scandalous divorce.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/97071090/1911-09-04/ed-1/seq-1/ In a day's festivities described as "The Greatest Celebration of Labor Day Ever Held in Southern Oregon," the Medford Mail Tribune (Medford, OR) celebrates with a front-page spread on September 4, 1911. A photo of the large Labor Day parade was just nudged out of top billing in the day's paper by a sensational murder trial....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/nineteenth.html U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certifies the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920, giving women the Constitutional right to vote. First proposed in Congress in 1878, the amendment did not pass the House and Senate until 1919. It took another fifteen months before it was ratified by three-fourths of the states (thirty-six in total at the time) and finally became law in 1920. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Nineteenth Amendment in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1911-08-23/ed-1/seq-8/;words=Vinci+MONA+Mona+da+LISA+Lisa?date1=08%2F15%2F1911&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=5&date2=09%2F01%2F1911&ortext=&proxtext=da+vinci&phrasetext=mona+lisa&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=0 "Paris in an Uproar Over Loss of its Greatest Treasure," stated the Washington Times (Washington, DC) in August 1911. Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the "Mona Lisa," had mysteriously disappeared from its place on the walls of the Louvre Museum in Paris. Investigators discovered the painting's empty sixteenth-century frame in a stairwell of the museum and suggested a nearby scaffold provided the thief access to the salon where the painting had hung....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/leofrank.html On August 17, 1915 a mob of men abduct and lynch Jewish-American businessman Leo Frank near Marietta, Georgia. Convicted of the April 1913 murder of 13-year-old factory worker Mary Phagan in Atlanta, Georgia, Leo Frank appeals the conviction for the next two years, and the U.S. Supreme Court eventually rejects Frank's final appeal in April 1915. Leo Frank's case energized the press, resulting in nationwide coverage of the trial and Frank's eventual death. Today the Frank case is widely regarded as a flashpoint of anti-Semitism in the United States. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Leo Frank in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1911-08-18/ed-1/seq-2/;words=aviation+Wright?date1=08%2F18%2F1911&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=50&state=Arizona&date2=08%2F18%2F1911&ortext=&proxtext=wright+aviator&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=0 In 1911, the Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, AZ) described legal action taken by the Wright Brothers against all aviators attending the International Aviation Meet in Chicago, IL. The article also described other highlights from the meet, including daring flights, speed trials, and bomb-throwing contests....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/borden.html Lizzie Borden is arrested for the murder of her father Andrew and stepmother Abby on August 11, 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Following a grand jury indictment, Lizzie Borden went on trial for the murders in June of 1893. Although acquitted of the charges against her, the question of whether Lizzie Borden committed the murders remains to this day. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Lizzie Borden and the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20110727.html The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced on July 27, 2011 awards totaling $3.8 million to 13 institutions representing their states in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Three of these institutions - Indiana State Library, State Historical Society of North Dakota, and the West Virginia University Research Corporation - are new to the program this year. Ten other institutions - the University of Illinois-Urbana, Kansas State Historical Society, University of Kentucky-Lexington, Louisiana State University, Minnesota Historical Society, Montana Historical Society, Oklahoma Historical Society, University of South Carolina, and the University of North Texas - have received continuing awards to contribute additional content to the program. This funding will support the selection and digitization of historic American newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 by each participating state, according to NDNP guidelines. The Library of Congress (LC) will make these newspapers available to the public through the Chronicling America Website (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov) beginning in mid-2012. In all, 28 states have institutions participating in the program. <br> <br>NDNP, a partnership between the NEH and the LC, is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of all U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource will be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. The NEH grant program will fund the contribution of content from, eventually, all U.S. states and territories. http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/popes.html On August 4, 1903, the College of Cardinals in Vatican City elects Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto as the new Pope after the lengthy illness and death of Pope Leo XIII. He chooses the name Pius X, and leads the Catholic Church until his death in 1914. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Papacy, including Pope Pius X and his predecessor Pope Leo XIII, in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ This week the Library of Congress updated Chronicling America to include newspapers from 3 new states added to the program in 2010 and additional coverage for 1836-1859. New Mexico, Tennessee and Vermont are now included with 22 other states and the District of Columbia in Chronicling America's almost 4 million pages of historic newspaper pages, published between 1836 and 1922. <br> <br>To keep up with new additions, subscribe to our Recent Additions title RSS feed at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/feed/. This feed is updated each time a newspaper title is updated with additional content or a new newspaper title is added to the site. <br> <br>Chronicling America is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.... Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20110720.html Posted this week by the National Endowment of the Humanities, an essay entitled "Glorious Victory? Historic newspapers capture the growing conflict during the week of the First Battle of Bull Run" highlights news coverage included in the Web site Chronicling America of one of the first major engagements of the Civil War. The essay includes descriptions and links to relevant newspapers and articles, with details from eyewitnesses and relayed by word-of-mouth as the battle took place near Manassas, Virginia....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/houdini.html Harry Houdini escapes from an underwater box in front of fifteen thousand people in New York on July 15, 1914. Houdini, known as the 'Handcuff King,' made numerous notable escapes from the beginning of his career in the 1890's until his death in 1926, including wriggling out of a straightjacket while suspended in the air as well as escaping being buried alive. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Harry Houdini and his daring escapes in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1881-07-19/ed-1/seq-1/;words=BILLY+Kids+Billy+Kid?date1=07%2F19%2F1881&date2=07%2F19%2F1881&searchType=advanced&sequence=1&proxdistance=10&state=New+York&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=billy+kid&dateFilterType=range&index=0 In July 1881, the Sun (New York, NY) reported the death of "notorious outlaw" Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner (now in New Mexico). According to the report, Sheriff Pat Garrett surprised the legendary desperado around midnight, "when the Kid entered [the room where Garrett was questioning another resident] in his stocking feet, knife in hand, and ostensibly for the purpose of buying some meat." The fugitive stepped into the moonlight and "Garrett, recognizing him, fired, the ball passing through his heart...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/cour.html Violence erupts between union workers, protesting wage reductions and increased hours, and company guards at a mine in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on July 11, 1892. These riots resulted in several deaths and the declaration of martial law by the Governor of Idaho. In 1899, escalating violence at a Coeur d'Alene area mine again required military intervention after workers destroyed a valuable piece of machinery. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the Coeur d'Alene mining disputes in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1911-07-09/ed-1/seq-1/;words=trout?date1=07%2F09%2F1911&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=5&date2=07%2F09%2F1911&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=trout&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=4 As a well-known celebrity, author Jack London made the headlines in July 1911 during a fishing vacation in the Olympic Mountains. According to the New-York Tribune (New York, NY), London was staying near Lake Crescent, WA, fishing for Beardslee trout, a rare species. After several unsuccessful days, "suddenly the author was seized with an inspiration," and employed a trolling spoon and a diamond stud to finally land the fish, much to the amazement of his fellow fishermen.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/bigfight.html Jack Johnson wins the "Battle of the Century" against James Jeffries on July 4, 1910 in Reno, Nevada. The fight between Johnson and Jeffries sparked nation-wide response, including both celebrations and riots. Johnson was the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the World, and held the title until 1915. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Jack Johnson and James Jeffries in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/GarfieldAssassination.html President James A. Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau at the Baltimore &amp; Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C on July 2, 1881. Although he was severely wounded, President Garfield initially survived the shooting. He never fully recovered though, and passed away on September 19, a mere six months after his inauguration as President. This topic page provides useful information for searching about the assassination of President Garfield in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88078751/1914-06-30/ed-1/seq-1/;words=VICTIMS+Archduke?date1=06%2F27%2F1914&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=50&date2=07%2F02%2F1914&ortext=&proxtext=archduke+victim&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=7 Almost a century ago, the Democratic Banner (Mt. Vernon, OH) reported on the assassination of Archduke Frances Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Covering the event in detail, the article describes a failed bombing attempt earlier in the day, the fatal shots, and the Serbian nationalists who perpetrated both attacks.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/cassidy.html Butch Cassidy and three other men rob a Telluride, Colorado bank on June 24, 1889. This robbery is the first major crime attributed to Cassidy, who would go on to become a notorious bank and train robber, become the leader of the "Wild Bunch" gang, and inspire legends for years to come. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Butch Cassidy in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/97071090/1911-06-22/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Crowning+crowning+Crown+George+CROWNED+GEORGE?date1=06%2F20%2F1911&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=10&state=Oregon&date2=06%2F30%2F1911&ortext=&proxtext=george+crown&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&index=0 " 'God Save the King' Echoed 'Round the World" proclaimed the Medford Mail Tribune (Medford, OR) in June 1911 on the occasion of the coronation of George V of Britain. Describing "the swarming by hundreds of thousands into the streets," and the attendant pomp and spectacle of the royal event, several articles provided details on the royal procession to Westminster Abbey as well as the coronation ceremony and noble participants.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/rooseveltAfr.html In June of 1910 Theodore Roosevelt returns from a lengthy expedition to Africa. A popular topic in the press, readers were fascinated both by former President Roosevelt as well as his destination. After his return, Roosevelt published a book titled "African Game Trails," which gathered together the monthly articles he wrote for "Scribner's Magazine" describing the trip. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Theodore Roosevelt's Africa Expedition in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1911-06-10/ed-1/seq-1/ "She Will Smash No More Saloons," proclaimed the Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA) when Carrie Nation, well-known "anti-liquor crusader" died in Leavenworth, KS, in June 1911. Describing her personal history along with her political activism, the paper reported she was known for "lecturing on the evils of drink and ... following her speeches up with practical demonstrations in 'joint smashing'.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/clarabarton.html In June of 1889, Clara Barton and 50 American Red Cross volunteers assist the survivors in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after a massive flood kills over 2,000 residents. The response to this disaster was one of the first major relief efforts organized by the American Red Cross, which Barton founded in 1881. She led the American Red Cross for 23 years, helping establish the organization as a renowned resource of humanitarian aid. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Clara Barton in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1911-06-04/ed-1/seq-19/ "...the real dangers of canoeing lie not with the boat but with the persons who use it...." So claimed the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) in a 1911 feature on the proper use and fun to be had in handling a canoe. Including illustrations of the "right way" and the "wrong way" to enter a canoe, the article highlights successful approaches to handling various scenarios when enjoying a summertime outing....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/Cleveland.html On June 2, 1886, President Grover Cleveland marries 21-year-old Frances Folsom in the White House. Although it is one of many notable events during Cleveland's first term as President, the marriage is surprising as most people thought President Cleveland would marry Frances' mother, Emma. The White House wedding was the beginning point for the only non-consecutive two-term presidency that addressed numerous issues, including tariff reform, labor conflict, westward expansion and a financial panic. This topic page provides useful information for searching about President Cleveland in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/brooklynbridge.html The Brooklyn Bridge opens as the longest suspension bridge in the world on May 24, 1883. The excitement and celebration of the opening are soon tainted by a stampede, caused by panic after a late afternoon accident on the bridge, on May 30, 1883. Although other accidents and events on the bridge make headlines for years to come, the bridge still stands and is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. This topic page provides useful information for searching on the Brooklyn Bridge in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ The Library of Congress has made big changes to the Chronicling America Web site, giving it a new look and several new features. An exciting and prominent addition to the site is the "100 Years Ago Today" gallery, which provides front page views to century-old newspapers. Searching and navigation are improved as well - the site now enables users to see the search tool at the top of every page, to navigate within search results, to limit searching to only front pages, and to view any newspaper in "full page" mode without any extra information around the page. Users can now also subscribe to weekly updates and recent addition notices or share any page on the site through email and sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Google. Take a look and use the Feedback [+] button to let us know what you think! <br> <br>Chronicling America is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Last week, the Library of Congress updated the Chronicling America Web site with more than 230,000 additional newspaper pages in various titles. The site now provides access to more than 3.7 million searchable newspaper pages from 506 newspaper titles, published in 22 states and the District of Columbia between 1860 and 1922 . <br> <br>Chronicling America is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016810/1911-05-20/ed-1/seq-1/;words=woman+mayor With "no doubt of their radical intentions," in 1911, the Appeal (St. Paul, MN) reported on the installation of Mrs. Ella Wilson, newly-elected mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas. The Appeal described Wilson as the second woman mayor in US history, but "the first woman...to rule a city surrounded with women officials to do her bidding," describing several such appointments among municipal personnel and Wilson's intended policies....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/perdicaris.html Ion Pericardis, an American businessman, is kidnapped on May 18, 1904 in Tangier, Morocco and held for ransom. President Theodore Roosevelt demands that the Moroccan government obtain Pericardis' release and orders Navy ships to Morocco. Pericardis is eventually released unharmed, and the incident is now often remembered for the statement made by US Secretary of State John Hay, "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead." This topic page provides useful information for searching on the kidnapping of Ion Pericardis in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/lusitania.html Despite published newspaper articles warning against travel on Allied ships, the RMS Lusitania departed from New York on May 1, 1915, bound for Liverpool. As the ship sailed near Ireland on May 7, it was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank, killing over 1,100 people on board. A later British investigation into the incident ruled that the Lusitania was attacked with the intent to kill civilians, as the ship did not carry explosives. This topic page provides useful information for searching on the sinking of the Lusitania in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-05-07/ed-1/seq-43/ With photos of a range of dog breeds included, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) highlighted the final day of the Golden Gate kennel club show in May 1911, calling it "the most successful kennel club show held on the coast." Incorporating many breeds, ranging from "Tom Tiddler" the Irish terrier to the Pomeranian "Bambino," a Gordon setter named "Puccini" and more, dogs large and small competed for "best dog"....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/haymarket.html On May 4, 1886, a bomb detonates near Haymarket Square in Chicago after police arrive to break up a rally in support of striking workers. This protest is one of a number of strikes, demonstrations, and other events held by workers and their supporters in Chicago from May 1-4 to advocate for an eight hour workday. Many police officers and protesters are wounded or killed by the blast, and ultimately 8 individuals are arrested, tried, and convicted in relation to the bombing. This topic page provides useful information for searching on the Haymarket Affair in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates and associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88084272/1911-04-29/ed-1/seq-1/ "All insurrectos in arms in Mexico will abide by the results of the peace conference, is the belief of Francisco I. Madero, provisional president," reported the El Paso Herald (El Paso, TX) in April 1911, during a temporary armistice between Mexican revolutionaries and federal forces. Throughout the civil unrest of the Mexican Revolution, the El Paso Herald followed developments in neighboring Mexico carefully, reporting daily on the battles between government and "insurrecto" forces, politics, effects on local residents and American policy towards both sides of the conflict.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/stlouis.html To commemorate the centennial of the signing of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, the dedication ceremonies for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair, were held April 30, 1903. One year later, the Fair was officially opened by President Theodore Roosevelt. Among other things, the Fair showcased technological innovation as well as some of the first 'ethnographic displays,' in which people from other countries were placed on view for Fair visitors. This topic page provides useful information for searching on the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates and associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/haleys.html Reports of Halley's Comet sightings began to appear in the news one hundred eleven years ago today, on April 20, 1910. A great deal of public anxiety existed prior to the initial observations of the comet, as it was thought the comet might "Kill All Earth Life." Halley's Comet passed by the Earth without incident however, and life continued on. This topic page provides useful information for searching on Halley's Comet in the Chronicling America historic newspapers, including significant dates and associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062055/1911-04-14/ed-1/seq-8/;words=GLASS+Perrault In 1911, the Coconino Sun (Flagstaff, AZ) included a small article describing the writing of the Cinderella fairy tale. According to the article, the original author, Perrault "misread the text, [and] decked out his heroine in slippers of verre (glass)," rather than the more likely "vair," or miniver, "the royal fur of that time."...Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015486/1861-04-18/ed-1/seq-2/;words=WAR+BEGUN One hundred fifty years ago, the White Cloud Kansas Chief (White Cloud, KS) described the events surrounding the shelling of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, by Confederate forces at the start of the Civil War. Indicating the information was derived from a series of "despatches" [sic] received from South Carolina sources, the paper stated "Hostilities have commenced in earnest, and the country is wild with excitement...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/titanic.html On April 10, 1912, the RMS Titanic left Southampton, England on her maiden voyage to New York City. Even before this first voyage the Titanic had already made headlines, starting with the announcement of its planned construction in 1908 and later when construction began in 1909. Designed to be the largest, most luxurious passenger steamship in the world and thought to be 'unsinkable,' the Titanic is now most often remembered because of its tragic sinking. This topic page provides articles related to the building of the ship, including significant dates and associated search terms useful for searching this topic in Chronicling America.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ This week the Library of Congress added more than 165,500 historic newspaper pages to the Chronicling America Web site. This update includes new titles from Nebraska, Louisiana, Hawaii, Utah, Texas, and Virginia, as well as many issues added for existing titles. The site now includes more than 3.4 million pages from 457 titles published between 1860 and 1922 in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Also, take a "sneak peek" at upcoming changes to the site by clicking on the "beta version" links and use the Feedback [+] button to let us know what you think. <br> <br>Chronicling America is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/football1.html The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS), now known as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), was formally established on March 31, 1906 to reform the rules and regulations of college sports. Early football games often resulted in injury and even death, prompting some colleges and universities to close their football programs. The reforms were encouraged by President Roosevelt in 1905, after his son was injured while playing football for Harvard. This topic page provides useful information for searching this topic in the Chronicling America historic newspapers, including significant dates and associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/triangle.html On March 25, 1911, fire broke out in the factory building of the Triangle Waist Company in New York City killing 146 workers, many of them young immigrant women. Although the factory owners, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, were later indicted by a grand jury, they were eventually acquitted and no one was held responsible for the deaths. Eventually, however, the Fire would lead to labor law reforms in New York, and still remains a pivotal moment in labor history. This topic page provides useful information for searching this topic in the Chronicling America historic newspapers, including significant dates and associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1911-03-23/ed-1/seq-3/ As reported by the Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, AZ), in 1911 the military began to experiment with the use of airplanes in maneuvers. During American war games in Texas, commanders utilized a biplane to communicate quickly over long distances, covering 28 miles in 25 minutes and "establishing [the aeroplane's] worth and utility for use in the army."...Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016810/1911-03-11/ed-1/seq-1/;words=TOWER+Eiffel+Tower+tower In 1911, the Appeal (St. Paul, MN) reported on a new effort in Paris, France, to repurpose the famous 984 foot Eiffel Tower as a radio-telegraphy station, enhancing communications with ships thousands of miles away. In cooperation with the Paris Observatory, the tower would signal twice a day the hour "exact within a tenth of a second" to ships as far away as 5000 miles, allowing them to calculate their exact position of longitude and latitude....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1911-03-08/ed-1/seq-1/;words=diamond+Hope In 1911, the Washington Times (Washington, DC) reported on the recent woes of the Hope Diamond's latest possessors, Edward B. McLean and his wife Evelyn. Chronicling the famous gem's reputation as a " 'hoodoo,' bringing misfortune and trouble to its owners," the Times described a law suit brought against the McLeans by the jeweler Cartier for default of payment for the diamond....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83040340/1896-02-28/ed-1/seq-3/ In 1896, the new invention of X-ray technology was reviewed and explained in this article from the Iola Register (Iola, KS). As "a Correct and Lucid Statement of the Facts about the New Photography," the article highlighted Professor Roentgen's discovery, the state of photographic technology at the time, and Roentgen's speculation that he had discovered a "hitherto unknown kind of rays....Hence he [Roentgen] calls them the X rays, since the letter X is used in algebra to designate an unknown quantity."...Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ The Library of Congress has updated the Chronicling America site with an additional 178,000 pages (including 25 new titles) and a "sneak peek" at upcoming changes to the Web site itself. These changes include a new overall look, a "100 Years Ago Today" daily slideshow, new search features, and improved results navigation, to name a few. Take a look and use the Feedback [+] button to let us know what you think! <br> <br>Chronicling America is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064402/1913-02-07/ed-1/seq-1/;words=incoming+incomes+TAX+INCOME+tax+taxes+income In February 1913, as reported by the Rice Belt Journal (Welsh, LA), the proposed 16th amendment to the US Constitution allowing the federal government to tax personal income received the additional state ratifications necessary for adoption. Delaware, Wyoming, and New Mexico all ratified the amendment at the same time, pushing the number of states that approved of the amendment past the three-quarters required....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95060905/1916-09-10/ed-1/seq-7/;words=hawk+Cooper As the reader might know from recent news coverage, last week, a young Cooper's Hawk took up residence in the Library of Congress' Main Reading Room (see http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2011/01/breaking-news-hawk-rescued-from-main-reading-room/). While the hawk has now been safely captured and "sent to a stint in rehab," it is clear from the media of 100 years ago that Man's relationship with hawks has always been somewhat challenging. In this article published in 1916 by the Tombstone Epitaph (Tombstone, AZ), the ongoing struggle between farmers and local fauna was foremost in the writer's concerns, noting the Cooper's Hawk as one of the few hawks "into whom nature has implanted the desire for evil deeds." This hawk, along with its sharp-shinned cousin, was blamed for "a large part of the thieving which farmers of the country lay at the door of the soaring hawk..." Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1911-01-27/ed-1/seq-1/;words=AERO+SURFACE Famed aviator Glenn Curtiss set a new flying record in January 1911 when he successfully launched and landed his "aeroplane" on the surface of San Diego Bay in California. The Washington Herald (Washington, DC) reported that Curtiss "flew two miles, returned to the starting place, and alighted on the water as lightly as a gull..." Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1911-01-14/ed-1/seq-1/ In January 1911, the Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA) reported on the first "Equal Suffrage" convention held after women were granted the right to vote in Washington state in 1910. "It was a jubilee session..." where the new voters made it clear that "women want no tampering by the legislature in Olympia with their new rights and responsibilities," and in particular were against any law exempting them from jury duties.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-01-07/ed-1/seq-1/;words=CONTINENTAL+BILL In 1911, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) carried a small front-page article on the unexpected discovery of a small U.S. currency bill printed in 1776, authorized by the Continental Congress. The paper, bearing the inscription "This bill entitles the bearer to receive eight Spanish milled dollars, or their value thereof in gold or silver...," was found between the pages of a bible and believed to have been placed there more than 100 years prior... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88077573/1911-01-02/ed-1/seq-1/;words=BUGLERS+SOUND+CALL "President and Vice President, The Cabinet Officers, The Ambassadors and Diplomats, The Judiciary and Congressmen, With Their Wives and Sweethearts, The Department Officials, and the Common People, All Seem to be in it for a Gala Occasion." The Marion Daily Mirror (Marion, OH) publishes "New Year's Greetings" from 1911... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1910-12-25/ed-1/seq-1/;words=HAPPY+THRONG In 1910, the Brisbee Daily Review (Brisbee, AZ) reported a Christmas Eve celebration with a band in the street, singing carols and serenading the town. "Following the ancient custom of their home land, a large number of Englishmen gathered on the street and sang the old Christmas Carols." The evening ended with a well attended mask ball at the Odd Fellows hall.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ On December 15, 2010, the Library of Congress added more than 440,000 historic newspaper pages to the Chronicling America Web site. This most recent update expands date coverage for many titles already represented in the site and includes a wealth of content in new titles from Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. The site now includes more than 3.1 million pages from 414 titles published between 1860 and 1922 in 22 states and the District of Columbia. <br> <br>Chronicling America is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/ellisisland.html On December 17, 1900, the new Immigrant Station for receiving and processing the immigration of thousands of newcomers to the United States opened on Ellis Island. The New-York Tribune (New York, NY) described the new facility as "spacious and well-lighted," showing contrasting photos of the old Barge Office and the new building. This topic page provides useful information for searching this topic in the Chronicling America historic newspapers, including significant dates and associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95060914/1910-12-02/ed-1/seq-1/;words=GLASS+glass+Glass+ROAD+roads+Road In 1910, the Graham Guardian (Safford, AZ) reported on the societal tensions raised when adapting to the new technology of automobiles. "There is a certain element that don't want progression and who should live in the sand hills and eat jack rabbits!" declared the Guardian in protest against vandals placing broken glass on roadways and damaging autos. Another article on the same page reminds all drivers to "keep on your own side of the road -- THE RIGHT" in order to prevent accidents between various conveyances.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053571/1869-11-22/ed-1/seq-1/;words=canal In November 1869 the Suez Canal, Egypt, opened with much celebration and fanfare. The National Republican (Washington, DC) provided cable news of the opening events throughout the week, including the participation of many dignitaries from both the Middle East and Europe. "The complete success of the great work exceeds all expectations," the paper proclaimed... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025287/1883-11-25/ed-1/seq-5/;words=new+time+standard In 1883, the Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN) reported on the implementation of new standard time zones across Canada and the U.S. Encompassing 5 divisions from east to west - Intercolonial, Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific - the new time tables, based on longitude, standardized railway schedules and cross-continental communication so that "now all time pieces and the railways will be alike"....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88077573/1910-11-08/ed-1/seq-2/;words=flight+commercial Describing what was billed as the first commercial flight, the Marion Daily Mirror (Marion, OH) reported that aviator Philip Parmalee had broken the world cross-country flight speed record by traveling from Dayton to Columbus, OH, a journey of 62 miles, in 55 minutes. The no. 10 Wright aeroplane carried over 200 pounds in bundled silk as freight and landed before a crowd of more than a thousand....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058140/1910-10-30/ed-1/seq-36/;words=Pumpkin+Pumpkins+pumpkins+pumpkin Describing the humble pumpkin in glowing terms, the Salt Lake Herald Republican (Salt Lake City, UT) of 1910 sang the praises of "Nature's golden globe" and its history, use as decoration, food value and, of course, its role in Halloween celebrations. "Pity the boy who has not in the halcyon days of his youth...carved the grinning teeth...that vested the placid pumpkin with a sudden ferocity worthy of the most desperate cause."... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1910-10-29/ed-1/seq-1/ Covering a 1910 international aviation competition, the Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, AZ) reported on Ralph Johnstone's record-breaking altitude climb to 8,471 feet in a gas-powered balloon. While the competition took place at Belmont Park in New York, the Arizona paper included descriptions of the action, an interview with the record-breaker and photos of other balloonists.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052114/1910-10-15/ed-1/seq-1/ Edging out other news in October of 1910, the top headline for the Paducah Evening Sun (Paducah, KY) tells voters to complete voter registrations. Competing for top billing are a new train bridge, a transatlantic dirigible flight, price fixing by breweries, a tornado, and new details on a shooting. Also making the front page, a homeless girl who seemed fine and "trouble of some kind."...Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1910-10-12/ed-1/seq-1/ Although in St. Louis, MO, primarily on speaking engagements, as reported in the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) in October 1910, ex-President Theodore Roosevelt quickly became the center of attention at a local "aviation meeting" when he directed his car to drive directly to a just-landed aeroplane [sic] and, at the pilot's invitation, climbed aboard. After 2 laps of the air field, the pilot alighted and "Colonel" Roosevelt disembarked. " 'It was great! First class! It was the finest experience I have ever had,' he declared."...Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042462/1910-10-01/ed-1/seq-1/ In October 1910, the Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA) reported on the early morning bombing of the Los Angeles Times offices. With an estimated 100 injured or missing, within hours the Times managing editor issued the following statement: "The Times building was blown up by dynamite by the enemies of industrial freedom this morning. The Times cannot be destroyed. It will soon be issuing its regular editions and fighting its battles with its old vigor." ...Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014760/1862-09-23/ed-1/seq-2/;words=PUOCLAMiVTION "I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America..." was the headline on September 23, 1862. Lincoln outlines, advocates, and reproduces the Emancipation Proclamation in the National Republican, during the midst of the Civil War .... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ On Sept 16, 2010, the Library of Congress added more than 380,000 historic newspaper pages to the Chronicling America Web site, including newspapers from 3 new states - Louisiana, Montana, and South Carolina - and expanding the site's time coverage further into the Civil War era. The site now includes almost 2.7 million pages from 348 titles published between 1860 and 1922 in 22 states and the District of Columbia. <br> <br>Chronicling America is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.... Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/ndnp.html On Sept. 14, 2010, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced the 2011 National Digital Newspaper Program award application deadline would be extended to Jan. 13, 2011. Institutions receiving 2011 awards will be notified in August 2011 and begin NDNP participation in September 2011. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058397/1910-09-10/ed-1/seq-2/ "Old Man Finds His Affinity Rather Late In Life..." was the headline on September 10, 1910. In Chicago, a man lacking only two months until his 92nd birthday applied for a marriage license to wed Miss Helen Conger. "Previously eighty-five years had been the age of the oldest applicant" .... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1910-09-02/ed-1/seq-1/ "A report that a lion, a bear, a tiger, or some other jungle beast, was at large in the vicinity of Connecticut and Cathedral avenues..." was the headline on September 2, 1910. Reports of eyewitnesses reported battles between police and beast, but such reports were greatly exaggerated.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/ndnp/pdf/NDNP_201113TechNotes.pdf On Aug. 31, 2010, the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) posted a revision to Technical Guidelines for Applicants for 2011 awards, correcting the description of coding practices for non-English newspaper text. See Document Control section for more information. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1910-08-27/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Kinetophone In 1910, Thomas A. Edison, inventor extraordinaire, demonstrated a new technique for synchronizing moving pictures and phonographs using a "kinetophone." The article describes the system as "A phonograph...located behind the screen..." connected to "the moving picture machine" and "controlled by a pulley which runs across the ceiling." The demonstration, for scientists and reporters, included a moving picture presentation on canvas of a lecturer explaining the new technique with accompanying sound.... Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/ndnp.html NEH is soliciting proposals from institutions to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). NDNP is creating a national, digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1836 and 1922, from all the states and U.S. territories, published in English, French, Italian or Spanish. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress (LC) and be freely accessible via the Internet. (See the website, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers - http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/.) http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1920-08-18/ed-1/seq-1/ Ninety years ago today, 27 million women were granted the right to vote for U.S. president when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) highlighted the passage of the Amendment in Tennessee by a narrow margin, profiled suffrage activities in several states and, on p. 13, provided a map of states that had ratified the Amendment in their own legislatures... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/pingpong.html "If you would be the proper thing, with progress keep along. Ah then I rede ye, learn to 'ping,' and also learn to 'pong', " wrote the Houston Daily Post (Houston, TX) in 1902. Between 1901 and 1903, America went crazy for the British past-time of "ping-pong," also known as table tennis. From articles on who was playing, how to play, how to build your own ping-pong table, and even the damage to one's health of too much play, the newspapers of the day covered every aspect of the fad. This topic page provides useful information for searching this topic in the Chronicling America historic newspapers, including significant dates and associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88078751/1910-08-02/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Wireless+CRIPPEN In August 1910, the world was gripped by the sensational transatlantic hunt for Dr. Hawley Crippen who disappeared suddenly from England with his companion, Miss Le Neve, after being "charged with the murder and mutilation of his actress wife." In a dramatic retelling, the Democratic Banner (Mt. Vernon, OH) recounted the discovery and arrest off the coast of Canada of the accused murderer "trapped by wireless" when the steamship captain, suspecting his identity, sent a wireless message to Scotland Yard mid-voyage....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1910-07-31/ed-1/seq-10/ In the Sunday Magazine section, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) published a "chat" with inventor Thomas A. Edison regarding the many suggestions and proposals for "revolutioniz[ing] the world" that he received every day. Declaring "This is great weather for cranks; they incubate in the summertime, you know," Mr. Edison further described his way of handling such "eccentric" correspondents and some of their more fantastic ideas... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95069780/1910-07-28/ed-1/seq-3/ In July 1910, the Valentine Democrat (Valentine, NE) described the disposition of animal "trophies" from Theodore Roosevelt's 1909 hunting tour of Africa. The article describes the intended deposit of specimens to the "National museum" in Washington, DC, the state of modern taxidermy, and Roosevelt's personal exploits supporting "the science of natural history.".... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1920-07-19/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Ruth+Babe Almost 100 years ago, the Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) reported on a record-setting home run hit by "George H. Ruth, the bustin' Babe of baseball." Having set a new major league record in hitting 30 home runs 3 months into the season, the paper pointed out that the Yankee "Colossus of Clout" had more than 70 games to go and that, for the year, "Fifty [home runs] does not look impossible."... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84025841/1910-07-16/ed-1/seq-1/ Almost two weeks after the initial boxing match, the newspapers of July 1910 continued to buzz about the Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries fight in Reno, Nevada, that took place on July 4. The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) reported on victor Johnson's statements after the fight that his then-manager offered him a large sum of money to "[throw] the fight to Jeffries, but the champion refused to even listen to such a proposition." Various details on Johnson's winnings and future plans, as well as Jeffries' post-fight activities appear in several articles throughout the issue... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86090383/1910-07-04/ed-1/seq-1/ On July 4, 1910, the Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, TX) reported Jack Johnson's fifteenth round victory over James Jeffries. "Johnson slipped off his robe... An American flag circled his belt." "Jeffries is attired in short blue trunks, with an American flag around his belt." Reporting on what has since been called the fight of the century, the paper's final comment leading to coverage of the fight: "It was agreed men would not shake hands." .... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/stanfordwhite.html On June 25, 1906, millionaire Harry Thaw murdered famed architect Stanford White in a jealous rage over Thaw's actress wife, Evelyn Nesbit. The ensuing high-society trials (the first ended in a dead-locked jury) gripped the nation's headlines for more than a year. This topic page provides useful information for searching these events in the Chronicling America historic newspapers, including significant dates and associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ On June 16, 2010 the Library of Congress added more than 275,000 historic newspaper pages to the Chronicling America Web site, including newspapers from 4 new states - Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Oregon - and expanding the site's time coverage into the Civil War era. The site now includes more than 2.3 million pages from 295 titles published between 1860 and 1922 in 19 states and the District of Columbia. <br> <br>Chronicling America is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress....Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20100610.html The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced on June 10, 2010, awards totaling $2.88 million to 9 institutions representing their states in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Three of these institutions, University of New Mexico, University of Tennessee and University of Vermont, are new to the program this year. Six other institutions - Arizona Department of Libraries, Archives and Public Records; University of Hawaii-Manoa; Ohio Historical Society; State Historical Society of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University; and Washington State Library have received continuing awards to contribute additional content to the program. This funding will support the selection and digitization of historic American newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 by each participating state, according to NDNP guidelines. The Library of Congress (LC) will make these newspapers available to the public through the Chronicling America Website (http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica) beginning in mid-2011. In all, 25 states have institutions participating in the program. <br> <br>NDNP, a partnership between the NEH and the LC, is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of all U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource will be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. The NEH grant program will fund the contribution of content from, eventually, all U.S. states and territories. <br> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89066315/1919-06-16/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Brown+flight+Alcock+ATLANTIC+FLIGHT+Atlantic Almost 100 years ago, Capt. John Alcott and Lt. W. A. Brown made history when they successfully crossed the Atlantic by air without stopping. Their harrowing 16-hour (and 12 min.) flight from Newfoundland to Ireland was described in the Evening Missourian (Columbia, MO) in detail. Flying through fog and sleet at approximately 120 miles per hour, the plane "rose to 11,000 feet at times, swooped down almost to the surface of the sea, and at times, the two navigators found themselves flying upside down close to the water."... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1910-06-06/ed-1/seq-1/;words=HENRY+o+O+Henry In June 1910, William Sidney Porter, better known by the pen name "O. Henry," died in a New York City hospital, as reported in the New-York Tribune (New York, NY). The extended article includes a photograph of the well-known author and a detailed profile of his life, works, and desire for anonymity.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87060032/1910-05-27/ed-1/seq-1/ The Mountain Advocate (Barbourville, KY) in May 1910 reminded readers to "heap honors on the thinning ranks of the [Civil War] veterans" during the country's celebration of Memorial Day. In patriotic tones, the author applauds those "who answered the first call of President Lincoln" and then "returned to the occupations they had laid down" at the end of the war.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1910-05-20/ed-1/seq-2/ In May 1910, feature stories on the passage of Halley's Comet through the Earth's skies abounded in the nation's newspapers. The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu, HI) described the comet's track, scientific findings to date, and likely outcomes of the comet's passage. "The earth will merely be bathed in an extra flood of light," reported the Gazette....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93068209/essays/20090114090000/ Begun in 1908, the Jewish Herald (Houston, TX) was "a weekly publication, devoted to matters of interest to the Hebrew citizens of Houston." Its editor, Edgar Goldberg, focused the paper's coverage on "noteworthy sermons, editorials, and commentaries on various aspects of the American Jewish experience" including happenings in the local community and, occasionally, more national news. The Chronicling America site of historic newspapers includes more than 1500 pages of the Jewish Herald, published 1908-1911... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1886-05-05/ed-1/seq-1/ In May 1886, the St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN) reported on clashes between police and socialist labor advocates in Haymarket Square, Chicago, IL. Chronicling the day's events, the Globe described the circumstances of the socialist meeting and the timeline of the riot and bombing, as well as similar events in the nearby city of Milwaukee, WI.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1910-04-22/ed-1/seq-1/ In 1910, the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) described the death of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as author Mark Twain, in Redding, CT. Describing his literary works, honors, speeches, family life, and even the origin of his pen name in numerous articles on pages 1 and 2, the Tribune provided details of the life and times, progress, and challenges of this "distinctly American" writer... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1889-04-22/ed-1/seq-1/;words=OKLAHOMA+Oklahoma In April 1889, the Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE) described the land rush into the Oklahoma Territory by would-be "boomers." With reporting from Springfield, IL, and Arkansas City, KS, the Bee covered political perspectives on the new land settlement, actual logistics planning for the event, and the general excitement brewing as "Everybody seems to think his fortune is made as soon as he gets to Oklahoma...." Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1910-04-14/ed-1/seq-1/ In 1910, the Washington Times (Washington, DC) reported with enthusiasm on President William H. Taft's baseball interest and attendance at the American League's opening game of the season in Washington, DC. Described as "the greatest baseball enthusiast who has ever had the right to smoke in the parlor at the White House," President Taft held season tickets and was invited, at this game, to "throw out the first ball." The President even had his own viewing box "to the left of the press box, on the roof of the grandstand," but the Times reported that Taft had sat in a box with "the rank and file of rooters" at previous games....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ On April 2, the National Digital Newspaper Program added more than 302,000 historic newspaper pages to the Chronicling America Web site, hosted by the Library of Congress. The site now provides free and open access to 2,037,000 pages from 255 titles, that were published between 1880 and 1922 in 15 states and the District of Columbia. This most recent update expands date coverage for many titles already represented in the site and includes a wealth of content in new titles from Arizona, DC, Hawaii, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and Virginia. To see a list of all the digitized historic newspapers that can be searched in the site, take a look at the See All Available Newspapers page - http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/. <br> <br>Chronicling America is a project of the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058140/1910-03-26/ed-1/seq-1/ After leaving office in 1909, President Theodore Roosevelt began a a well-publicized African safari accompanied by his family. In March 1910, the Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, UT) reported on his arrival in Egypt, camel rides and tours of ancient tombs. The article also mentioned that "The privacy...of the Americans was invaded...by a moving picture man who focussed [sic] his machine upon them and rolled off yard after yard of films."... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1918-03-15/ed-1/seq-10/ In 1918, the Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) reported on Mrs. F.B. Chambers, the first licensed women wireless operator and her activities teaching other women to do "radio work" to support the nation's war efforts in Europe. Also on the page are articles covering "Women's Varied Interests," including news of women's suffrage activities, war-time menu advice and the latest fashions....Read more about it! http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm Extra! Extra! More than 1.7 Million Newspaper Pages Now Online <br> <br>Get the news of yesteryear here! Explore contemporary reports of the fight for women's rights, St. Patrick's Day celebrations, baseball scores, earthquakes, and more! It's the news you want and the news you need from Chronicling America, the Library of Congress gateway to America's historic newspapers, published between 1880 and 1922. Join Library of Congress staff for a sampling of century-old headlines and articles of significant events that echo in the headlines of today. <br> <br>When: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time; 1:00 Central; noon Mountain; 11:00 a.m. Pacific; and 5:00 p.m. GMT. <br> <br>To attend, go to OPAL at http://www.opal-online.org/ . From the Quick Links column on the left, choose Auditorium. <br> <br>1. Returning OPAL participants should click on the phrase "Click here to enter the room" in the center of the screen. <br>2. First time participants should follow the directions highlighted in the gray rectangle in the center of the screen. <br>3. Type your name (no password is required) and click "Log on" to enter the online conference. <br> <br>NOTE: Allow yourself time to download the small software plugin needed to participate in the conference. Depending on your network security requirements, you may need assistance from your local technical support group to download and install the plugin. Actual installation should be very quick, depending on your computer and connectivity. For a complete description of system requirements, see http://www.conference321.com/masteradmin/systemreqs.asp?id=rs1641902f62b4 . <br> <br>Tips for first time users can be found at http://www.opal-online.org/firsttimetips.htm . <br> <br>To learn more about programs sponsored by the Library of Congress Digital Reference Section, see Virtual Programs &amp; Services - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/ . <br> <br>To learn more about Chronicling America, see http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ . <br> <br>To learn more about the Library's Newspaper &amp; Current Periodical Reading Room, see http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/ . <br> <br>To register for an orientation to the Library's online materials, see http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/orientation.html . <br> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95070058/1912-03-08/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Amundsen In March 1912, the Norfolk Weekly News-Journal (Norfolk, NE) reported the famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had telegraphed from Hobart, Tasmania, the news of his success in reaching the South Pole 3 months earlier. Including photographs provided by the American Press Association, the article detailed the race to the South Pole between Amundsen and Capt. Scott, the British explorer, and the next steps in Amundsen's voyage....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047097/essays/20090114090000/ Published on the heels of another paper of the same title, the Independent (Honolulu, HI) reported on the daily news and events of life in the Hawaiian Islands during the post-monarchy provisional and territorial governments. Its editor, Edmund Norrie, was critical of these non-Hawaiian governments and championed the restoration of the Hawaiian monarchy and Hawaiian nationalism. More than 11,000 pages of this historic daily newspaper are available on the Chronicling America site....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1910-02-21/ed-1/seq-3/;words=TYPHOID+Typhoid+MARY+Mary In 1910, the Sun (New York, NY) reported on the release of Mary Mallon, "flippantly known as Typhoid Mary," from a 3-year island quarantine. According to the New York Health Department, Mallon was a carrier of typhoid fever and was "a source of danger to persons in whose houses she has lived"....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1910-02-13/ed-1/seq-9/ In February 1910, the Washington Herald (Washington, DC) described a national contest being held in Coleraine, MN, for competitive ski jumping. The article describes the sport as "...as dangerous as high diving." Details of its competitors and record holders, how the jumps are created, and photographs of a similar Norwegian contest are also included.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/russojapanesewar.html In February of 1904, Japan launched an attack against Russian-held Port Arthur in the Asian Far East, beginning the Russo-Japanese War. The topic page presents significant dates of the war and sample article links from pages that can be found in the Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/). The article links follow the progression of the war, including battles, effects on the home front in Russia and Japan, and U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's role in the eventual peace treaty. Combine the Suggested Search Terms and Dates to explore this topic further in Chronicling America and read more about it! http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/ The Library of Congress has added illustrated newspaper pages from 1910 to the LC Flickr photostream. The New-York Tribune Illustrated Supplement section, printed on Sundays, published images of signature events of the year, including: planning for the arrival of the Titanic, the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, imaginative illustrations of future technologies, and much more. In Flickr, you can tag it, add a note, share it....and even read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1903-01-04/ed-1/seq-37/ In 1903, the Washington Times (Washington, DC) profiled the Library of Congress's Newspaper and Periodical Reading Room. including photographs of the room and staff at work, description of what was available and highlights of the collection. According to the article, at the time, the Library of Congress collected more than 7,000 newspapers and managed more than 115,000 bound periodicals.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042462/1910-01-10/ed-1/seq-1/ In January 1910, the Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA) began 2 weeks of continuous front-page coverage of "the first international meeting of the kings of the air," or Aviation Week, as they called it. Performing daily feats of aerial derring-do before crowds of 50,000 spectators, the world's most famous aviators converged on Los Angeles to compete, set records, and promote commercial development of the new technology.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93063916/1910-01-08/ed-1/seq-1/ Including an architectural illustration and actual site photograph, the 1910 Daytona Daily News (Daytona, FL) described the construction of the massive ocean liner Titanic and her sister ship Olympic, commissioned by the White Star Line. Comparing the ship's intended length (860 ft.) with the Washington Monument (550 ft.) and the Santa Maria (60 ft), the article notes they will be "the largest vessels in the world."...Read more about it! http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/ The Library of Congress has added another year's worth of historic illustrated newspaper pages to the LC Flickr photostream. The New-York Tribune Illustrated Supplement section of 1902, printed on Sundays, includes published images of signature events of 1902, including: opening of the new Stock Exchange, renovations to the White House, a new statue at Gettysburg, and more....In Flickr, you can tag it, add a note, share it....and even read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1909-12-26/ed-1/seq-16/ With advice for the ages during the holiday season, The Sun pronounces black velvet a passing fad. Beautifully illustrated New York ladies model such stunning alternatives as white and gold evening dresses, peacock-feathered hats, brocade, and silk....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ The Chronicling America Web site has recently updated to include 287,000 additional newspaper pages from 15 states and the District of Columbia. The site now includes more than 1.7 million pages from 212 newspaper titles published between 1880 and 1922. This update includes increased date coverage of many titles as well as new titles from Arizona, Hawaii, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Utah, Virginia and Washington....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1903-06-25/ed-1/seq-3/;words=Virginia+Santa In 1903, the Evening World (New York, NY) reported on the public school graduation of Miss Virginia O'Hanlon, honor student, gold medalist and author of the letter that prompted the famous response, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." Responding to reporters at her graduation ceremony with the dignity of fourteen-year old, Virginia said, "Please don't ask me about my Santa Claus letter....You see I was very young at the time - only eight years old....You can see for yourself that was ever so long ago..." Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1909-12-12/ed-1/seq-4/ In 1909, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) published a first-person account of life as a "steeplejack" - rigging flagpoles, painting smokestacks and gilding church steeple crosses high above the urban landscape. J.H. Wilson describes his unintentional start in the industry, his many acrobatic feats to date and the frequent dangers of such a job. "The sensations that one has at these dizzy heights are peculiar," he says, "but you get used to them...." Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059523/1904-12-11/ed-1/seq-43/ In 1904, the Saint Paul Globe (St. Paul, MN) published a fanciful story on the future of reading, phonographs, and the library, ten years hence. The author, describing a trip forward in time to check his own written works, pondered the changes to libraries where all written works had been transferred to phonographic cylinders and "readers...[listened] in rapt attention through the usual insulated wires with rubber nozzle ends connecting the ear drums of the consumer with the cylinder within." In addition, the library had been "turned into a power house by which thousands of volumes were transmitted hourly to the residences, apartments, and tenement houses of the city...." Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1890-11-30/ed-1/seq-2/ In November 1890, the Sun (New York, NY) profiled "The First Test of Athletic Strength Between the Two Academies," highlighting the inauguration of the annual Army vs. Navy football game. The cadets, students at the Army's military academy in West Point and the Navy's military academy located in Annapolis, MD, wore uniforms of a sort - "mud-stained canvas jackets," stockings, and colored caps. The audience, officers and friends from both branches, were "for the most part...ignorant of the game, but that didn't dampen their enthusiasm...." Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95060914/1912-11-22/ed-1/seq-2/ In celebration of Thanksgiving, in 1902, the Graham Guardian (Safford, AZ) presented a variety of articles and illustrations on the bounty of the holiday harvest. Subjects covered include rural practices for the day, an illustration of turkeys trying to turn back time, a story of cider during the American Revolution, and an ode to "Ye Goodlie Pumpkynne Pie" ....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1900-11-11/ed-1/seq-8/ In 1900, the Times (Richmond, VA) reported on the anticipated arrival of the Leonid meteor showers in mid-November, noting a disappointing display the previous year. "But what was expected last year, and is hoped for next Tuesday night, is a recurrence of the magnificent displays which were seen in 1799, 1833, and 1866, when not hundreds, but thousands and tens of thousands shot into the earth's atmosphere." The article describes what was known of the meteor showers, observation methods and the photographic means of capturing the display....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-11-11/ed-1/seq-1/ In November of 1918, the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) reported the official end of hostilities between the United States, its Allies, and Germany in the first World War. The front page articles of the day cover the details of the signing, the movements of the former German Emperor and the social upheaval occurring throughout Germany....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1909-10-31/ed-1/seq-12/ In 1909, the San Francisco Call described Halloween festivities and traditions in terms of entertainment for "little misses." With illustrations of witchy parties, black cats, and "pumpkin and lettuce boys on parade," the article highlights the many superstitions and symbols associated with Halloween and the practical aspects of throwing one's own masked cotillion....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1886-10-29/ed-1/seq-1/ On a foggy, dreary Autumn day in 1886, according to the Sun (New York, NY), over a million people in New York City gathered to witness and celebrate America's acceptance of the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France. Devoting almost the entire front page to coverage of the weather, the parade, speeches, and the actual unveiling by sculptor M. Bartholdi, the Sun described the events of the day in thorough detail. As guests arrived by boat to the Statue's island for the ceremonies, "out of the mist there loomed high in the air a great, sombre, shadowy form"....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058140/1909-10-24/ed-1/seq-19/ In October, 1909, the The Salt Lake herald-Republican described the arrest of Sophia Beck, a renowned confidence artist, in Atlantic City. "Now the counsel for her army of victims will seek to recover the tithe of her $1,000,000 plunder yet remaining." A beautifully illustrated, captivating tale of deceit and woe....Read more about it! http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/ The Library of Congress has added another year's worth of historic illustrated newspaper pages to the LC Flickr photostream. The New-York Tribune Illustrated Supplement section of 1905, printed on Sundays, includes published images of signature events of 1905, including: Russian peasants in revolt, dog shows, balloon animals, sculpted shrubbery, and more....In Flickr, you can tag it, add a note, share it....and even read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/baseball.html "Baseball's Modern World Series" is one of many Topic Guides helpful for searching a specific subject in the Chronicling America historic newspaper site (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov). Each guide includes a list of sample articles on the topic and significant dates and keywords, that when used together, produce Chronicling America search results highlighting newspaper articles on that topic. Topics in Chronicling America are a recent addition to the resource guides provided by the Library of Congress' Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1914-09-30/ed-4/seq-3/ In September 1914, the Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) described observances of Yom Kippur, "the Day of Atonement," locally as well as in war-torn Europe. The article describes prayers, services, and the blowing of the 'schofar,' noting that 400,000 Jewish soldiers on "the battlefields of Europe" would "lay aside their weapons, by special permission of their commanders" to participate in services....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ On Sept. 17, the National Digital Newspaper Program added more than 192,000 historic newspaper pages to the Chronicling America Web site, hosted by the Library of Congress. The site now provides free and open access to 1,442,000 pages from 171 titles, that were published between 1880 and 1922 in 15 states and the District of Columbia. This most recent update expands date coverage for many titles already represented in the site and includes content from 4 new states--Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington. <br> <br>In addition to new content, the site also now includes links to other ways to use the searchable newspapers available in Chronicling America, including: <br>- links to Topic guides for events and subjects found in Chronicling America, <br>- links to use of Chronicling America in the LC Flickr photostream, <br>- and detailed documentation of the Chronicling America API. <br> <br>The Chronicling America is a project of the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress....Read more about it! http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/ The Library of Congress has added another year's worth of historic illustrated newspaper pages to the LC Flickr photostream. The New-York Tribune Illustrated Supplement section of 1906, printed on Sundays, includes published images of signature events of 1906, including: construction of the Panama Canal, 3 weeks of coverage on the San Francisco Earthquake, the Chicago meat packing industry, storm devastation in Hong Kong and Alabama and more....In Flickr, you can tag it, add a note, share it....and even read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1909-09-09/ed-1/seq-1/ In early September, the Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA) reported on the brewing controversy surrounding the discovery of the North Pole. Following on the heels of Frederick Cook's announcement a week earlier regarding his visit to the North Pole in April 1908, Commander Robert Peary laid his own claim to the actual discovery of the North Pole in April 1909, setting the stage for "a controversy unparalleled in history." Over the coming weeks, newspapers across the country would delve into the details of the race to the North Pole and the contentious results.... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058398/1909-09-01/ed-1/seq-1/ In September 1909, the Ogden Standard (Ogden City, UT), along with other newspapers across the country, published dramatic accounts of the first Western explorer to reach the North Pole, Dr. Frederick Cook. Cook, claiming to have reached the Pole eighteen months earlier in April 1908, had only just returned to civilization to spread the news. But even as the world celebrated, skeptical views abounded. On the same page, "Doubts the Report," includes comments from a retired Arctic veteran voicing concerns on the validity of Cook's claim....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045555/1902-08-30/ed-1/seq-20/ More than 100 years ago, the nation began celebrating labor and its contributions to American progress. In 1902, the Deseret Evening News (Great Salt Lake City, UT) remarked on the twentieth anniversary of Labor Day, including information on its history, illustrations of prominent labor figures such as Eugene V. Debs, Samuel Gompers, and John Mitchell and noting "Peace and good will are the guiding motives of the American festival...." Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052076/1909-08-26/ed-1/seq-7/ The Citizen (Berea, KY) noted a new cultural development taking place in the "frontier post of civilization" that was Reno, Nevada in 1909. A recent decrease in the length of time necessary for state residency, easy access by railroad, and a proximity to the cosmopolitan cities of the West Coast were transforming a mining community into the nation's leading divorce colony. The Nevada divorce statutes, requiring a residency of only six months, were known for their "length, breadth, height, elasticity, and all other qualities that lend themselves to the seeker after easy matrimonial freedom"....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1888-08-26/ed-1/seq-11/ In 1888, the St. Paul Daily Globe reported on the rapid advances in "cuts" technology (or pictures) in newspaper printing. The Globe claimed a pioneering role in the Northwest for implementing such technology in 1885, but notes such images "would be fit only for the hell box in the light of the improved processes now in use." The article illustrates the progress of imaging techniques and describes the actual process of manufacturing, including the use of "kaoletype" and the up-and-coming technology of "zinc etching"....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1909-08-14/ed-1/seq-1/ In August of 1909, the Washington Times (Washington, DC) reported on military wargames conducted around Boston, Massachusetts. Over the course of a week, thousands of national guardsmen from various locales contributed to the melee, fighting for either the "Reds" or the "Blues". Regarding potential damage to the actual battlefields, the Times reports "the New England farmer will perhaps grin and bear it lightly, for Uncle Sam...has promised to make good."...Read more about it! http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3797524015/in/set-72157619452486566/ More than 100 years ago, the New-York Tribune published a full-page photograph in its Sunday Illustrated Supplement featuring the mammoth ocean liners then crossing the Atlantic frequently and the maintenance they had to undergo. The associated caption highlights the importance of ocean travel at the time and the sheer size of the vehicle of choice. This page along with other New-York Tribune Illustrated Supplement covers from 1907 showing pachyderms, sailing ships, summer "cottages" and much more, have been added to the Library's Flickr photostream... In Flickr, you can tag it, add a note, share it....and even read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1909-08-01/ed-1/seq-12/ Describing the best techniques for improving one's game, the 1909 San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) provided advice for young women on learning the game of tennis. Including illustrations, fashion tips, instructions on grip, swing, and strategy, the writer declares "...it is a very good thing to learn to lob well."...Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1905-07-30/ed-1/seq-38/ Pointing out that "mere knowledge of the existence of this agency...probably prevents far more cases of cruelty than the agents actually investigate," a reporter from the Washington Times (Washington, DC) highlighted the daily activities of Humane Society agents in July 1909. Using half-tone photographs of "The Horse Ambulance," the agents in action, and annual statistics, the article focuses attention on the every-day challenges of ensuring proper care for domestic animals, as well as the important role of the horse in the local economy of 1909....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1909-07-17/ed-1/seq-1/ In July 1909, the Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) reported on a Congressional debate of a different sort, the Democrats vs. Republicans baseball game held at American League Park in Washington, DC. "The Democrats of the House of Representatives walloped all sorts of tariff schedules out of the Republicans," the paper proclaimed, reporting a final score of 26-16 in 7 innings followed immediately by a sudden summer rainstorm...Read more about it! http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157619452486566/ More illustrated newspaper pages from Chronicling America have been added to the Library of Congress Flickr Commons photostream. These half-tone illustrations, covering such diverse subjects as politicians and their families, the Adirondack Mountains, horse shows and sleep, were published as section cover pages in the New-York Tribune each Sunday of 1908. In Flickr, you can tag it, add a note, share it....and even read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1897-07-10/ed-1/seq-9/ In July 1897, the Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE) reported on the growing investment and infrastructure in the U.S. supporting the use of electricity for powering transportation, communication and industry. Calculating that $1.5 trillion had been invested to date, the paper described how electricity enabled the development of streetcars, wireless telegraph, personal comforts and even commercial mining....Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1909-07-04/ed-1/seq-30/ In 1909, the Washington Herald (Washington, DC) included a syndicated (it appeared in several other papers) day-to-day history of the 1776 creation of the American Declaration of Independence. Including portraits of the signers, as well as accounts of the debates and negotiations among members of the Continental Congress, the article recounts "What Jefferson did was to voice in the favorite English style of the day the spirit of independence abroad and to state formally the different grievances of the thirteen colonies as a justification of revolution."... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1898-07-03/ed-1/seq-1/ With vivid illustrations and narrative detail, in July 1898 the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) reported on the recent battle for San Juan, Cuba, and the heroism of the Rough Riders, led by Lt. Colonel Roosevelt. The correspondent writes that in the face of fierce battle, "the Rough Riders did not flinch. Fighting like demons, they held their ground tenaciously, now pressing forward a few feet, then falling back under the enemy's fire, to the position they held a few moments before.".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/topics.html The Library of Congress has recently launched a series of "topic guides" to the newspapers included in Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ ). Each topic guide (e.g., Baseball's Modern World Series, Ellis Island, or the Russo-Japanese War) includes subject-specific terms (including name usage, historical language, unusual spellings, etc.) and dates that can be readily used to search this topic in Chronicling America, as well as a list of sample articles found in Chronicling America. These topic guides are presented by the Library's Newspaper and Current Periodicals Reading Room. More topics will be added over time as the Chronicling America site continues to make new material available. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052114/1909-06-24/ed-1/seq-1/ The Paducah Evening Sun (Paducah, KY) reported in June 1909 that the local police chief had ordered all "knights of the push carts" selling ready-to-eat foods to appear at the police station. The article speculates that all "hot-tamale peddlers, barbacued meat venders [sic] and ice cream purveyors" were summoned to be interviewed by health inspectors and eventually would be required to conform to "sanitary regulations."...Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/blog/?p=556 On Tuesday, June 16, the Library of Congress updated Chronicling America to include over one million pages of historic American newspapers. The update was initially announced at the Newseum in Washington, DC, and reported widely in national and regional press. Check out the Library's own coverage of the event on the Library of Congress Blog. http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157619452486566/ The Library of Congress has added historic newspaper pages from Chronicling America to its Flickr photostream in the Flickr Commons. This set of cover pages from the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) illustrated supplements begins with the year 1909. These pictorial pages are selected from the Chronicling America newspaper resource at the Library of Congress and more will be added monthly. In Flickr, you can tag it, add a note, see the set in a slideshow, share it....and even read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1890-06-08/ed-1/seq-9/ In June 1890, the St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN) reported on some prominent Minnesotans having their share of adventure in the opening week of the fishing season. Including antics and illustrations, the article describes how "As a rule, the man with the most powerful imagination gets the record for being the king pin of anglers."... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/ndnp/upgrade.html Over recent weeks the Library of Congress has implemented changes to the Chronicling America web site that improve and expand use of historic American newspapers digitized for the National Digital Newspaper Program. Most changes are behind-the-scenes, but users will notice some differences - search results as thumbnail images, increased performance, and persistent (i.e., "bookmarkable") URLs in use throughout the site. In addition, we've improved the site to provide open access through standard protocols. Check out the Upgrade Details page linked above for more information! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86090383/1909-06-01/ed-1/seq-3/ Describing fanfare and salutes in June 1909, the Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, TX) reported on the opening ceremonies of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, Washington. Background for the event, technological innovations, layout of the grounds, and more are included in the article. To open the fair, "the amphitheatre was electrically connected with the telegraph room of the White House and President Taft pressed the button...that started the wheels in machinery hall..." Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1903-05-31/ed-1/seq-31/ In 1903, as the nation remembered the Civil War and other more recent conflicts, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) described the regional and national Memorial Day celebrations. Civil War veterans marched, gun salutes were fired and citizens gathered in "memory of heroes"... Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1909-05-15/ed-1/seq-1/ Including photographs of the participants and club officers, the Washington Times (Washington, DC) reported in May 1909 on a "reliability run" sponsored by the Washington Automobile Club. The day-long event included 18 participants driving different makes and models of automobiles. The following day's front-page article provides highlights of the endurance run, 168.4 miles over varying terrain including 3 mountain ranges, testing the performance of the both vehicles and drivers...Read more about it! http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045555/1909-05-08/ed-1/seq-18/ The special correspondent from the Deseret Evening News (Great Salt Lake City, Utah) arranged to meet the titular emperor of Korea. The story goes on to describe how Yi Chok is emperor in name only, that "He Has Blue Blood, but Little Strength." The special correspondent goes on to give a thorough analysis of regional politics... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1909-05-02/ed-1/seq-17 Including several photographs of the seasonal antics of squirrels in the city, the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) celebrated Spring's arrival by highlighting "the little fellows" and their popularity among city dwellers. The photograph captions include the interpretation of squirrel etiquette, thoughts and various behaviors... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030193/1901-04-18/ed-1/seq-11 In April 1901, the Evening World (New York, NY) began serializing H.G. Wells' recent novel "The First Men in the Moon." The series ran, chapter by chapter, on the second-to-last page of every issue published between April 18 and May 14. "Chapter 1 - We Plan to Visit the Moon," the novel begins... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn87062268/1909-04-17/ed-1/seq-1 About 6 weeks after he left office, the Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL) reported that U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt had arrived in Mombasa, Kenya, ready to begin his African hunting trip. The article describing Roosevelt's trip focused on several illustrated scenes of Kenya, including the train station from which the ex-President's party would depart, downtown Mombasa, and an American-built bridge on the Uganda railroad.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85058130/1909-04-04/ed-1/seq-19 Highlighting Easter Sunday fashion as a tradition, in 1909 the Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT) included advertisements for ladies' hats and spring suits "bewildering in the variety of new shapes, materials, trimmings, and beautiful colorings" suitable for "Easter wear."... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85042462/1907-04-08/ed-1/seq-1 Beginning March 23, the Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA) launched a month-long contest to identify the "Mysterious Mr. Raffles" in person and win a $1000 reward. Ostensibly critiquing the "method of criminal identification as practiced by the local police bureau," day after day until late April, flashy headlines and front-page articles provided Mr. Raffles' own enigmatic account of his activities and daily clues to his whereabouts...Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn84026749/1906-03-28/ed-1/seq-9 In 1906, the Washington Times (Washington, DC) reported on proposals from the U.S. Census Office to improve census-taking methods through the implementation of "A Punch Instead of a Pen." The article describes recent technology developments in card-punch and automated tabulation machines and the government's plans to increase speed and efficiency in data collection and the subsequent publication of results.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1901-03-24/ed-1/seq-6 In 1901, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) reported on recent experiments with solar-powered steam engines for industrial power and irrigation. The illustrated article described tests at an ostrich farm near Los Angeles where "The sun strikes the mirrors; the mirrors reflect the heat upon the boiler; the heat turns the water within the boiler into steam; the steam passes...into the engine cylinders..." and pondered the far-ranging effects such technology might have....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030193/1909-03-17/ed-1/seq-1 "Record Throng Masses Along Fifth Avenue as 75,000 March in Honor of Ireland's Patron" reported the Evening World (New York, NY) in March 1909. The article described the event as "one of the largest crowds that ever turned out to a witness a parade" and the confusion and congestion that resulted. "City offices," the writer remarked, "generally ran with skeleton forces. Some departments were practically closed down."... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85058394/1909-03-07/ed-1/seq-13 Complete with photographs of the balloon itself and admiring royalty, in 1909, the Morning Examiner and Ogden Standard (Ogden, Utah) reported on the recent feats of Count Zeppelin and his balloon airship. "The Zeppelin was, and is...a great cylindrical framework of aluminum, pointed at the ends and covered with linoleum." The article went on to describe differing opinions on uses of the aircraft in warfare and the German investments fostering further development....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1909-02-25/ed-1/seq-1 In side-by-side articles, in 1909, the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) described activities around the debate over women's voting rights in both Albany, NY, and London, England. In "Women Invade Albany," the writer described a hearing held in the state capital on a proposal to amend the state constitution to remove the word "male," with both advocates and anti-suffragettes in attendance. The London article, entitled "Militants in Prison," described suffragettes marching on the British House of Commons and subsequent arrests, including one woman's statement that "We value neither our liberty nor our lives unless the women of this country get a vote".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ On Feb. 26, the National Digital Newspaper Program added more than 112,000 additional historic newspaper pages to the Chronicling America Web site, hosted by the Library of Congress. The site now provides free and open access to 977,440 pages from 112 titles, that were published between 1880 and 1910 in 9 states (CA, FL, KY, MN, NE, NY, TX, UT, VA) and the District of Columbia. Six additional states--Arizona, Hawaii, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington--will be contributing content later in 2009. Chronicling America is a project of the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress....Read more about it! <br> http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn87062268/1909-02-23/ed-1/seq-1 "Tuesday will be given over to masking and merry-making," announced the Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL) in 1909. The paper described the varied celebrations of the annual pre-Lenten Mardi Gras festival, including "an immense parade" featuring the "Monarch of Revelers" and the "queen of the carnival."... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86069395/1909-02-16/ed-1/seq-6 Celebrating the 100th year anniversary of his birth in February 1909, the Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, KY) published a two-part article on Charles Darwin, "apostle of evolution." While giving due credit to the biologist's accomplishments, the writer focused on details of Darwin's life drawn from the memoirs of Dr. Francis Darwin, son of the acclaimed scientist. The articles include descriptions of Darwin "so-so as a school boy" and a self-proclaimed "average man" and highlight his path to "his life work, the patient, exhaustive, merciless task of overhauling of all that was written about the facts of nature".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85038615/1907-02-10/ed-1/seq-39 "Won't You Be My Valentine?" was the hopeful question posed by the Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA) in February 1907. With a variety of photographs and poems, the paper paid homage to the celebrations of St. Valentine's Day, the making of paper valentines and entertainment for the day. In "A Valentine Luncheon," the author provided an elegant menu as well as recipes for "Ice Cream Roses" and "Cupid Cake"....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86069395/1909-02-11/ed-1/seq-6 In February 1909, the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, newspapers around the country described various aspects of Lincoln's presidency, his legacy, and memorials to his name. The Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, KY) devoted a full page with illustrations to descriptions of his birthplace and the planned memorial dedication by then-President Theodore Roosevelt, appreciation of Lincoln in verse, and a review of his life and times.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85058397/1910-09-17/ed-1/seq-12 The Boy Scouts of America, incorporated in February 1910, were profiled in this illustrated article from the Evening Standard (Ogden City, UT) published in September 1910. The writer described the origins of scouting in the United Kingdom, the transmission of the idea to the Americas, scouting laws and "badges of merit," and the founders' plans for expansion of the program....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83045555/1909-01-30/ed-1/seq-1 In 1909, the Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, UT) published a collage image of its own headlines to highlight discussions in the state legislature on the prohibition of alcohol. With such phrases as "Whiskey Drove Him to Horrible Crime," and "Tragedies of Rural Life Have Origins in Liquor," the paper attempts to illustrate concerns about the effects of alcohol on society.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86069133/1909-02-02/ed-1/seq-1 "It's a shame," proclaimed the Winchester News (Winchester, KY) in February 1909. According to the writer, a sudden sunny day sent the weather-sensitive groundhog back into his den and predicted another six weeks of winter. The article also includes background on the celebration of Groundhog Day and its precursors in Europe....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83045555/1901-01-28/ed-1/seq-1 "The immortal Verdi is no more," reported the Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, UT) in January 1901. The article described the composer's many accomplishments and great works of opera, such as "La Traviata," "Rigoletto," and "Aida," and includes a few poignant bars of music from "Il Travatore." In addition, the obituary is accompanied by a Letter to the Editor, remembering and paying tribute to the composer.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn84026749/1909-03-04/ed-1/seq-1 In 1909, the Washington Times (Washington, DC) marked the inauguration of William Howard Taft as president of the United States with broad coverage of the ceremonies, parade, and speeches. After describing the previous night's blizzard in "Capitol Isolated in Fierce Storm" and the associated travel and communications problems, the Times proclaims "Smiles of Crowds Break Past Clouds"....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86071197/1901-01-13/ed-1/seq-1 On January 12 1901, the Houston Daily Post (Houston, TX) described the discovery, in Beaumont, Texas, of the largest oil well yet discovered in the United States. Shooting "200 Feet in the Air" and producing an estimated 20,000 barrels a day, the "phenomenal oil well" generated dramatic public excitement, prompting the immediate creation of business syndicates and land purchases throughout the area. The article also includes an illustration of the local terrain and an explanation for the well's massive output. Continued on page 4, other articles provide bird's-eye descriptions of the gusher and the sudden flood of sightseers flocking to the site.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83045433/1909-01-01/ed-1/seq-2 In an editorial cartoon, the Washington Herald (Washington, DC) depicts the advent of a new year with optimism, displaying a Wright airplane labeled "1909" on the crown and "Hopes," "Successes," "Happiness," and "Peace" throughout the airborne plane. On the ground, a bearded old man wielding Time's scythe labeled "Disaster" and "Ruin" retreats into the distance in a open automobile labeled "1908."... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030193/1909-01-01/ed-1/seq-3 Ringing in the fashions of the New Year, the Evening World (New York, NY) reports, with illustrations, that the Paris fashion world has decreed "The girl of 1909 will wear trousers." The skeptic reviewer questions the likelihood of New York society adopting this new "robe Androgyne," and whether any man will "permit [a woman] to wear trousers and so confiscate the last sacred symbol of superiority"....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1909-12-18/ed-1/seq-8 In December 1909, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) told the fanciful story of Santa Claus' challenges adopting the newest transportation technology. Explaining that since the discovery of the North Pole, the reindeer have run away, Mr. Claus tells his wife, "[Orville and Wilbur Wright] have sent me an aeroplane in which I can deliver my presents to all the children in the land in the fastest time I have ever made."... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86090383/1903-12-19/ed-1/seq-1 Describing the Wright Brothers' first airplane flight in Kitty Hawk, NC, the Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, TX) declares "Ohio Boys Have Solved a Big Mechanical Problem." The article goes on to describe the successful trial in the face of heavy winds... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ On Dec. 11, the National Digital Newspaper Program added 183,698 historic newspaper pages (including 14 new titles) to the Chronicling America Web site, hosted by the Library of Congress. The site now provides free and open access to 864,509 pages from 108 titles, that were published in 9 states (CA, FL, KY, MN, NE, NY, TX, UT, VA) and the District of Columbia between 1880 and 1910. Six additional states--Arizona, Hawaii, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington--will be contributing content in 2009. Chronicling America is a project of the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress....Read more about it! <br> http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1908-12-03/ed-1/seq-3 In December 1908, the San Francisco Call reported on local celebrations honoring the succession of Pu Yi to the Chinese Imperial "dragon throne." Attended by Chinese diplomats and prominent businessmen, the ceremonies included prayers, pledges and feasting.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86069240/1902-11-27/ed-1/seq-6 In a Thanksgiving Day issue, the irreverent newspaper It (Lawrenceburg, KY) published some local reflections on reasons for thanks. The sentiments range from the thoughtful to the commercial with statements such as "Thankful that we are holding our own" to "I'm thankful that I have on display the most complete line of holiday goods ever in the city."... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85038615/1908-11-26/ed-1/seq-1 Announcing a "Record of 52.56 Miles an Hour Established," the Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA) described the first international light car race held in the U.S. The 196-mile race, first of several during the gathering, was held in Savannah, Georgia, and won by "a little red Italian car, with four cylinders that hummed like a giant bumblebee"... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1908-11-19/ed-1/seq-1 In November 1908, John D. Rockefeller, retired president of Standard Oil Company, was called into federal court to testify regarding the company's alleged violations of the Sherman anti-trust act. The New-York Tribune (New York, NY) reported in detail on the millionaire's testimony and the intense public interest in the trial....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn84027621/1908-11-04/ed-1/seq-1 Mirroring front pages across the country on Nov 4 and 5, 1908, the Ocala Evening Star (Ocala, FL) reported the winners of the Presidential Election of 1908, William H. Taft and his vice-president-elect James S. Sherman. The paper indicates "The Democratic Landslide Slid the Wrong Way" for opponent and 3-time candidate William Jennings Bryan. In addition to state-by-state election returns, the 4-page issue includes a brief article and illustration on page 2 about the use of "election bulletin boards" erected in front of newspaper offices to broadcast the election returns as they were reported....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1901-10-13/ed-1/seq-41 In the October 13 Sunday Illustrated Supplement, the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) offered "interesting and amusing" reviews of overseas publications. In a review of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (1899), the author suggests "The rules of vampiring, as suggested by Mr. Stoker, are too elaborate" and proceeds to articulate his understanding of the 8 rules of "vampiring"....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030193/1904-10-27/ed-1/seq-17 In October 1904, the New York City Subway system was opened to much fanfare throughout the metropolitan area and the country. To celebrate the accomplishment, the Evening World (New York, NY) published a 4-page illustrated Special Subway Souvenir with topographic and street maps, as well as descriptions of technical challenges overcome, new safety features, and "The Man Who Dug the Tunnel," John B. McDonald.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86069496/1908-10-14/ed-1/seq-1 The 1908 presidential election between Republican candidate William Howard Taft and Democratic candidate Williams Jennings Bryan was held on November 3, 1908. This reader-supplied poem in the Adair County News urges readers, "Come let us all be happy now for why be melancholly? Election day is near at hand so let us all be jolly." The poem goes on to make a half-dozen puns on the shared first name of the candidates....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1907-10-13/ed-1/seq-5 Known as "Discovery Day" in the early twentieth century, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) describes the local celebration and re-enactment of the arrival of explorer Christopher Columbus to North America in 1492. The article depicts aspects of this "second Columbus' " 1907 voyage mentioning he should have "an easier time of it" - sailing east (not west), using a single ship (the Santa Maria), noting the ship would leave at 9 a.m. and "Wind and tide being favorable he ought to discover America around 10." The author goes on to describe the sponsors of the event, Knights of Columbus, and to advocate for the celebration of Columbus' landing as a national holiday....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83045555/1908-10-08/ed-1/seq-1 On Oct. 8, 1908, newspapers across the country trumpeted the triumph of the Chicago Cubs over the New York Giants to win their 3rd consecutive National League baseball pennant. In an "Extra!" edition, the Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, UT) published the inning by inning details, calling the game the "Greatest Contest in History of Baseball"....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83045433/1908-09-25/ed-1/seq-10 In late September 1908, in small print on the Want Ads page (3rd col.), the Washington Herald published a retail advertisement in the Automobiles section announcing a new type of vehicle: "For Sale: Ford Model T Touring Car --- 4 cylinders, 24-horsepower, 5-passenger. $850. A revelation. Deliveries begin October 1, 1908...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ On Sept. 23, the Library of Congress added 38,810 newspaper pages to the Chronicling America Web site, expanding coverage into the 1880's and including content published in Minnesota. The site now provides access to over 680,000 newspaper pages from 9 states and the District of Columbia. Chronicling America is a project of the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83045433/1908-09-18/ed-1/seq-1 The Washington Herald (Washington, DC) describes "the most sensational, disastrous and tragic [accident] in the history of aeronatics" as it occurred on Sept. 17, 1908. While demonstrating the Wright airplane above Arlington Cemetery and Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia, Orville Wright and Thomas Selfridge crashed suddenly to the ground. Both occupants of the aircraft were badly hurt in the accident and Wright's fellow aviator and passenger, Thomas Selfridge, later died of his injuries.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86063242/1901-09-19/ed-1/seq-1 In September 1901, the Hazel Green Herald (Hazel Green, KY) reported on the death of William McKinley, president of the United States. Shot on Sept. 6 in Buffalo, NY, the President died there in the early morning hours of Sept. 14. As a sign of mourning the issue was published with black, bold column rules on the front page. This practice was commonly referred to as "mourning rules," and was employed by many newspapers to report the deaths of U.S. presidents, such as McKinley, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy....Read more about it! <br> http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn88084205/1908-09-17/ed-1/seq-2 In mid-September, the Panama City Pilot (Panama City, FL) reported warnings issued by the Weather Bureau of the first major storm of the hurricane season. Describing early impacts of the hurricane in the Turks Islands of the Caribbean, the article describes the science of such weather, some historic storms, and the use of the Signal Service telegraph to ensure "but few boats are caught out on the Gulf in one of these hurricanes."...Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1902-09-02/ed-1/seq-1 Describing the event as "a magnificent demonstration," the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) reported on the activities of Labor Day 1902, when 30,000 union members paraded through the streets of San Francisco and made "an impressive representation of the strength of the labor movement." According to the Call, the march included floats, musical bands, and groups with identifying accessories (such as colored hats, canes, and sledgehammers) and represented unions as varied as tile makers, laundry workers, horseshoers, hatters, sailors, iron workers, the building trades, printers, bookbinders, bakers, beer drivers, teamsters and more....Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/ndnp.html The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is soliciting proposals from institutions to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) by selecting and digitizing newspapers representing their state and regional history. These materials will be digitized according to guidelines established by the Library of Congress and made available via the Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers web site, hosted by the Library of Congress at http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/. http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030272/1908-08-16/ed-1/seq-28 Forty-nine years ago this week, Hawaii was admitted to the Union as the 50th state. Fifty years prior, the US Navy was making the case for greater involvement with and investment in Hawaii in a number of national newspapers, citing the "National urgent need- that is, the immediate improvement of Pearl Harbor" in The Sun (New York, NY) .... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn84026749/1908-08-16/ed-1/seq-32 Featuring Danish inventor Hans Knudsen and his latest scientific discovery, the Washington Times (Washington, DC) reports on the new ability to transmit photographs by "wireless telegraphy." This feature article describes in detail the transmitting and receiving machines, the technology behind them and marvels at the results that will "open up new and vast possibilities not only in connection with newspapers but with other branches of industry".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83045555/1908-07-13/ed-1/seq-1 A century ago, according to the Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah), the opening ceremonies of the fourth Olympic Games began in London with a bugler's call and the procession of athletes under the flags of their respective nations. Lord Desborough, chairman of the British Olympic association posed the question to King Edward VII of Great Britain, "Would your majesty graciously declare the Olympic games opened?" ....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ On August 1, more than 73,000 newly digitized newspaper pages were added to the Chronicling America Web site at www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/, including content from 2 new states - Nebraska and Texas - and expanding coverage in the 1890s. With this update, the site now provides access to more than 642,000 digitized newspaper pages, published between 1890 and 1910, and representing 74 newspapers from California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Chronicling America is a project of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), which is a partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn84026749/1909-07-31/ed-1/seq-3 "More than 6,000 cheered..." reported the Washington Times (Washington, DC) describing the crowd at Ft. Myer, in Arlington, VA, watching the final 5-mile flight test of the Wright aeroplane manufactured under contract to the U.S. Government. The pictorial review shows the plane, its pilots, the crowds and more. Other articles describe the Wright Brothers' plans for commercial sales to individuals and the exploits of Count Zeppelin flying his lighter-than-air airship more than 220 miles in 12 hours....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030193/1908-07-25/ed-1/seq-5 Covering the final events of the fourth modern Olympic Games, held in London, UK, the Evening World (New York, NY) extolled the accomplishments of American athletes. In particular, the paper described a star of the Games in "Young John Hayes Was Sure Year Ago He'd Win Marathon," the story of an Irish-American who won the 26-mile Marathon run in a dramatic finish.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85038615/1908-07-10/ed-1/seq-1 In July 1908, the Democratic National Convention nominated William Jennings Bryan for the third time as their candidate for the U.S. Presidential election later that year. Reporting from the convention in Denver, CO, the Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) described "Storms of Applause Rock Building When Name is Presented" and said "perfect pandemonium of sound and motion was unloosed" when Bryan's name was announced.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1908-06-28/ed-1/seq-56 Emphasizing the dangers of some Independence Day traditions, on June 28, 1908, the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) provided illustrated guidelines advising against the following: "Don't ever throw a lighted cracker at any one," "Don't pin firecrackers to your playmate's clothing," "Don't set off any piece of fireworks near your entire supply," and more.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1909-06-30/ed-1/seq-1 Reported by the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) the next day, late in the afternoon of June 29, 1909, Orville Wright demonstrated the latest aeroplane for a crowd of congressional officials and interested bystanders at Fort Myer, in Arlington, VA, just outside Washington, DC. "After four trials, experiencing more trouble than has ever been seen in public with a Wright aeroplane, Orville Wright got the machine being built under contract for the government into the air over Fort Myer this afternoon and made a short circuit of the field."... Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20080617.html The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced on June 17, 2008, awards totaling $1,867,883 for six successful applicants representing their states in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). This funding will support the selection and digitization of historic American newspapers published between 1880 and 1922, by each participating state, according to NDNP guidelines. The Library of Congress (LC) will make these newspapers available to the public through the Chronicling America Website (http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica) beginning in mid-2009. The six 2008 awardees - Arizona Department of Libraries, Archives and Public Records; University of Hawaii-Manoa; Ohio Historical Society; State Historical Society of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University; and Washington State Library; - will join 9 states already participating in the program. <br> <br>NDNP, a partnership between the NEH and the LC, is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of all U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource will be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. The NEH grant program will fund the contribution of content from, eventually, all U.S. states and territories. <br> http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83045433/1908-06-19/ed-1/seq-1 In late June 1908, the Republican National Convention concluded in Chicago, Illinois, with the nomination of then-Secretary of War William Howard Taft as candidate for the 1908 Presidential Election, and the accompaniment of the Honorable Jim Sherman as vice-presidential running mate, announced the following day. On June 19 further headlines included "President Pleased But Not Surprised" and "Roosevelt Rules the Convention as to Candidate and Platform".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85038615/1908-06-13/ed-1/seq-4 The Richmond Times-Dispatch pauses from non-stop coverage of the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions to contemplate the history of the American flag. "One hundred thirty-one years ago to-morrow," the article begins, and continues through the history of the Flag from thirteen stars and thirteen stripes to twenty stars and twenty stripes, back to thirteen stripes again in 1818. The article concludes with a paragraph on historic flags, "In the National Museum at Washington, the government preserves some historic flags."....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1900-05-20/ed-1/seq-33 In the Spring of 1900 the Paris Exposition, an international exhibition of culture, technology, science and industry, began in France. In this issue, the New-York Tribune ran a special illustrated supplement providing guidance to the American traveler visiting the world's fair. Articles included how to get there, what to see, a map of the fairgrounds, photographs of palaces and artworks, and, notably, a description of the "trottoir roulant," or 2.25 mile moving sidewalk, that enabled visitors to traverse the grounds. "The 'trottoir roulant' is a narrow ribbon of a floor raised thirty feet above the ground, ever and ever gliding along the four sides of the square---a wooden serpent with its tail in its mouth."...Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86069867/1908-06-14/ed-1/seq-1 "Devoted to the propaganda of freedom of thought," the Blue-grass blade featured pictures of "free thinkers" on the front page of the paper, with a biography occupying page two. Of the prominent abolitionist, feminist, and free thinker, Ernestine Rose, the paper writes, "Not every star that dots the firmament can shine with the same brilliancy and lustre." ... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1900-05-31/ed-1/seq-2 At the turn of the twentieth century, the celebration of Memorial Day (lately called "Decoration Day") had additional meaning for survivors of America's Civil War as the wounds of the conflict continued to heal. The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) reported "President McKinley Participates in Memorial Day Ceremony Cementing the Reunion of Once Warring Factions." During the ceremonies, he remarked "...We meet after all these years with only one sentiment---that of loyalty to the Government and love for our flag, and determined to make any sacrifice for the American Union."....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1910-05-19/ed-1/seq-2 In May of 1910, Americans waited with bated breath to see what would become of Earth as the planet passed through the tail of Halley's Comet. Fear of tidal waves, lightning, atmospheric pollution, even the malfunction of cable and wireless systems ran rampant, "But not one of the delicate instruments set to detect suspected phenomenon showed the slightest variation.".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn95047178/1909-05-06/ed-1/seq-1 In 1909, Florida became an early adopter of the celebration of Mothers' Day with a proclamation issued by then-Governor Albert W. Gilchrist and published in the New Enterprise (Madison, FL): "Therefore, I, Albert W. Gilchrist, governor of the state of Florida, do hereby designate and proclaim, Sunday, May 19th, 1909, as mothers' day, and recommend that it be observed as such in all homes and churches of the people of this state. Mothers' day should really be every day in the year".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1901-05-06/ed-1/seq-1 The May 6th, 1901 front page of the San Francisco Call features a Cinco de Mayo greeting between the presidents of the United States and Mexico. President McKinley wishes General Diaz the "continued prosperity of the Mexican Republic, to which we are bound by so many ties of mutual interest and friendship." http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1905-04-30/ed-1/seq-17 This full page image, capturing woman, child and canine companion gathering flowers, begins the Sunday Illustrated Supplement in the April 30, 1905 issue of the New-York Tribune (New York, New York)…. Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn82015732/1906-04-19/ed-1/seq-1 On April 18, 1906, the San Francisco, California, area experienced a devastating earthquake, leaving the city "a mass of smouldering ruins." Initial reports published the next day included "No Hope Left for Safety of Any Buildings," and "Whole City Is Ablaze." With the only printing plant still operating in the area, the three major daily newspapers combined their efforts to keep the populace informed while recovering from the disaster and its aftermath....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1905-04-23/ed-1/seq-9 In April 1905, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California) described some of the traditions of Passover, including illustrations and photographs featuring scenes of the Passover holiday. The full-page article highlights the origins of "kosher" practices and provides descriptions and recipes of traditional Passover foods....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1907-03-17/ed-1/seq-27 101 years ago, the debate for a national collection of income tax raged in the press, with pros and cons presented in this issue of the New-York Tribune (New York, New York), published in March 1907. The presentation includes "An Impartial Presentation of the Problem," with affirmative arguments by Benjamin Tillman and Edward B. Whitney, and negative arguments by Andrew Carnegie and Moses E. Clapp....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1908-04-05/ed-1/seq-41 In April 1908, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) reported on the opening games of the baseball season ("Stanford Takes First Game 2 to 1," "Seals Shut Out Beavers," and "Spectacular Game at Fresno") and even included an "artist's idea of the appearance of persons and events at yesterday's opening of the coast league baseball season and a photograph of one of the incidents of the game - Williams of San Francisco stealing third, with Johnson of Portland guarding the bag".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85058130/1906-04-01/ed-1/seq-16 Beware of April Fools'! For April 1, 1906, the Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT) warns "It Is April Fool and High and Low Will Be in Ranks of Victims". They go on to describe "Rules for Easy Marks" and "Cautions For Those Who May Be Tempted" as well as admonish passersby to "Beware of the Hat" .... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1908-07-12/ed-1/seq-5 Based on reports of a far-reaching projectile machine developed in England, an editor for Encyclopedia Britannica speculates in the San Francisco Call (CA) on the future of space travel. "The Conquest of the Air is Assured - Now for Inter-planetary Space...Is another of Jules Verne's fantastic dreams to come true? Is a message to the moon, once the visionary fantasy of the author of "A Trip to the Moon." to come within the realm of science?"... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85038615/1907-03-31/ed-1/seq-31 With an illustrated layout, the Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) described the many traditions and customs surrounding the "Celebration of a Great Feast Day."...Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030193/1900-03-17/ed-1/seq-1 On March 17, 1900, the Evening World, (New York, NY) described celebrations in honor of St. Patrick's Day both in New York City - where "in Spite of Snow, They Turn Out in Honor of St. Patrick and the Green Isle..." - and, across the Atlantic, in London - where "a word from Her Majesty [Queen Victoria] has turned the emblem of semi-disloyalty into a badge of honor...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-049.html On March 14, more than 79,000 newly digitized newspaper pages, along with several new site features, were added to the Chronicling America Web site at www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/. With this update, the site now provides access to more than 500,000 digitized newspaper pages, dating primarily from 1900 to 1910, and representing 61 newspapers from California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah and Virginia. Chronicling America is a project of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), which is a partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).....[more] http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1909-07-04/ed-1/seq-4 In this Independence Day Magazine section entitled "Woman and the Ballot Number," the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) published multiple opinion pieces by prominent California advocates for woman's right to vote....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86069561/1906-03-23/ed-1/seq-5 In March 1906, the Mount Vernon Signal (Mt. Vernon, KY) reported on events held in Washington, DC, in the occasion of the eighty-sixth birthday of Susan B. Anthony, noted suffragist and reformer....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83045433/1908-02-29/ed-1/seq-7 On Leap Day, 1908, the Washington Herald included an article by Frederic Hansen regarding the scientific and cultural history of the Leap Year occurring in 1908. He notes "A year, to be exact, consists of 365.24242424 days, and how to handle that fraction of a day so as to keep the calendar exactly right is a problem never solved...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn84026749/1908-02-04/ed-1/seq-7 In February 1908, the Washington Times reported on the Leap Year tradition of women taking the lead in making marriage proposals. "Seven more brides in January, 1907, than Last Month, and This Is Supposed to be Leap Year...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1900-02-23/ed-1/seq-10 On February 23, 1900, the San Francisco Call reported on the previous day's regional events celebrating George Washington's birthday. Coverage included festivities of the Sons of the American Revolution, statue dedications, descriptions of harbor decorations and shows of horsemanship in Burlingame....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1907-02-15/ed-1/seq-1 On February 15, 1907, the New-York Tribune reported on the relationship between the appearance of sunspots and weather predictions. "Pittsburg, Feb. 14 - the prediction of John Brashear, director of the Allegheny Observatory, that unusual electrical disturbances would follow the spots on the sun, which he discovered yesterday, came true to-day when a heavy blizzard and snowstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, broke over Pittsburgh...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ndnp:2151585/display.html Published in Washington, DC, the "Colored American" weekly newspaper promoted itself as a national Negro newspaper and carried lengthy feature stories on the achievements of African Americans across the country. Over 3700 pages (1900-1904) have been digitized and made available through the Chronicling America Web site.