From vivid deaths to thrilling 19th-century thefts, past newspapers differ from today. This week’s #FridayFind explores what was deemed newsworthy in a 1916 newspaper!

Written By Dmitri Schmidt

According to The Modern View, it was the travels of community members! From Mr. Jack Sabin’s business trip to New York to Miss. Marjorie Harris’s return to Wellesley College, the comings and goings of individuals would have been of interest to the small, tight-knit community that The Modern View catered to.

Rather than the most riveting, what’s the most mundane thing you’ve encountered while combing through old newspapers? Share your story and send it to emma@backlog-archivists.com

Dmitri Schmidt
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