Newspaper History

Newspaper History episodes

February 17, 2021 Lovely Mary Donnelly
Poem from The Birmingham Age-Herald, February 17, 1913. By William Allingham.
2 min
February 16, 2021 Abou ben Adhem
Poem from The Birmingham Age-Herald, February 16, 1913. By Leigh Hunt.
2 min
February 15, 2021 O, Time!
Poem from the Rock Island Argus, February 15, 1913. By S. E. Kiser.
2 min
February 14, 2021 Ballade of the Game's Break
Poem from The Washington Times, February 14, 1913. By Grantland Rice.
2 min
February 13, 2021 An Opinion from Punkin Hollow
Poem from the Rock Island Argus, February 13, 1913. By S. E. Kiser.
2 min
February 12, 2021 Big Game Hunters
Poem from The Tacoma Times, February 12, 1913. By Berton Braley.
2 min
February 11, 2021 When I Left School
Poem from the Bisbee Daily Review, February 11, 1913. By Roy K. Moulton.
2 min
February 10, 2021 His Day of Triumph
Poem from the Rock Island Argus, February 10, 1913. By S. E. Kiser.
2 min
February 09, 2021 The Flow of the River
Poem from The Birmingham Age-Herald, February 9, 1913. By W. E. Evans.
3 min
February 08, 2021 Cyrus Bottsford's Candid Opinion
Poem from the Rock Island Argus, February 8, 1913. By S. E. Kiser.
2 min

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Listen to American newspaper writing from 108 years ago. Poems, essays, and stories from the Library of Congress archive.