Newspaper History

Newspaper History episodes

February 07, 2021 The Indian Rancher
Poem from the Washington Standard, February 7, 1913.
2 min
February 06, 2021 Bedouin Love Song
Poem from The Birmingham Age-Herald, February 6, 1913. By Bayard Taylor.
2 min
February 05, 2021 When Pa Was My Age
Poem from the Rock Island Argus, February 5, 1913. By S. E. Kiser.
2 min
February 04, 2021 Parcel Postludes
Poem from The San Francisco Call, February 4, 1913.
2 min
February 03, 2021 Grand Opry
Poem from The Topeka State Journal, February 3, 1913. By Roy K. Moulton.
2 min
February 02, 2021 A Wet Sheet and Flowing Sea
Poem from the New York Tribune, February 2, 1913. By A. Cunningham.
2 min
February 01, 2021 Zoological Myths
Poem from The Birmingham Age-Herald, February 1, 1913.
2 min
May 02, 2019 Home and Happiness

From The Washington Herald, May 2, 1919.
By Dorothy Dix.
7 min
May 01, 2019 The Terrorist’s Mistake

From the Evening Star, May 1, 1919.
3 min
April 30, 2019 The Basis of Civilization

From The Washington Herald, April 30, 1919.

4 min

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