Every episode I'll read stories from another old newspaper. Calming, soothing ASMR stories to take your mind off the modern world and help you rest. Chill out, ease up and get some sleep.
Today in history:
Harry Lauder, Scotland's greatest entertainer, makes his professional debut in London
Glendora, Mississippi founded
In the New York Tribune, the Only Woman's Page, page 5:
Where to Go To-Day
Arkansas Federation
Buffalo D.A.R. Work
Eight Hour Servants
One Woman's Occupation
Veils as Beautifiers
A Year's Work
18 Mar 2021
March 18, 1900
Today in history:
W.C. Fields makes it big, opening for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit in SF.
Maud S., The Race Track Queen, beloved racehorse, dies at 25, having set a record 9 years earlier.
In the New York Tribune:
A full-length advertisement from Siegel & Cooper Co., including a showing of footage of Pope Leo XII (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzLduvnW-FA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzLduvnW-FA))
17 Mar 2021
March 17, 2021
Today in history:
Governor of Guam abolishes slavery
Topeka Daily Capital ends 'good news' experiment
From the New York Tribune:
Digging out from heavy snowstorms in New York City and elsewhere
Kentucky governorship contest - legal maneuvers
16 Mar 2021
March 16, 1900
Today in 1900:
Boxer Rebels in China
Cortland New York founded
In the March 16, 1900 New York Tribune:
New Jersey Central Situation
Board and Rooms
Real Estate
Help Wanted
15 Mar 2021
March 15, 1900
Today in 1900:
Black rain falls in North Carolina, and snow in many other parts of the U.S.
Standard Oil pays a $20-million dividend, the largest distributed up to that time
In the New York Tribune:
New Jersey News
Brooklyn News
15 Mar 2021
March 14, 1900
Today in history:
Gold Standard Act signed by President McKinley
Mendel's laws of heredity rediscovered
In the New York Tribune:
Advertisements on Page 12
Kellogg's "Wash Trading" on Page 11
New Publications, Literary Notes, and European Advertisements on Page 10
13 Mar 2021
March 13, 1900
On this day in 1900:
Passage of the U.S. Gold Standard Act
British forces take possession of the capital of the Orange Free State
From the New York Tribune, March 12, 1900:
Incidents in Society
Big Sale of Oranges
Contribution to Trinity College
No Trust of Guide Book Companies
Gold Medal Flour (ad)
Miss Dempsey Released from Tombs
Nagle Flounders Over Hyatt's Bid
Wants Lawyer to Refund Fees
A Hall of Fame
Personal
The Talk of the Day
13 Mar 2021
March 12, 1900
On this day in 1900:
British General John French and the Orange Free State
William Albin Young removed from office as Representative for Virginia's 2nd Congressional district
From the New York Tribune, March 12, 1900:
The Talk of the Day
Lockhart's "Gil Blas" Jubilee Pictures in Black and White - Mr. Harvey in Spanish Drama
Concert for the Admiral - Entertainment in His Honor and Mrs. Dewey's at the Lakewood Hotel
Bishop Whipple's New Assistant
Thomas Henry Ismay's Will
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