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By: The Marshian Chronicles

The Marshian Chronicles — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:06:23 +0000

Short Rounds #27

I’ve got a slightly shorter than usual edition of Short Rounds this time around. It’s been a short busy week, and I just didn’t find as much as I would have liked too. Sorry – but enjoy anyway!
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By: Catez

Catez — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:21:07 +0000

Cool! I’m going to bookmark this post since you have such good links.
I used to read old stuff on microfilm at the library too sometimes. I love old news articles and books.
Thanks for the tips La Shawn.

By: mac

mac — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:10:53 +0000

Wow, imagine if that were today’s NYT the headlines would read: “15,000 more dead and 30,000 wounded in a questionable war”.

By: Heliotrope

Heliotrope — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:30:36 +0000

Isn’t it passing strange that the room that contains all the old newspapers and research notes is called “the morgue”?

Rest assured that most “historians” only repeat what they have read from historians who preceded them. Going to the newspapers of the time and cross-checking the data is all but a lost art.

Soon Wikipedia will be as good as gospel.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:57:54 +0000

One of the family heirlooms which has been passed down is a page of actual newspaper from 1800 telling of the death of George Washington. I saw it as a kid, but have no idea where it is now.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:17:05 +0000

I’m sure Google Books will make research easier and will exponentially expand the free market of ideas.

Still, nothing is ever going to replace the wonderful feeling of searching through the library and bookstore shelves for that one novel you’ve been dying to read, and then sitting down with it over a nice cup of coffee. (Yes, I do that and I know it looks pretentious, sue me )

By: Mark La Roi

Mark La Roi — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:17:06 +0000

“For pleasure. I liked reading old stories and looking at corny print ads. Sometimes Iâ€™d go as far back as the early 1900s to read about the day-to-day concerns of local people.”

~It’s so good to know I’m not alone!

Aside from the problem some authors are having with Google’s offerring of their books, I think the worst aspect of this new feature is that fewer people will get out of the house and visit the library. Libraries are really hurting for support as it is, and this won’t help.

Besides, folks need to socialize more as it is, not less. reading online, dating online, shopping online… too many “hidden people” these days.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:07:07 +0000

I, too, love to read old newspapers. The writing style and tone was much different 100-plus years ago — much more leisurely and genteel.