Newspaper Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Appalachian History

Now don’t tell a soul I told you this…

“The everlasting ‘Now don’t you ever tell I told you this’ ought to place the speaker on a level with a fellow that carries brass knucks.”

September 14, 2016 Child rearing / Family life / Newspaper / North Carolina

Gertrude a la September Morn

That’s the exact caption of this photo, and while the caption dwells in specifics, the photo itself captures a universal moment that most any parent can respond to.

pen & ink cartoon illustrating 'idleness'

July 7, 2016 Kentucky / Newspaper

She didn’t need a thing except to get interested in something

It is not money that is the root of all evil. It is idleness. Idleness leads to poverty, Idleness invites disease. Idleness breeds crime.

cover illustration 'tall tales of the devil's apron'

April 18, 2016 Firearms / Newspaper / Politics / Virginia

That’s old Hide-an’-Taller, the best gun ever seen

His weekly column “Tales of the Tall Timbers” was read & enjoyed all over the country, & by servicemen worldwide during the 1940’s-50’s.

December 16, 2015 Hoaxes / Newspaper

How a newspaper hoax became ‘The History of the Bathtub’

Thousands of journalists across America were taken in by the most astonishingly successful journalistic hoax of the early 20th century.

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