Snooze to Old News

Today we're reading lots of little stories on legislative passes and failures, some building and real estate deals and some notes on comings and goings in and around Cottonwood Idaho.Source found through the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88056165/1907-02-22/ed-1/?sp=1&r=0.008,0.338,1.293,0.579,0Contributed by the Idaho State Historical Society https://history.idaho.gov/

This week we have our oldest newspaper yet! With this we have a renewed call for a new war against Britain, as well as pro and anti views on the French Revolution. This episode was a fun and frustrating one to record with some slight spelling and print differences from what we're used to. I would also ask you to excuse my French and my attempts at pronouncing a few names and phrases.Source found through the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84023134/1793-09-17/ed-1/?sp=1&r=0.057,0.136,0.246,0.306,0Contributed by Dartmouth College https://home.dartmouth.edu/

We've got some small town beef between a preacher and the Chief of Police as well as some crop reports. We also get some gossip on a woman who gets married the same day she finalizes a divorce, some advice on aging, and reports of dogs barking keeping a local official awake. Source found through the Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn89053283/1904-07-06/ed-1/?dl=page&q=wyoming&sp=1&st=image&r=0.158,1.072,0.587,0.263,0Contributed by Digital Library of Georgia, a project of GALILEO located at the University of Georgia Libraries https://dlg.usg.edu/

This week we see a few land disputes, warnings of an uprising, and reporting on a religious conference as well as a meeting with the Pope. Source found through the Library of Congresshttps://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015679/1895-07-22/ed-1/?sp=1&st=image&r=0.597,0.029,0.539,0.278,0Contributed by the Indiana State Libraryhttps://www.in.gov/library/

Today we've got some midwestern farming news on wheat and grasshoppers. There are notes on the richest men of the era, as well as little bites of local Minnesota news. Source found through the Library of Congresshttps://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85033526/1874-06-04/ed-1/?sp=1&st=image&r=-0.075,0.869,1.596,0.823,0 Contributed by the Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN https://www.mnhs.org/

Today we run a gammut from local corruption trials, to a shunned daughter trying to say her goodbyes to her ailling father, to a bit of musings on community and growth. Hopefully this variety doesn't keep you too engaged. Happy Napping.Source found through the Library of Congresshttps://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042400/1907-04-10/ed-1/?sp=1&r=-0.318,0.133,1.628,0.481,0 Contributed by the University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR https://library.uoregon.edu/

Today we have descriptions of a few court cases involving everything from underhanded political actions to family squabbles. I hope you don't find that interesting enough to keep you awake to find out the results of the legal procedings and instead, the nuances float past as you drift off. Source found through the Library of Congresshttps://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016014/1908-11-07/ed-1/?sp=1&r=-0.081,-0.011,1.14,0.337,0 Contributed by the Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, KS https://www.kansashistory.gov/

Lots of old advertisements on the first page of this publication but when we get into the articles there is a marked shift into the politics of the time where property rights are debated in the Senate. Source found through the Library of Congresshttps://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014248/1870-12-16/ed-1/?dl=page&q=daily+kennebec+journal+december&sp=1&st=image&r=-0.149,0.073,1.37,0.405,0 Contributed by Maine State Library https://www.maine.gov/msl/

Join us for some news that may just put you to sleep. This is a recording of a few pages of the very first issue of the Ajo Copper News paper for the inaugural episode of this podcast. We get a peak into the establishment of a small mining community in Arizona along with some personal stories and prose. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn95060771/1916-04-29/ed-1/?st=gallerySource available through the Library of CongressContributed by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ