At the NJ Digital Newspaper Project office, we often enjoy coming across the items about daily life that appear in the newspapers. Today, we’re featuring some of information a reader could find in the Local News section of the April…
Author: Caryn Radick
Old News of the Day–April 6
The April 6, 1914 Perth Amboy Evening News featured “A Page for the Home Dressmaker.” The main story declared “Belts and Peplums Take a Prominent Place in the New Models.” The illustration below shows off these fashionable styles along with…
Old News of the Day–April 3
The April 3, 1890 Bridgeton Pioneer carried an ad that introduced us to an old term that was new to us. The advertisement is for mills and pumps, particularly “cucumber pumps at all prices.” This sent us searching for a…