September 29th is National Coffee Day, the day to celebrate the most popular morning beverage. Coffee originated in Ethiopia and it quickly spread to the Arabian Peninsula in the 15th century. The beverage was introduced in Britain in the 16th…
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Old News of the Day–May 24-29
We may have mentioned this before, but at the NJ Digital Newspaper Project office, we find ourselves fascinated by old advertisements in NJ’s historical newspapers. Sometimes we see one and wonder, “Why that image for that product?” This advertisement for…
Old News of the Day–May 20-23
Last month, the staff of the NJ Digital Newspaper Office wrote about the U.S. census in NJ’s historical newspapers. With census on our minds, we couldn’t help but notice this headline from the May 21, 1914 Bridgeton Pioneer. We hope…