http://loc.gov/chroniclingamerica Notices of new content, points of interest, use and reuse of our collection of digitized newspapers. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:38:45 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030193/1908-07-25/ed-1/seq-5 Covering the final events of the fourth modern Olympic Games, held in London, UK, the Evening World (New York, NY) extolled the accomplishments of American athletes. In particular, the paper described a star of the Games in "Young John Hayes Was Sure Year Ago He'd Win Marathon," the story of an Irish-American who won the 26-mile Marathon run in a dramatic finish.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85038615/1908-07-10/ed-1/seq-1 In July 1908, the Democratic National Convention nominated William Jennings Bryan for the third time as their candidate for the U.S. Presidential election later that year. Reporting from the convention in Denver, CO, the Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) described "Storms of Applause Rock Building When Name is Presented" and said "perfect pandemonium of sound and motion was unloosed" when Bryan's name was announced.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1908-06-28/ed-1/seq-56 Emphasizing the dangers of some Independence Day traditions, on June 28, 1908, the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) provided illustrated guidelines advising against the following: "Don't ever throw a lighted cracker at any one," "Don't pin firecrackers to your playmate's clothing," "Don't set off any piece of fireworks near your entire supply," and more.... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1909-06-30/ed-1/seq-1 Reported by the New-York Tribune (New York, NY) the next day, late in the afternoon of June 29, 1909, Orville Wright demonstrated the latest aeroplane for a crowd of congressional officials and interested bystanders at Fort Myer, in Arlington, VA, just outside Washington, DC. "After four trials, experiencing more trouble than has ever been seen in public with a Wright aeroplane, Orville Wright got the machine being built under contract for the government into the air over Fort Myer this afternoon and made a short circuit of the field."... Read more about it! http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20080617.html The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced on June 17, 2008, awards totaling $1,867,883 for six successful applicants representing their states in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). This funding will support the selection and digitization of historic American newspapers published between 1880 and 1922, by each participating state, according to NDNP guidelines. The Library of Congress (LC) will make these newspapers available to the public through the Chronicling America Website (http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica) beginning in mid-2009. The six 2008 awardees - Arizona Department of Libraries, Archives and Public Records; University of Hawaii-Manoa; Ohio Historical Society; State Historical Society of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University; and Washington State Library; - will join 9 states already participating in the program. <br> <br>NDNP, a partnership between the NEH and the LC, is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of all U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource will be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. The NEH grant program will fund the contribution of content from, eventually, all U.S. states and territories. <br> http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83045433/1908-06-19/ed-1/seq-1 In late June 1908, the Republican National Convention concluded in Chicago, Illinois, with the nomination of then-Secretary of War William Howard Taft as candidate for the 1908 Presidential Election, and the accompaniment of the Honorable Jim Sherman as vice-presidential running mate, announced the following day. On June 19 further headlines included "President Pleased But Not Surprised" and "Roosevelt Rules the Convention as to Candidate and Platform".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85038615/1908-06-13/ed-1/seq-4 The Richmond Times-Dispatch pauses from non-stop coverage of the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions to contemplate the history of the American flag. "One hundred thirty-one years ago to-morrow," the article begins, and continues through the history of the Flag from thirteen stars and thirteen stripes to twenty stars and twenty stripes, back to thirteen stripes again in 1818. The article concludes with a paragraph on historic flags, "In the National Museum at Washington, the government preserves some historic flags."....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1900-05-20/ed-1/seq-33 In the Spring of 1900 the Paris Exposition, an international exhibition of culture, technology, science and industry, began in France. In this issue, the New-York Tribune ran a special illustrated supplement providing guidance to the American traveler visiting the world's fair. Articles included how to get there, what to see, a map of the fairgrounds, photographs of palaces and artworks, and, notably, a description of the "trottoir roulant," or 2.25 mile moving sidewalk, that enabled visitors to traverse the grounds. "The 'trottoir roulant' is a narrow ribbon of a floor raised thirty feet above the ground, ever and ever gliding along the four sides of the square---a wooden serpent with its tail in its mouth."...Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86069867/1908-06-14/ed-1/seq-1 "Devoted to the propaganda of freedom of thought," the Blue-grass blade featured pictures of "free thinkers" on the front page of the paper, with a biography occupying page two. Of the prominent abolitionist, feminist, and free thinker, Ernestine Rose, the paper writes, "Not every star that dots the firmament can shine with the same brilliancy and lustre." ... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1900-05-31/ed-1/seq-2 At the turn of the twentieth century, the celebration of Memorial Day (lately called "Decoration Day") had additional meaning for survivors of America's Civil War as the wounds of the conflict continued to heal. The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) reported "President McKinley Participates in Memorial Day Ceremony Cementing the Reunion of Once Warring Factions." During the ceremonies, he remarked "...We meet after all these years with only one sentiment---that of loyalty to the Government and love for our flag, and determined to make any sacrifice for the American Union."....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1910-05-19/ed-1/seq-2 In May of 1910, Americans waited with bated breath to see what would become of Earth as the planet passed through the tail of Halley's Comet. Fear of tidal waves, lightning, atmospheric pollution, even the malfunction of cable and wireless systems ran rampant, "But not one of the delicate instruments set to detect suspected phenomenon showed the slightest variation.".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn95047178/1909-05-06/ed-1/seq-1 In 1909, Florida became an early adopter of the celebration of Mothers' Day with a proclamation issued by then-Governor Albert W. Gilchrist and published in the New Enterprise (Madison, FL): "Therefore, I, Albert W. Gilchrist, governor of the state of Florida, do hereby designate and proclaim, Sunday, May 19th, 1909, as mothers' day, and recommend that it be observed as such in all homes and churches of the people of this state. Mothers' day should really be every day in the year".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1901-05-06/ed-1/seq-1 The May 6th, 1901 front page of the San Francisco Call features a Cinco de Mayo greeting between the presidents of the United States and Mexico. President McKinley wishes General Diaz the "continued prosperity of the Mexican Republic, to which we are bound by so many ties of mutual interest and friendship." http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1905-04-30/ed-1/seq-17 This full page image, capturing woman, child and canine companion gathering flowers, begins the Sunday Illustrated Supplement in the April 30, 1905 issue of the New-York Tribune (New York, New York)…. Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn82015732/1906-04-19/ed-1/seq-1 On April 18, 1906, the San Francisco, California, area experienced a devastating earthquake, leaving the city "a mass of smouldering ruins." Initial reports published the next day included "No Hope Left for Safety of Any Buildings," and "Whole City Is Ablaze." With the only printing plant still operating in the area, the three major daily newspapers combined their efforts to keep the populace informed while recovering from the disaster and its aftermath....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1905-04-23/ed-1/seq-9 In April 1905, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California) described some of the traditions of Passover, including illustrations and photographs featuring scenes of the Passover holiday. The full-page article highlights the origins of "kosher" practices and provides descriptions and recipes of traditional Passover foods....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1907-03-17/ed-1/seq-27 101 years ago, the debate for a national collection of income tax raged in the press, with pros and cons presented in this issue of the New-York Tribune (New York, New York), published in March 1907. The presentation includes "An Impartial Presentation of the Problem," with affirmative arguments by Benjamin Tillman and Edward B. Whitney, and negative arguments by Andrew Carnegie and Moses E. Clapp....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1908-04-05/ed-1/seq-41 In April 1908, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) reported on the opening games of the baseball season ("Stanford Takes First Game 2 to 1," "Seals Shut Out Beavers," and "Spectacular Game at Fresno") and even included an "artist's idea of the appearance of persons and events at yesterday's opening of the coast league baseball season and a photograph of one of the incidents of the game - Williams of San Francisco stealing third, with Johnson of Portland guarding the bag".... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85058130/1906-04-01/ed-1/seq-16 Beware of April Fools'! For April 1, 1906, the Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT) warns "It Is April Fool and High and Low Will Be in Ranks of Victims". They go on to describe "Rules for Easy Marks" and "Cautions For Those Who May Be Tempted" as well as admonish passersby to "Beware of the Hat" .... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1908-07-12/ed-1/seq-5 Based on reports of a far-reaching projectile machine developed in England, an editor for Encyclopedia Britannica speculates in the San Francisco Call (CA) on the future of space travel. "The Conquest of the Air is Assured - Now for Inter-planetary Space...Is another of Jules Verne's fantastic dreams to come true? Is a message to the moon, once the visionary fantasy of the author of "A Trip to the Moon." to come within the realm of science?"... Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85038615/1907-03-31/ed-1/seq-31 With an illustrated layout, the Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) described the many traditions and customs surrounding the "Celebration of a Great Feast Day."...Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030193/1900-03-17/ed-1/seq-1 On March 17, 1900, the Evening World, (New York, NY) described celebrations in honor of St. Patrick's Day both in New York City - where "in Spite of Snow, They Turn Out in Honor of St. Patrick and the Green Isle..." - and, across the Atlantic, in London - where "a word from Her Majesty [Queen Victoria] has turned the emblem of semi-disloyalty into a badge of honor...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-049.html On March 14, more than 79,000 newly digitized newspaper pages, along with several new site features, were added to the Chronicling America Web site at www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/. With this update, the site now provides access to more than 500,000 digitized newspaper pages, dating primarily from 1900 to 1910, and representing 61 newspapers from California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah and Virginia. Chronicling America is a project of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), which is a partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).....[more] http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1909-07-04/ed-1/seq-4 In this Independence Day Magazine section entitled "Woman and the Ballot Number," the San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) published multiple opinion pieces by prominent California advocates for woman's right to vote....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn86069561/1906-03-23/ed-1/seq-5 In March 1906, the Mount Vernon Signal (Mt. Vernon, KY) reported on events held in Washington, DC, in the occasion of the eighty-sixth birthday of Susan B. Anthony, noted suffragist and reformer....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83045433/1908-02-29/ed-1/seq-7 On Leap Day, 1908, the Washington Herald included an article by Frederic Hansen regarding the scientific and cultural history of the Leap Year occurring in 1908. He notes "A year, to be exact, consists of 365.24242424 days, and how to handle that fraction of a day so as to keep the calendar exactly right is a problem never solved...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn84026749/1908-02-04/ed-1/seq-7 In February 1908, the Washington Times reported on the Leap Year tradition of women taking the lead in making marriage proposals. "Seven more brides in January, 1907, than Last Month, and This Is Supposed to be Leap Year...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1900-02-23/ed-1/seq-10 On February 23, 1900, the San Francisco Call reported on the previous day's regional events celebrating George Washington's birthday. Coverage included festivities of the Sons of the American Revolution, statue dedications, descriptions of harbor decorations and shows of horsemanship in Burlingame....Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn83030214/1907-02-15/ed-1/seq-1 On February 15, 1907, the New-York Tribune reported on the relationship between the appearance of sunspots and weather predictions. "Pittsburg, Feb. 14 - the prediction of John Brashear, director of the Allegheny Observatory, that unusual electrical disturbances would follow the spots on the sun, which he discovered yesterday, came true to-day when a heavy blizzard and snowstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, broke over Pittsburgh...." Read more about it! http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ndnp:2151585/display.html Published in Washington, DC, the "Colored American" weekly newspaper promoted itself as a national Negro newspaper and carried lengthy feature stories on the achievements of African Americans across the country. Over 3700 pages (1900-1904) have been digitized and made available through the Chronicling America Web site.