“Poor are the pictures I have painted for your readers of the strange life that ebbs and flows in her streets. The colors of the Orient are too bright to be caught by Saxon pen, dipped in ink. One must stroll along the Abana, and wander dreamily through the bazaar, or he can never know […]
Tag: Newspapers
Reading Old Time Newspapers: A Primer
It feels great to find interesting tidbits in old newspapers—for me it has been part of researching my book, for others, it may be finding an obituary, marriage announcement, or other types of notice. But sometimes historical newspapers used abbreviations and terms that are no longer common, leaving some of us scratching our heads. Let’s […]