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This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf, gif or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
On July 24, 1830, the first penny press newspaper came to the market: Lynde M. Walter's Transcript in Boston, Massachusetts. Unlike most later penny papers, Walter's Transcript maintained what was considered good taste, featuring coverage of literature and the theater. This paper sold for a subscription of four dollars a year. [4]
By the end of 1778, Continentals retained from 1 ⁄ 5 to 1 ⁄ 7 of their face value. By 1780, the bills were worth 1 ⁄ 40 of their face value. Congress attempted to reform the currency by removing the old bills from circulation and issuing new ones, without success. By May 1781, Continentals had become so worthless that they ceased to ...
When Warren Buffett made the decision to purchase 28 local newspapers for $344 million, he stated, "wherever there is a pervasive sense of community, a paper that serves the special informational ...
Higher values were used on bundles of newspapers, and later on receipts. The first newspaper stamp was issued by Austria in 1851, and a number of nations soon followed suit. The newspaper stamps of the United States , in use from 1865 to 1898, were always intended for bulk shipments, and with face values ranging up to US$100, are the highest ...
Newspaper reports claimed that he lost 100,000 silver dollars in the 1961 burglary. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Redfield continued to collect silver dollars until his death. [ 4 ] In Jack Harpster's book The curious life of Nevada's LaVere Redfield : The Silver Dollar King , Harpster claims that there is no source to confirm the figure of 100,000 silver ...
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By the end of 1778, this Continental currency retained only between 1 ⁄ 5 to 1 ⁄ 7 of its original face value. By 1780, Continental bills – or Continentals – were worth just 1 ⁄ 40 of their face value. Congress tried to reform the currency by removing the old bills from circulation and issuing new ones, but this met with little-to-no ...