This is the home of the Newspaper History podcast. The site also contains 1,055 newspaper poems, from American newspapers published between September 1912 and July 1915.
I am an audiobook narrator and radio broadcaster. You can learn more about me at Desperaudio.com.
Newspaper History is an appreciation of the thought and writing of Americans over a century ago.
The texts are from the newspaper archives at the Library of Congress website Chronicling America.
Articles are presented that appeared 108 years ago in an Idaho newspaper.
Why 108 years?
Going back a century felt somewhat arbitrary. Searching for more fertile time spans, I looked at weather, astronomical events, mathematics, business, and superstitions. Multiples of the Metonic cycle (19 years) were interesting, as were planetary returns. The number 108 is significant in some cultures, and it has interesting factors: two squared times three cubed.
Comparing the results of various timespans, 108 years was consistently fruitful. Newspaper material from 108 years ago is safely in the public domain, and so after some practical research, it became the timespan used for Idaho Newspaper History.
I hope you find something you like among these Idaho gems.