8 episodes
Jonathan Reads Old Newspapers Jonathan Cohen
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- History
Every episode I'll read stories from another old newspaper. Calming, soothing ASMR stories to take your mind off the modern world and help you rest. Chill out, ease up and get some sleep.
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March 19, 1900
Today in history:
Harry Lauder, Scotland's greatest entertainer, makes his professional debut in London
Glendora, Mississippi founded
In the New York Tribune, the Only Woman's Page, page 5:
Where to Go To-Day
Arkansas Federation
Buffalo D.A.R. Work
Eight Hour Servants
One Woman's Occupation
Veils as Beautifiers
A Year's Work
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March 18, 1900
Today in history:
W.C. Fields makes it big, opening for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit in SF.
Maud S., The Race Track Queen, beloved racehorse, dies at 25, having set a record 9 years earlier.
In the New York Tribune:
A full-length advertisement from Siegel & Cooper Co., including a showing of footage of Pope Leo XII (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzLduvnW-FA)
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March 17, 2021
Today in history:
Governor of Guam abolishes slavery
Topeka Daily Capital ends 'good news' experiment
From the New York Tribune:
Digging out from heavy snowstorms in New York City and elsewhere
Kentucky governorship contest - legal maneuvers
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March 16, 1900
Today in 1900:
Boxer Rebels in China
Cortland New York founded
In the March 16, 1900 New York Tribune:
New Jersey Central Situation
Board and Rooms
Real Estate
Help Wanted
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March 15, 1900
Today in 1900:
Black rain falls in North Carolina, and snow in many other parts of the U.S.
Standard Oil pays a $20-million dividend, the largest distributed up to that time
In the New York Tribune:
New Jersey News
Brooklyn News
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March 14, 1900
Today in history:
Gold Standard Act signed by President McKinley
Mendel's laws of heredity rediscovered
In the New York Tribune:
Advertisements on Page 12
Kellogg's "Wash Trading" on Page 11
New Publications, Literary Notes, and European Advertisements on Page 10
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