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07/21/2025

Whip up some history with Snow Pudding! This vintage recipe brings together light, airy "snow" and rich, creamy custard in a delicious dessert.

Also known as Floating Island, it was a popular treat in centuries past, with recipes appearing in U.S. newspapers at least as far back as the 1860s.

Here’s the 1925 recipe we made in this video: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-snow-pudding-dessert/176941028/

07/19/2025

This list of 1960s teen slang was published in U.S. newspapers in 1968. Ever heard of a “dohinky” or a “bubble gummer”? Or have you ever gone “honking around”?

Let us know if any of these terms sound familiar!

See this clipping in the Minneapolis Star on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-star-dictionary-of-teen/176656697/

07/17/2025

Here's how to tell when your cake is done baking, according to a 1962 newspaper tip!

1. A cake tester inserted into the center should come out clean.

2. The edges of the cake should shrink from the sides of the pan.

3. The surface of the cake should spring back when lightly pressed with the fingertip.

Know any other ways to check if a cake is done? Share them in the comments!

See this clipping in The Spokesman-Review on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-is-cake-cooked-19/176654389/

07/15/2025

Trivia time! The lyricist for "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" hadn't seen a baseball game when he wrote the classic song in 1908.

According to his 1959 obituary in the Bergen Evening Record, Jack Norworth "liked to recall that he had never seen a baseball game then and got his inspiration from an advertisement about a game at the Polo Grounds while riding the New York Subway."

See this clipping in the Berkshire Eagle: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkshire-eagle-whats-a-baseball/176134538/

Or read Norworth's obituary in the Bergen Evening Record: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-jack-norworth-obituary-1959/176129235/

07/13/2025

Did you know the Hollywood sign originally said "Hollywoodland"? The now-iconic landmark was dedicated on July 13, 1923, and was touted as the "world's largest electric sign."

It would be adjusted to read "Hollywood" in 1949.

Read this 1923 article in the Los Angeles Evening Express on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-express-iconic-holly/127988155/

07/11/2025

Are diamonds really a girl’s best friend? During WWII, it was baseball diamonds that captured the hearts of some women.

Head to our blog to learn about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League!

As professional baseball players headed off to fight in WWII, a new women's baseball league kept the love of the game going.

07/10/2025

What’s a barbed wire telephone? A phone line that uses barbed wire rather than telephone wire! These makeshift networks were sometimes used in rural areas of the U.S. and Canada where telephone companies were either unwilling or unable to offer service.

Farmers connected their telephones to their barbed wire fences, and as long as there weren’t any breaks in the fence, they could create a party-line phone circuit with their neighbors.

This article about barbed wire phones in Saskatchewan ran in a Canadian newspaper in 1933, but we found mentions of similar systems in newspapers dating back to at least 1884.

Read the full article in the Kingston Whig-Standard on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kingston-whig-standard-farmers-evol/176130247/

07/08/2025

Helen Duncan was the last person jailed under British witchcraft laws, and it happened as recently as World War II. Watch to learn more.

Still curious? Read a 1944 article about Helen Duncan on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-echo-helen-duncan-seance-trial/175624009/

07/06/2025

We found versions of this joke in newspapers as far back as 1895!

See the 1904 clipping in the St. Helena Star on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-helena-star-which-would-look-be/175632522/

07/05/2025

We’ve recently added 89 new papers from 13 U.S. states and Canada! These papers date from 1770 to 2025. Learn more on our blog.

Explore 89 new newspapers from 13 states and Canada. See what new papers we've added this month on our blog!

07/03/2025

"Any way you eat it, Spam hits the spot." This newspaper clipping shows one way "the new miracle meat" was marketed when it first hit grocery store shelves in July 1937.

Do you enjoy eating Spam? Let us know your favorite way to prepare it!

See this vintage advertisement in the The Minneapolis Journal on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-journal-early-spam-ad-j/175615969/

07/01/2025

Ever wonder what the numbers in a ZIP code mean in U.S. addresses? This clipping from 1963 explains how ZIP codes originally worked when they went into effect on July 1, 1963.

See the full clipping in The Geneva Times on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/article/finger-lakes-times-how-zip-codes-will-wo/175614254/