Kristi Chanda – New Jersey Digital Newspaper Project

Soup’s On! How Soups Became a Solution to Food Rationing During World War I

Kristi Chanda — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:30:00 +0000

During World War I, food was often rationed and sold for an expensive price. As a result, everything was saved and used down to the last scrap. As the article in July 25, 1917 Perth Amboy Evening News mentions, cooks…

Five Mile Beach Journal, Penns Grove Record, Mount Holly News, and Pleasantville Weekly Press are live!

Kristi Chanda — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000

The New Jersey Newspaper Project Team is happy to announce the recent additions to the project, which include Five Mile Beach Journal (1890-1906)/Five Mile Beach Weekly Journal (1906-`1923), Penns Grove Record (1878-?), Mount Holly News (1891-1942), and Pleasantville Weekly Press…

Whew! You Just Ate Onions? Here is a Stick of Wrigley’s: Gum part 2

Kristi Chanda — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Today is National Chewing Gum Day! At the NJ Digital Newspaper Project office, we realized that Wrigley’s Gum makes frequent appearances in the newspapers — so frequent that two of us wrote blog posts about them! We’re sharing both posts…