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…
Author: Kristi Chanda
Five Mile Beach Journal, Penns Grove Record, Mount Holly News, and Pleasantville Weekly Press are live!
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
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…