The April 3, 1890 Bridgeton Pioneer carried an ad that introduced us to an old term that was new to us. The advertisement is for mills and pumps, particularly “cucumber pumps at all prices.” This sent us searching for a…
Category: Old News of the Day
Old News of the Day–April 2
At the NJ Digital Newspaper office, we sometimes go looking for stories around a specific topic–a holiday, for example–when we look for news to feature. That can be fun, but it’s also really exciting when we find something totally unexpected.…
Old News of the Day–April 1
This April Fools comic appears in the April 1, 1922 Perth Amboy Evening News and reminds us of the kind of trickery that the first of April can bring.