Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 1. Part I.

Public Domain newspaper articles in the US span a period of nearly two and a half centuries. Subjects, styles, period, publisher, and length vary greatly. This collection is a sampling of twenty such articles including one from the Journal de Paris. 

01 1784-04-26 Letter to the authors of the Journal de Paris: Daylight Savings Time Journal de Paris 00:10:50

02 1859-10-28 The Tragedy at Harper's Ferry The Liberator. 00:05:16

03 1861-02-18 Inauguration of the President of the Southern Confederacy The New York Times 00:04:55

04 1861-03-08 The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH). 00:28:18

05 1865-02-01 From Washington: Abolition of Slavery The New York Times 00:02:11

06 1888-09-01 A Terribly Brutal Murder in Whitechapel The New York Times. 00:01:33

07 1888-09-09 Whitechapel Startled by a Fourth Murder The New York Times. 00:03:22

08 1888-10-01 Dismay in Whitechapel The New York Times. 00:05:32

09 1888-10-02 London's Awful Mystery: The Whitechapel Murderer Still Untracked The New York Times. 00:02:45

10 1888-10-03 Another Mysterious Murder Brought to Light The New York Times. 00:04:38

11 1888-10-05 The Whitechapel Murders The New York Times. 00:00:53

12 1888-10-06 The Murders in London The New York Times 00:01:04

13 1888-11-10 The Parnell Inquiry and Another Butchery The New York Times. 00:04:19

14 1888-11-13 Sir Charles Warren Resigns The New York Times. 00:01:06

15 1888-11-19 The Same Tumblety: His Arrest in London not His First Experience The New York Times. 00:02:29

16 1888-11-22 Whitechapel Again Excited The New York Times. 00:01:35

17 1888-11-23 Something About Dr. Tumblety The New York Times. 00:01:20

18 1910-03-22 Mark Twain is Dead at 74 The New York Times. 00:38:22

19 1910-04-22 Mark Twain (obituary) The New York Times. 00:04:10

20 1914-07-29 Austrian Emperor to Take Command at Vienna Headquarters The New York Times. 00:03:19

This collection has several different readers.