Just to follow on, there are localized newspaper resources that are free,
but obviously require more diligence to check local sources.  I go digging
for them when newspapers.com wants money from me. (Yes, probably penny wise
and time invested foolish.)


Here is a California one that's free, and if you sign up, you can correct
their OCR errors for them.

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/

 Nice to be able to go back and read stories from 1845 without some modern
person's spin being applied.  I started toing some of my research on Dunham
Carrigan and Hayden here, and also on Pacific Hardware's predecessors (many
in between) Huntington & Hopkins, and its predecessor Huntington Hardware.

They recently added a whole bunch of smaller newspapers' archives too,
allowing a really local view into things.

*Titles*

Advocate (Escondido, Calif.) (Escondido, 1895-1908)

Alturas New Era (Alturas, 1901-1925)

Banner (Sonora, 1885-1924)

Big Bear Grizzly (Big Bear Lake, 2002-2013)

Calexico Chronicle (Calexico, 2003-2023)

Californian (Salinas) (Salinas, 1929-2001)

Citrus College Clarion (Glendora, 2022-2023)

Davis Enterprise (Davis, 1897-1924)

Elko Independent (Elko, 1871)

Expositor (Fresno, 1883-1897)

Fresno Evening Herald (Fresno, 1903-1924)

Fresno Weekly Expositor (Fresno, 1872-1898)

Hanford Journal (Daily) (Hanford, 1898-1955)

Hanford Journal (Weekly) (Hanford, 1891-1905)

Hanford Kings County Sentinel (Hanford, 1901-1919)

Hanford Sentinel (Hanford, 1919-2002)

J. The Jewish News of Northern California (San Francisco, 2023)

Jewish Gaily Forward (San Francisco, 1977-2016)

Leisure World Weekly (Seal Beach, 2023)

Modesto Bee (Modesto, 1886-1923)

Napa Journal (Napa, 1890-1960)

Napa Register (Weekly) (Napa, 1856-1874)

Napa Valley Register (Napa, 1933-2004)

Napa Weekly Journal (Napa, 1885-1914)

News-ledger (West Sacramento, 1994-2007)

North County Times (Escondido, 1912-1987)

Oakland Tribune (Oakland, 1891-1973)

Salinas Daily Journal (Salinas, 1889-1899)

Salinas Index Journal (Salinas, 1905-1942)

San Bernardino Sun (San Bernardino, 1923-1926)

South San Francisco enterprise (San Francisco, 1895-1925)

Stanislaus County Weekly News (Modesto, 1868-1871)

The News Napa's illustrated weekly (Napa, 1941-1953)

Times-Advocate (Escondido, 1893-1959)

Topanga Messenger (Topanga, 2000-2011)

Tulare Advance Register (Tulare, 1964-2001)

Tuolumne Independent (Sonora, 1872-1916)

Union Democrat (Sonora, 1854) (Sonora, 1870-1924)

Ventura Daily Post (Ventura, 1902-1915)

Ventura Free Press (Ventura, 1875-1890)

Ventura Weekly Democrat (Ventura, 1884-1915)

Visalia Morning Courier (Visalia, 1906-1907)

Visalia Morning Delta (Visalia, 1892-1928)

Visalia Times Delta (Visalia, 1892-2000)

Visalia Weekly Sun (Visalia, 1860)

Weekly Calistogian (Calistoga, 1956-1959)

Weekly Free Press (Escondido) (Escondido, 1975-1978)

Winters Express (Winters, 1887-1927)


Kirk in Half Moon Bay, just back from a quick dog walk between deluges.

On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 11:23 AM Chris Wolf  wrote:

> Here is the classified ad clipped from that issue, putting the Spiers
> business up for sale(!):
> https://groups.io/g/oldtools/photo/263870/3741843
>
> I found it via newspapers.com, which has the Manchester Guardian as well
> as thousands of other newspapers. I have used it extensively in
> documenting the Black & Decker Workmate. For just one example, see some
> of the clippings I collected about Ron Hickman's original Workmate:
>
> https://h-frame.weebly.com/blog/mate-tools-ron-hickmans-workmate-before-black-
decker
>
> They have various rates, including specials every so often. My first
> subscription in 1921 was 1 month for $20. In 2022 I got 6 months for
> $55, and then this past November I got 6 months for $50, both as
> discount offers.
>
> A great deal of the info that I posted here a few weeks ago about the
> publication date of the Practical Woodworker came from newspapers.com.
>
> --Chris
>
> Check out H-frame, the site for vintage Black & Decker Workmates
> https://h-frame.weebly.com/
>
> On 2/1/2024 12:42 PM, Don Schwartz wrote:
> >
> > Good morning Galoots!
> >
> > I happened upon the archives of Britain's Guardian newspaper site,
> > which apparently include over 1M pages of searchable news. I did a
> > quick search for 'Spiers Ayr' and had a hit on Stewart Spiers ,
> > Scottish planemaker, on a page dated 23Jan22. Unfortunately, I do not
> > have access to the full data, which requires a US$10 monthly
> > subscription. I probably wouldn't get enough value from it to
> > subscribe ( too many projects pending), but I wondered if anyone in
> > our group subscribes to this resource, and could comment on its
> > usefulness.
> >
>
>


-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA