Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 2, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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Librivox recording of Historic Newspaper Articles, Volume 2 by Various Authors. Read by Lee Ann Howlett This collection of 20 public domain newspaper articles comprises volume 2 of Historic Newspaper Articles in the LibriVox collection. Both U.S. and U.K. newspapers are represented here. The articles span from 1848 to 1920. Topics covered (e.g., the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire, the troubles of ‘Typhoid Mary’, how to dress for the seashore) vary in length and tone. Although the writers display a range of diverse styles, their words give today’s readers a sense of the tenor of the times. (summary by Lee Ann Howlett) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 2
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 2:53:18

Catalogue topics

• New York Times
• Guardian Unlimited
• California Star
• gold rush
• Triangle
• Waist Factory fire
• Typhoid Mary
• Oscar Wilde

Track guide

1. 1848-06-10 The Excitement and Enthusiam of Gold Washing Still Continues -- Increases — 4:05
2. 1859-01-11 American Industry Abroad — 12:44
3. 1884-10-22 The Dakota A Description of One of the Most Perfect Apartment Houses in the World — 12:27
4. 1886-10-29 France's Gift Accepted — 11:39
5. 1888-09-01 Another Murder in Whitechapel — 6:39
6. 1889-07-18 The Whitechapel Crime — 1:43
7. 1889-07-21 Whitechapel Crimes and French Elections — 3:05
8. 1889-09-11 Another London Murder — 1:26
9. 1893-05-22 World's Fair Annoyances — 11:37
10. 1900-12-01 Memorial Notices: Mr. Oscar Wilde — 2:56
11. 1906-05-26 How To Dress In The Water — 10:41
12. 1906-06-26 Thaw Murders Stanford White — 4:44
13. 1910-04-09 A Girl's Visions And Her Career — 6:13
14. 1911-03-26 141 Men and Girls Die in Waist Factory Fire — 42:57
15. 1911-12-03 Typhoid Mary Asks 50000 From City — 4:24
16. 1915-10-03 Novel is Doomed, Will Harben Thinks — 10:44
17. 1917-05-19 Anarchists Demand Strike To End War — 7:15
18. 1918-01-13 The Story of Harry Houdini — 10:36
19. 1919-08-29 The Progress of the Film — 5:36
20. 1920-01-17 America Dry Tonight — 1:59

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