Ex-Extra, Ex-Extra, Read All About It
Seattlest is having fun this morning with the new Google News Archive, which finds newspaper articles back to the 1800s. Using the timeline feature on a search for "Seattle," we find these gems:
Seattle Bans Boxing After Fatal Knockout
Feb 7, 1929
Boxing was put under an indefinite ban in Seattle today by Mayor Frank E. Edwards as a direct result of the death here last night, of Eddie Cartwright, ...Seattle Public Library Destroyed
Jan 3, 1901
The public library of Seattle was burned to the ground last night. The total stock of books, numbering 25000 volumes, and valued at, at least, $30000, ...President to Become Boy Again for a Day On Visit to Seattle
May 27, 1923
President Harding plans to become a boy again for a few hours while visiting Seattle, Wash., in July, after his trip to Alaska. ...
Click the links and you'll see a slightly longer abstract. To see most articles, you've got to pay.
But here's a free one: a 1968 Time Magazine article describing a Jimi Hendrix concert. Here's an excerpt:
To light the fire, Jimi didn't even have to pull his stunt of burning his guitar—though a fireman was poised in the wings, ax at the ready, in case he did. Instead, he hopped, twisted and rolled over sideways without missing a twang or a moan. He slung the guitar low over swiveling hips, or raised it to pick the strings with his teeth; he thrust it between his legs and did a bump and grind, crooning: "Oh, baby, come on now, sock it to me!" Lest anybody miss his message, he looked at a girl in the front row, cried, "I want you, you, you!" and stuck his tongue out at her. For a symbolic finish, he lifted the guitar and flung it against the amplifiers.
Good stuff!
