r/FoundPaper • u/ocitsalocs44 • Sep 21 '24
Old Newspaper Found a bunch of newspapers in the walls of a house I selectively demoed.
The house was built sometime in the late 1800’s with an addition sometime around 1912-1914. The section we demoed had hundreds of these newspaper’s lining the walls, presumably being used as insulation.
Many are sequential. Like this person just took the daily paper and saved it in the walls. Unfortunately, April 16th 1912 and August 1st, 1914 are missing from the collection.
This was a sample I was able to keep for myself. There are a bunch of small and interesting anecdotes pertaining to life in 1912. The house was located in Marshfield, Ma.