Month: April 2020

Suffolk County News, April 23, 1920

April 24, 2020
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Collage of car ads from the Suffolk County News in 1920
Cars of the Twenties. Suffolk county News, April 23, 1920. From NYS Historic Newspapers.

The latest edition of last century’s Suffolk County News is here, for April 23rd, 1920. We continue easing our home isolation by reading what was going on in our region […]

Living with the Pandemic

April 22, 2020
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Still life of coffee cup, laptop, and headphones.
The home setup for recording during home isolation.

Two museum directors, one public librarian, an artist, a researcher, and a journalist. We’re spending time today catching up with past guests to see how they’re faring. The result is […]

Suffolk County News, April 16, 1920

April 17, 2020
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Headline in the Suffolk County News that reads "What! Bootlegging?"
1920 headline in the Suffolk County News about bootlegging in Patchogue.

We continue our trek through the local news of a century gone by. Today we read the Suffolk County News from April 16, 1920. We find stories of bootleggers, war-torn […]

Long Island Freemasons

April 15, 2020
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Cover of the book Long Island Freemasons featuring a group portrait of elderly gentlemen in 1903.
Long Island Freemasons by Ronald J. Seifried from Arcadia Publishing. Photo of cornerstone laying ceremony of Jephtha Lodge No. 494 in Huntington, August 25, 1904. Image courtesy of Jephtha No. 494

The Freemasons have been with us since the beginning of our country. And no, they do not have secret repositories of hidden gold. They do have a long history of […]

Suffolk County News, April 9, 1920

April 10, 2020
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Long Island Lighting Company ad from the Suffolk County News, 1920, about the trouble with hiring servants.
The Servant Problem from the Suffolk County News, April 9, 1920. Courtesy of NYS Historic Newspapers.

We continue our journey through the past, reading our way through the Suffolk County News of one hundred years ago. Today we cover Friday, April 9, 1920. Cars are quickly […]

Suffolk County News, April 2, 1920

April 3, 2020
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1920 newspaper ads for movies at Patchogue's Unique theater starring Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.
What's playing at the Unique Theatre in Patchogue circa 1920. Suffolk County News for April 2, 1920 courtesy of the NYS Historic Newspapers Project.

We’re using our home isolation to look back – reading issues of the Suffolk County News of 1920 week by week. For April 2, 1920: Al Smith, Fatty Arbuckle, and a cow […]