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Newspapers—
A Good Read!

One of the best ways to travel to another time in Michigan is by reading old newspapers. They can tell what people were wearing, the weather, what people thought about important issues and lots of other things.

Click on a topic at the left to begin your journey as a time traveler into Michigan's newspaper history.

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"Newspapers—A Good Read!" originally appeared in the Lansing State Journal on March 14, 2001, as part of the Lansing Newspapers In Education (NIE) program.