The information and sample article links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/). Use the Suggested Search Terms and Dates to explore this topic further in Chronicling America.
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Important Dates:
- April 1. April Fools’ Day celebrated by sending people on fruitless errands, giving inedible treats, and other pranks.
Suggested Search Strategies:
- [Try the following terms in combination, proximity, or as
phrases using Search
Pages in Chronicling America.] April Fool, All Fools’ Day, prank, April 1
- It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.
Sample Articles from Chronicling America:
- "Life in a Mining company in Montana, All Fools' Day at Canyon Ferry,"
The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, MO),
April 21, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
- "April Fool,"
The Charleston Dailing News (Charleston, SC),
April 1, 1873, Page 2 Image 2, col. 2.
- "On All Fool's Day,"
The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, KS),
April 1, 1894, Sunday, Part Second, Page 11, Image 11, col. 1-2.
- "An Idyll of April 1---What Fools These Mortals Be!,"
The Morning Times (Washington, DC),
March 29, 1896, Part 3, Page 17, Image 17, col. 1-7.
- "April Called Out All Its Army of Fools,"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA),
April 2, 1899, Page 11, Image 11, col. 3-4.
- "Concerning the Origin of the Name and Custom of All Fools' Day,"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA),
April 1, 1900, Page 4, Image 4, col. 2-5.
- "Lost, In Antiquity of Ages, April Fool Kept by All People,"
Akron Daily Democrat (Akron, OH),
April 1, 1902, Page 3, Image 3, col. 2.
- "The Day of All Fools-Were You One of Them?,"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA),
April 1, 1909, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3-5.
- "April Fool,"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA),
April 2, 1911, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
- "Jokers Annihilate Armies,"
University Missourian (Columbia, MO),
April 1, 1915, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
- "Golf Weather,"
El Paso Herald (El Paso, TX),
April 1, 1916, Home Edition, Cable News and Auto Section, Page 14, Image 14, 3-6.
- "Uncle Wiggly's April Fool Jokes,"
The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT),
April 1, 1922, Last Edition - 4 P.M., Page 5, Image 5, col. 4-5.
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