Social Media from 1926

I found this in the Journal and Guide from January 9, 1926, in the Suffolk section.

Rev. J. C. Almond, a student in Boydton Institute, Boydton, Va., and Mrs. Almond, a teacher at Windsor, were in the city for a day or two of the holidays. Mrs. Almond espied the reporter in the market, and demanded a receipt for a subscription to this paper to be sent to her husband. She got it, and the paper is being sent to him.

They put any trivial detail in the paper back then. It looks a lot like today’s social media.

Know that I’m actually glad they did because I’m finding out so much more about my family from notes in the local sections and society pages of these newspapers. Can you imagine your descendants piecing together your life from the social media posts that you’re making today? That’s going to be wild!

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