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Historic issues of the Goldsboro Headlight from 1887 to 1903 are now available in the North Carolina Newspapers collection. Advertised as a “first class Democratic family newspaper,” the Headlight was published weekly and was typical of the newspapers of the time in that it included a little local news and politics, a regular column reporting on social activities in the town, and a lot of features and illustrations borrowed from other publications around the country.
Some of these papers seem more like issues of Reader’s Digest than what we know of newspapers today. In just one issue from January 1891 I found articles on travel in Japan, the use of the letter “J” in Holland, and a story about how stuffed owls are still in fashion.
The Goldsboro Headlight was nominated for digitization by Wayne County Public Library.
The following newspapers were digitized from microfilm in 2011 and 2012.
| Title |
Years |
Nominating Institution |
| The Mebane Leader |
1911-1915 |
Alamance County Public Library |
| Highland Messenger (Asheville) |
1840-1851 |
Buncombe County Public Library |
| The Standard (Concord) |
1888-1898 |
Cabarrus County Public Library |
| Daily Concord Standard |
1895-1899 |
Cabarrus County Public Library |
| Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte) |
1841-1849 |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library |
| Miners’ and Farmers’ Journal (Charlotte) |
1830-1834 |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library |
| Catawba Journal (Charlotte) |
1824-1828 |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library |
| Western Democrat (Charlotte) |
1856-1868 |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library |
| North Carolina Whig (Charlotte) |
1852-1863 |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library |
| Fayetteville Observer |
1851-1865 |
Cumberland County Public Library |
| The Carolina Times (Durham) |
1951-1964 |
Durham County Library |
| The Lincoln Republican (Lincolnton) |
1840-1842 |
Gaston County Public Library |
| The Lincoln Courier (Lincolnton) |
1845-1895 |
Gaston County Public Library |
| The Roanoke News (Weldon) |
1878-1922 |
Halifax County Public Library |
| The Marion Progress |
1916, 1929, 1940 |
McDowell County Public Library |
| Marion Record |
1894-1895 |
McDowell County Public Library |
| Marion Messenger |
1896-1898 |
McDowell County Public Library |
| The Pilot (Southern Pines) |
1920-1945 |
Southern Pines Public Library |
| Sylvan Valley News |
1900-1911 |
Transylvania County Library |
| The Pinehurst Outlook |
1897-1923 |
The Tufts Archives |
| The Goldsboro Headlight |
1887-1903 |
Wayne County Public Library |
| The Elm City Elevator |
1902 |
Wilson County Public Library |
| The Wilson Advance |
1874-1899 |
Wilson County Public Library |
