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🎉🥞 Happy Waffle Day, everyone! Pick up some compressed yeast (with the yellow label) and fire up the waffle furnace to eat like it's 1890! #WaffleDay2026 #SweetCelebration #FoodHistory #19thCentury

What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today? “No advantage is meant to be taken.” Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for March 23 #Adverts250 Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/03/23/mar… (Image: Providence Gazette, 3/23/1775, @Readex)

#Adverts250 Project: Special Feature Advertisements for Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published on March 23, 1776 View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/03/22/adv… (Image: Providence Gazette, 3/23/1776, @Readex)

@TolerUpdike Hi Dr. Schulzke! Evans is a great source for early American books. Early American Newspapers contains the most comprehensive collection of early newspapers. Share your interest in Early American Newspapers with your university library. Learn more: readex.com/products/early…

Revelation: Evans on Readex is not comprehensive for early newspapers. Disappointing, but really good to know. Sounds like a project waiting to happen (but not mine!).

What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today? “This balsam is sold in bottles … seal’d with my own seal.” Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for March 21 #Adverts250 Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/03/21/mar… (Image: @Readex)

What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today? “STOP THIEF.” Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for March 22 #Adverts250 Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/03/22/mar… (Image: Essex Gazette, 3/22/1776, @Readex)

What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today? “A TREATISE of MILITARY DISCIPLINE; CALCULATED FOR THE USE OF THE AMERICANS” Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for March 20 #Adverts250 Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/03/20/mar… (Image: @Readex)

#Adverts250 Project: Special Feature Advertisements for Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published on March 20, 1776 View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/03/20/adv… (Connecticut Journal, 3/20/1776, @Readex)

✨ Happy International Day of Happiness! 😊For millennia, theatre has brought happiness and laughter to audiences. What made 19th century Americans laugh? Comedy fans should check out this bit of theatre history: ow.ly/v42E50YuZnT #InternationalDayOfHappiness #SpreadJoy

What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Hare’s American best bottled PORTER.” Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for March 19 #Adverts250 Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/03/19/mar… (Image: Pennsylvania Evening Post, 3/19/1776, @Readex)

#Adverts250 Project: Special Feature Advertisements for Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published on March 19, 1776 View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/03/19/adv… (Image: Pennsylvania Evening Post, 3/19/1776, @Readex)

☘️Happy St. Patrick's Day☘️ What is your favorite Irish or Celtic tune?

#Adverts250 Project: Special Feature Advertisements for Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published on March 16, 1776 View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/03/16/adv… (Image: Providence Gazette, 3/16/1776, @Readex)

What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today? “PLAIN TRUTH… containing Remarks on a late Pamphlet intituled COMMON SENSE” Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for March 16 #Adverts250 Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/03/16/mar… (Image: @Readex)

#Adverts250 Project: Special Feature Advertisements for Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published on March 13, 1776 View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/03/13/adv… (Image: Connecticut Journal, 3/13/1776, @Readex)

What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today? “That much esteemed Pamphlet, intitled, COMMON SENSE.” Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for March 13 #Adverts250 Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/03/13/mar… (Image: Connecticut Journal, @Readex)

What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today? “AN ORATION, IN MEMORY OF GENERAL MONTGOMERY.” Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for March 12 #Adverts250 Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/03/12/mar… (Image: Dunlap's Maryland Gazette, @Readex)

#Adverts250 Project: Special Feature Advertisements for Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published on March 11, 1776 View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/03/11/adv… (Image: New-York Gazette & Weekly Mercury, 3/11/1776, @Readex)

#Adverts250 Project: Special Feature Advertisements for Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published on March 9, 1776 View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/03/09/adv… (Image: Providence Gazette, 3/9/1776, @Readex)

What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Just PUBLISHED … An APPENDIX to Common Sense.” Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for March 9 #Adverts250 Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/03/09/mar… (Image: Providence Gazette, @Readex)