Accomplishments

Some interesting items I have looked at while I've been working at the library is a newspaper over 120 years old. The Messenger Inquirer was actually named The Owensboro Messenger and had a couple other names even before that. Anyways, while reading the newspaper I noticed less ads. If there were any ads on the paper, it would go something like this. "Hurt back? Visit Dr. mybackhurts to get your back checked out!"
The ads were incredibly simple and were usually just a small text box at the bottom of the paper. I'm not sure what that says about society then and now, but I do know that they cared more about the news rather than advertisements.

Information learned

Some information I've learned from working at the library mainly relating to Kentucky and the Kentucky Room.

-  Our county is actually spelled wrong. Daviess is actually supposed to be spelled Daveiss like the other two counties in Indiana and Illinois.
-  In old newspapers, instead of the column being named obituaries, it was actually called the mortuary.
-  When people left town or came into town, they would actually place who went where under the Local Laconics.