THE OLDER THE BETTER

Some people prefer old clothes, others like old news. Someon once said, If you've read about one goat falling in a well, you've read about all goats falling into all wells." So why read contemporary tales, we ask, when you can go back in time and catch the really good stories?

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FROM "THE NATION'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER"
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Steve Fowle, editor of the New Hampshire Gazette, insists has his "fortnightly" newspaper is the oldest contually operating paper in America. It was begun by his collateral ancestor Daniel Fowle in 1756 when Portsmouth, NH was still a colony under King Gerige. Today's version looks surprisingly similar.

Each issue of the old Gazette contains bits and pieces from earlier editions. With the permission of the editor, and with thanks to the Portsmouth Athenaeum, we offer those here.

READ: In Search of Primus Fowle