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Monday, February 16, 2015
Learn about your antiques and collectibles with Georgia Caraway newspapers to become moldy and musty smelling. Do not frame old newspapers to hang on your walls. The sunlight shining on the glass and paper will cause the paper to fade within a short time. If the newspaper is rag linen, the sunlight It is ironic that you are reading this column in an will tend to bleach the paper itself and cause the online newspaper, because it is about preserving print to fade. If the paper is made of wood pulp, printed newspapers. Someday in the future, the the sunlight will turn the paper brown and brittle. following advice will be unnecessary as all If you must frame and hang a newspaper, do so newspapers will be available and preserved where no sunlight can reach it. If the paper is online. The University of North Texas Portal to wood pulp, be sure to use UV-repelling glass. Texas History has a large collection of vintage newspapers that have breen scanned online for If you are interested in retaining the collector research purposes. The Howe Enterprise from value of an old newspaper, do not tear off the past years will be among this collection. front page or the article you are interested in and
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Gifted and Talented spring nominations Parents and teachers of students in grades 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th - 7th who wish to nominate their child/student to be screened for possible placement in the Howe ISD GT Program for the 2015-2016 school year may pick up a nomination packet from their campus office beginning Feb. 23, 2015. Nomination forms must be filled out completely and returned to the HES or HMS office by Friday, March 6 at 12:00 noon. For more information, contact Tamela Shadden, Howe Elementary School, at 903532-3320
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throw the rest of the paper away, do not laminate The three worst enemies of newspapers are the newspaper, and do not glue or tape the paper The Howe Community Library now has 249 moisture, sunlight and fluctuations in to cardboard to stiffen it. eBooks. They have fiction & nonfiction titles temperature. With proper care and storage, and even one that is a Graphic Novel. All newspapers need not turn dark or become citizens need is their library card number to brittle. Use acid-free boxes to store newspapers. Or do access these online reads. Please ask the staff waht commercial printers do—use light sensitive and they will be happy to help you. In most cases, newspapers printed prior to 1870 metal boxes lined with black plastic or vinyl. were printed on rag linen. Cloth fibers were Librarian Becky Hogenson just returned from Light and moisture cannot get into these boxes. used as the base for making the newspaper as a trip to Austin where a conference was held Always store the newspaper opened so that the opposed to the wood pulp used today. Rags for the Texas Computer Educators entire front page is visible—do not leave it were boiled into a mash and then paper was folded in half as you find it on the newsstand. In Association (TCEA). Hogenson, along with the other 7,000 attendees, learned new apps made from it. Rag linen has a feel and texture time the fold will cause a weak place and the and programs and a new term called much like onionskin paper. Rag linen contains paper will tear. "augmented reality." Ask her about it. no acid, so it is more durable and prone to remain in good condition. Dr. Georgia Caraway, former director of the Do not store old newspapers in an unheated or non air-conditioned garage, basement, or attic. The extreme differences in temperature from summer to winter tend to make newspapers brittle. Also the increased moisture found in garages and basements can actually cause
Denton County Museums for 14 years, will be opening the Howe Mercantile on April 25. She has also written Tips, Tools, & Techniques: Caring for Your Antiques and Collectibles and four Denton history books. Watch for the Clearance Sale at 107 East Haning March 6 and 7.
