Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Daylight Saving" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Daylight saving, time, clock, Standard Time
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between March and April 1918.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Pass Daylight Saving Bill; Awaits Wilson"
Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), March 16, 1918, Page 15, Image 15, col. 3.
"How the Daylight-Saving Law Affects You After March 31"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), March 16, 1918, Image 1, col. 4-5.
"Daylight Saving is Simplicity Itself"
The Sun (New York, NY), March 24, 1918, Section 5 Magazine Section, Page 10, Image 58, col. 1-4.
"Daylight Saving is Law of Land"
The Era-Leader (Franklinton, LA), March 28, 1918, Image 1, col. 3.
"Here is How You Gain an Hour of Daylight Beginning Tomorrow Morning"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), March 20, 1918, Final Edition, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1-5.
"Turn the Clock Ahead Tonight"
The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat (Keokuk, IA), March 30, 1918, Image 7, col. 3-4.
"City to Greet 23-Hour Day with Bands and a Chorus in Madison Square Park"
The Evening World (New York, NY), March 30, 1918, Final Edition, Page 3, Image 3, col. 7-8.
"Officially Enacting Daylight Saving Law"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), March 31, 1918, Final Edition, Page 8, Image 8, col. 2-4.
"What Became of that Hour that was Lost Sunday Morn?"
The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat (Keokuk, IA), April 1, 1918, Image 5, col. 3-4.

Daylight Saving: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America