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 "Halley's Comet" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Cyanogen, Flammarion, Halley’s Comet.
To narrow results, limit the search to dates between April 20, 1910 and May 10, 1910.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Greatest Sight in 100 Years"
The Weekly True Democrat (Tallahassee, FL), September 3, 1909, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Giant Comet is Now Hurling This Way"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), September 24, 1909, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Halley's Comet to Wrap Its Tail Around This Sphere"
The Garland Globe (Garland, UT), February 5, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"Comet May Kill All Earth Life Says Scientist"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), February 8, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"Coming End of World"
The Ogden Standard (Ogden City, UT), February 9, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"What Will Happen"
Perrysburg Journal (Perrysburg, OH), April 8, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Many Fear it Will Do Harm"
The Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, UT), April 19, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Saw Halley's Comet"
El Paso Herald (El Paso, TX), April 20, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Halley's Comet"
Highland Recorder (Monterey, Highland County, VA), April 29, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Halley's Comet is Due To-Day"
The Hartford Herald (Hartford, KY), May 18, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Comet's Tail"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), May 18, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Halley's Comet Speeding Away"
The San Juan Islander (Friday Harbor, WA), May 20, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"Scientists Liken Halley's Comet to Fan-Tailed Pigeon"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), May 21, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 7.

Halley's Comet: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America