Welcome to February 1912! The Great South Bay of Long Island was frozen solid under 15 inches of ice. So solid, in fact, that a group of intrepid New Yorkers crossed the five-mile stretch for the first time in automobiles. Accompanied by two sleighs, two parties set out in cars from Bellport and crossed the perilous ice to Fire Island... READ MORE >
Star Journal Begins 1892 With Spotlight On Major Figures And Events Both Past And Present Out in Oklahoma Territory, Mine Number 11 at the Osage Coal and Mining Company was rocked by a large explosion on January 7. The tragedy claimed the lives of 100 miners, mostly poor, unskilled Russian and Italian immigrants. Back east, January was a month of... READ MORE >
The Greater Astoria Historical Society presents pages from the Long Island Star Journal On September 15, monstrous rumbling contraptions known as tanks made their first combat appearance in the Battle of the Somme in France. Meanwhile, the first Piggly Wiggly self-service grocery store opened its doors down in Memphis, Tennessee. Before this new concept, grocery stores did not allow customers... READ MORE >
The Greater Astoria Historical Society presents pages from the Long Island Star Journal Out on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor, at long last workers laid the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty on August 5. Overcoming slow fundraising efforts for the pedestal in the United States, Lady Liberty was dedicated with great fanfare in October 1886. Standing as a... READ MORE >
The Greater Astoria Historical Society presents pages from the Long Island Star Journal “REDS, NAZIS ROUNDED UP IN HUNT FOR FAIR BOMBER” proclaimed the headline of the Long Island Star Journal on July 5, 1940. On our nation’s 164th birthday, a time bomb was discovered in the British Pavilion at the World’s Fair. The NYPD bomb squad removed the lethal... READ MORE >
The Greater Astoria Historical Society presents pages from the Long Island Star Journal Welcome to July 1940! In the spring and summer of 1940, the Nazi war machine cut a swath of destruction across Europe, with one nation after another falling to the seemingly unstoppable might of the German blitzkrieg. Having largely subdued the Continent by July, Hitler set his... READ MORE >
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