Community Corner
Local History: Rare Newspaper Shows 1800s Millburn
"The Budget" is too fragile to be handled, but it can be found online for review.
The 1886 Budget of Milburn, N.J. is an extremely rare local newspaper. The bound volume in the collection of the Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society is so extremely fragile that it cannot safely be handled by visitors.
As past of its valuable information serices to the residents of our community—and to the world—the Millburn library had the volume scanned and digitized then posted it online at its Web site.
This provides a rare look at a newspaper that is not even in the state archives of New Jersey newspapers and a valuable resource for information about early Millburn.
Among the articles and ads in the July 28, 1886 edition are those seen here in the photos. The Prairie Rose was a blacksmith shop near the Millburn Avenue entrance to Taylor Park opposite Lackawanna Place. The other ad tells us important information about promoting our fine community—including one that would warm the hearts of our local business owners:
"Above all, never spend a dollar out of town that you can use for the same purpose in town. Buy your goods, employ labor, and pay your taxes home."
