You don't need microfilm to read the NY Times; the entire archive is available on their website.
> I once read the New York Times from 1917 to 1922 on microfilm
You read ~1800 newspapers from 100 years ago?
Anyway, can you provide a basis that substantiates any claim in the parent? I don't mean one link to one article, which tells us nothing about an overall trend. Ironically, there is nothing like HN for unsubstantiated claims about Russia like the parent, which are ceaseless.
> I once read the New York Times from 1917 to 1922 on microfilm
You read ~1800 newspapers from 100 years ago?
Anyway, can you provide a basis that substantiates any claim in the parent? I don't mean one link to one article, which tells us nothing about an overall trend. Ironically, there is nothing like HN for unsubstantiated claims about Russia like the parent, which are ceaseless.