Wrap fish in newspaper (1952); Line bird cage in newspaper (1949)

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   For how long have we been wrapping fish in newspapers?
   It's also an old slight against a newspaper you don't like.  The New York
Times, for example, is only good to "wrap fish in."  Occasionally, you'll also
hear "line bird cages."
   I thought I'd try a "wrap fish" search in Newspaperarchive. ..USAGE NOTE:
Do not wrap fish in the internet edition.


(WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)("wrap fish")
Coshocton Tribune - 11/23/1975
...For Realism By JOAN HANAUER NKW YORK don't WRAP FISH in old newspapers any
more they..
Coshocton, Ohio Sunday, November 23, 1975  562 k

Daily Times News - 10/25/1972
...Newspapers WHITEVILLE They've been used to WRAP FISH for years and even
ground up and..
Burlington, North Carolina   Wednesday, October 25, 1972  604 k

Chronicle Telegram - 9/27/1964
...80 YEARS AGO IN NEW YORK WAXED PAPER TO WRAP FISH 50 AS TO Xx CARRY ft
HOME... ABBIE..
Elyria, Ohio Sunday, September 27, 1964  675 k

Edwardsville Intelligencer - 5/22/1969
...A lot of editorial pages have been used to WRAP FISH in since then, but
Matthews won't..
Edwardsville, Illinois Thursday, May 22, 1969  526 k

La Verne Leader - 7/31/1969
...cracks about their product bc'infj used to WRAP FISH and line bird cages.
And there was..
La Verne, California Thursday, July 31, 1969  509 k

Chronicle Telegram - 8/27/1964
...80 YEARS AGO IN NEW YORK WAXED PAPER TO WRAP FISH 50 AS TO Xx CARRY ft
HOME... ABBIE..
Elyria, Ohio Thursday, August 27, 1964  675 k

Dixon Evening Telegraph - 12/24/1953
...TV Manhattan Swears It Will Never Again WRAP FISH in a Newspaper By
KICIIAKD KLEINKIt.....ne icwspaper really means. We'll er WRAP a FISH in one again.
Barber Scholarship..
Dixon, Illinois Thursday, December 24, 1953  738 k

Salisbury Times - 7/15/1958
...of a newspaper is that it's something to WRAP FISH in was right after all.
The Daily.....proves it. A New Jersey couple needed to WRAP up not a FISH but
a pair of muddy shoes.....had an impact, even when it was used to WRAP a pair
of muddy shoes. Man Who Needed No.....this as lost time. That America's
annual FISH harvest amounts to five billion pounds..
Salisbury, Maryland Tuesday, July 15, 1958  625 k

Berkshire Evening Eagle - 7/8/1952
...hits the street, the news is fit .only to WRAP FISH in. THIS IS all very
well for the..
Pittsfield, Massachusetts Tuesday, July 08, 1952  789 k

Zanesville Signal - 1/24/1952
...yesterday's newspaper is only good to WRAP FISH in. I'm wondering if the
FISH won't..
Zanesville, Ohio Thursday, January 24, 1952  694 k

Mansfield News - 7/5/1925
...sei. Her best rival is Mrs. 'grass, and -WRAP FISH In newsjit can be
shipped at once.....te baseball Stanley life catches a FISH that he .know the shape
of the FISH.....this, remove the internal organs; InThen WRAP the skin in
paper. lent In the affairs.....belly, which lay on a board as before, and WRAP
She has taken part In all of, would..
Mansfield, Ohio Sunday, July 05, 1925  832 k
(Refers to the newspapers over fish packed in ice--ed.)


(WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)("line bird cage")
Chronicle Telegram - 6/4/1949
...jeer at newspapers being used to LINE BIRD CAGES. We think of it as one
more reader.....moved. board? Newspapers are also our first LINE of defense in
pest control. If this..
Elyria, Ohio Saturday, June 04, 1949  548 k