In 1941 or thereabouts, the then owner of the Twybil Hut, a 1790's  Dutch 
residence in Rensselaerville, NY, put in a linoleum floor over the  original very 
wide locust board originals. Before doing so he laid down 1"  of  insulation 
in the form of newspapers (Albany Times Union), the earliest  of which dated 
from 1936, the last from October, 1941. 
 
The first phase of restoration of Mr. Twybil's dream hut involved  of course 
picking up and reading ALL of the papers and reading them, a task  that took 
about six months of weekends. The span of news covered the rise of a  
relatively unknown politician, one Adolph Hitler, into power in Germany, and his  later 
exploits, including his rantings about having "secret weapons", the  
Hindenberg light show, fall out from the Lindbergh case - not to mention  Madge 
Rivenbergs' winning of the Berne bowling tournament four years  running. 
 
The insulation is now archived in the Rensselaerville Historical  Society.
 
Tw.



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