There is a formula for a good home-made newspaper preservative, involving soaking
the papers in a solution of (no joke!) club soda and milk of magnesia!  I did it to the
sports section in April, 1974, the day after Hank Aaron hit his 715th homer, and the
paper hasn't yellowed a bit.

Now, this process leaves the paper lumpy and waterloged, so I would NEVER
recommend it for museum purposes.  But for the average Joe who wants a souvenir
and doesn't want to pay for professional paper preservation (PPP), it works just
fine.

I'll see if I can dig it up this weekend.  (I clipped the formula out of the newspaper
and -- yes -- preserved it.)

-- Eugene Dillenburg
Exhibit Developer
Science Museum of Minnesota

651-221-4706
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