[dylan604]

When were obits ever free? The family typically paid to run an obit in the paper. I can't imagine why it would be any different. After that, people had to pay $0.25 to $2.00 for the paper to see them.

[tbossanova]

Libraries typically keep archives of newspapers accessible for free. I imagine the long record of obituaries in this archive would be invaluable for certain types of research.

[krustyburger]

Newspapers used to cost a lot less than $0.25 and the ones still printed today tend to cost more than $2.

[douglasisshiny]

Isn't that just inflation?

[kube-system]

Yeah, around the same time a decent wage used to be $20k.

[dylan604]

what's your point?