"J. Gruber's Hagers-Town Town and Country Almanack," 1900

Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. John Gruber began publishing the Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack in 1797. It is the second oldest almanac still published in the United States.