You can glean a lot from old newspapers - what grandpappy paid for butter and eggs, what life was like in the horse and buggy days, and so on.
People like to read the old papers.
On the other hand, the newspaper directory a freind discovered in the library at Acadia University would probably turn most people off. However, since the directory added to his data base on historical Kentville, Louis Comeau was excited by his find. It has a section on Kentville and the Valley. You should have a look at it. Look at it I did.