>I found there an apparently full collection of the Buffalo press and the journals of the neighboring towns, but no other American papers. I expressed my surprise. My guide said that half a century before the preservation of newspapers had become one of the most perplexing problems of library economy.
This was interesting to read! It turns out, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform, microforms didn't really get going until the early 1900s.