@nprofile1q... I’m also going to quietly but enthusiastically tap the “ask your local library” sign.
A lot of them offer free access to newspapers.com and other digital periodical archive resources using your library card. The library might not be spending a lot of effort advertising them since the demand is fairly low, so it might not be obvious where to look for the access.
Most librarians would be thrilled to show someone how to find that info for free!
As an example, this is what my local county has available for patrons at the magical price of free:
https://hcplc.org/research/news