This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1902
Page
7
A Philadelphia Times style row of anecdotes recounts wit among Southern women. A Virginia belle from the Clark County Taylors hears of a betrothal to Mason and quips that finding a goose might lead her to remain a Taylor. The piece links social history with light humor.
An old advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for sweating, callouses, swollen and tired feet. It claims easy shoes, 25 cents at druggists, with a free trial package offer, and lists Allen S. Olmsted of LeRoy. The snippet ends with a quoted exchange from the Yonkers Statesman.
An odd blend of old advertisements and a Wade Hampton anecdote appears. The ad touts Dr Kline's Great Nerve Pestorer promising cure and a free trial bottle while a Hampton plantation story recalls slave ownership and a master’s recognition. The piece also includes humorous vignettes about street life and a piano anecdote.
The Swift Specific Co presents S S S as a blood purifier and tonic claimed to cure cancer scrofula rheumatism chronic sores eczema psoriasis salt rheum herpes and contagious blood poison. It boasts fifty years of cures and invites letters to Atlanta Georgia for free medical advice with no charge.
The Baltimore Sun recounts the Salem Academy and College in Winston-Salem established in 1802 by Moravians, its rise as a leading girls' school drawing southern elites, and notable alumni. It also tells of Rev John H Clewell and Mr Bailey living in a river box home, a frugal existence during a blizzard, and Bailey's fishing life and self sufficiency.
A reflective sketch on how architects are largely ignored by the educated public while praising the works of Phidias and Michelangelo. The piece notes the Coliseum’s Rabirius and Mastius, Rome, and questions why builders like Hallet Hadfield Hoban Latrobe and Walter receive little recognition compared to other creators.
James Thomas Bailey a weathered 58 year old fisherman has lived in a piano box six by two and a half by five feet for four years at Spring Gardens on Hanover Street Baltimore. He thrives in the unusual shelter beside a row of fishing boxes. The idea reportedly came to him about ten years ago when he began fishing at the shore.
Chicago dealer Samuel Eberly Gross, not French poet Rostand, is judged by Judge Kohlsaat to be the originator of Cyrano de Bergerac’s character. Gross wrote The Merchant Prince of Cornville in 1878 featuring a big nose, prompting a court ruling that his plot inspired the French play. The piece also notes a Treasury official lamenting scarce male stenographers and praising past male typists like Secretary Cortelyou.
A column features Madame Isabella Ellen Bavens praising Peruna for summer catarrh, recounting her illness and rapid recovery after using the patent medicine. It urges prompt treatment with Peruna and invites readers to request a free booklet from The Peruna Medicine Company in Columbus Ohio. The piece includes assorted humorous anecdotes from various publications.
A collection of brief humor and theater tales from the era. Jokes about eye weakness, printing errors, a Virginia judge, an Irish volunteer, a fifth grade tax question, and Clara Morris recounting stage mishaps with a missing camelia turning into celery. Carter and Robson are implied figures.
A rival says Biggins may play golf on Sunday while a Washington Star remark notes it would be the only day he plays. The banter is part of a broader exchange echoed in a Chicago Daily News quip about who wrote the Elegy in a Country Churchyard.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.