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 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1924
Page
7
A Philadelphia lawyer's son asks what a test case is and receives a concise lesson. The exchange defines a test case as one brought to decide if there is enough merit to justify pursuing similar cases by lawyers.
Short advertisement urges asking grocer for Red Cross Ball Blue bluing. Claims buyer will be repaid by the results and that once tried it becomes a regular product for use.
An investigator reports that about one in twelve children aged ten to fifteen in the United States must work. The finding highlights the extent of child labor in the era and raises concerns about schooling and welfare.
A succinct meditation notes that folly can seem widespread yet truth and good sense prevail, as the crowd’s noise does not determine what is right. It reflects on perception, judgment, and the limits of popular opinion in guiding action.
Thousands of mothers praise Mother Gray's Sweet Powders as a remedy for children's colds feverishness worms and stomach troubles. The product is said to break up colds regulate bowels and has been used and recommended by mothers for over 30 years. Sold by druggists everywhere trial package offered by Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
Dayton flyers Lieut Eugene Barksdale and Bradley Jones tested three new instruments on a long flight from McCook Field to Mineola in an army DeHaviland aircraft. The earth inductor compass, flight indicator, and a sextant tied to an artificial horizon were evaluated to improve long-distance safety and navigation. Jones, instrument engineer at McCook, emphasized the test aims over records. The compass kept the course within eight miles after 450 miles as visibility dimmed.
C W Williams of Harlan faced two near fatal trips in five days. He rushed to Chicago after his sister in law Mrs Herbert Mitchell died, then learned his father W E Williams of Lebanon Virginia was dying and arrived too late. During the interval Pauline Williams, a niece, was burned to death at Cawood.
Salem state veterinarian W H Lytle has returned from California after aiding in the hoof and mouth disease fight. He reports improvement and confinement to a few districts and brings photographs showing whole herds slaughtered and buried to prevent spread. He notes serious financial losses for livestock raisers.
The aurora borealis spectrum has been identified as solid nitrogen particles suspended by electric charges, not a gas. Lars Begard of the University of Christiania confirmed the thirty five lines of the spectrum and, with Leyden lab work, produced solid nitrogen matching the observed green line, solving the mystery.
New York reports development of a klydonograph that can photograph electrical disturbances in twenty billionths of a second without light. It uses a specialized plateholder and electrical connections to capture surges, revealing data on transmission-line disturbances and their characteristics.
Victor Abrams, a shoe repair shop operator in Minneapolis, explains his method of extending coal use by placing coal in an old shoe and tossing it into a stove. He claims the coal lasts twice as long and makes a hotter fire, presenting it as a clever way to beat the coal man.
Dexterville founded in 1848. The village raises funds to build a church using lumber from the old building turned over to the Union Sunday school after the school was replaced by a modern structure last year.
In northwestern Transvaal a native tribe of several thousand, on 2,000 acres, starves due to drought and locust damage. Tribesmen eat locusts, caterpillars and ants to survive. The harsh conditions threaten the community's livelihood and food supply.
A collection of testimonials praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Medicine for women with abdominal and gynecological ailments. Letters from Mrs O M Rine of Fairview South Dakota and a Camden New Jersey reader claim avoidance of surgery after treatment. The notice emphasizes nationwide endorsements and advises purchasing the products at drug stores.
Analyses show many so-called bronze artifacts from Egyptian and Mesopotamian ruins are actually high purity copper. Some items, like tin-containing bands from Shalmaneser II’s gates, are true bronze with about nine percent tin. Copper appears to be the earliest used metal, while iron was known but rare and costly in ancient Egypt and used mainly in jewelry.
A circular advertisement offers dyeing and tinting services for worn or shabby garments and draperies. It promotes reviving fabrics with dye to restore color and appearance.
Diamond Dyes promise simple directions enabling any woman to dye or tint worn items, even without prior experience. Choose any color at the drug store.
The piece argues that a drowning person surfaces according to his strength and water conditions. It notes that surface intervals vary with salt versus fresh water and with water currents versus stillness, challenging common beliefs about drowning behavior.
The northernmost part of the United States lies 100 miles into Beltrami county Minnesota on the Lake of the Woods shore. It cannot be reached by land without crossing Canada and was acquired through a 1783 treaty error in Paris as surveyors misread the forty ninth parallel.
The statement notes that a woman's pitch varies with her request while shopping, suggesting vocal fluctuation signals in consumer interactions and potential social communication norms influencing dialogue in retail settings.
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.