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 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1906
Page
7
The piece argues Americans use over 100 million gallons of paint annually with half for houses. It credits ready mixed paints since 1860 for urban and rural improvement, notes past poor paste paints, and defends prepared paints for cost and convenience while stressing painting remains the painter’s craft.
An Egyptologist and an Assyriologist debate ancient tech. The Egyptologist cites wires in Egypt as proof of electricity, while the Assyriologist counters that absence of wires in Assyria implies wireless telegraphy.
A note from Saturday Evening Post asserts that living honestly is the quickest path to honor, framing virtue as direct and practical guidance.
Washington reports the Senate backing Beveridge’s rigid meat inspection plan with full bill provisions and cost on packers, risking prolonging Congress if House delays. The Panama canal debate switches to a lock canal by 81 to 36, adopting a minority engineers' plan.
United States district attorney A. A. Van Valkenburgh announced that judges fined major firms and individuals after sentences in seven rebate cases. Swift & Co Cudahy Armour Nelson Morris & Co and Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railway each got 15000 fines. George Thomas faced 6000 and four months in prison. L B Taggart 4000 and three months. Appeals filed. stay granted until June 29.
In this fragment a narrator recalls a stranger who refuses to join a Niagara preservation society, mocking its aims. The piece then offers a sermon on morning temper and digestion, praising simple foods and introducing the book Back to Nature and the egg based product EGG-O-SEE with a free copy offer. The tone mimics a local paper ad plus moral guidance.
Madison Wis June 22 The supreme court set aside a lower court judgment of 10090 against four railroads for alleged incorrect reporting of gross earnings as charged by Railroad Commissioner Thomas The Wisconsin inheritance tax law was sustained It imposes a tax on transfers of property within the state through a will or interstate laws and to take effect after death
In Springfield Illinois on June 22 the supreme court held municipal officers may use discretion in granting or refusing saloon licenses unless the ordinance expressly restricts it. The Cook County writ of mandamus directing license issuance to Henry Raben is reversed and the case remanded to dismiss the petition.
Macon Missouri reports that Circuit Attorney Sager of St. Louis dismissed bribery charges against T. E. Albright a former St. Louis house of delegates member. Albright had been acquitted earlier Thursday on perjury charges following the trial.
A Washington Star item quotes an anxious student saying she must practice piano five hours daily because her mother and father dislike their few neighbors. The playful one liner highlights family tension and neighborly dynamics.
A hospital doctor says the man is the victim of athletics not due to training. He notes the assailant who struck him caused the injury, while the victim had not trained. The Philadelphia Ledger cites the incident as an unusual consequence of sports.
A courtroom dialogue features a senator and judge debating wealth and start in life. The senator admits limited personal wealth while claiming potential, and the judge remarks on the early stage of the senator’s career and fortune.
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes that even a strong cage cannot fully silence a talkative parrot. The Observer of Events and Things quips the line about how the bird still voices chatter despite confinement.
New York June 20 actor Benjamin Howard committed death by his own action in Riverside Park. Beside the body a vial containing poison was found.
Charles Weare a former consul at Vera Cruz and Aix la Chappelle died in Grand Rapids Iowa Tuesday at age 78 He was a pioneer in the region and a prominent Republican politician.
The interior of the new Central Presbyterian church in Hamilton Ontario was destroyed by fire on Thursday last. The loss is estimated at fifty thousand dollars. Special bystander reports indicate the blaze started in the interior, causing extensive damage before fire crews could contain it. Local authorities are investigating the incident.
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.