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 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
6
An article describes horn composition as a phosphate of lime, gelatin, and albumen. It explains uses from crucibles for melting precious metals to knife handles and windows. Heating allows shaping, and hollow portions yield flexible sheets, once used in lanterns.
Levi S. Stanfield describes molds and couplings for a cement grout water tank. He details galvanized iron plating bent round, three heavy iron bands per section, ends bent together with a link and double-ended key. Outer mold three feet high, inner mold eight inches shorter, sections taper and reinforced with wire. He intends to patent.
The Baptist church in Ames holds ongoing evangelistic meetings with Mr. Taylor finishing his work here at the annual church meeting. His earnest appeal to new converts urges a true new life. Mrs. Taylor is praised for gifts and Christian spirit. Pastor speaks Thursday and Friday evenings with baptism planned. Sunday evening may close the series.
Mrs. Fannie Griffin of Troy Alabama reports a twenty year skin disease cured after two boxes of Cham berlain’s Salve. She had tried several physicians with no relief before using the salve. For sale by Judisch Bros.
London Tit-Bits notes a dispute over a claim of a thirty-one foot snake featured in a show, countering the paper may have cut details due to space constraints.
A classroom joke in the School Board Journal notes teacher Tommy asking about a store with twenty dozen eggs, eighteen bad, and a pupil quipping the father would lose nothing as a humorous miscue.
Dialogue from the Philadelphia Inquirer shows Mr. Smith meeting Dr. Pill with a light exchange about costs. The snippet captures a morning interaction highlighting curiosity about medical fees.
Mrs. E. D. Charles of Harbor Maine hails Electric Bitters as a neighborhood favorite and urges wider use. The tonic claims quick relief for dyspepsia liver and kidney issues nervous debility and acts as a blood purifier as a spring medicine sold with a guarantee for 50 cents.
A Scottish correspondent reports a man found a one pound note on the street and handed it to the police. Later he realized the note was actually his own after recalling his time on the pavement edge where he found it.
A Puck quotation outlining calm, prudent first aid and careful action after accidents. It warns against hastily using aid beyond what is indicated, stresses keeping notes, and suggests reining in intervention if a coroner is present while promoting dignity for the family.
An English artist recalls how a Kinfauns railway porter ferried Sir John Millais’s Chill October along the Tay rushes near Perth. The painting later sold for a thousand pounds, a sum the porter heard of with wonder and claimed he would not trade even a croon for.
The piece cites Thales of Miletus as early as 640 B C declaring Earth globe shaped, Pythagoras using stellar altitudes to argue Earth's form, Aristarchus proposing heliocentric rotation that met fierce backlash, and notes Galileo and Copernicus later revived ancient knowledge after medieval obscurity.
The London Chronicle outlines German murder law distinguishing premeditated murder and intentional homicide without deliberation, with differing punishments. Dueling is treated as a distinct misdemeanor, with the killer facing detention in a fortress for fifteen years.
In a humorous exchange a friend praises a painting saying it captures a battlefield with life like light and shade. The artist corrects him, declaring the work a basket of fruit and naming Paul Rubens as the artist joked about.
A Chicago News quip recounts an old nag trotting uphill with elopers. The nag notes the task will be easier returning since two will be made one after leaving the parsonage. A roadside goose asks how, prompting the punchline.
The editor thanks the artist for the drawings but cannot use them. The office boy relays the editor’s blunt remark that the drawings “take them away, Pimple. They make me sick.” The exchange captures a sharp, humorous tone typical of the London Tatler.
A terse exchange shows Frank explaining using a disliked man as a villain in his novels. The critic notes the grim technique of burying the character alive in narrative framing.
A poetic dialogue between Bobby and Mamma questions whether streets in heaven flow with milk and honey. Mamma cites the Bible while Bob asks if angels have wings due to the earthly walk.
A survey from the British Medical Journal lists notable final utterances and last moments of figures such as Nothnage Traube Cuvier Darw in Pasteur Darwin Goldsmith Hunter and Mirabeau. The recollections span prayers blessings refusals of medicine and poignant parting phrases.
Leslie's Weekly describes the Japanese New Year cake made from pounded rice dough shaped like the sacred mirror. Each family member participates, from baby to elder, in its preparation to bring good luck for the year. The cake lasts about a year and features in daily meals as part of Shinto tradition.
A Chicago Record-Herald piece contrasts the electric eel’s power with a peculiar fish that uses its own flesh as bait. The story likens the creature to a sly Shylock angler, waiting patiently to lure prey with a wormlike lure from its head.
When a nose bleeds, do not tilt the head back or over a basin. Raise the head and catch blood with cloths. Press on the upper lip to compress the artery and stop bleeding. If needed, place paper under the lip, then press firmly or use adrenalin soaked cotton to the nasal interior.
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.