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 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
6
Moses P. Stowe of Grafton Maas boasts eighty years of single life and a strict rule against women entering his home. He proclaims marriage unnecessary and warns that women, even peddlers, disrupt the calm atmosphere. He recalls past flirtations but says infatuation would be his downfall and ridicules loving couples who later seek distance from femininity.
A Liberty Missouri resident, A. G. Smith, testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved and cured severe kidney related pain and urinary problems after doctors failed. Smith reports seven years without kidney trouble. Foster Milburn Co. sells the product for 50 cents a box in Buffalo New York and through all dealers.
A mother reports initial failed treatments for a six month old with severe eczema on the face. After using Cuticura Remedies, the infant’s complexion cleared by the next morning and the eruption vanished, with a note of testimonial from Mia P. EB. Gumbin of Sheldon Indiana, July 18 1908.
Charles W. Douglas the first train dispatcher and pioneer of telegraphic sound reading died recently in Wayne New Jersey and was buried in Port Jervis He rose from Erie office operator to head train dispatching creating the department that made him the first train dispatcher in the world His career spanned roles from Erie to Long Island railroads and Sea Beach Palace Coney Island later serving in several rail positions and railroad ventures leading to his retirement after the Wells Fargo era
Tramps and other trespassers suffer heavy losses on railroads with about 6000 killed and 5000 seriously injured yearly. Many victims become public charges as estimates place half to three quarters of the casualties among tramps.
An electric truck, its movements fully guided by wireless electric waves, has been installed in the yards of the Union Pacific railroad at Omaha.
A rail conductor is portrayed as a busy traveling office handling waybills tickets passes and cash fares while ensuring train safety. He must detect counterfeit tickets uphold discipline eject troublesome passengers and bear responsibility for the train's progress and conduct akin to a Chesterfieldian standard.
A Cologne made device for 1300 stations prints tickets by inserting a blank card for the station. It prints departure, destination, number, fare, route, and class on a blank, while a duplicate sheet records transactions. The system claims faster service, reduced stock, and fewer ticket robberies.
The Schwab Special brought seventy five Detroiters to South Bethlehem at Charles M Schwab's invitation. The Lehigh Valley official put the train cost at 2348 dollars. It was the era’s luxury on rails with a club car diner four Pullmans and Loretta Mrs Schwabs private car. Seventy three men worked the train including engine crews conductors waiters chefs potters and brakemen. Traveling reps from Grand Trunk and Lehigh Valley rode aboard with extra mechanics on board.
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports its Employes Relief Fund, 23 years old, a major financial benevolence. January payments east of Pittsburgh totaled $112,687.39 with $42,076.27 to families of the deceased and $70,611.10 to incapacitated workers. West of Pittsburgh during January paid $35,461.55 to relief and death benefits. Total disbursements since inception reach $25,765,403.18, funded by annual company treasury appropriations and small beneficiary assessments.
An inventor from Delaware introduces an auxiliary stove lid plate to cover the center of the stove where heat is strongest. The device allows a lid over the hot center while enabling removal of lids or the bridge plate as needed, improving convenience for housekeepers.
The illustration shows a stove top with supplemental plates that fit at the ends to leave a central circular opening where a lid fits. This arrangement preserves draft and allows placing the coffee pot over the hottest middle fire, avoiding the need to move plates or shift the fire to the side.
Advice notes how to minimize kitchen odors when cooking vegetables. Do not cover pans to avoid overpowering steam. keeping lids on concentrates smell. A bread “air filter” is proposed though wasteful. Cauliflower tip suggests turning it head downward to avoid scum.
Cook two cups rice and two small cans of salmon until smooth with fork. Salt to taste. For dressing mix ten tablespoons olive oil ten tablespoons vinegar two and a half teaspoons pepper two saltspoons salt. Pour over the mixture, mix again, adjust with salt, chill on ice before spreading.
Wash and bake six large potatoes then scoop out and mash the centers. Mix mashed potato with ham parsley egg whites cream and seasonings. Refill shells, insert a poached egg in each, cover and bake until browned. Poached eggs in boiled stuffed potatoes are popular.
Boil cauliflower until tender then drain and chop. Layer with chopped hard boiled eggs in a buttered baking dish. Prepare a cream dressing with flour butter and milk, cook until thick, season, and pour over cauliflower. Top with grated bread crumbs and bake in a hot oven until brown.
A vintage cleaning tip explains using pure white soap, skim milk, and clean rags. Dip the glove in milk, rub with soap, and scrub thoroughly, changing rags as they soil. Drying yields gloves that appear nearly new and quick to dry.
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.