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 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
2
In Doran a delayed train, a broken bridge, and a night ride in rain lead widow Lee and Jacob Smith to a forced stay on a stalled stagecoach. Amid awkward past refusals, thunder, and fear, they confess their engagement and walk on to Doran as the storm clears and moonlight returns.
In Brussels powerfully painting from the Waterloo era titled Napoleon no Hell shows a marshaled marshal with folded arms descending to the land of shades. Behind him crowd countless figures, including three million seventy thousand, of whom more than half were French, hinted at beyond the foreground.
The witness, Captain Sampson, offers little. the lawyer presses for a judgment on the accused after a reported boat pickup around nine oclock. The captain, yawning, concedes he would have called him the wettest man, if not the wettest man, he had ever seen.
In Los Angeles a large domestic trade links South American countries with the United States for skins used in gloves. Deerskins from Mexico Central America and northern South America are shipped dry. boarskins from Mexico yield heavier leather for trims. goatskins come largely from China Russia and the East Indies with millions imported annually for shoes. Alligator hides arrive mainly from Mexico and Colombia and manatee hides from Mexico are salt-wet. Baron d Estournelle de Constant arrives in New York to lecture on peace and will meet President Taft during a 20 000 mile American tour.
In Shamokin Pennsylvania a mule swallowed a worker’s pay check after it dropped into a feed bag at Bear Valley colliery while another rat gnawed a coat containing David Jerremal’s pay check. Authorities ruled workers proved losses and will be reimbursed.
The edict abolishing queues has spurred a new movement called queue cutting parties in Shanghai and other Chinese cities. Queue cutting societies organize public meetings in tea houses inviting people to have their queues removed, a scene likened to revivalist exhortations.
Reports from midwest to south eastern states indicate excellent soil and favorable weather boosting overall crop prospects. While some crops may be smaller than last year, total output should be enormous and prices possibly high, with widespread work for laborers and strong farm to retail trade. Diversification trends grow across regions, including southeastern farming expansion.
London crowds race for coronation view seats with prices from 1 to 1000 guineas. Front entry areas must be secured before 7 am while rear access could wait until the procession passes. Bank holiday June 22 will flood London with tens of thousands of visitors as preparations intensify across Westminster Abbey and city streets.
Chicago hosts a farming advance led by University of Illinois agronomy chief Dr Cyril G Hopkins. The Bankers Association of Illinois backs 1480 banks in a soil preservation campaign, distributing the booklet Saving the Soil to 1000 farmers in the first wave and sending 500000 folders for a subsequent topic.
In the Wheal Jewell area of the famous Friendship mines a Glassgow syndicate reports important tin finds. Much of the surveyed property has not been worked for a century, drawing notable local interest.
A concise Ireland article reviews ten years of temperance gains in the United Kingdom. It cites declines in beer and spirits consumption and a £30 million drop in expenditure from 1899 to 1909, noting shifting public attitudes among working classes and leaders condemning liquor as a root social evil. Strong entities include Great Britain United Kingdom Ireland temperance movement and education reformers.
The Italian writer and anti alcoholist Dr Francesco Ferrari argues that fighting prejudices strengthens humanity. He contends that opposing a belief in wine value corrupts society and crime, urging social spirit and unity in the cause against alcohol.
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.