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 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1902
Page
3
Incomplete OCR text shows a jumble of letters and fragments including names and numbers, unclear place or event. The readable bits suggest a private note or ledger entry with possible references to a bank or firm but lack of coherence prevents clear facts.
The piece recalls now obsolete spellings and pronunciations such as laylocks, Room for Rome, St Jeannes, and cowcumbers once common in educated speech. It cites examples from the 1820s and 1830s, noting how these forms faded from dictionaries and everyday use.
A former Somerville preacher plans departure for a new parish. A neighbor asks if the father will work in New Bedford, but the boy corrects that he will only preach. Trained Mber bead.
Community tidbits include Maple Walnut ice cream at Guillemin's, 20 discount at The Hub, fruit and berries at Main St. Fruit Store, an ice cream social on Rev Roseland's lawn, a Salvation Army or church social, travelers' reports, and farm town notices. Readers are urged to send news, collect papers, and report issues.
A tired passenger declares life a fraud and money the sole value, listing morality, society, and happiness as hollow. a thin man with ginger whiskers responds with a cordial greeting and notes dyspepsia in Chicago Journal style.
Captain Sturt mapped a great stony desert north of the Darling River, about 300 miles long and 100 wide. The arid region shows sandy ridges, scarce vegetation, brackish creeks, and few travelers cross its sterile, windswept expanse.
The article notes sucking the wound as the most effective immediate remedy for snake bites. It cites African practices using cupping to draw poisoned blood and historic use by ancient peoples, including Cato’s army in African deserts with snake charmers called psylli performing rites to suck the wound.
A group of men at a boulevard cafe were approached by a clarinet man who asked for money to spare them his tunes. After several repeats, one man asked for a song, but the musician confessed he could not play a note.
London August 6 The Daily Telegraph reports a definite settlement that Right Hon C T Ritchie secretary of state for home affairs will succeed Sir Michael Hicks-Beach as chancellor of the exchequer.
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.