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
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1911
Page
3
The Hudsons Bay Company used liquor to lure Indians to trade furs. Early whisky was shipped in large barrels and diluted for profit. Indians learned fire would ignite when poured on undiluted whisky, coining the term firewater. A chief blamed whisky on hearts of wildcats and tongues of women due to its effects.
The text lists folk weather signs for impending rain. Frogs croaking, toads leaving burrows, earthworms surfacing, opals mentioned, cows sniffing the air, oxen licking sore feet, and cows lying with right sides down are cited as indicators of rain.
Amanda I Harrison confessed before Judge Bailey to digging into the grave of George B Starley in Stanford and removing the casket. She said a vision from God promised the attorney would rise if the body were exposed, and she acted alone in the night before fleeing toward Adair county where officers found her. The warrant charges desecrating a grave.
Baltimore officials recovered tiny cross cut fragments of what appeared to be a million dollars from a city dump after a new punching method. Ragpickers sparked excitement as residents mailed pieces to the treasury claiming destruction by accident. Jacob Goldberg faced arrest over a falsified affidavit seeking gold redemption for his daughter’s supposed cuts.
A quoted column by Chronic Old Growler rails at farmers as the source of national troubles. He claims farmers grow corn which produces whisky, which in turn empowers politicians and fuels the country’s ills, delivering a sharp critique of societal interdependence.
The Second Reformed church of White Horse urges a nationwide ban on the word hello claiming it verges on profanity. Rev. Harry M. Hitchcock calls it improper and urges telephone companies to stop its use, proposing alternatives like so and criticizing the current pronunciation.
In Sioux City Iowa a lone skunk blocked chapel services at Morningside College. The animal resisted with hymn book missiles until the janitor killed it with a shovel. Morning services were canceled for a month while the incident was resolved.
A blind man returns from the river with water and a lighted lantern. When told a lantern serves no purpose for the blind, he says he carries it not to see the road but to keep fools from bumping him and breaking his pitcher.
A London sessions case notes a convict who printed bill heads reading Fifteen Years' Government Work. He had served fourteen years and two months in prison across multiple terms.
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.