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 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1968
Page
9
Dear Abby chronicles a 50 year old woman entangled with a younger bachelor who then pursues her daughter. The letter reveals possible infidelity, risk to marriage, and asks for guidance, with Abby urging the daughter to end the affair and warning about consequences.
On this date in 1741 Vitus Jonas Bering, a Danish navigator, discovered Alaska. Benjamin Harrison was born in 1833, Brussels fell to German forces in 1914, the Dnieper Dam was blown in 1941, riots in Morocco and Algeria occurred in 1955, and Johnson signed the Great Society anti-poverty bill in 1964. Recent events include de Gaulle's constitutional draft, Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, and clashes in New Haven.
A speaker advises a family to grieve Queenie by turning memory into nature. They propose returning her to grass and maple leaves as a form of transmutation, offering the boy a gentle path to peace. They emphasize feeding the leaves with water rather than cat food, seeking solace through natural tribute.
Muriel Lawrence offers guidance to a family whose cat Queenie died. The child struggles with loss, so the columnist suggests a symbolic approach: plant branches from Queenie's grave tree in a vase, declare the leaves are Queenie, and keep the vase by the child’s bed to provide comfort and a tangible link to the pet.
In Warren Illinois farmer Lester Schultz relies on two work horses, Pearl aged 18 and her daughter Diamond aged 13, for light farm tasks despite owning a tractor. Pearl’s former logging days show when she pulls she digs in. Diamond’s arrival surprised Schultz as Pearl was in the field May 21 1955 with the colt tied by the house at noon. In separate Belfast Northern Ireland item Crai gavon aims to host 125000 people by 1981 with two new towns nearby and factories opening including Goodyear in a $15 million plant employing 2000 workers.
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.