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 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
2
Survey notes Wilson intends to visit Panama soon after Congress adjourns. He may stay in Washington during session and skip Cape Cod or Sea Girt summer plans to avoid diminishing Governor Fielder’s dignity and to prevent political visitors from interrupting rest.
Announcement declares the Army League of the United States organized to hold a Washington convention in December to set policy and outline expansion methods. Initiated by Frederic L Huidekoper the movement gathers high profile figures including former presidents two ex secretaries of war two ambassadors and top army generals.
A committee is formed to erect a memorial to Jobo Bigelow a publicist diplomatist and United States minister during the Civil War They propose raising one hundred thousand dollars to defray the costs The committee includes Joseph H tw Justin Charles BE Hughes J Pierpont Morgan Andrew Carnegie Henry Fairf le irds born George A Pilaten Elipholet Nott Potter Kita feet John L Cadwalader Oswald tiarrizon Villard Joseph B Nausdell a United States senator from Louisiana and Charles Alexander Richmond president of Union College Bigelow was an undergraduate.
One hundred years ago May 23 Rich ont Wegner, the German composer, was born in Leipzig. Preparations for a grand birthday observance include staging operas in Germany and elsewhere, with select performances aiming to honor Wagner’s worldwide fame. A commemorative ceremony is planned at the Royal opera and a league is to be unveiled.
Long-winded critique of rising food prices and population shifts. The piece argues urban growth drains rural areas as farmers buy goods from mail order stores and fail to support local merchants. It advocates returning to farm-based commerce to curb price inflation.
The article notes birds eat proportional to weight with large intake examples such as a dove with 600 peas and another with 180 beech nuts. It cites robins consuming about two and a half times their weight daily, hawks eating around 2.0 mice monthly, and young herons with trout and other prey. It ends with a remark on population density averaging 32 inhabitants per square mile.
J A Jeffrey of Michigan Agricultural College explains crowing crop practice to plow under before maturity to boost soil organic matter. He notes fall planted crops like rye and hairy vetch, spring crops like oats and peas, and Indian corn with varied seed rates. Sand and vetch offer deep planting and rapid growth, with legume nitrogen benefits. Cowpeas on sandy soils are used as green manures, sown early June and plowed under by September.
A writer in Fruit Grower suggests using salt on the heart of the cabbage after planting. Salt dissolves with rain and should be renewed to deter worms. Treated cabbages grow larger and heads stay free of worm holes.
Fragmentary sermon notes recount Jacob delaying aid due to famine, Judah offering personal responsibility for Benjamin, and the brothers meeting Joseph in Egypt. It notes Joseph weeping, restraining, and hosting a lavish Egyptian feast with Benjamin last in birth order, amid ceremonial customs.
Advice from the Kansas Industrialist urges farmers to avoid public watering troughs to prevent horse diseases. It also offers meat curing tips with dry storage and ash packing, plus cautions on calf rearing and clean feeding palls for skimmilk calves.
Iowa Homestead recommends monthly milk testing for each cow. Weigh milk three days per month and multiply by ten to estimate monthly output, ensuring at least one test per cow with a hand tester or creavery. This practice reduces need to keep a boarder long term.
Dr. Cyril G Hopkins of the University of Illinois advocates using air derived nitrogen with lime phosphate and fertilizer to boost yields. He cites Illinois crop data showing corn up to eighty seven bushels per acre and wheat and alfalfa gains, arguing free atmospheric nitrogen could replace much commercial fertilizer. The New York World notes there are vast amounts of nitrogen in the air over the United States available for crops.
John Nolan, Sacramento lumber company jugiuster, ferried payrolls between camps when a woman in the road demanded a gift. He tricks her by requesting the return of his dropped whip, then fights to protect the money aboard the wagon. The struggle ends with the robber knocked unconscious and left on the road as a lumber crew discovers the incident.
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.