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 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
12
A vivid portrait of Boston Christmas shopping woes with slushy sidewalks and slipping shoppers. Street urchins press through crowds, eye toy windows, and beg for Santa’s gifts as hope and hardship mingle in the holiday crush. The piece blends humor with sympathy for the ragged youngsters.
A fresh wave of theft targets Harvard students with jewelry and valuables taken from rooms on Mt. Auburn street and nearby yards. Police note years of similar incidents, often by locals or youths, with limited recovery and a total estimate around five thousand dollars over four years.
A local retailer promotes Christmas offerings with aggressive prices on boys clothing. Two piece suits for ages 8 to 16 are cut to as low as 3.75 to 8.86, overcoats priced down to 3.50 to 8. The ad emphasizes lower prices than other sellers and urges shoppers to compare value.
A fragmented OCR shows price reductions for sizes 15 to 19 with multiple cut figures. No clear product, store name, date, or full context is readable to identify the item or outlet.
Buffeted by wind and sea, the gunboat Hist returned to Newport harbor after a two day search for the Nantucket South Shoals lightship. Only one boiler was operable and the crew were exhausted from the ordeal.
From Newport the gunboat battled a gale toward Brenton's Reef light ship then Nantucket Shoals. No trace found after a thorough night search with lookout aloft and a searchlight sweeping the seas. By 3 AM Tuesday the lightship remained missing and the vessel began slow, strained return to Newport at under three miles per hour due to heavy seas and boiler damage.
The schooner Florencia wrecked while sailing from Bluefields Nicaragua to Port Limon Costa Rica. Frederick I. Wood the British consul at Port Limon perished along with two Americans John Tibant and W M Rather from Texas and three sailors. One passenger and two sailors were rescued.
Fire erupts early morning at St. Luke's Cathedral Halifax one of the leading Anglican churches in Nova Scotia drawing all city fire apparatus. The blaze threatens the historic building home to Bishop Clare Worrall and the diocese.
In New York on December 13, the trial of lawyer Abraham H. Hummel opened with charges that murder plots against key prosecution witness Charles F. Dodge were hatched to endanger his life. Assistant District Attorney Rand argued for speedy trial amid protection concerns as four jurors were seated and Hummel posted bail of 4000 dollars.
A runaway trolley car on College Hill in Meadville struck Cambridge Springs cars killing Mrs. Breed wife of Dr. Robert S. Breed Allegheny College faculty Dwight Birchard of Cambridge Springs and John Beckman of North East Penn. Samuel Gray Mrs Pittman Davis and Mrs Mover were seriously injured.
William C. Meirs 35 of Roxbury started down stairs with a splinted right knee when something snapped and he toppled to the bottom in agony. A surgeon said the left kneecap was fractured and he was taken to City Hospital.
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.