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 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1907
Page
2
A translated fragment from Paul Verlaine evokes a piano’s aged keyboard and a dim melody lingering in a perfume scented room. The speaker addresses a musical ghost asking what it seeks as a window scene by a garden tree fades, capturing a quiet, dreamlike mood.
John Hammond and his wife have lived together five years in a rocky marriage. Both are proud and self contained yet fundamentally incompatible. Their clash stems from differing ideals and expectations, including Hammond’s insistence on solitude and reading, and his wife’s social life. A growing tension foreshadows a strain that could tear them apart.
A mother initially rejects caring for a child, then a sudden bond forms as John Hammond junior is born. The family heals through patient parenting, uniting husband and wife in shared duty and love, transforming a cold household into a warm home for the boy.
A mock provincial vignette discusses poor prospects for selling the Philippines and notes political stances from Furrows and Harriman. A stray line mentions a woman determined to wear the same hat another season, signaling frugal fashion attitudes.
William O Neal a skilled slave in Rapides parish saved earnings to free his wife and later her mother. He later bought a store and land in Cheneyville and supported his former master's son and daughter through education. His actions earned respect from the community despite past bondage.
A boys view from Success Magazine catalogs magazines as filled with sensational content. He notes copy about silver plating, Shakespeare sets, legal study books, and risqué images while a second kind centers on ads for various goods and household items.
A playful exchange about writing light comic pieces contrasts with a claim that heavy work underpins humor. Uncle Eben offers a wry remark on sympathy and conversation. The Washington Star quote urges happiness to avoid death and ghostly afterlife.
Congressman James A. Tawney and 17 committee members return from Panama predicting canal completion by December 31 1914 with about 32 million dollars in construction funds potentially reduced modestly in a few departments. Workers receive higher pay better living conditions and cheaper supplies.
Edward Payson Weston ended a 1234 mile tramp from Portland Maine to Chicago in 24 years 29 hours and 15 minutes. The veteran walker beat his forty year old record by twenty four hours and covered the journey in twenty five days excluding four Sundays. His longest day reached 95 2 10 miles while the prior trip had 82 miles. He adopts a shuffle stride with a dog trot like rhythm to ease leg strain and move with minimal effort.
Pr Harvey W Wiley argues refrigeration can ruin meat by forming toxic compounds. He plans tests comparing aged meat to fresh beef using odor texture and a department dog to judge wholesomeness. He hints Congress may find long cold storage unsafe for meat poultry and game.
Fragmented list chronicles major dates and figures including Columbus arrival 1492 and Perkin Warbeck 1490, Cortes 1518, De Soto 1540, Solway Moss 1542, Gilbert 1578, Mount St Peter 1620, La Salle 1043, boundaries 1083, earthquakes 1765, Pittsburg rename 1768, Cobble Hill fort 1775, Hudson crossing 1776, Jay treaty 1704, Arcola 1700, Boston pillory last use, Philadelphia theater 1816, Mt Bronte 1832, Montreal gas 1837, Ernest Augustus 1851, Napoleon III 1852, Georgia armament 1860, Gettysburg cemetery 1863, Johnson impeachment 1867, Grand Duke Alexis 1871, Cospatrick 1874, Halifax decision 1877, Standard time Canada 1883, cliff dwellings 1880, Alaska representation 1889, Pine Ridge 1890, Maine launch 1898.
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission announced a 60 percent reduction in coal rates to take effect January 2 for all Oklahoma railroads. A fire destroyed Louis Lipp Company's plumbing fabrication plant at Winton Place near Cincinnati causing extensive damage. Another blaze burned Suitzer's Harlem River Park complex on East One Hundred Twenty Fifth Street New York with damages around 300000 dollars.
The British scientist contends that only bodily atoms perish not consciousness or mind. He rejects the idea of a returned body or ghost and says mind memory love and will persist by changing form in eternal union with the Godhead.
Astronomers led by William R. Brooks of Hobart College Geneva N Y reported careful observations of Mercury during the November 14 transit across the sun. They observed a diffused ring around the planet suggesting an atmosphere and noted a white central spot seen in previous transits. Numerous photographs were collected.
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.