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 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
3
An 1816 diary excerpt notes a severe cold season in the United States. January through May brought cold spells, heavy snow, and frozen ponds. March and May record notable frost damage to crops and livestock, with ice lingering on rivers and ponds well into spring.
An early bulletin notes soil fertility decline due to farm land issues and peatorinks. It argues higher price incentives for livestock raise to recycle manure back to fields, restoring fertility as grain is harvested. The piece discusses manure management and its role in sustaining crop yields and land productivity.
A mangled OCR fragment from the American Cultivator mentions drink and water near a box or oak tree with unclear context. The readable words reference to rationing and preference to “to ra them on the ear.” The passage is too garbled to extract a coherent event or quotation.
The passage describes how to organize a farm shop with a lighted, suitably sized room to store lumber for wagons and plows, a long workbench with two sides, overhead epithets, and shelves. It covers safe spacing from other buildings, storage of shavings as kindling, gate construction, and using dry boxes as tool holds with peg racks and labeled drawers.
Hveeteck farmer advocates concrete pits to preserve manure fertility, reducing 50 to 90 percent losses from leaching and heating. Concrete storage increases usable manure, allowing liquids from gutters and barns to be captured. The bulletin details pit types, dimensions, and accompanying structures like basins and feeding floors.
An observing poultry raiser notes that young chicks eagerly seize scraps of meat, raw or cooked, pulling and tumbling over each other to obtain nourishment, illustrating their natural drive to satisfy needs. Farm Progress.
A nine yard python at Regent's Park zoo underwent a rare jaw fracture repair by Professor Wooldridge. The operation required protective cage setup and careful plastering while the reptile slept, with seven weeks before checks. The animal fed on a young goat during recovery and regained powerful jaws.
A farm tiling guidance piece warns against delaying drainage and overemphasizing cost. It urges timely tiling, avoiding “air in tile,” and explains why tiling pays big returns even on flat ground. Emphasizes evaluating annual losses from wet soil and choosing skilled workers.
A fragmentary reflection on forgiveness and human frailty as a speaker contemplates guilt and mercy while walking among village graves on a summer Sabbath. The speaker recalls being wronged, vows to forgive, and notes pride being swept away by humility.
The Michigan experiment station finds stock should generally grind their own grain to save feed costs, though grinding or soaking may be needed in some cases. Barley should not be fed whole and dry, while soybeans are preferably ground or soaked for better digestion.
A good brood sow needs regular exercise through farrowing. Providing a green crop for grazing and feeding a bit extra away from the pasture compels the sow to move and get the needed exercise.
The Maryland experiment station exposed eighty tons of manure to the weather for a year and it shrank to twenty seven tons.
An aboard guard recalls a stealthy naked intruder entering a ship at Calcutta harbor. The narrator, a strong man in pajamas, fights the thief with bare hands and improvised weapons, wrestling for the knife as moonlight glints on the water and the assailant slips into the sea.
Dialogue fragment from Boston Transcript features Gerald and Geraldine discussing charity at a church fair. Geraldine plans to sell kisses next week and rejects samples in advance to uphold dignity. An elderly survivor recalls the winter of 1912, adding a nostalgic note to the exchange.
A humorous exchange satirizes ballot decorations and popularity blurring with self admiration. Mrs Torkins remarks on improving a dollar value while Mr Bigeins notes his sons admire him as if a baseball star. The fragment blends gossip and quotes from a Washington Star excerpt.
A fragmented Washington Star passage shows Sen Sokghum warning against any risky funding approach. The dialogue implies a cautious stance on fundraising while hinting at strategic information as a valuable asset.
A brief Chicago Herald-Rajocd transcription shows a speaker saying she couldn’t say what her husband knows about baseball. The remark appears incoherent to the listener, illustrating a moment of unclear dialogue.
A cryptic exchange mentions a bank, a loss, and satire. The readable lines imply a joke or coded note about personal events and frustration, with no clear names or places. The texture suggests a humorous or experimental snippet rather than a full news item.
Dr Wa Yeu, a geologist, reports the interior Kubus are simple collectors not hunters seeking only nuts fruits and edible growths to survive. They wage little war on animal life and view death as no longer breathing. He says they are far inferior to Europe’s paleolithic man who fashioned tools and hunted big game.
Report cites New York Globe noting balloons vary in durability by color. A French physicist explains ultraviolet rays from sunlight cause faster degradation, especially when balloons rise high into the sky where UV exposure increases.
A Royal Society of New South Wales briefing notes bacteria and gum issues, outlining reported observations and implications for dental health and public awareness within the region.
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.