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 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
2
An article explains presbyopia, the age related lens hardening that reduces near vision while 20/20 distance sight may remain. It notes typical onset around 45, with earlier symptoms in nervous or delicate individuals and earlier development among Indians and Africans.
Berkeley scientists describe a new granular fly killer that attracts flies with a powerful attractant and lures them to nibble granules. The granules contain malathion, a chemical with high kill rate including resistant flies, shaken around areas to control fly problems.
A Minneapolis survey of 7,000 policyholder families found 14 percent rear elders. About 964 families reported supporting elderly relatives, mostly parents, with average aged relatives in their 70s. Families supporting elders earn about 8 000 annually versus 6 000 for noncontributors.
A quirky New York tale centers on Henry Mules seven year old boy who donated a large sum to friends at school after taking 3940 to class. Detectives traced the donations to a local philanthropist and to a home scene revealing a troubled day amid daylight saving time chaos.
Green-lot feeding, a pasture management method that cuts forage and hauls it to cattle, began on the West Coast and is expanding to the Midwest and East. It requires hauling equipment and adds daily chores but can raise pasture yield per acre and justify machinery costs.
Guidance on improving timber stands through periodic cuts. Identify and remove cull, poor risk, or low value trees and wolf trees to free space for merchantable, harvest-type trees while preserving future growing stock. Avoid removing trees that would significantly reduce future growing stock.
A vintage instruction describes a vane mechanism to regulate water flow using a flat lever and a quick acting falett. The handle position, sealing, soldering, and bolting arrangements are outlined, with adjustments to lever length for proper balance and operation.
Clarence Lindsay narrates Jake Fuller plan to prank Bill Kimball and Hank Bartlett by hunting a farmer’s mule. Jake shoots the mule, then Hank and Bill flee leaving him to face the farmer’s fury, costs, and a nine mile walk home minus his gun. The incident makes the local newspaper.
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.