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 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1896
Page
4
Poem fragment from the New York Tribune about a little brown seed waking in May. A brown seed speaks to its brother asking what flower they will become, imagining a poppy or a sunflower and the bees that may follow.
In a New Budget column by H G Wells, Pingwill, a pretentious reader and reviewer, is teased by Heydinger and a narrator. They trap him over his boastful memory and obsession with authors, culminating in his humiliation as they curb his pomp with sly references to Legh Hunt, Lant, and Alvarados.
Naples reports describe lava descending Vesuvius slowly, lava divides into streams, crowds of sightseers climb near the fumaroles, locals sell drinks along the highway, and foreigners arrive to witness the eruption from observatories and hillsides.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegram description shows a one‑legged man who has his shoe shined daily by a bootblack. The amputee pays 15 cents weekly, though the regular price is 5 cents, and the bootblack notes the neighborhood is thick with cripples as he works from his box on South Sixth Street.
An article fragment discusses the future of chemical food, Berthelot’s ideas, and the essential role of salt sodium in nutrition. It mentions breakfast and lunch debates, the era of synthetic nourishment, and a New York Herald note about dietary debates.
A producer specializing in coatings asserts blue pigment offers greater oil resistance than alternatives based on practical experience. The claim contrasts blue with other pigments and notes Baltimore as a referenced location in the discussion.
The fragment references a debate featuring Tyndall and Huxley with sharp contrasts in style. It mentions an after dinner exchange where Tyndall failed to match his rival and contrasts egotism with lucid argument and wit. The note notes chaffing and a metaphor of goats and sheep observing geological scenes.
A vagabond is a person who travels from place to place, not bound to any fixed object or home, moving with or without a clear purpose. The term describes itinerant individuals who wander rather than settle.
A fragmented, unclear newspaper snippet presents stray dialogue and garbled phrases about food and utensils. The text lacks complete sentences, names, places, or a clear event to summarize.
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.