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
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1922
Page
4
A fragmented summary of varied topics covers Persian boot heels called chapineys during Venice days, the earth's interior with crust thickness and displacements, dimples from tissue defects, adventures in Sunny Spain, and Alaska’s rugged Chusiah forest. It also reports on dangerous high school basketball scenes, refereeing lapses, and violent crowds at Valparaiso and Rensselaer games, urging investigation into state sports governance.
On Wednesday evening Brook M E traveled to Kentland and beat Methodiet 30 to 14. J Hershman led the Brook team with strong scoring, followed by Davis Long and VanDerVoort, with H Hershman and Berl adding baskets. M Herriman played back guard. A rematch is likely next Wednesday on Brook floor.
The Freeland Park brothers team from Freeland Indiana will clash with the Changnon Brothers of St Anne Illinois in Brook Indiana on March 17. The Freeland lineup includes Bernardine J Lee Freeland John F Freeland Thomas C and Raymond F Tree and L J Freeland. J Leo Freeland is manager and the players, aged 17 to 24, work on a family farm between contests.
The text discusses fashion trends among Chinese and Manchu elites favoring long ulster coats, noting rain damage and warmth. It then traces rapid modern inventions from telephony to phonographs, moving pictures, and electric industry milestones. A Turin nitrate plant converts battlefield explosives into agricultural fertilizer, employing 250 workers and aiming to produce 30,000 quintals of 15 percent potash fertilizer soon.
A skeleton of a mastodon was found near Newburgh New York marking the third such find in recent years. The discovery near Washington Cake is linked to Anthony Fischers a local caretaker, with the skeleton partly preserved though fragile. A paleontologist student Tu yo Crscheli discusses the fossil remains and a slate official plans to inspect the discovery.
Horace James of Portland Indiana a 28 year old student is described as a hair collecting hobbyist targeting women nurses at the Methodist hospital He admitted asking for locks of hair leading to a police chase and his detention on a $400 bond after being followed by Elizabeth Williams and Tee Ella who identified him near Tulane and ONO streets with officers Reilly and Mullin.
In Middletown a man named George Edward Blanchette, aided by his brother, performed a self operation to remove a troublesome bone fragment that had eluded 14 hospitals. The injured veteran, formerly with the One Hundred and Seventh Infantry, Twenty-seventh Division, overseas nine months, kept the bone piece as a souvenir after healing and recurring infections. Meanwhile, in Bozeman bees swarmed downtown. a foreman used a shovel and hammer to lure them to the city park, ending the disturbance after about an hour.
The text contemplates architectural design as an epic or dramatic poem. It values maintaining subordination of parts to reveal a cohesive view of the entire design. The author muses that the plan could evoke an apical or dramatic poollike unity in the structure.
Basketball scores from many Indiana towns show Vincennes romping Sullivan 65 to 4, Columbus defeating Osgood Wingate 43 to 21, Angola topping Hudson 32 to 7, and numerous other league results with high totals and close finishes across Bedford Bedfordshire area including Marlon 41 Amboy 2 and Pittsboro 23 Martinsville 22.
The torn text dwells on forgotten years and money’s power, mentioning a forgotten man, a slot machine mystery, and a fleeting critique of services. It alludes to the old days when crosses on beer barrels signified quality, linked to monks and bar trade.
A South African museum tortoise that died in 1920 had been observed since 1514 when already gigantic. A female tortoise in another museum has been noted since 1843 and gathers eggs, according to brief notes from the era.
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.