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
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1922
Page
7
The article describes a springy cretonne bag that folds into a handy shopping bag. It explains a roomy bag with a small opening, bound with braid and sewn to one side, fastened by snaps to convert into a decorative carry bag.
A playful holiday craft titled Pin Trees explains making miniature trees from two corks a florist pin and colored pins. The large cork is painted green the small cork gilded and joined by a long pin. A ribbon band secures safety pins around the larger cork to complete the decorative tree.
Christmas brings decorative candles sealed with wax flowers or painted and gilded. Pretty gifts for men or women include ribbon or cr tone covered picture frames with glass fronts and cardboard backs bound in gold braid. The card is cut to form an easel.
Two Nanette fans from France start as palm leaf and plaited fiber pieces and now pair with festive frocks. A green ribbon bound binding, ribbon bound handles with loops, and organdie or millinery flowers decorate the fans. Painted flowers enhance the plaited fan and its ribbon-covered handle.
The catalog notes include bedroom slippers made of ribbon with decorative ribbon flowers. The write up mentions Santa Claus as the source of the slippers and notes a generous supply in his pack this year.
Two bibs for a baby described in detail. One bib uses pirk and white Turkish toweling, the other uses honeycomb cotton. The square bib features gape binding for ties and the smaller bib edges are finished with a shell crochet.
Queen Liliuokalani the last of Hawaii’s dynasty traveled to Washington seeking restitution of prerogatives after abdication. Born to a royal line and educated in English, she married John Dominis and endured a coup in 1893. She lived in privacy after 1896, writing songs and touring the U.S. until her death on November 11, 1917 at seventy-nine.
A Chicago Tribune item describes a golf loving boss who boasted about his game and clubs kept downtown. One afternoon the speaker confronts the boss in a large room and declares a boastful challenge before the boss unexpectedly returns.
Four steeplejacks working on a tall York shire chimney stack perform remarkable stunts to win a five pound wager. They hoist a bicycle to the top, one balances on the saddle, another sits on shoulders with arms outstretched, and two more feats test balance on a spike and hands on a ladder.
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.