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 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1903
Page
8
Miss Tabbie Robinson will supervise the department with a capable staff. The stock features new shapes street hats veils flowers and foliage. Patterns include Paris and London styles with new ribbons trim and a wide range of adornments.
Frederick Goodall recounts the Duke of Wellington buying Wilkie’s Chelsea Pensioners for 600 guineas and counting out the cash by hand. The artist’s suggestion to write a desk prompts the duke to exclaim he will not let his bankers know what a fool he has been to spend 600 guineas.
Dr. Jacques Loeb of the University of Chicago to the University of California criticizes Americans for excessive reading without reflection. He notes his habit of pausing during lectures to think and urges students to balance study with thought.
French neurologist M. Forel argues insects think as humans do but on a smaller scale. He cites bees and ants showing plastic judgments that spare them from danger and navigate by memory, challenging view that insect behavior is purely automatic.
The passage argues for substituting wealthy and wonderful for wild and wooly when describing the modern West. It cites a Kansas incident where a farmer receives mail and reads distant news, illustrating a civilized, developed landscape far removed from old frontier stereotypes.
The elevator tower will be tested by dropping a car from the top, 372 feet 9 inches high, to a cushion below. Live rats a keg of nails a glass of water and fresh eggs will be placed in and beside the car. If the water stays level eggs remain intact and rats survive the drop the test is satisfactory.
The Rev Samuel Banks Nelson of St Peters Presbyterian Rochester urges ministers to learn a trade. He notes Jews teach crafts to children and says ministers risk ouster by capricious congregations and beardless youths as prophets during these days. He argues for fallback work to secure livelihood.
In Brooklyn Lieutenant Robert E. Peary, the Arctic explorer, says he would resume Arctic work if financially able, but has no funds left and sees no prospect of another expedition. He plans to report back to Washington from New York.
The Chinese government awarded the order of the Double Dragon to Dr. Samuel L. Gracey American consul at Foo Chow. The decoration features a silver star center sapphire pink coral blue enamel dragons with Manchu inscriptions suspended from a yellow neck ribbon. Congress must grant leave for acceptance.
New York artists and patrons press Congress to repeal art duties arguing for duty free status on standard and ancient works or a nominal 50 dollar per painting fee. They contend protection harms artistic standards and that more foreign masterpieces would raise demand for quality native art.
Various organizations including Grand Lodge Kni of Pythias Fort Worth and Grand Commandery Knights Templar Austin announce sale of round trip Santa Fe tickets for trips to Fort Worth Austin Cle burne New Braunfels Galveston and Palestine with sale dates from April 7 to April 30 and return deadlines from April 11 to May 4. Prices or rates noted for some events.
Director Angst of the Swiss national museum laments that two American art collectors rapidly siphon European works. He notes J Pierpont Morgan bought the Main collection for 600000 dollars and that U.S. buyers are inflating prices and threatening European culture. Angst says they may donate or open collections to the public, but worries they overshadow Europe.
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.