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 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 22, 1935
Page
3
A playful reader exchange asks a maiden about a busy honey bee and its day. The dialogue shifts to a classroom style Q and A game using homophone egg puns like eggs-ercise and eggs-planation, with tips to prepare questions, draw lots, and score points for correct answers.
The piece surveys the American buffalo, noting its size and appearance, shy nature, and how natives exploited every part of the animal. It describes hunting by Upper Missouri Indians, lasso use, and risks of pursuit, with details on hides horns bones and winter usefulness.
The Law Times describes diverse oath customs for witnesses: a Chinese man breaks a ching saucer after kneeling. a Mohammedan swears on the Koran with forehead touched to it. Buddhists swear by the three holy existences. a Parsee binds a Zend-Avesta or a holy cord around the body.
The article compares national telephone reach in 1908, noting Germany led by miles of wire at 3,795,185 and 1,519,400,000 messages. Sweden followed with 313,719,000 messages and 141,656 miles of state owned wire. France had 654,378 miles of wires with 296,880,765 messages while the United States had 8,098,1179 miles, but message totals unavailable.
A colonial era account describes Fez in late April with a monastery festival featuring a staged monk duel in yellow and black, a ragged priest with a flute and bagpipes, and a bee frenzy. Bees are released to swarm as part of revelry, while questions linger about their source and purpose.
The article tracks quinine as a cheap, abundant commodity after a boom in cinchona bark supplies. It recalls the Java and Ceylon plantations, early fortunes from bark, and how Amsterdam shipments shifted the market. It notes traders fear a century to absorb cinchona output without malaria-driven demand.
A reflective aphorism urging clear thinking as a path to success, emphasizing how life shapes fear and adversity and the need to set things straight to achieve goals.
This string of curious claims covers global trivia from languages and diets to animal endurance and ancient texts. It notes China and America in language, birds surviving without food, raisins as perfect foods, tourism revenue for Switzerland, dogs drawing sleighs, seaweed paper, vast British property on gems, Japanese burial practices, Gibraltar’s tunnels, an ancient sycamore statue, and oddities about color vision and coal. It ends with curiosities about Trinidad pitch lake, copperas, Bulgarian marriage speech norms, Lucerne’s Lake of Blood phenomenon, and war omens tied to its red lake plant.
A sketch poring over the Royal Palace of Madrid notes its marble splendor and grand scale. The piece also recounts a Vermont circus episode where prisoners watched a show unattended, a 1960 population forecast for Germany and France, and speculative notes on priest marriage and military policy in France.
The famed singer Farinelli signed a remarkable contract in Spain to lift King Philip V from melancholy. He received two thousand pounds to perform the same four songs each night in Madrid for a decade, pleasing the Queen and King.
Ian, a Tyrolean village butcher, found seven young mice in a nest under the floor made from scraps of missing banknotes. The nest contained notes totaling 190 Kronen, and the bank reimbursed the butcher 160 Kronen after reconstructing the money in the nearest town.
Two methods help loosen tight lids on tin boxes. For spill‑safe contents, place the box on its edge and roll under the foot like a skate wheel until the lid eases. If spillage is possible, tap around the lid with a small hammer or equivalent, turning as you go until the cover loosens and falls off.
A Rumian prince traveling through Germany was awakened at a station after his train split in two during the night. His valet, in the other section, was instructed to wake him. the prince was disembarked in freezing conditions in pajamas and a blanket. He paced the platform barefoot until the second half arrived.
The Crown Prince of Germany, renowned as a cavalry leader, is described as one of Europe’s top horsemen. He is said to head a fine corps of Hussars in the British Army, pursuing battlecraft as his favourite study and hobby.
A pithy point emerges about doing small acts of kindness. The message suggests steady, everyday goodness can accumulate into meaningful impact beyond grand gestures.
The piece notes that while we cannot choose our grandparents, our current situation matters more. It emphasizes moving beyond ancestral limits and focusing energy on who we are now and what we will become, rather than dwelling on origins.
A vivid portrait of a guest host at Government House who manages time with ease and grace. He moves with calm precision, smiles invitingly, and orchestrates mornings with guests, from a dawn vigil to a spotless breakfast room where he ensures comfort and prominence for each arrival.
The text presents concise proverbs from the Talmud on ethics, work, debt, speech, humility, and social conduct. It emphasizes righteousness, self-respect, honesty, and the danger of deceit, with vivid contrasts between labor and idle piety, wealth and responsibility, and communal versus personal integrity.
A newly married couple quarrels after the honeymoon over clothing. The wife laments a wilted linen collar while the husband jokes about repairing things. He plans to buy a new waterproof collar as they discuss their domestic friction.
The text describes how different animals groom themselves using mouth, paws, or body actions. It notes a cat carrying a clothes brush and cleaning its coat, while foxes and wolves rely on hind paws. Horses depend on humans for coat care, and elephants bathe with their trunks and dust themselves to deter flies.
There are records of counterfeit coins worth more than the originals. In early cases platinum, weighing about the same as gold, was once one third its value. A counterfeiter divided the coin into three parts, removed a third, substituted platinum, then rejoined with subtle soldering. The result was hard to detect by sight or ring. Since then platinum’s value rose, making such fakes potentially more valuable than the genuine coin.
Paris where mummies are forged for collectors. police uncovered a Montrouge factory making skeletons swathed in pitch bandages and shipped to Egypt for “authentication.” The elaborate ruse deceived experts, with fake sarcophagi and forged artifacts fooling public and private buyers alike.
A collage of jokes and snippets ranges from flirtatious banter and blunt humor to quips about exams, poets, and mistaken identities. The piece weaves characters like Amy Mabel and the Norse into brief vignettes, with light social observations and punchlines about love, money, trains, and everyday misadventures.
The Danish flag Dannebrog, a red banner with a white cross, is the oldest national flag. It appeared after Waldemar in battle saw a sky cross and believed it divine aid, leading to victory and a lasting symbol of Denmark. The excerpt ends with reflections on deathlessness and virtue.
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.