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 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1881
Page
3
A jumbled vintage fragment shows fable like dialogue with a fox and hare, then a long medical column praising Shilohs remedies and a reminiscence on bloodletting in Manchester, followed by a New York housing crisis note and assorted ads for cough cures and tonics.
Leadville writer Joby Connors describes seeking an agent for Spring Blossom, recounting a man who advised the tonic for back and kidney weakness and promising half a dozen bottles by mail, with price details. The notice promotes Dr White's Dandelion Alterative and Sunny Blossom products, plus local shop ads and a joke about a railroad editor in St Louis.
The page fragment includes quack health claims by Lydia Pinkham style remedies and a “Spring Blossom” kidney cure, a misdated note about December moons, an injury salvage pitch for a skin salve, and a Venetian merchant anecdote about a debtor facing creditors. It ends with a British Hussars legacy note.
An advertisement extols Dr King’s New Discovery as a great life saving invention for throat chest and lung ailments. It claims cures for coughs colds bronchitis asthma hay fever hoarseness croup and similar affections and promotes trial bottles at 10 cents and regular size at 1. It lists W L Weller as the seller.
A tailor recalls sending a manuscript to an editor and receiving a returned bill with the note perpectfully declined. The quip highlights the editor's mistaken spelling and the humor of a rejected work. The anecdote reflects old fashion newspaper humor about publishing and payment.
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.