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
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
16
A preacher extols a wife and mother role as divine empire within the home. He argues women already hold powerful rights through family influence, urges dedication to home life, and envisions eternal reward for devoted motherhood and service. The sermon contrasts domestic sovereignty with public suffrage and ends with a dreamlike vision of eternal homecoming.
The Roentgen Society of the United States holds its second regular session September 10 and 11 in Buffalo at the University of Buffalo. Founded 1900 in St Louis, it now has over 500 members in the US and Canada with many international correspondents.
A devotional summary of Genesis 22 detailing God's test of Abraham, the near sacrifice of Isaac, the ram provided by God, and the interpretive notes linking the story to faith, obedience, and the growth of understanding about God's nature. It notes Isaac’s birth, Ishmael, Abimelech, and the move from Beersheba to Mount Moriah, with the moral emphasis on faith under trial.
Treasury figures show raw cotton exports in 1901 at 313,673,443 dollars, the highest annual value ever, with total cotton and products at 365,405,707 dollars. The year averaged about 1,000,000 dollars daily in export value, surpassing prior peaks though not in volume, and cotton exports nearly matched breadstuffs and provisions combined in value. Over the past decade, cotton exports totalled more than 2,000,000,000 dollars.
London according to a New York Tribune correspondent English publishers say book sales rise, with six shilling and six-penny titles selling well. Heinemann notes high demand and plans Poultney Bigelow works, Hall Caine edition, and 12 French masterpieces library. Chapman Hall to issue Richardson in 20 volumes.
A Ledger Monthly item notes a teacher asking students to use toward in a sentence. A nine year old boy quips I teared my pants, delivering a humorous moment in class. The anecdote highlights classroom language mishaps and student creativity.
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on virtue failure and faith. The passages discuss submission, poverty, promotion, family religion, and accountability to a higher power with poetic religious imagery.
The article notes King Edward reappoints Alfred Austin as poet laureate. It mentions Don Jerman Riesco, Chile’s president elect and relation to retiring President Errazuriz, with cross-party support. Pope Leo XIII is described as continuing snuff use with premium American-flavored snuff.
The Australian Leader advocates a fence restraint device described in Country Gentleman origins. A wooden block on each horn links by a wire to the nose ring, lifting the ring when the bull pushes, causing pain and teaching compliance. Some breeders bore the horns or adjust wire paths to guide tension away from the head.
A simple DIY guide converts a ten gallon oil or carbide can into a garden roller. Cut out the top and bottom, assemble a square box from inch boards to form the roller core, secure the parts with nails, place the assembly on a wide board, and fill the space to weight the roller.
Instructions describe mixing Portland cement with sand and water to form a pourable mix, shaping a roller with a bored center, and mounting it in a frame built from one inch by four inch boards. A weight can be added in a shallow box to adjust heft, with total cost under 50 cents per J O Peeks via Agricultural Epitomist.
A London tattooist boasts society clients from bishops and dukes to foreign nobility. He describes painless inking, notes a case of eyebrow replication for a pale client, and warns against lip tattoos while predicting long term color permanence and souvenirs of youth.
A woman contemplates being called an angel as a man probes her feelings. She muses on harsh future conditions a man might face and asks him to take time to decide if he would still call her an angel under stress.
The notice compiles price ranges for flour wheat and corn, oats, butter, cheese, and eggs across Minneapolis, Cleveland, Toledo, East Liberty, East Buffalo, and Cincinnati. It lists cattle, sheep, lambs, and hog values with daily variations and market activity notes for each location.
London dispatches report Professor Koch asserts that tuberculosis infected meat and milk may be consumed with impunity. He claims human and bovine tuberculosis are distinct species and that human TB cannot infect animals. The Farmers' Review cautions that these results conflict with other pathologists and awaits details.
The piece argues big city dairies mock farm life while proposing Western state steam laundries and bakeries in populated neighborhoods. It highlights the farmer's wife labor and suggests cooperative farming ventures could ease her year round workload and boost farm success and comfort.
Dr. A. W. Nieuwenhuis medical commissioner of the Dutch army in Java arrives in San Francisco en route to Holland after exploring Borneo. He traveled with three whites and three natives, winning Dyak trust by treating malaria with quinine. The party collected animals plants and geological specimens and urged Batavia to extend Dutch authority inland.
A Milwaukee Sentinel quip recalls Dorothy, a young daughter known for stubborn mischief. Her mother and father endure escalating acts as Dorothy dresses a doll’s kitten, exclaiming “You d- little cat” before vowing reform that resets with each new day.
A humorous exchange from a Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes Miss Beenz from Boston remains calm about heat. The joke hinges on a chilly thermometer reading of fifty three and a claimed ninety one degrees in the shade.
A Chicago Chronicle anecdote recalls Rev. R S Storrs resisting press inquiries at a reception. A reporter sought guest names and details, but Storrs guided him to the front door and ejected him, illustrating his icy stance toward the press.
Washington Star recounts a palace scene where the emperor orders beheading the brass band for its lack of delicacy as the procession nears the Forbidden City. The empress consents to amuse him calling the act necessary. The joke pivots on a quip about an old home tune.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures corns itching swollen hot callous smarting sore and sweating feet All druggists and shoe stores sell it 25c Sample sent free Address Allen S Olmstead Le Roy N Y
A fragment from a Kansas City Independent joke exchange notes foreign interest in American affairs and the money question while Cimara-Boyer from Trinity Springs Indiana references Piso's Cure for Consumption for coughs and colds. The last line quotes a proverb about answering fools.
Advert says Hoxsie's Croup Cure o ers a pneumonia prevention and cure, priced at 50 cents. The copy features quirky name phrases and sensational claims as a period style promotion.
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.