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 30 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1906
Page
6
The narrator recounts a chaotic circus week with heat illnesses and a violent altercation in Paducah and Louisville. Pa dons the fat woman disguise. a colonel erupts, fights erupt, and police intervene. A slot machine caper ends with Pa jailed briefly and a lawyer’s bribe offers.
An old farmer voices distrust of politicians amid ongoing graft exposés. He recalls a past legislative vote tied to a secret $2,000 windfall and muses that waiting could have yielded larger gains, reflecting cynicism in public life.
Consul General Guenther from Frankfurt reports the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria is 684 feet long and 25,000 tons, launched August 24 at Vulcan yards Stettin. It will have 21,000 net tonnage, 17 200 horsepower engines, and 17 knot speed enabling a seven and a half day Europe to New York crossing. It features a dining room restaurant a la carte, electric elevators and an electrically lighted bathroom.
The Kansas City Journal highlights Missouri as home to 23 state institutions and leading roles in crops, livestock, and farm wealth. It notes the state’s large blue grass acreage, extensive stock farms, and the vast permanent school fund, alongside substantial corn and zinc outputs, apple trees, and cotton yields.
A Detroit Free Press line captures a fond mother asking if the infant resembles her. An old friend, leaning over a cab, replies hesitantly that he cannot say and admires the baby's bright face.
Rev Dr M W Styker president of Hamilton College told First Congregational Church in Binghamton NY that 5000 churches could be spared if burned and funds used to spread the gospel in underserved areas. He argued many churches are beyond community need and shrinking.
Marian-Dick praised my appearance last night and Celia nudges Cassell to ask him to call more often. The playful exchange centers on vanity and desire for increased contact.
Margaret E. Sangster argues neighborhood clubs foster fellowship across ages through shared cards chess and music. A dozen locals with similar means form an intimate, affordable circle meeting at homes to study civics history or literature and broaden horizons beyond provincial limits.
The article describes several dieting fads for slimming including cheese based meals with limited meat, strict no drink after meals, and a daily orthodox meal. It also covers late to bed early to rise and get up early methods emphasizing long sleep and extended daytime activity to fashion a slimmer figure.
A compact description of a music case crafted from a single piece of green art serge. The entire edge is bordered with green and gold silk cord. The word Music is embroidered in gold silk on the front.
A description details a music case edged with cord and lined in soft silk. The case uses three small brass buttons and a handle from the edging cord. The serge is cut two inches longer than a full sheet of music and 31 inches deep, with a pocket formed by turning up one end and folding it over to button.
Mr Seddon the premier of New Zealand announced in a speech that Japanese would not be allowed to come to New Zealand and that the colony would refuse to be dictated to in the matter. It refers to a circular from the British colonial office urging repeal of laws repugnant to nations with which Great Britain is at peace.
A historical practice is recalled where a public hangman swore on the Bible to execute every condemned criminal without bias before being dismissed with the contemptuous dismissal Get thee hence wretch. The anecdote underscores exacting ritual and moral testing in the role.
Millet Indian corn and wheat are among Manchuria's chief farm products. Apples and grapes do well though native supply lacks flavor. Tomatoes grow plentifully, especially in southern Manchuria, where asparagus flourishes. All vegetables, as a rule, can be grown in abundance.
Silk embroidery on crepe de chine described as very delicate and pretty in the textile note.
A terrapin unearthed on Pentecost farm bears shell cut with J. M. P. 1881. Fred W. Pentecost says his brother John M. Pentecost engraved the date and handwriting proves it. The elder Pentecost kept the terrapin, planning to care for it in old age.
A May afternoon tale follows two girls Frances Hall and Bessie Meyers seized by an Indian while picking violets. They plan a night escape, return home safely, as Detroit Free Press contrasts with a humorous take on football heroes and rough play.
Create a doorway shadow show with a four by three foot frame stretched with white muslin. Use pivoting cardboard figures and tape with crank spools to project figures and a walking procession, developed from ideas in the People's Home Journal.
A brief vignette shows Billy Binn reacting to cold weather with a drawn coat collar and a tingle of the nose. A passerby notes crowds gathering to meet a controversial figure described as an insanity expert.
Nell recalls a moment of happiness described as one round of pleasure. Bell asks for the meaning of the phrase and Nell explains it as an engagement ring in a brief Bits item.
A Life magazine item notes a man pursuing self denial by correspondence while his wife spends winter in the south and two sons attend college. The brief sketches his attempts at endurance and discipline during a solitary season.
The Eskimo children enjoy a lump of sugar rolled in tobacco leaf. They place it in the cheek and savor it as the sugar dissolves, a favorite dainty called laloop in their culture.
Weathered fishermen ride trained horses along the Belgian shore using triangular purse nets to scoop shrimp. The horsemen often make hauls of several hundred weight in a single pass.
The passage urges cultivating cheerfulness in every child and in oneself. It argues that a cheerful disposition fosters mutual return from the world, improving both giver and receiver through shared optimism.
A brief Cleveland Leader quip notes a wife asking what gift her husband will bring after a morning quarrel. The humor hinges on the idea of reconciliation through a present rather than a birthday. No further details provided.
A brief comic exchange from the Philadelphia Press notes a storm poem line about timing a storm with arrival home and a clubberly joke about weather.
A brief prison exchange recalls a guard question and a inmate replying with ten years, two shaved for good conduct, illustrating time served under the law. This vignette appears in a Milwaukee Sentinel clipping.
A short, humorous note from the Yonkers Statesman references aging by teeth and jokes about estimating a garden rake’s age, illustrating light local wit.
Ella says she would follow a man to the ends of the earth and Stella counters that he would need to leave the earth to escape her. This playful exchange appears in the Town Topics gossip page.
The Chicago Record Herald quotes a brief exchange about daily meals with a note of upcoming supper. The casual dialogue reflects common social rhythms of the era and everyday routines.
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.