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
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1894
Page
6
A verse sketch captures a shy tea occasion as a woman pours and smiles. The speaker revels in the kettle’s aroma and soft light, savoring the moment until the beloved finally approaches, requesting tea to last forever.
In the Hot Springs of Arkansas banker Charley Miller proposes to Louise Stewart despite her stern father and rival Davenport Day. After peril and pursuit in New Orleans, a staged feud ends in a theater fire where Davenport dies and Charley and Louise are freed to wed with relief and reconciliation.
The G A R monument to Col. B I Stephenson founder of the order was completed in Petersburg Illinois. The 80 foot dark Quincy granite shaft bears his name and dates 1823 to 1871 with a G A R badge cannon dove and soldier reliefs. His widow and two daughters reside in Petersburg.
The Chicago Tribune reports a peculiar heat related incident in Weare Commission company stores where eggs kept warm hatched out multiple chicks overnight. Relichwold notes the extreme summer temperatures, mentioning five to eight years of heat, and hotel keepers seeking guarantors for eggs bought from shops in the period.
In a terse exchange Cot Henry Mouse-So Tyo confronts an unnamed accuser over lifting a rooster. Uncle Mose-Tes appears in dialogue, asserting the scene near Mas'r House and claiming no more than two pounds were involved in the dispute.
Civil and military innovations are reviewed, from electric signaling balloons by English inventors to their potential wartime uses. The article outlines lamp systems for aerial messages, durability of balloons, and comparisons to heliographs, plus later military tests in cavalry and river crossings and new folding boats for rapid deployment.
The article describes a method to gauge sugar in beer using electrolysis. Copper as cuprous oxide is deposited on a platinum electrode to weigh copper uptake, linking weight gain to sugar content. It cites Admiralty experiments on magnetic fields affecting watches and notes inconsistent historical techniques.
A curious mix of items appears: a rubber combination salt for express use with light boots and pantaloons that detach at the waist, a float capber for hunting Southern swamps, and a safety bicycle adapted for one legged riders. Also notes on diphtheria treatment claim electricity aids and rapid recovery with membrane healing.
A fragile artist in New England receives hearty encouragement from a sturdy farmer who praises his work and imagines future success. Later a contest between thunder cloud and wind ends with the cloud’s victory and a moral about restraint, from the Germantown Telegraph.
An analysis notes that some insects, including two Japanese species, possess shell shaped organs on their bodies that act as sounding boards. These structures concentrate and reflect their shrill sounds, creating audible tones for listeners. A related insect from Toda shows a similar organ set, suggesting evolved musical functions in the insect world.
Investigations by Prof Trowbridge measured energy expenditure in a college race. Eight men covered a 21 120 foot course in about twenty minutes at 1 000 feet per minute. Bowl resistance at that speed was 70 pounds, giving work per minute of 75 000 foot pounds or 0 28 horsepower.
The text presents fragmented dialogue about humor, memory, and a riddle linking Achilles to joy. A student and teacher exchange misdirections about names and beings, mentioning Teicher Nero and a thought about Hector.
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.