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 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1901
Page
3
A Philadelphia Record note explains how many ways a quarter can be changed totaling 70 cents. It lists combinations like 25 pennies or 20 pennies and a nickel, 15 pennies and a dime, and other variants to make 70 cents for beer, fare, or cigars.
A study notes rural medieval life as highly litigious and disorderly with frequent records of knife fights housebreakings and slander. It cites trials fines and village restraints such as a ban on verbal or physical attacks under 40 shillings, suggesting a community far from virtuous.
A survey notes 20 879 newspapers and periodicals in the United States. Of these 2 158 are daily publications, 14 627 weeklies, 2 791 monthlies and 178 quarterlies. Canada Hawaii and Puerto Rico counts are also listed with daily and weekly splits.
Natives of Lapland more expert than Alberi in caring for reindeer form a small colony in Alaska with their dogs. Reindeer heroes helped carry relief to Yukon miners, traversing over 1500 miles with the Bear cutter aiding transport.
An opal expert explains judging criteria focusing on color as the key factor. Red fire and combinations with yellow blue or green fetch high value while pure blue or faint greens are less prized. True color without streaks or patches matters, with patterns like pinfire harlequin and flashopa noted for desirability and beauty.
An ex-member recalls 19th century norms where congress and senate wore crape for 80 days after a president’s death. Mourning stalls were public opinion driven, deaths were rarer, and rising membership later ended the practice as impractical. Also mentions Austrian accidents and a workman near gunpowder.
A poetic fragment attributed to Edward Bamford Heaton appears in Chicago Advance. The speaker hears a chorus urging seekers to find rest and happiness, then flees toward a bustling market, finding solace only in love’s shrine. The poem contrasts garish crowds with quiet content and ends with proclaimed happiness in love.
A Paris street urchin Felix Mar teau, selling matches and pencils, meets a generous girl at a toy shop. She buys him a baguette table as a Christmas gift, prompting a kind old gentleman to urge him to open the package and hope. The tale traces his hard life, poverty, and sudden act of charity shaping his future.
A newsboy Felix helps Elise, a clerk at a Paris seminary, escape a forced marriage to a rich baron. He arranges for Elise to meet Julien Broulade, an officer she loves, and aids their elopement to America. Felix and the couple bid farewell, while Felix remains unrewarded.
A fragmented railway timetable entry lists Burlington Northern and associated lines with leaving and arriving times, passenger and freight numbers, and agent names. It mentions Burlington routes through Cedar Rapids, Minneapolis, St Louis, and nearby stations, with daily operations and Sunday exceptions.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway nears completion of 140 miles of extensions in southwestern Minnesota. Six new towns Reading Wilmont Ligmore Kenneth Walters and Conger are rapidly becoming commercial centers serving the surrounding fertile country as demand grows for convenient markets and shipments.
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.