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 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1916
Page
7
A reader reports farm yields from 1916 with crops such as wheat and oats, noting an 18 acre oat field producing 115 bushels per acre by machine measure. The letter discusses Alberta homesteads, local taxes, school and road funding, and government guarantees on land titles amid wartime Canada.
A rural chatter piece shows dialect speech about a business downturn. It humorously notes people questioning a plan to raise chickens and recalls being caught raising them the previous night, framing local economic pressure in a colloquial, period voice.
An advertisement extols Kilmer's Dr Kilmer's Great and name brand remedy as pure and free of habit forming drugs for liver and bladder troubles. It urges immediate purchase at drug stores in two sizes fifty cents and one dollar, or a sample bottle from Seagente Sei & Co in Binghamton New York, with a note to mention the paper.
Swigge-Poor old Jagsby is no more Brigga-Died from drink, I suppose Swigge-Yes, spirited away, as it were.
A garbled customer note promises a beauty remedy to remove freckles with a double guarantee and money back offer. The text appears as an OCR artifact with unclear claims and wording.
Mise Gereleaf declares she will wed one man in a thousand as Misa Cut tem questions if this is the last choice. The fragment hints at a matrimonial wager or unusual bet, with names suggesting a fictional or stylized dialogue.
A reader complains about Mrs Ondego, the housekeeper at Mrs Neverholme’s residence, noting repeated unavailability of items when borrowing. The letter accuses the staff of poor service and erratic supply.
U S women and children sheltered on ferry decks as a spa train clashed with Villistas from Progreso to San Juan. Gen Pedro Go zman and 22 Villa followers were killed near Laguna and Dinamita. ten prisoners taken. San Antonio reports aviation support and heavy winds hampering scouting. Del Rio fears Mexican mobilization and measures by the Twenty fourth Infantry arrive to bolster defenses.
London reports the cross channel steamship Sussex struck a mine or submarine discharge. About 60 to 80 aboard were wounded or killed, with two Americans known to be injured including George H. Crocker Jr. and Miss Alice Russ of Lyons Colorado among survivors. The ship was towed to Boulogne.
Washington report of Woodrow Wilson denouncing alarmist reports about the Mexican expedition. He warns news services to avoid warlike coloring, withhold troop movement details, and stop publishing unverified unrest rumors to prevent false impressions and interventionist exploitation. The note stresses the expedition as punitive against marauders near the border and urges cooperation with Carranza forces.
New York reports Jess Willard retained the heavyweight title by defeating Frank Moran of Pittsburgh in ten rounds at Madison Square Garden. About 13,000 attended, paying roughly 150000. Moran’s best round was the third, worst likely the seventh. Moran bled after the fifth with a nearly closed left eye. Willard broke his right hand in the fight but used his left to keep Moran at a distance. Moran fought gamely, crouching and pressing, while Willard showed stamina and a calm grin.
An advertising piece extols daily hot water with limestone phosphate as an internal cleanse. It argues that morning baths flush toxins from the digestive tract, improving skin clarity and facial bloom within one to two weeks. It emphasizes internal sanitation over external cleanliness and targets women.
A rough, stylized fragment argues that plain truth beats rhetoric and warns against self deception. The text references Roy and poses questions about self love and loving the enemy as oneself, implying deeper moral inquiry.
Mrs N M Flint endorses Dr Pierce's Anuric from Invalids' Hotel Buffalo claiming it relieves backache kidney and bladder troubles. She states the new uric acid dissolving remedy is 57 times more potent than Nithia and outperforms all previous treatments.
Spring promotion touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery in tablet or liquid form. It claims to promote proper digestion, appetite, and blood quality, energize the liver, regulate the bowels, and is alcohol free with ingredients listed on the wrapper.
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.