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 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1901
Page
4
Poem recalling youth and the shift to parenthood in later years. The speaker contrasts carefree days with burdens of love and family, noting how responsibilities and care from others alter happiness. Cleveland Leader.
A rural kitchen scene unfolds as an elderly couple recalls a painful night ten years ago. The soft rain, clock, and stove frame a memory of Julia and a past vow, with Nanny and lambs lingering in the cold night. The dialogue reveals lingering regrets and unresolved tension within the family.
An elderly couple recounts years of restraint and memories tied to a broken family. John wrestles with anger and guilt as he contemplates bolting the door for the last time while Marcia urges mercy and faith. A visitor arrives, altering the tense moment and offering forgiveness.
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York is described as a future masterpiece in Gothic style with an estimated total cost of 15 million dollars. It will rise over three city blocks, boast a 440 foot spire, and weigh about 60 million pounds, surpassing St Patrick’s and historic Boston churches in scale and expense.
A daughter Julia begs her father for forgiveness after a cursed night, insisting she seeks only her mother’s pardon. The scene shows a family ritual of care as the mother comforts, prepares tea, cleans rooms, and stokes the fire, while the father sits nearby in frail illness.
Washington boys and girls know the salmon runs in spring and fall. Hogs near river farms enter streams to feed on salmon, a costly pest for farmers. The piece notes hogs wading or swimming to reach the fish as it migrates. London buyers pay high prices for salmon.
A farmer relates a tale of a clever hog that hides near a stream to ambush salmon. The hog bites a passing fish, drags it ashore to eat, and repeats the scheme. The fishy flavor ruins the pork so farmers keep hogs away from streams.
The piece compares quirks like trembling eyelids to charms in romance and notes Dr. David Gill’s refined Sirius parallax measured at 0.37 arc seconds, placing Sirius about 51 trillion miles away and roughly 550 thousand times farther than the Sun.
New York's ordinance requires house numbers to be white figures at least three and a half inches high on a plate to the right of the entrance readable day and night. The piece notes eight sixteen year old girls are alike in two points both being good looking and lacking funds.
Gen Fite Porter a Civil War veteran and 1845 West Point graduate died at his Morristown New Jersey residence. Born 1822 in Portsmouth New Hampshire Porter served in Mexican War on to Civil War where he commanded Fifth Army Corps and earned brevets for valor before controversial court martial over inaction at Second Bull Run. A vivid dream sequence about a dying child interrupts the narrative.
Rev Dr Edwin B Webb a veteran Congregational Church missionary died at Wellesley Massachusetts after long illness. He chaired the Prudential Committee of the American Board for Foreign Missions and served as president of the Hartford Theological Seminary trustees and as a member of the Congregational Home Mission Society executive committee.
A long excerpt traces Gen Porter’s legal battles over disqualification from office, his restoration under Cleveland, and later life including a police commission role. It also recalls the auctioneering scene and a poignant memory of a mother and child. The piece closes with sketches of Dr Webb’s life as a missionary and a note on spontaneous eloquence in Irish circles.
A collage of light humor and quick lines from satirical jokes and cartoons. It includes a farmer, a millinery chat, editor remarks, and a college professor quip about kissing, portraying playful exchanges and witty misunderstandings.
A fragment from a periodical humor section presents brief banter and wry quotes. It lampoons social pretenses with quips about marriage, finance, and everyday manners. Light satire, cultural references, and puns appear in short exchanges among neighbors and public figures.
A garbled notebook of dialogue and quips features lines about friendship love and social manners. It includes a jab about Uncle Tom's Cabin a brief roadside collision mention and a joke about umbrellas and character. It reads like a collage of short jokes dictionaries and overheard remarks from a newspaper page.
A collage of light verse and quips from various periodicals notes witty exchanges about romance manners and everyday life. Cartoon captions and humorous lines reference Miss Kenosha, a pink hat, engagement breakups, a seasick trip and everyday social banter. A mock dialogue about national hymns and a Puzzle on rain and carpenters closes the item.
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.