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 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Falls City Tribune
Location
Falls City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
7
The notice outlines cure options with varied treatment windows from 4 to 90 days and ranges of 5 to 40 days for different services. It promises no incurables and emphasizes practical treatment durations.
The article contrasts Thomas Carlyle’s remark that Franklin was “the father of all the Yankees” with a broad portrait of Benjamin Franklin. It describes him as earthy yet ambitious, a self-made man whose life blended pleasure and learning, with a keen practical intellect and human faults.
A Cleveland dealer warns that selling diamonds requires care. Salesmen should avoid showing stones beyond a customer's means and refrain from mixing colored stones with white diamonds to prevent buyers from misjudging color and value.
The Orchard in New Rochelle owned by Francis Wilson housed a third floor theater with paintings books old play bills and theatrical relics. A Saturday night fire in the cottage next door prompted quick action by assistants who saved valuables from Wilson’s den while the lower room was left untouched.
A fragment from Miscellany No 8-2916 features a man deriding astronomers as fakers who sit up nights trying to con the universe. The dialogue includes a party with a rubber habit and a thinker labeled MISCELLANY NO. 8-2916.
The article explains dismissal with ignominy as the harshest U S government sentence for high officers guilty of grave offenses. It details life long ostracism, loss of rank and privileges, and prohibition on communication with relatives in service, plus publication of the crime and punishment in newspapers nationwide.
A Washington Star summary recalls Prof Angelo Hellprin and a tale of two traveling salesmen arguing over the vacuum brake. On arrival in Philadelphia the engineer settles them with a simple explanation: stopping the train involves turning a tap and fitting the pipe with vacuum.
A Surat observer recounts a bustling daytime performance where a man raises a rope and a boy climbs it, balancing atop the line, then vanishes and reappears on the ground before the duo walks away. The scene unfolds from a first floor room overlooking the street.
A Centralia Washington Chronicle note comments on leap year notions about feminine proposals. It mentions Eve as an example and jokes that men never tell how proposals occurred, leaving the truth and courtship myths to remain in secrecy.
A brief exchange at a club shows members enforcing formal discourse. The man asks about an informal discussion while the woman insists all topics be properly introduced. The dialogue highlights strict etiquette and protocol.
A fragment shows Mrs. Gadder using indirect tactics to attack others, described as a diminuendo approach. The quoted lines suggest a living character who speaks with insinuation and minimal direct accusation, reflecting social tensions.
Judge Pitman bought a lamb for his children described as gentle but the animal relentlessly butted the judge, wrecking yard and garden objects. A neighbor finally killed the lamb. the judge muses it may be a war era ram. Pitman children favor kittens.
Three lifelong friends Faith Hope and Charity from Edinburgh school days remained inseparable after graduation. They married within months of each other and had three children each. Over a year, one died suddenly, then another, and finally the third after brief illness, leaving a close-knit circle transformed.
In mid ocean during a great storm the surgeon Dr Fraser Orr performed an appendectomy on a coal passer to save a life aboard the steamship Pannonia of the Cunard line. He was assisted by Dr Hendrik who supervised the crew and patients. The operation is praised as a high credit to surgery and will be chronicled in medical history.
Two Princeton University faculty members riding an electric car were halted by a blockade and opted to walk toward their destination. An ensuing mishap led the vehicle to overtake them as they left and then rejoined. One quoted remark noted the irony of staying on versus getting off.
The Leith monument to Queen Victoria was revealed by Lord Rosebery on the same day as the release of her first volume of letters. He praised her training and example as shaping the present king.
A Los Angeles Times account recalls a banker carrying a farmer’s $4,000 deposit amid delays and fees. The farmer demanded the funds, paid $80 interest, and finally sent the money via post office orders costing $40, as the banker sought relief. The episode ends with the money returning to the bank and the town marshal intervening.
Six elegantly dressed women sat in privileged pews at First Presbyterian defying a seating rule. Reverend Dr. Matthews ordered them to remove hats, but the six remained seated, prompting a sermon to proceed with their plumes on.
Julia Ward Howe recalls meeting Ralph Waldo Emerson aboard the Roundboat bound for New York during a snowstorm. She initially opposed his new doctrines, preferring traditional theology, and he responded by noting the need for a stronger angel than the demon.
Excerpt from the Memoirs of Monsieur Claude recounts the December 1 1851 coup in France. Comte De Morny moves through events at the Opern Comique while a question about a chamber sweep arises. He responds that he knows nothing but would align with the uproar if sweeping occurs.
In a humorously tangled exchange, Mrs. Hloughboy and Mr. Artless discuss a grandfather clock claimed by the Hloughboys as over four centuries old. They reveal the clock was stolen fifty years ago and rediscovered last week in a second hand store.
A fragment cites a forward Miss Pup advocating kissing games and a remark about escalation and cheek prompting debate. The dialogue hints at social controversy without naming places or dates.
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.