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 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1904
Page
7
Sprague a stock dealer from Normal M I writes of two years of kidney sickness and severe back pain. After using three boxes of Kidney Pills he reports full relief, better sleep, and restored ability to ride and work. Trial free address Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. sold by all dealers at 50 cents.
A ledger in Irish is presented at Roscommon Assizes requiring a witness to translate for the judge. Vienna to fund old age insurance with 20 cent monthly dues stalls after three years. Rhodesian proclamation bans sorcery including bones charms and ordeals. England battles ivy and elder near cathedrals as destructive weeds. Olmutz prisoners fear shaved heads but are allowed to keep them. Cody’s kite flight at Crystal Palace is struck by lightning, releasing the kites.
A reflective mix of aphorisms on conscience versus fame, trust in God, self interest, youth errors, wealth, social opinion, and the emptiness of starlike ambition. The piece critiques misplaced bravery, indulgence, and shortcuts in pursuit of success.
A mother recounts a four year old boy’s recovery from stomach liver and kidney trouble with careful feeding. A Denver doctor prescribed proper foods and grape sugar, noting grape nuts as the boy’s main sustenance leading to rapid improvement and restored ability to walk.
John Gould describes a homemade implement costing five dollars that forms a 33 foot under edge and acts as a road smoother. A large iron ring with an inside cutting attachment uses a triangle inside the hoop, riveted, with bale hooks for pulling. It fills, levels, and pushes material toward the center like a small machine.
A Farm s Review summary notes clover roots reach deep into soil to extract nutrients and improve aeration. It acts as a nitrogen gatherer on depleted lands and as a carrier of fertility by moving potassium and phosphorus from deep layers to upper soil, aiding various soil types.
Prof Heckel of Marseilles reports a Uruguay 발견 new tubercle potato along River Mercedes. The plant reportedly yields a perpetual crop after one planting, with branching stems year round. Flowers are odorous, jasmine-like perfume produced, and claimed immunity to common potato diseases with delicious flavor.
In southwest Missouri an Indian mound yielded ancient corn. Some kernels were planted and matured, despite unknown time buried beneath large trees. A Jamesport resident recently obtained a handful and shows it to Goshen Hills, noting the surprising viability of the vintage seeds.
Ontario highway commissioner A W Campbell argues for government aid to roads as essential to agriculture and urban development. He notes Ontario plans to spend 1 million on road improvement to equalize costs and reduce local taxation, with Nova Scotia and British Columbia cited as success stories of government funding.
The article describes a simple carrier made from two 1x7 boards six feet long. Ends are trimmed to form handles similar to a wheelbarrow setup, with rounded edges for grip. It presents a practical builder’s solution for transporting barbed wire efficiently.
Barrow designed to move wire reels with a corner on the opposite end. Draw the bar row instead of pushing it, bore an inch hole 20 inches from the lower end, nail a 1x7 across the handles 12 inches from the hole leaving two inches wider space than the reel, brace as shown, and use an old wagon spoke with three sixteenth inch holes at ends to pin with bolts. One man can string more wire with this device than two carrying the reel on a bar.
A method from Ohio Farmer outlines saving hollow or decaying roadside trees. Remove unsound wood, fill cavities with a thin cement mortar four parts cement to one part sand, then seal with a one-to-one cement sand coat after it sets. Treat exposed interior wood with copper sulfate solution before cementing.
Country Life in America notes pure Angora goats require constant care as does a doe that may abandon a newborn kid to the flock. Many kids are lost but careful keepers can profit from a few well bred goats, especially on farms where brush is an improvement.
Ernest Crosby declares the nineteenth century earned its moniker by uglifying the world through urban sprawl pollution and industrial dullness. He laments forests ruined rail yards telegraph poles and global cultural erosion while praising few positive credits, urging a shift toward beauty and restraint.
A Bangor report notes US customs and Maine deputies failed to halt a Campobello liquor ferry scheme. Thirsty Mainers cross to buy whisky at ten cents a drink, returning with liquor in bottles, while authorities claim travelers are within law. The operation continues as Lubec and prohibition advocates watch.
The Pittsburg Post recounts a comic scene where a stork brings twins to Mr. and Mrs. Thirdfloor. Mr. Thirdfloor urges sending for Araminta’s mother while Mrs. Thirdfloor quips about the need to inform the janitor.
A dialogue moment shows the mistress remarking that visiting ladies wanted to leave cards, while the maid notes the mistress already has plenty and better ones. The exchange hints at social expectations in the scene.
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.