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 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1928
Page
10
A garbled, opinionated passage contends with how writers and their trains of thought sway readers. It juxtaposes claims about vanity, rhetoric, and happiness, noting the futility of chasing perfection while poking at social conventions and gender roles.
The article notes women demanding seven dollars an hour in wage terms, a rising cadre of policewomen in Prusalm, over 25 women holding appointive government posts, and Lapland women averaging four feet eight inches in height. It highlights Beretta Zolla Sota as Cuba’s first female national official, and honors eighty three year old Kime Bergolin decorated by France for Franco Prussian War service. It also states only fourteen percent of 1020.28 married women employed work in transportation roles such as telephone operation.
The readable fragment hints at social tension and rivalries with scattered phrases about wind, hate, deception, and menace. Mentions of a character Renato and a dynamic involving dynamite suggest a perilous, overheard public sentiment. The garbled rhetoric implies conflict and mistrust shaping local discourse.
Edith Heileman argues Christmas gifts should spring from genuine love not duty. She laments seasonal sentimentality and urges year round kindness, urging thoughtful gifts that reflect adoration and inner spirit rather than commercial ticking clocks.
A review roundup highlights Dodd Mead The Unrisen Dawn a collection of speeches by Anatolet France. Mann’s The Magic Mountain is reissued by Knopf as a small edition for convenient gift buying. Gift books include Love by Willant Lyons Phelps and Even Unto Bethlehem by Henry Van Dyke, with A Christmas Book by Wyndham Lew and Heseltine offering verses and stories from Hilary of Poitiers to postwar London. Caspar Hauser by Jacob Wassermann from Horace Liveright is praised as a powerful, symbolic portrait of a man untouched by civilization. Jesus the Son of Man by Kahlil Gibran from Alfred A. Knopf is commended for its simple biblical voice and emotive approach.
An elderly man sits in a comfortable chair by a fire listening to a New York orchestra on the radio as he recalls a bygone Christmas in Ontario frontier days. Vivid memory shifts to a one room house where a child Ted, five, might savor peppermint candy and a red apple while his mother prepares supper and a warm milk breakfast is drawn from a stove.
Fragmentary reminiscence contrasts modern rush with the past. It notes two figures from history lamenting the uproar of Christmas and longing for the good old days. The brief excerpt evokes nostalgia and tradition.
Nine suburban villages near Chicago consider the Greater Chicago Data Mater company plan to supply soft lake water in unlimited quantities with suitable pressure. Attendees note municipalities study the proposal cautiously, asking for terms that are advantageous while evaluating feasibility and long term benefits.
A garbled OCR passage mentions several suburbs Cicero Berwyn Franklin Park Forest Park Schiller Park Bensenville Elmhurst Norwood Riverside and River Forest. The text appears to discuss preparation and a desire for an easy dinner and completion but lacks clear actions or outcomes.
Fragmentary archival text references Missouri nicknames such as the Bullion state and mentions Thomas H. Benton as a gold and currency advocate. The passage hints at early policy debates on specie and paper money, with Benton's stance tied to national financial debates.
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.