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 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1880
Page
8
A collage of anecdotes and maxims on marriage age mischief and moralities. Notes on a Philadelphia antiquarian and a minister mortality rate contrast, plus light jokes about lovers and names. Household recipes cover puff paste, spoons stains, baked milk, rice bread, and coffee cream ideas.
This excerpt showcases Josh Billings lampooning pretentious cleverness and exploring wisdom conscience and human folly. It blends folksy aphorisms with playful mispronunciations and homespun ethics about success marriage fear and trust.
The piece extols country life for naturalists researchers and city dwellers alike. It highlights rich forests, shrubs, birds and insects for study, minerals for industry, and the peace of rural life as a fitness for talent and energy to rest and renew.
Waverly argues gossip harms culture and character. He contrasts talking about neighbors with discussing art and literature and urges minding one’s own business. He notes even educated people can gossip, while true cultivation includes a refined heart.
The piece warns of gambling abroad where saloons on the continent ruin fortunes and families. It cites ruined gamblers, especially women, suicides from Monaco ramparts, and servants profiting from scandals. It notes sudden ruin, despair, and the deadly grip of wagering on the weak heart.
The guide emphasizes proper scarf size and rounded joint surfaces to avoid air gaps, heating in bright coal fire, gradual heating with frequent turning, sand spraying to exclude air and cool edges, quick cleaning of scarf edges, and precise hammer blows to seal the weld. It notes that a perfect weld requires skill and is rarely achieved in ordinary shops.
A London paper details metropolitan rail mileage within six miles of Charing Cross at 260 miles of lines in service, with thirteen companies plus six short lines, led by Brighton at 27 miles and Great Eastern at 32. It notes extensive tramways and cabs alongside, and observes relatively few fatal injuries despite dense traffic and complex routes.
The piece contrasts men traveling for culture with women who roam continents for fashion. It portrays a “mania for shopping” among women who prioritize lace gloves and outfits over historic sights and art, repeatedly delaying cultural experiences for retail acquisitions.
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.