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
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
3
A jumble of consumer testimonials praise Lydias Vegetable Compound and Pinkham remedies for women in Bridgeton New Jersey. The page also recounts a William Hornaday anecdote about an ape and a series of humorous, moral quips on golf and time management.
The text describes Cyrus's decree enabling Israelites to return to Jerusalem, the rebuilding of the temple, and the return of sacred vessels. It notes the limited response from Judah and Benjamin contrasted with neighbor support supplying gold, silver, and goods for the project. It highlights Daniel’s role and the broader faith unity around the one God.
The Bishop of Colorado warns clergy to avoid secularizing the church while trying to religionize the world. He urges clergy to subordinate all efforts to building up the Christ ideal and the church, lest worldly men win the clergy.
A compact reflection on selflessness and service citing phrases from Bible and authors. The piece urges putting others first and doing small deeds for God's work, highlighting that tiny acts contribute to greater good and happiness.
An Indiana gardener reports excellent results from commercial fertilizer in a former slough bottom turned garden. He details soil history, fortifying rows with fertilizer, and observing notably large lettuce heads, onions, peas, squashes, beets, potatoes, and melons. He notes leaving some rows unfertilized as a check and plans to reserve unused fertilizer for next year. He favors manure but uses complete commercial fertilizer as practical.
Lima R. Rose advises gardeners to store manure in a tight box or bin with a screen, keeping pests out and odors down. Build a hinged top frame, drain liquid manure to a barrel, and spade the heap monthly to rot evenly. Place containers at garden edge, shielded by vines.
A home gardening note by Lima A. Rose advises on indoor flowering care. It suggests using good soil for Easter lilies, avoiding ferns without moisture, and buying rooted carnations to avoid failure. Ivy geraniums are highlighted as attractive sunroom plants kept in small pots, with slow first-year growth and blossoms in pink red or white.
On most poultry farms the sunflower has become established as a crop. Its seeds are valued as an excellent and cheap food for all classes of poultry.
A collage of snippets includes playful verse on marriage delays and domestic mishaps, a storm of alliterative phrases about Dolly Dillon and Dick Deveritt, odd boasts about a ceiling brush as a first aid, notes on plant prolificacy and seed counts, fleas and cats remedy, and a jest about Bilas' sister discussing birthdays.
A Warner Miller piece recalls an 1840 farm of 200 acres with 15 cows, oxen, 20 sheep, poultry and pigs. All clothing and food were produced at home, with wool spun into yarn, linen and spun cloth made on a hand loom, and meals using farmed produce.
In Beatty’s parlor a Nelson bust and a silver statuette centerpiece symbolize naval pride. The tale recalls how the captain refused to hide the statuette before battle, saying it must go through with him, a pledge that accompanied his ship through Jutland and earned honors.
A historic riverside house near Limehouse Hotel once home to the Waters family, long tied to Dickens visits, is slated for change. The Waters family, prominent lightermen, gave Charles Dickens quiet inspiration as he wrote Our Mutual Friend in a bow window room overlooking the Thames.
A newspaper note recalls a misread school supply request where a patron mixed up course titles, prompting a corrective example from a shopper. The piece cites a brief incident at Greencastle public schools showing how similar names can mislead buyers.
An advertising oddly praises soja beans once rare in the country. It credits Alice Park packers and Beans for popularizing them and notes rising demand. The quirky visual mix up shows a blind game remark and a joking exchange about a freshman.
A National Geographic writer compares Napoleon Bonaparte and Alexander Kerensky as men of destiny and leadership. Both suffered chronic illness and showed swift judgment and oratory to rally troops amid upheaval. The essay links Napoleonic charisma to Kerensky’s role in Russia’s struggle for liberation.
A column reflects on Dobbin the horse and humanity’s stride from primitive beasts to horseshoes. It muses whether horses dream of toes, and pictures a boy’s joy at bare feet and a horse’s pride in regrown toes. Also includes comic snippets about daily life and wit.
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.