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 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Henry Current News
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
6
An obscure exchange refers to a theatre moment where reactions to a death scene reveal audience emotion. The line notes Binks and Jinks discussing the actor’s feigned fate and the crowd’s tears.
A Missouri farmer finds his newly employed man out of bed at four in the morning and the two argue about work and where the man will stay. The odd exchanges reveal tension over home life and employment as a judge weighs the conduct.
A curious exchange recounted by Cap's Weekly describes Captain Joe Waters asking a notoriously untidy Kansas man why he wears the same shirts for two weeks. The men discuss the mystery in a brief, humorous vignette.
A returned traveler recalls being asked by a country boy how many fish he had. The boy compliments the effort and shares a local anecdote about another fisher who struggled for two weeks yet caught nothing, while the traveler did not yet land a fish. The quote appears sourced from the Boston Transcript.
William and Henry, fellow chauffeurs, talk about Clarence who was fined the day before for taking out his employer's car without permission.
Quote from Harper’s Magazine shows a boss explaining Clarence took the bar by saying that Clarence ran over him, reflecting a humorous or ironic exchange.
A fragmented reminiscence shows Frederick sobbing over the death of his grandmother and a collie, while Billy reacts with blunt humor. The passage reflects childlike bereavement and contrasting attitudes toward loss from a Harper's Magazine excerpt.
Sam Johnson, a Jackson Mississippi chauffeur, returns from a France labor battalion tour and declares no city matches Jackson. He compares Paris favorably to New York, noting metropolitan contrasts and his hometown pride.
A fragment from a San Francisco Chronicle item recounts an American unit's camp show in England featuring black-face comedians. The scene includes a boastful poker exchange and racial slurs, drawing reactions from both American and British audiences.
Quote attributes love as a key safeguard against aging, referencing Vance and Thompson. The remark frames affection as a preventative measure for vitality in later life.
Mrs Theo Disosway writes of leaving Chicago on a delayed trip to Los Angeles via Milwaukee and Salt Lake City. She details buying a home at 2148 South Western Ave and joining relatives, meeting friends, local culture, traffic, and climate while noting housing costs, local institutions, and community activities.
A fragmented OCR reads a line referencing Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and a laxative product tied to a person or brand name A J Ironmonger. The garbled text suggests an advertisement or medical claim about relief and reliability for women.
The ad claims sour stomach coated tongue foul breath pimples headaches constipation are nature signals and that eliminating the poison from the liver kidneys and bowels with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea provides a quick slick remedy. It targets women and is attributed to A. J. Ironmonger.
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.