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 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1870
Page
1
A lone preacher speaks of distant Boorrobools and a distant land of darkness. A woman near the speaker’s street laments in a basement scene of poverty. The speaker vows to aid distant communities and to follow Christ’s charge to serve all.
A traveler recounts a trek from California toward Yosemite noting drought dried streams and desert heat. He describes mining camps near Michigan Bar with hydraulic methods, exposed landscapes, and a grand yet unfinished capital project, recalling Capt. John A. Sadler and local legends amid the hunt for gold.
The writer thanks Californians for hospitality and fruit during a long stay and bids farewell as they depart by train over the Sierra Nevadas toward home.
Pagetown and Packtown report a sensational birth described as a double chit with two babies sharing a single torso and legs. The account details two children named Minnie and Ninnie, a feminine gender, and a family audience visiting daily as letters request cash to avert financial ruin.
Lawson recalls Cap'n Brown and his housekeeper Quaswin in a London urban portrait. He notes wealth, the shiplike parlor, and Cap'n Brown's control over women, with Quassia as a fierce, exotic figure. The piece blends memory, rumor, and a rough moral on power.
Samuel McFadden a poor bank watchman grows resentful at a low salary four dollars a week and plans a daring theft with a monkey wrench cross cut saw and nitroglycerin. After blasting the bank he flees with cash and jewels, courts wealth, feigns honesty, and learns an uneasy lesson about ambition and consequence.
A fragment from a piece on moving households and patriarchal life contrasts modern mobility with Biblical nomads. It recalls childhood moving, public gaze, and the anxieties of uprooted families, ending with a note about a missing sixteen year old girl, Mary Rhea.
A reader recounts two grain sales showing why farm papers pay. One farmer took a higher bid, the other waited for more, losing $4 on 83 bushels. The piece urges subscribing to The American Agriculturist for reliable farming info and annual volumes.
A miscellaneous column gathers anecdotes from Harper’s Magazine and various papers. It relays a pious aged smoker tale, a London Dr Archer dinner chat, a quip on Martha and Mary, grain crop notes, and assorted items on politics, science, and literature.
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.