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
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1893
Page
3
Fragmented lines lament love and faith, referencing earth, seers, saints, prophets, poets, and a son as a psalm. The piece evokes longing, spiritual struggle, and the speaker’s yearning for sincere affection and guidance.
J W Walsh of the Detroit News recalls De Golyer's battery A First Michigan artillery, first sighting in field combat where guns fired with rapid crashes and smoke, then a reunion in a musty market room with a flag on the table as a policeman halts rowdy cheers.
Snippets from Harper’s Bazar and Chicago Record satirize young women and fashion trends. The notes touch on blooming attire, brisk winter walks, and a quirky joke about watches tucked inside collars causing mishaps with fobs.
The snippet lists public figures such as Eugene Field, Gen Green Clay Smith, Gen Lew Wallace, Amos Cummings, the czar with 300 trunks, President Cleveland, Editor Chas A Dana, and Mark Twain. It sketches anecdotes on pneumonia rumors, bomb dread, daily newspaper use, vanity about eyes, and a plan by Twain to buy new clothes, preserving a humorous if fragmentary portrait of a literary and political news moment.
A trio of juvenile vignettes recount how little Johnny laments endless nos and wishes no were a swear, Elsie notes a hired man’s broken English, and a sister teases that a “broken Englishman” cannot talk plainly, illustrating playful mishearings and language humor.
The item blends notes on stamps from Hungary and Honduras with odd cultural asides about the prince of Wales and a Montgomery county literary society auction. Bids reached up to $10,000 before the remaining pieces were auctioned and the sale concluded with mixed results.
A collage of aphorisms on love jealousy and marriage from Atchison Globe and Washington Star quote silly girls and paternal warnings. The pieces include lines about affections, bank accounts, and choosing a wife with proverbs about mothers and future children.
A compendium of beliefs from royalty to scientists notes Princess Louise avoiding public events on “bad days” and Maria Mitchell’s fear of lightning. It cites a Bosnia legend of a bridge needing a human in its wall and mentions a Brazilian bridge project reviving the tale. Rumors claim gypsies steal children for pillar construction contracts.
A recipe for soft custard pudding made with one quart milk yolks five eggs vanilla and sugar, baked with lady fingers. Also a baked corn meal pudding combines milk corn meal suet molasses raisins cinnamon one egg and bakes until brown.
In Paris fashion, prestige splits between bold and understated. Women display silk and satin muiis on silver chains or opt for long gold and pearl chains. Gray fox fur, semi military frogs and cordings on jackets, moire gowns trimmed with sable, and tight tucked hairstyles define the season’s chic.
A newborn at Art Gentzler's home sparked a light exchange between a doctor and nurse about the infant's sex. The father reportedly gave up a cigar, and regional papers note the regulation weight birth in Smith Centre, Missouri.
In brief notes Cholera spreads in Constantinople while Powderly is re elected head of the Knights of Labor. Wages at Carnegie’s Homestead mills drop to 14 to 18 cents per hour. N E Blood commits suicide in Kansas City with carbolic acid. A Chicago stockyards man’s son Roasnthal is arrested for forging checks. Three women are killed by a Panhandle train near Xenia Ohio. Guardites investment officials in Chicago convicted of using the mails for fraud.
A dense list of agricultural goods shows varied prices for sweet potatoes, quinces, pears, grapes, apples, citrus, berries, and other produce. Flour, seeds, dairy, meats, and canned vegetables accompany broad price ranges for a wide rural market.
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.