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 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1893
Page
3
A farmer narrates a rural conflict with a widowed neighbor over crops and livestock. He confronts her with anger but softens after seeing her sorrow and realizes his own harsh approach. The tale ends with acceptance that both households share the land and animals.
A first person account of night patrols under a beech tree, as an unseen enemy stalks near the picket line. The narrator narrowly escapes a killing, a muffled rifle shot erupts from the reserve, and a dead bush whacker is found with a knife and shotgun. The volley from the reserve ends the threat as a man is slain to protect the post.
Recipes describe preserving firm freestone peaches by layering fruit and sugar with water, boiling syrup, draining and sun-drying peaches, then returning them to a thick syrup before canning. Peach jam is made by layering sliced peaches with granulated sugar in a stone jar, sealing with sugar on top and a paper cover to exclude air.
The day’s events include over 177000 witnesses of the world’s fair and eleven new smallpox cases in New York. Henry DeJong is jailed in Amsterdam, N Y, on double-murder charges. A. P. A. charter refusal noted in Kansas. A ship’s pipe blast kills two aboard the Montgomery. Whitecappers in Bethlehem, Mississippi, are acquitted amid broad outrage reports.
The passage notes achievements of Amelia Opie and many famous women writers into ages 60s to 80s. It comments on Cal Dodge's proposal for American women to ride like Egyptian women, describing an Egyptian rider's stance. It adds that Syrian women ride as men do, contrasting styles.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan mocks a prince for taking credit over public deeds while bragging about a harvest. Sydney Smith helps a dying infant with castor oil then christens it. A Cornish funeral scene shows couples and a noisy parish wife. A garago wife interrupts a ministerial scene at a sick parishioner’s deathbed.
Autumn leaves may be preserved by pressing between newspapers in a cool dark room and exchanging papers daily. Mosses and lichens gathered on damp autumn days can be made into mottoes with pasteboard letters, berries, holly, and evergreen sprigs.
A New York Sun item surveys strange topics from perfumery to a submarine ram in the British navy. It notes Venezuela’s snakebite risk and a plant used to treat bites, plus a Perpignan case of a jealous wife who set fire to her clothes, injuring both.
The excerpt notes Japanese eat but little meat and Brandy made from potatoes. It mentions Dakota Indians eat snake eggs and observes growing numbers of female tramps. It also describes paper quilts, glass curtains, and machines that clean fish, pick cranberries, and make sandwiches.
The advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as safely curing every female condition. It claims it will permanently cure delicate weaknesses, derangements, and diseases of the sex with a money back guarantee if any benefit is not achieved. It also advertises Dr Sage’s Remedy with a $500 payoff if permanent cure is not obtained.
A vintage advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as effective, easy cures for weakness and nervous prostration. It urges readers to try the medicines to realize their benefits and restore vigor.
An extensive price ledger lists numerous markets and commodities for a Thursday sale. Provisions include smoked meats, bacon, sausage, lard, and dried hams with varied regional prices. produce features Irish potatoes, apples, grapes, peaches, melons, and berries. Butter, cheese, poultry, and canned vegetables are priced alongside baking staples, coffee, sugars, and oils.
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.