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 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
6
A humorous piece portrays a domineering shop floor manager, Mr Mc Tavish, and his ironclad rule over staff and home life. Three buyers visit his mansion to see if his authority extends to domestic life, but they find the house unexpectedly quiet as they try to enter.
A humorous scene from a Chicago Tribune piece shows Mr McTavish and his wife hosting a silk buyer and a lace merchant who end up alarmed when the pair misinterpret noises as burglars. The couple’s domestic chaos escalates as the visitors party, then are teased away by the wife who calls out a bedtime escapade.
Montana painter Charles M. Tuscell has crafted cowboy themed portraits and frontier scenes praised for their vigor. His collaboration with British and pencil art reflects evolving frontier aesthetics, while global coal production data notes 60,000,000 tons for 1898.
A fragmentary reader notice and household tips note a child named Darling, called “darling” by母 mother, with comic features and a fond welcome. The page then offers cleanliness advice for housekeeping, urging thrift, proper storage, disposal, and gas stove efficiency.
The article reports findings from Dermatologisches Sentralblatt by J Pohl showing head hair grows at about eleven millimeters per month, not thirty three. Hair grows slower after cutting, clusters of two to four hairs rise in sequence within colonies, and hairs do not shed en masse, preventing widespread bald spots.
An old recipe explains dissolving oxalic acid in water to clean copper, then using rottan stone and wool on a stick. The piece warns care with oxalic acid and offers lemon dust for brass. The second part recounts a social scene with a high officialdom gathering where a social climber makes a bold entrance.
Observations by Mr RL DeC Ward show that a heated dwelling room can be drier than many desert regions. The study notes that the mean relative humidity in Death Valley California is only slightly lower than in the test room used for Ward's experiments.
Veal or lamb kidneys are washed, soaked, split, battered with crumbs and egg, then fried or sautéed for flavor. Raspberry ice cream combines berries, milk, cream and lemon juice, frozen with gelatine sherbet and berry juice. United States courts in New Mexico cost the government about 75 000 a year.
A light belga mohair hauste dress features a deep cream lace yoke and pale blue crepe de chine sleeves. The skirt panel is shirred and embroided with beige pink Wedgwood green and black dots, while the bodice drapery uses pale green chiffon and a large black panne rosette with a pink green fringe scarf.
A curious exchange unfolds as a mystical trend asks about reincarnation while Cyran Barker responds with skepticism and a flippant comparison to notorious historic figures, noting no way to prove the idea but admitting neighbors remind him of Herod Caligula Nero and others.
A steward aboard the steamer faces a passenger’s defiant complaint about coffee. The passenger quips that the brew is strong enough to send him to the captain’s office to settle the matter. The remark captures a sharp exchange in transit and reflects period humor.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a young woman and man in a mock parliamentary exchange. She asks the form for ending a meeting while he suggests adjournment. The scene labels a casual tone and playful banter during the proceedings.
New York special reports Maurice Untermyer wins a $15,000 poker jackpot at a Democratic club game attended by John F. Carroll and Judge Howard of Philadelphia. Five players started the session. Untermyer edges out Carroll as the royal flush beats out the field.
The Hartz mountains peak near Blockaberg in Prussia Saxony exhibits a sunrise or sunset optical illusion eight to nine times yearly. A giant observer projection appears on mist, with legends describing a wild demon figure seen traversing the opposite ridge. Modern skepticism attributes the spectacle to optical deception.
A proposal suggests using the phonograph to teach foreign languages by training the ear through repeated playback of recorded lessons. It notes many learners lack a fluent teacher and that the machine could repeat lessons until the student masters pronunciation.
Guidance to college and business women to value themselves, pursue worthy aims, and live up to their own standards. If ideal jobs are unavailable, take any suitable work even temporarily, and seek true womanhood daily.
A band of pilgrims departed Scotland for Rome and were met in London by Bishop Chisholm of Aberdeen who once led them. With Archbishops Eyre of Glasgow and Macdonald of Edinburgh away, the journey proceeds under papal decree to celebrate the holy year through visits to sacred sites.
A note claims a tiny edition titled In the possession of the Earl of Dufferin is the world s smallest book. It is described as the sacred Bibba text, rumored to be only half the size of a postage stamp.
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.