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 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1892
Page
6
In a Brooklyn sermon marking Columbus’s voyage, Rev. Talmage frames the discovery of America as a religious mission guided by divine sight. He praises Columbus, recounts the voyage’s hardships, and urges America to be gospelized from coast to coast, honoring navigators and praying for captains and seafarers.
A detailed description contrasts portraits of Columbus from lean aquiline features to broad variation in appearance. It notes his pale gray eyes, fine early complexion, gray hair by thirty, strict religious devoutness, modular temperance, and scented linen. It mentions his gourds of gout, ophthalmia, refined garb, and simple vegetable diet, plus ascetic clerical attire with St. Francis garb.
The earliest engraved likeness of Columbus appears in a Latin Vaolo Giovio text from 1575. The woodcut, copied from a Jovian gallery portrait, was once housed in Giovio’s villa at Lake Como. The gallery’s scattered collection still preserves the image’s notoriety.
The article recounts Christopher Columbus marrying Felipa Muniz Trerello in Lisbon in 1471. It notes Felipa’s noble Lusitanian-Arago-Portuguese lineage linked to Dom Henry and Ariz and mentions their son Diego born the following year.
A stormy voyage finds Columbus on a frail ship fearing ruin as he commits a narrative of his discovery to the sea. The fragment hints at a rich treasury of his findings, to be retrieved and shared with the world in days ahead.
The article recounts Christopher Columbus dying on May 20 1506 aged seventy in Valladolid robed as a Franciscan. It traces his remains from Spain to San Domingo Havana and Seville, notes Fury over burial and a Havana monument, and mentions disputes over authentic bones. It also recalls a yachtside tale of Commodore Colt testing a swimmer against tarpon via a line contest with Ollie Adams.
A poem from Golden Days laments a society mired in idleness and shirked labor. It contrasts lazy attitudes with ambition and progress, warning that neglect ends in stasis while dissenters may avoid such fate by embracing effort.
An article argues choosing a career hinges on aptitude heredity and opportunity. Aptitude guides the best energy use and reveals early talents from art to mechanics. Heredity links succeed in a field to parental inclinations, while opportunity can open doors and shape life paths when aligned with fitness and desire.
Grandpa Davis sits by the fire while grandson James tidies and shelves books. Grandpa recalls his boyhood, stressing careful, thorough work and finishing tasks before leisure. A sleigh ride to Uncle Nathaniel's for supper becomes a lesson in completing duties first.
A historical note on tribute and power in medieval Britain. King Edgar the Peaceable ruled parts of Britain around 961 and levied a wolves heads tribute from Wales, paying 300 heads annually as a symbol of strength. The practice continued until wolves thinned, aligning with the king’s aims.
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.