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 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
2
An analysis of how quick warm replies and sharp retorts beat heavy arguments in campaign meetings. A congressman taunts a heckler about back pay, provoking crowd laughter as a dramatic example, while a Dutch commandant narrates a tense midnight watch with an English soldier.
A campaign anecdote recalls General James Madison Leach facing a heckler over the salary grab. Leach invites the man to stand, then uses a public display to deflect the inquiry. The London Star recounts Davitt noting a kinder incident involving a Boer lad and an English prisoner.
A New York Press item touts carrots as a wholesome staple that, when eaten breakfast daily and in ample amounts, supposedly beautifies the skin and eyes, smooths hair, and gives a youthful appearance. The piece notes that carrot hair, once mocked, is now celebrated under a new interpretation.
The public lighting station in New York City supplies 2,125,000 incandescent lamps annually. This figure excludes lamps from private plants, illustrating the large scale of electric lighting infrastructure in the country.
A fragmented remark questions a world where women remain silent at all times, expressing a satirical or rhetorical tone about gender expectations and social noise. The phrase hints at gendered norms without asserting concrete events or sources.
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers on social manners and wit. Observations on hats, marriages, and day to day foibles mix with fashion notes from a Paris show and a dressmaker’s claim that green and white enhance every gown.
Dr. Farlow describes mushroom risks and identification rules for edible varieties. He notes amanita poison cups under the stem and cautions against relying on odor taste or color tests. The piece covers tests from several Harvard lectures and stresses learning each species, avoiding decomposed or foul smelling varieties, and checking for larvae.
Belle Archer the famous actress died recently in Warren Pennsylvania hospital from embolism. She rose to fame as Milas Archer, leading lady to Alexander Salvini and later achieved success in American theater. Born in Easton Pennsylvania in 1860, she was long regarded as a beauty and talent in the profession.
A renowned Parisian couturier declares that blue and pink hues of any shade ruin a red haired woman’s beauty. He refuses to use either color even in the most modest application, insisting on avoiding them entirely.
The article notes that ancient Egyptians used ductile copper in weapons and tools. M Berthelot, a French chemist, is cited as being convinced of copper use. Techniques included folding thin copper strips to forge a solid blade and forming hollow needles from copper leaf, akin to modern tubing methods used for bicycles.
In England the so called most extraordinary township is Skiddaw in Cumberland. It has only one house and the occupant cannot vote due to lack of an overseer to prepare a voters list and no church or assembly to publish one.
A bizarre potato from Greene Missouri farm owned by J OC displayed eyes and a sizable tooth, likely horse tooth, growing until a cavity formed and the tooth became fixed within the potato, intriguing locals with its odd development.
A collage of quotes extols newspaper advertising for towns and business growth. It urges preplanned campaigns with room for changes, compares ads to building design, and uses farming and daily routine metaphors to advocate steady, progressive advertising over time.
At a Washington meeting of the Anthropological Society Dr Matthew described Navajo beliefs on snakes. He said Navajos avoid killing snakes and may gently move them aside with a stick. They see snakes as wise yet evil and believe snakes overhear human plans, so sacred rites and myths are spoken only in winter when snakes are hibernating.
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.