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 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1893
Page
6
A trimmed excerpt relays whimsical and grim vignettes from Marble Hill Press. It references deaths by famine war and poison, a Kentucky wedding murder, and a San Francisco fight ending with a liver carving joke. The tone mimics a late 19th century newspaper humor page with satirical anecdotes.
A Chicago Inter Ocean narrative recalls a trip on the James River canal from Richmond to Buchanan with a young American girl. She meets a persistent major in Charlottesville era inns, an enchanted cave encounter near Natural Bridge, and a duel resolved by a peacemaker's gesture.
A Washington Post poem reflects on faith and endurance in sorrowful times. It speaks of kneeling with the Master in the garden, the wounds of Christ, and accepting a future of trial while seeking light and strength.
Nine year old Jimmie Walsh and two years older Alphonso Costello known as Finny of the Happy Homes gang slide on a snow covered roof at 515 Washington street. Finny suggests greasing the roof with butter, leading to a stolen tub of butter from a delivery wagon. Both boys are arrested at Jefferson Market Court before Judge Ryan, denying the theft while trousers prove buttered. Agent Denbert recalls past mischief with an oyster scow. Finny acknowledges prior arrest. Both boys claim others swiped the butter. judge questions their conduct and sentences them to Catholic On the Fafe Ride, Job Master.
The Recorder offered one thousand dollars for a treatment to arrest the progress of consumption after the deaths of Jay Gould and other dignitaries. Dr W R Amick of Cincinnati proved the remedy. The Recorder awarded him the prize and will supply free test medicines to physicians for trial.
An 8-year-old Berlin pianist earns 6000 dollars in ten days. Fires in Boston dated 1872 1989 and 1893 echoed from a single box. A Swiss colony buys eighty acres in Tennessee to settle. Philadelphia streetcars cross one street five times on up trips. Rice and curry trend in clubs with readers of India. Australia completes first locomotive at Melbourne. Lewiston Maine resident touts a Mayflower candle fragment. Georgia murders total 26 in two years with no convictions. Mrs. Hausenbeck earns 5000 yearly as a commercial traveler. Boston grocers advertise milk with we keep cows, another sign reads he made pies. Art lovers arrange free photographs for the poor. Bethlehem iron works forges longest American cannon, a 62 foot tube needing 400 tons iron. A teacher recalls George Washington with odd pupil answers about the great man.
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.