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 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
11
Vernon schemes to profit by stock options to win Dorothy’s hand but a market manipulation collapses. Dorothy’s timely plan exposes the scheme and Morton Harvey’s daughter forces a pivot to a new partnership with Vernon.
A Russian nobleman visiting Paris is seen in sorrow with a green red-veined ring on his finger described as a sepulcher for his wife lost in Russia a year earlier. He recalls carrying her body to Germany for a chemist to turn into a solid jewel he now keeps with him at all times.
A stout man describes a cigar wrapped in rubber bands to resemble a fractured limb. He explains the bands prevent breakage and claim the cigar provides a dry smoke and imitation chew. He says he quit smoking years ago and is trying to break the chewing habit, hoping the contraption lasts about two weeks.
The London Tatler ranks Solomon as the richest ever, owning a fortune near ¢S00.000.000 and leaving half that for the temple. Croesus reportedly held £400,000,000, and Laucullus £120,000,000. Alexander the Great reportedly earned £160,000,000 from his wars. Generally, extreme riches were seen as dangerous in mythic ages.
Brandon Baseball Club directors meet and appoint Arthur O'Dea as playing manager with power to choose the rest of the squad buy uniforms and outfit. He sails south to assemble the team as Brandon colors gray with blue.
The steel work on the new traffic bridge is finished enough for foot traffic. The first to cross were Miss Gertrude White, Miss Heather Hargrave and Dr J C Hargrave. Completing riveting planking and painting will take about a month to six weeks.
Saskatchewan Stock Breeders Association offers 96 head at Public Auction on March 20 at Regina Exhibition Grounds. 52 Shorthorn bulls, 11 Shorthorn females, 30 Hereford bulls, 3 Aberdeen Angus bulls. Rail fare from Alberta to Regina on certificate plan. Ships to Alberta within 250 miles for $2 per head. longer distances $3 per head. Catalogs from J Bracken Secy Regina Sask.
W F Doty announces the arrival of his showcases and will open a refined fruit and confectionery shop in Leonard Harris old stand at Toronto Street and Fourth Avenue. The renovated premises include an ice cream parlor tea room upstairs dance hall and seating for eighty. Catering for lodge suppers will be offered in the supper room.
Fragmentary notes describe bees as highly adaptable, thriving in any setting from urban to rural. The text emphasizes their ease of placement and potential benefits though details are incomplete and unclear.
The article extols honey as essential to horticulture and notes beekeeping as a fashionable pursuit. It highlights observing a giant front hive near a window where bees fly, showcasing how the work of bees can enrich understanding of nature.
Readers learn that straw, though poor as feed, can accompany heavy grain diets to fatten livestock. The note underscores the broader point that stock require a wide variety of foods for optimal growth and health.
Blood circulation takes two minutes to traverse the heart and lungs. The article lists seventy six Irish kings from the Christian era to 1172, noting fifty died violently, with three recorded as killed by thunderbolts within seventy five years.
In Normandy France a modern chateau features brickwork laid in an elaborate pattern that resembles intricate embroidery.
The article lists Turkey s principal exports including tobacco cereals cotton figs nuts almonds grapes olives and various fruits with coffee madder opium and gums also exported. It notes 1900 opium shipments reached 7 500 chests or 105 800 pounds and mentions carpet production. It also gives a cow ration for a 1 000 pound cow producing 25 pounds of 4 percent milk daily detailing feed components.
Ratepayers must notify the assessment department of all ownership changes since the last revision of the roll in 1907. John T. Hall, A.D.
Open to new and renewing subscribers. Review the list to choose the paper you want or tell us to obtain it. Fall and winter reading priced for you with premiums included. Winnipeg Daily Free Press Winnipeg Weekly Free Press Toronto Daily World Toronto Daily Globe Winnipeg Daily Telegram Weekly Telegram Winnipeg Farmer's Advocate Weekly Mail & Empire Toronto Weekly Globe Toronto Family Herald and Weekly Star. Clubbing rates with American publications are prohibitive due to postage. papers will be procured with postage added.
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.