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 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
6
Jim Farthing guides Rose and her horse Pomp through a raging forest fire in Cherry Run valley. They flee toward a mill shelter, roast trout for supper, and endure a tense night awaiting dawn and a safer path home.
The Khedive opens the Esneh barrage completing an Anglo Egyptian project begun after 1890. The Assuan reservoir stores 2.33 billion tons of water to irrigate miles of canals, boosting cotton sugar and grain crops and stabilizing Nile’s flood-dependent fertility.
A historical note states that for every passenger carried the railroads of this country move two tons of freight. This remark underscores the dual load on rail networks as passenger demand grew.
A striking hat design features a high crown and brimless silhouette. It uses numerous crinoline folds in a vermicelli pattern, stitched with jet sequins, finished on the right with a large dyed black bird of paradise for a dramatic fashion look.
A charming dressy summer frock in pink chiffon messaline is showcased with a tuck bodice, pointed chemisette of white Irish lace, violet velvet and silver braid trim. Novel sleeves, trim details, and a large white chip hat adorned with pink silk and two pink roses complete the ensemble.
A white Neapolitan hat features a black velvet bound brim and a medium high crown. It is encircled by a wreath of small pink roses, with a rich black plume on each side and a longer plume cascading over the upturned brim on the left.
The report notes the highest fee on the coast if not the world for brief services rendered to Mrs. Lilly Bennett Baldwin, awarded to her attorneys for securing a judgment or settlement.
A syrup made from sugar and water is boiled and cooled then combined with whipped cream candied cherries almonds and sherry to finish the recipe. The fragment ends mid instruction with an incomplete step.
The will settlement awards about 600000 from the estate to ex Governor Henry T. Gage Walter J. Trask and Garrett McEnerney. Gage receives 300000 Trask 100000 and McEnerney the remainder. The fee acts as a retainer and covers future defense against further claims. Baldwin's attorneys defend the estate and face smaller opposing fees.
The Paris police arrested acrobat Miguel Androval of a traveling circus after a monkey in his coat pocket stole rings from a jewelry display. The monkey’s paw extended to grab valuables while clerks watched, revealing the animal as a skilled shoplifter.
A 682 pound meteorite from Cripple Creek Colorado has been brought to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City for exhibition.
A French writer states Christianity has about 77,900,000 followers with Confucianism and ancestor worship at 256,000,000, Hinduism at 190,909,000, and Islam at 177,009,000. The Christian total includes 231,000,500 Roman Catholics, 142,009,000 Protestants, and 98,008,990 Orthodox Greeks.
England reports a doubling of automobile numbers in three years while Holland provides work for all applicants for relief, indicating limited dependent pauper status and active relief programs.
The article outlines spring apparel trends with fabrics like serges tulle and pique in new color effects and shapes. It also includes a recipe for Apple Fritters with milk eggs flour tender apples and brown fried slices in hot lard.
Modern motor steam plows are being introduced into India. One unit, manufactured in London, can plow from ten to fifteen acres of ordinary ground per day.
Oil use for locomotion in Roumania has surged since eight years ago when trains began adopting fuel oil. Initial year consumption stood at 20,000 tons, rising to 145,000 tons last year. Currently 640 engines operate on liquid fuel, all running on fuel oil.
The warship named Indefatigable arrives without its funnels and will be propelled by internal combustion engines, signaling a significant propulsion experiment for the British fleet.
Beat three eggs stiffly with a tea cupful of sugar. Mix in a large coffee cupful of flour with a teaspoonful cream of tartar and half a teaspoonful salaratus. Add vanilla orange or lemon. Drop by teaspoonfuls on buttered tins and bake in a quick oven.
Good Housekeeping advises stitching silk garments with fine cotton thread to reduce puckering. Test tension on a silk scrap, use silk on the visible upper thread with cotton on the bobbin, and note that for blind hemming on fabrics like crepe de chine cotton thread is less noticeable.
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.