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
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1894
Page
3
A dated travel sketch praising Norway's coast and scenery. It notes Gulf Stream climate benefits, sparse wealth, heavy tourism, grand fjords and islands, hardy Norwegians, subsistence farming and fishing, wedding regalia, Arctic winters, and potential future Nordic influence in Europe.
A Westminster B C show winner, Bose the St Bernard pup was motherless at three days old. His mother died soon after birth, and Bose relied on his owner's baby brother for milk using a bottle. Bose thrived, nursing eagerly from the improvised foster mother.
A nine month old Brooklyn girl weighs fifty pounds making her the largest infant of its age. Born at twenty pounds she gained rapidly to reach fifty, with her father William Dorr a 140 pound laborer and mother 110 pounds. The destitute family plans to exhibit the babe in a museum.
Alexander Freeman known as Old Aleck is believed to be the oldest resident in New York City. Born a slave, he spent 107 years in Sailors' Snug Harbor since 1857, is free at 21, and has sailed the globe. He recalls a city of trees and creeks and shares many tales from his life.
James Payn recalls a Trinity man look alike causing bemused reactions among locals. He describes being mistaken for the other man, and a railway passenger nearly asking about Mr. So-and-so who then exits the train in astonishment.
The piece notes a Bar le Duc public memorial to Pierre and Ernest Michaux for inventing the bicycle and traces early velocipede history, contrasting French admiration with earlier wheelwrights while referencing Balzac, the Terror, and Samson. It closes with Craig-like nostalgia for the new 10 cent milk value in New York.
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.