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 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1887
Page
3
Our special commissioner reports on the big yacht race between Thistle and Volunteer. A hazy morning, light cat’s paw wind, and a crowd witnessing the spectacle as the American eagle remains a symbol of victory. The scene recalls New York’s storied yachting history and the competition between these famed vessels.
The Volunteer powers ahead of the Thistle in a dramatic 20 mile windward course off Sandy Hook. Spectators cheer as the American yacht finishes with a towering spinnaker boom set and a ceremonial broom on the jib boom, preserving the America's Cup for the time being.
The Grand Army encampment in St Louis gathered notable leaders Gen Slocum of Brooklyn Gen Grier of St Louis and Maj Warner of Kansas City Though rain affected events the gathering was considered a success Hagey W Slocum of Brooklyn traced his origins to Dell New York born 1827 educated at West Point and served in artillery before resigning to practice law prior to the Civil War.
The article recounts Gen. D. P. Grier and Gen. William Warner careers, detailing Slocum’s Civil War commands from Bull Run to Sherman’s Georgia campaigns and Grier’s Illinois regimental service from 1861 through Vicksburg and Mobile. It notes Warner’s Wisconsin unit and later political and legal life in Kansas City, Missouri.
The piece cites Florence Thayer McCray praising a rapid drafting method for writing then editing. It also notes Vera Cruz’s Heaven region life-extending climate and a man who died aged 154 with three sons aged 140, 114, and 110 mourners. It mentions child marriage and high female mortality, and closes with garbled Boston Courier phrasing about a boy robbing an orchard and grisly acts.
A Harper's Bazar piece examines creole girlhood in New Orleans, detailing a life of conservatism, affectionate family bonds, early schooling, multilingual polish, and a lifelong dance and music culture. It notes parental influence, strict etiquette, and the convent education shaping the creole ideal, contrasted with common American practices.
A Dakota paper reports a man near twelve miles away died after eating a lunch wrapped in a disliked contemporary newspaper. The episode serves as a cautionary warning about unsafe food handling and shared bad luck from the press.
It is feared zymotic diseases may be spread by books via lending libraries and second hand book shops, and literature in such establishments should be periodically subjected to efficient disinfection.
A collage of comic witticisms, poems, and brief items from the era. Vignettes range from romantic exchanges to dabbling with city life and witty exchanges about Chicago and New York. The snippet ends with a note on a Civil War reunion in Davenport, Iowa.
A collage of quips and lines shows characters in mood and mischief. The Newman Independent notes a young woman thinking while Charles asks about the past and present. The Burlington Free Press comments on family class and peculiar professions.
An excerpt in dialect reflects on autumn, thrift, religion, beauty, work, and progress. Humorous maxims compare luck and luckless households, hunger, and the value of practicality over vanity, concluding with a wry Detroit Free Press attribution.
An excerpt presents a hired man recounting a story about a generous employer in Chemung County who always invited all hands to join in celebrations, claiming his crops were better and stressing family pride. The piece closes with a humorous anecdote about an Irish candidate and the word smithereens from a London college examiner.
City Editor presses for meat to a horse race report while a reporter defends only partial details. The dialogue reveals newsroom tensions over clarity and completeness in the publishable item.
A list from a New York item details many Civil War generals and their postwar roles. It names Wood, Wilson, Pleasonton, Banks, Hunt, Buell, Parke, Webb, Pope, Butterfield, Gregg, Averill, Devens, Wright, Robinson, Merritt, Hartranft, Kautz, Franklin, Fremont, Stoneman, Willcox, Barnum, Gilmore, Bartlett, Crook, Miles, Sigel, Howard, Gibbon, Doubleday, Terry, Slocum, Sherman, Rosecrans, Newton, Sickles, Sheridan, Porter, and mentions a forthcoming Port er case reveal in New York. Several reside in Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Washington, and other cities, with roles ranging from pension agent to university president and mining executive.
One hundred noble reds attended a circus in Yankton. A Colorado raid cost the state $200,000. A London agent notes American magazines outselling British. Fort Smith’s Maledon is credited with many hangings. A tin cone atop Mount Katahdin marks visibility. A Georgia tale reports a woman eating sixteen ears of corn then nearly dying. Siberia’s milk is sold frozen with handle chunks. Bar Harbor chatter features Miss Mabel and a brief verse vignette.
The Otoe chief Sunnatonna dies peacefully at noon on Sunda natonna. His wife mourns deeply clipping her hair and cutting her face as others lament loudly. Agency officials remove his covetous friends and bury him with dignity as white flags rise over the hillside grave.
CEORCE CREEN M D JPEXSICIAN AND SURGEON Office over Moore s Co s hardware store Embalming promptly executed when necessary in delayed interment or for transportation.
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.