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 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
3
A poetic fragment recalls brown sundrift and sea spray over desolate cliffs. It portrays children of sorrow marching with black horses on mournful bier, attributed to Will It Ogilvic in the Spectator.
Lorimer clings to his ruined dwelling the Castle and its spirit while two visiting actresses Miss Ashton and Miss Cranbrook arrive seeking tea. A romance unfolds as Ashton vows to cancel her stage contract to aid Lorimer and trains him to play Romeo, with plans to return to the Castle together after rebuilding his life.
Graham Peck, snake expert, notes that snakes hold a fascinating power in their eyes and movements. He recites an incident where a gopher snake charmed a ground squirrel until the snake struck, ending the spell as the coils tightened. He cites black, gopher, racer and especially rattlesnakes as possessing varying degrees of charming power. The poison acts after the victim falters, and onlookers may misread a glance as the cause.
A seagull named Dick formed a 24 year daily routine with Brenton's Reef lightship off Rhode Island. The bird repeatedly returned each October after April departures, feeding for decades under Captain Fogarty. Dick's fate after 1895 remains unknown as age likely affected his travel.
The article surveys electric charge theory, plague serum use in Mazatlan with 313 cases and 205 deaths, potato-heavy German diets, Belgium meat sterilization for safer trade, rapid chemical tanning of hides, and precise tunnel boring on the St Gothard and Simplon Alpine projects showing engineers achieving near perfect alignment.
The Interior Department grants a Hot Springs, Arkansas lease to supply hot water baths for sick horses at a government reserve. Veterinary surgeons deem the springs beneficial for equine ailments such as rheumatism and gout, offering gratis treatment if needed. The report notes the springs attract many high pedigree racehorses as well as other blueblood stock.
A Warsaw journal recounts an experiment by a Polish nobleman to track stork migration. A stork tagged in Poland reappears next spring in the nobleman's park bearing a neck bundle of precious stones and a plate reading India sends him back with presents to the Poles.
The New York Press reports a German scheme where agents buy eggs daily from farmers. Each egg bears a registered stamp with a farmer’s number to prove freshness within 24 hours. Consumers returning stale eggs trigger reports that charge the farmer.
The New York Times notes a century after red river settlement that waves of settlers move into Saskatchewan Assiniboia and Alberta. It highlights rising production and export growth from Red River valley farmers now expanding into northern valleys and tributaries feeding Lake Winnipeg. Immigration adds about 200,000 to regional population last year.
An elderly New Jersey customer visits a downtown insurance agent and refuses mailed letters saying she can read writing instead. The exchange shows the woman's frustration as she rejects the printed correspondence and demands direct reading of letters.
Mrs Smythe purchases a box of mixed chocolates for a theatre outing though she never eats candy. Her neighbor cites her husband nibbling half a box before the play ends and notes a pattern of men eating more candy than women in theatre boxes, suggesting taste or habit as reasons.
The New York Press notes discomfort with passengers who manicure in elevated trains and street cars. A man digs under his nails with a knife, then surveys others as if praised for neat habits, while fellow riders view him as a disruptive nuisance in confined cars.
A New York Herald item warns that a man who habitually borrows money is building a stone wall across his own path to success. The anecdote suggests caution toward repeated borrowing as a self defeating pattern.
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.