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 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1911
Page
3
A New York hunter asks how a famed Canadian guide stays on a straight line to camp through thick woods. The guide cites a reliable signal: the inclination of trees and wind, not dampness or shade, to keep a straight course across wilderness.
A lecturer rails at wifely duties claiming happiness in marriage hinges on cooking and managing homes. A listener jokes that the real task ends with sewing on shirt cuffs, illustrating the gap between theory and practice with a pun on sewing.
A village baker accused a well to do farmer of short weight for butter. The magistrate summoned the farmer who claimed he needed no weights because he weighed the baker's weekly pound of butter with the pound loaf the baker sent him.
The Atchison Globe quotes that individuals can be fooled but the public rarely is. A single person cannot hide a fallacy from many, while a hundred minds expose it and share the correct thought. People learn from each other and grow collectively wiser.
A historical account describes wild animal trappers targeting lions tigers panthers and jaguars. It details cub theft as well as capturing adult felines with nets and rifles while describing the perilous, stealthy work in dense thickets and the risk of a lioness returning to defend her cubs.
A fragment notes A. W. Rolker referencing a trap described as a pee huge trap in Century. The text hints at trapping methods but lacks full context or events.
The article recalls Oliver Optic's success with moral tales for boys. It notes his formula of placing the moral near the end and warning the reader, ensuring both boy readers and parents approve. The quoted method aims to blend narrative with embedded guidance.
A London schoolboy writes on clothing noting that cloth is essential for all, with savages or natives wrapping body parts in cloth leaves or feathers. He compares cold climates to Eskimos who wear more clothing to endure ice, warns against illness from exposure, and describes caps coats trousers hats and frocks used to identify women and girls.
A London Tit-Bit style exchange shows a father arguing that his daughter’s music study keeps him from attending an engagement. He finally suggests he may come if circumstances permit, while others urge him to join tonight.
The passage presents broad statistics on global population density, geography, life expectancy, death and birth rates, and a note about governance with a governor and deputy from a council of directors. It mentions European density, Pacific depths, and the division into fifty political regions.
The Bank of England never reissues a used note and destroys it if exchanged for gold or other currency. This protects against forgery risks, though the system is costly. The bank’s affairs are conducted by its managers and officers in pursuit of monetary stability.
Experiments in Germany show light reflection percentages for various wall colors. Dark blue 6 percent, dark green about 10 percent, pale red a little over 16 percent, dark yellow 20 percent, pale blue 30 percent, pale yellow 40 percent, pale green 461 percent, pale orange about 55 percent, pale white 70 percent. Glossiness and varnish increase reflectance.
A woman argues with her features in a mirror then uses rouge powder and elf black pencil to alter her appearance. She ends with a smile that reflects her satisfaction, illustrating the moral that it is better to make up than continue differences.
The piece recalls Gladstone noting the value of discretion for a minister. It claims, after his marriage, he asked his wife whether to reveal nothing or everything and she chose to say everything.
A cafe guest calls for a waiter, prompting the staffer to insist he is a waiter, not a chef. the exchange captures a moment of humor or social role friction in a Cleveland Plain article snippet.
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.