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 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
3
Betty Wells reports on a brick terrace displaying white and green barrel furniture. Barrels serve as table legs, chair frames, plant tubs, and stools, with cushions and greenery enhancing the scene beside a rustic hickory arbor.
Since 1934 an aerial limousine service at Wall Street foot of the East River has drawn Manhattan businessmen, enabling 15 minute flights from Long Island homes that would take hours by train. Monthly rates are 40 dollars for four passengers and 60 dollars for eight passengers.
Little Joe Otter gathers friends at the Smiling Pool to reveal news that Farmer Brown's boy fears Buster Bear after finding his footprint in mud. The tale stirs Peter Rabbit, Billy Mink, Reddy Fox, Grandfather Frog, and Blacky the Crow as they debate the truth and plot.
Sudetens along the Czech border areas drill with shovels in youth training camps inspired by Germany. The movement mirrors German labor camp practices as tensions rise in Teplitz Schonau region of Czecho Slovakia.
The article traces anemia treatments from iron pills to liver and hog stomach extracts and transfusions, noting causes like dental sepsis and vitamin deficiencies. It also explains heart stress, urging rest, sensible activity, and avoiding heavy meals to protect damaged hearts.
A nationwide Agriculture Department survey finds hired help in the average American village home declining as bakeries laundries canneries and labor saving devices replace domestic service. Regional differences show New England and Pacific areas with the fewest households employing help and the average yearly expenditure at 54 dollars. The article also discusses urban renewal plans along the East River lower East Side including new playgrounds and riverfront promenades to replace dilapidated piers and tenement blocks and notes shifts in transit and shipping history.
The Pointe Aux Barques coast guard crew perished in 1880 after responding to a distress flag on Lake Huron. Captain Jerome Kiah survived. the scow vanished and its identity remains unknown. The log notes all six crewmen died in the icy surf after multiple capsizes and long effort.
The federal government's floating post office on the Great Lakes begins its forty third year serving crew and passengers. It offers a postal savings department money orders parcel post and operates seven days a week from spring to winter with Marcus Randall leading a team of seven postal workers.
New York report shows the United States averaging 236 eggs per person annually, higher than England 158 Germany 144 and Denmark 116. Canadians lead with 260 eggs per capita, with many eggs used in industrial applications.
Two motorists told superintendent Edmund B. Rogers that male black bears in Yellowstone Park killed and ate a cub after driving off the mother. Infanticide is said to be common among bears but undocumented in the park before this report.
In Denver a group of college students run a service hiring guaranteed non drinking drivers for weekend and holiday motor parties. Captain James J. Pitt of the police traffic division said officers stopped a car where all occupants had been drinking, except the driver who claimed his job is to stay sober and drive when needed. The driver explained the service as a regular business.
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.