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 26 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1904
Page
4
In a New York beer garden a brass band played Wagnerian tunes at deafening volume. A woman insulted her husband in a loud tirade until the music paused, then her husband calmly urged her to quiet until the band resumed.
A playful Chicago Tribune exchange features a boll weevil asking who the red ant is and the ant answering with a long scientific name Selenop sis Cebilis Texana. The other mocks the exterior while the ant offers to reveal its interior. A separate Chicago Daily News quip notes a miserly man hoards his dollars.
A Chicago pair jokes about dining at a Chinese restaurant. One man notes boiled rice while the other remarks on chopsticks and civilization ending with a quip about using a knife to eat. The tale is recounted in the Catholic Standard and Times.
A brief, humorous exchange shows a suitor pressing Mr. Nervey with marriage plans for his daughter. Mr. Boxley reacts with surprise while the wren comments, defending the girl against prejudice in a light local vignette.
The passage notes that creators of small improvements, such as a cross grain cut for matches, can earn substantial profits. It explains a struck match often snaps off, increasing overall match consumption and potential gains.
A collage of quotes remarks on speculation by a “Scalper” and a bent toward risk, plus wry lines on in law and self-made women. The clip cites Town Topics Chicago Tribune and Indianapolis News to contrast dampened success and family tensions.
An American Farmer piece argues curing meats at home is superior to modern packing-house methods. It claims old fashioned Virginia hams and bacon offer richer flavor, while mass produced, saltpeter and creosote treated products harm demand and prices. It urges farmers to cure for home use and for sale, citing Virginia hog-raising and Tamworth breeding as key to quality pork.
A farmer recounts pond building missteps and fixes, recommending locating on suitable land with gravelly subsoil, fencing to protect the basin, and hogs and corn pens in adjacent areas. It advises stocking the pond with fish and notes the pond as an ice source with an on-site ice house, aided by state fish departments.
Wallace's Farmer argues the practice wastes feed value and money. It cites a simple test with ears dry weighted to show corn in roasting ears stores limited nutrition, and notes hogs need a varied diet with oats barley or ground rye for cost effective finishing.
A Farm and Fireside piece urges poultrymen to stay informed on breeding, feeding, and care. It emphasizes individual bird differences, environmental effects, and continuous study to improve breeder selection and overall flock success.
The Southern Farm Gazette notes farmers often miss the mercantile side of farming. It argues success hinges on timely sales at various prices, and on educating farmers to save, convert surplus into cash, and supply food for people and animals.
The Tamworth breed, originating in Tamworth England, is valued for its lean meat and active nature. It is rising in popularity across the country, with distinctive red color in two shades and long legs suited to foraging.
The piece discusses using decayed plant matter to improve soil structure, Tennessee brews as a growing shipping hub for breaches, muck swamps as potential value sources, early shearing benefits for sheep, frosted silo corn feeding, the ater hog trend among butchers and breeders with Yorkshire as a leading claim, and thrifty igora goats needing winter care with about 750 pounds of hay per goat and ample pasture to avoid shortages.
A discussion of how animals including horses dogs and cats identify via odor and how humans may also emit discernible scents. It cites Dr Burtaro Adachi claiming some people can sense nationality by smell, notes diet and cleanliness influence odor, and mentions regional and racial scent variations among populations and hair color.
A New York man has secured patent rights on a device for paring and peeling fruits and vegetables. Two revolving arms equipped with sharp knives are operated by a crank, while the fruit is held by a pointed crank. As the knives pass, a clean even peel is removed, offering expert, rapid work and consistent peel thickness with minimal waste.
Mrs Jinks accuses the heroine of not marrying for love while Mr Jinks deflects with clever quips. The debate shifts from sentimental to society to modern and political plots as they argue over what constitutes an advanced novel. The exchange, attributed to the N Y Weekly, captures household humor about literary trends.
Ally Sloper notes Mrs Lovebird has wed last month and enjoys a new diamond ring, furs, and a silver-mounted bike as part of her celebratory status. The tone hints at gossip and personal wealth in a light society sketch.
A humorous exchange reveals a man’s tangled love interest as two women reignite a quarrel over a proposed union. The judge notes the suitor’s confusion about whom he planned to ask, highlighting social misunderstandings in courtship.
The fragment reflects a tribute to Socrates highlighting patience and forgiveness and hints at a wife’s influence on personal restraint. The garbled OCR suggests a historical or biographical note on virtue and domestic support shaping notable character.
A Chicago inventor has designed a folded steel curtain to cover windows on tall buildings with fire escapes. The curtain remains lighted through the window yet drops instantly when a fire escape is used, shielding occupants from flames as they descend. The device aims to prevent exposure to falling glass and flame during evacuations.
The article reports Prof Blondlot’s claim that N rays enable viewing brain activity through the skull. A small phosphorescent card touched to the head supposedly lights up over speech areas as the brain’s vocal center activates. The method allegedly traces speech regions by scanning the head and hand, invoking historical links to Reichenbach’s aureoles.
Dr Gould argues against training children to be ambidextrous noting lifelong difficulties for left handed individuals forced to write with the right hand. He cites a case of a man now over fifty who hates writing and relies on a stenographer, with inhibited thought when writing and uneven brain coordination. He praises cerebral specialization over forced ambidexterity.
A Topeka cigar maker issued a ten cent domestic cigar named Our Justice with a portrait of Justice Brewer on the box. The piece notes Brewer’s rise to the supreme bench and recounts a Topeka hotel encounter where a bellboy misheard and joked about the jurist.
In Middlesex New York Mrs Betsey A Clawson reports years of inflammatory rheumatism cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says two boxes cleared crippling pain and allowed her to perform daily tasks again. The ad attributes rheumatism to uric acid and claims pills remove it from blood.
A collage of promotional blurbs includes Allen's Post-Ease promising relief for painful feet and new shoes, plus ad notes from A. Bim in Olmsted Le Roy. Other items tout Dr Kline's nerve restorer, National Caskets for funerals, and various quotes from newspapers.
Miss Nellie Holmes of Buffalo urges suffering women to rely on Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as she did. The testimonial from Miss Nexum Hormes of 540 No. Division St. claims relief from menorrhagia and back pain after using the medicine, noting improved health and appetite.
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.