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 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1926
Page
2
London reports groundbreaking experiments by Professor Yourevitch and Malle Teleguina of Prague showing washed animal red blood cells can safely replace human donor blood in transfusions. They note plasma toxins are removed by washing, enabling cross species use and potential stockpiled bottles of red cells for urgent care.
Cambridge counters Oxford oarsmen with oversized plus-fives trousers described as ten inches longer than standard. The trend includes golfing plus fives with dramatic color and diamond socks. In windy weather players adjust flapping fabric to make delicate putts.
Moscow based archeologists report discovery of an ancient city remains on Moscow outskirts dating to the fifth century BCE. Iron arrows knives glass beads bone combs gold and silver jewelry primitive pottery signs for textiles and evidence of cattle breeding. Traces of an ancient Kremlin were excavated.
In Yonkers New York, 22 year old Peter Simarney had Miss Julia Bishara arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after she proposed to him and he rejected her. The Yonkers City Court judge refused the charge but warned Bishara to stay away from Simarney and stop harassing him.
Dr. Gerrit S. Miller Jr. of the Smithsonian will lead a collecting expedition to the Gulf of Mexico to shoot porpoises that enter shallow waters at low tide. The aim is to study distinctive porpoise traits and advance mammalogy, with plant collection for the national herbarium. The effort highlights Miller’s thirty years at the Smithsonian and his 1894 link to British Museum mammalogy methods.
Marcus A Dow reports to a Hoover conference that 33 percent of intoxicated drivers in 185 cities escaped punishment in 1925. He cites 14 505 drunken arrests and 146 766 for speeding or reckless driving without intoxication, with Florida’s Jacksonville showing full punishment in every case.
Tokyo and other Japanese cities host youths in white cotton garments practicing mizugori, age-old water purification rites for Fudo temple craftsmanship. Apprentices chant Rokkon Shojo as they run to temples, pour cold water, and receive hotamasake before returning home. The ceremonies emphasize endurance and health, rain or shine.
Lead and silver finds revive Beatty on the Nevada California line turning a near ghost town into a bustling frontier community. Mines and new roads bring work for carpenters and laborers while hotels restaurants and garages sprout to serve a growing population of hundreds. Leadfield nearby hosts tents and a western mine extends a 125 foot tunnel as prospecting floods the area with hopeful capital and activity.
Miss Virginia Hiker, eighteen, a Washington coed, is acclaimed the perfect girl of the capital per measurements by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka.
The navy reports a carrier pigeon that had left a Canal Zone station for a year returned to duty in San Diego. The bird rode 40 miles in a car driven by Mrs. Evelyn Johnson of San Diego, boarding near Oceanside, then flew to a naval aviation station to resume service.
Two American scholars Dr. Phyllis Ackerman and Prof. Arthur Upham Pope report discovering ten early gothic tapestries in the attic of St. Mark's cathedral. They date to about 1430 and feature borders and a violet black background that makes the reds and greens stand out.
In Cameron parish Louisiana the war on alligators in the marsh district was paused after dynamite from seismic tests camps was found eaten by gators. A post mortem on one lizard showed sticks in the stomach, prompting caution as trappers worry further may react to bullets. The drive to kill gators aims to protect muskrats valuable for fur.
Joseph Stone, exhausted and nearly frozen, spent the night aloft in a swaying tree after a bear shared the spot at the bottom near the Beaman farm in Winchendon Massachusetts. A passerby, Daniel P Morlock, rescued him in the morning and a hunting party hurried to the scene to pursue the bear which headed toward Monadnock mountain.
Glasgow plans to modernize Rob Roy MacGregor’s Glen Gyle house on the Perth and Stirling borders with electric call bells for servants and incandescent lighting. Some locals call it sacrilege while Rob Roy’s legend remains strong in Scottish lore and in Sir Walter Scott’s writings.
London notes that Michael Constantine de Courcy, Baron Kingsale, holds an hereditary prerogative allowing him to keep his hat in the king's presence. Granted by Sir John de Courcy in King John’s reign for conquering Ulster, the privilege has been exercised several times, most recently in 1859 before Queen Victoria.
Emile Rohne of Berlin weighs 585 pounds as he steps off the Hamburg American Line steamer Westphalia in Boston. The note records his enormous size and arrival details.
Scientists from the Department of Agriculture report using rarefied air to kill moths and other insects inside stored articles. Exposing pests to one fifth to one thirtieth of normal air in a sealed trunk can kill them in days, with the method said to outperform fumigation.
Dr A R Crook chief excavated a prehistoric monster remains near Golconda for the Illinois state museum. The find includes three teeth weighing fourteen pounds each a seven foot nine inch tusk and a four foot wide skull. Fifteen boxes were needed to hold the remains found during dam No 31 construction on the Ohio river waterway project.
In Constantinople Turkey authorities arrest women deemed too outspoken. Several activists are already in custody for criticizing the current regime.
In San Juan Agency Arizona the Navajo are reshaped by schooling and oil wealth. Education expands capacity doubling schools with 650 children taught and 350 higher students across the West while new houses replace hogans. Oil wealth adds 12 percent royalties and pipelines to Farmington and beyond.
Clarence H. Powell of Jefferson Iowa filed a warranty deed in Sharp county conveying 160 acres northeast of Hardy to Jesus Christ. The document phrases surrender of all claim by the Lord who bought the right to possess the earth, citing creation inheritance and purchase by His life. dated February 16 and witnessed by J Watson and W H Young.
Archeologists report bone skates fashioned from cattle bone dating to the fifth century B C discovered in a Prague museum. The bone is flattened along its length with end perforations for ankle thongs, the curved ends guiding the foot and forming the running edge.
London doctor Evelyn Saywell, a leading authority on child welfare, urged in a talk on The Psychology of Infancy that a baby should be allowed to howl and take risks, arguing that a strict safety stance stifles adventure and achievement.
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.