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!
Marriages and pithy proverbs in a world full of oddities
A collage of brief notes reports a Calcutta steeplechase for women, Japan records 346590 marriages with all brides under 22, Melbourne racing boosts back by halting shop betting, and a Norfolk editor keeps a five pound note. Other items cover General Booth, Preston doctors raising fees, a forgiving creed, and a Welsh mining disaster chain reaction.
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Melbourne
Bill
Jill
Courase
Northamptonshire
General Booth
Rusden
Preston
Eng
Friendly Society
Whitfeld
Iotoria
Cooma Express
Cooma
Michelago
Monara