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
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1891
Page
3
Flavel Scott Mines writes in Muusey s Weekly that spring awakens love with bright promise yet tests trust as chains of desire loosen and promises fade. The piece warns youths to beware when affection blooms in spring.
Dr. Clarke Forster treats Alexander Carathwaite, who saw a skull in a sixteenth century Venetian mirror. A dealer explains the glass bears a grotesque image typical of the era, produced by silvering. The patient recovers. the tale ends with the heir of a millionaire never returning.
Dr. Frank Baker of the Smithsonian explains how limbs evolved from simple side folds of early backboned creatures to paired fore and hind limbs with a shoulder girdle and finger-like bones. He notes scientists consider humans descended from seven-fingered ancestors and cites instances of extra digits at birth. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
An Arkansas and Oklahoma pair of blind men are noted for fearless travel and horse handling. Julu McClelland of Cane Hill moves solo between Cane Hill Tahlequah and Nowata on horseback crossing rivers, judging herd count by sound and guiding by instinct. He trades horses and mules for profit and once won a prize when his brother rode for it. A second blind man, Valentine from Vanita, seeks grouse hunting.
A census bulletin reports land and water area fractions for the United States, with land density at 21.08 persons per square mile. It notes Texas’ hypothetical population if as dense as Rhode Island and suggests the nation would swell to hundreds of millions under Rhode Island density.
A Chicago mother shares a private letter describing Chilean women as mostly commonplace and ignorant of their country yet increasingly active in public life. It notes late rising, mass, coffee, and social outings. shifts in gender roles include women in telegraph offices banks and stores. The writer cites streetcar conductors as common and unharassed, contrasting with Chicago attitudes.
The harp originated in the East and spread via Assyrians and Egyptians to Jews Greeks Finns Welsh and Irish. The Welsh harp preserved a single row, the Irish claim ties to medieval era, and a famed 1621 harp in Ireland bears Latin and Irish inscriptions.
In a curio of public life, ex president Grover Cleveland rides an A Bryant Sixth Avenue elevated train unseen by most passengers. The piece notes despite constant portraits, people fail to recognize familiar faces in public, even prominent ones, provoking amusement and reflection.
A Washington Star report traces the fading rag carpet trade once common in homes with wooden looms and handwoven floors. An elderly Dutch immigrant preserves the craft at a waterside shop, weaving twelve hours daily yet finding little demand as factory-made carpets eclipse the old handwork.
The piece claims Mecca attracts 100000 pilgrims or 60 annually visiting the city with little health provision and filthy water. It cites Bombay departures from 1894 and six years later, noting thousands die or vanish en route or at Mecca, with mortality rising among Bowbay pilgrims. It references the Lancet.
The piece contrasts older lordly justice with modern democratic lawmaking, noting high fines for crimes in ancient times and the evolving dignity of criminal jurisprudence. It critiques privilege, US Senate exclusivity, and hereditary peers, then digresses into satirical remarks on politics and money.
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.