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 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1892
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text appears to quote a poem or literary piece with archaic diction. It references lovers, arrows of death, and masters, with lines about leaving blindly and young men. No clear event, date, or identifiable person or organization is present.
Mrs Clifton confronts Squire Burton over a contested mortgage payment alleged by the widow's late husband. Burton claims no such payment exists and insists the mortgage remains. Clifton vows to cancel debt or move to settle the matter, with potential foreclosure looming February first.
Mrs Clifton uncovers a forged mortgage receipt tied to Nathan Burton after her husband’s death. Christopher retrieves a $609 receipt proving Burton’s claim, while Clifton refuses to pay twice. The breakdown highlights moral and legal risk in the dispute over the mortgage balance.
The item mix reports a woman trapped in a barn near Cedar Rapids after a dispute, a tramp in Indianapolis returning a stolen soap bar, a dog jealous cat bite incident near Washington DC parks, and a count of 120000 trees in public areas of Washington with 447 species. It notes a Maine divorce claim over introductions to a mistrusted method, the mythic "marly tree" found across states, and various stray curiosities about animals and local happenings.
A rapid catalog of measurements and curiosities covers mortality rates, population estimates in London, and language usage. It notes naval physics, nail thickness, insects, a luminous buoy, glacier counts in the Alps, transatlantic cable latency, and writing direction shifts.
The item outlines popular jewelry such as pearl brooches rosettes and pearl accents for mourning wear, gold and silver bracelets, spurs of pearls, and gold crop links. It notes visiting books, Maeredelis silver toilet pieces, and tourist use of pink Florida and West Indies pearls. Also includes household tips on soap storage and cooking uses for drained pasta water.
A fragmented passage explores women’s roles and autonomy, arguing that society dictates appearance and action. It contrasts a woman choosing personal happiness with betraying trust and condemns clinging to outdated principles as harmfully rigid.
A Cleveland born Mra Varian Mortara has started practicing medicine in Brooklyn after graduating from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia High School Alumnoi Association plans continued fundraising for aged teachers and features a Paris singer named Yrette Guilbert among other items.
The text contains disjointed fragments mentioning figures and places such as New York, Baltimore, and Washington. It references U.S. Senate members from New York, various named individuals, London and Montreal society items, and scattered biographical notes about public figures, missing coherent narrative.
A damaged OCR fragment on kitchen practices mentions heating devices and bread preparation. The excerpt is unclear but notes preheating equipment with water for hours and advises on bread texture and mixtures. It resembles household instruction language from an old period.
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.