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 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
8
A compact excerpt on palm reading explains how hand shape and finger length relate to talent in arts. It notes supple hands and long fingers signal attention to detail, and cites signs like a small upper thumb phalanx, a flat thumb, a long Saturn finger, and a strong Apollo finger as indicators of artistic aptitude and color perception.
Local note items list many residents visiting relatives and friends across Indiana towns. Messrs and Misses travel between Warsaw Thorntown Mooresville Carmel Paris Danville Indianapolis and Irvington. The Sugar Grove School held a literary program and fair with student handiwork and prizes.
A playful exchange shows an inventor touting a device that could replace ten workers, while a visitor quips that his wife should have married the machine for its efficiency.
Percy Maxim of the American Radio Relay League asserts amateurs in the United States and Canada achieved long range signals to Scotland with less than one kilowatt, signaling a revolution in citizen communication and future radio telephony across nations. The effort involved 20 000 stations across four divisions, proving low power can span continents under varied conditions.
Local social notices recount visits and returns among residents including Harry Thompson and family from Lincoln Nebraska, William Stephenson near Danville, and Norman Chamness with daughter in law W Weesner. The Union Sunday School elected officers, Rev Clark preached, Morton Ayres injured, and various visits to and from Indianapolis Plainfield Georgetown Ill. Also listed are small financial figures likely incomplete.
Jesse H Williamson and John W Strohm sail from New York for Brazil to collect zoological specimens for the University of Michigan and other colleges. The six month trek aims to reach Porto Velho and follow the Madeira Mamore railroad into the Serra Dos Parecis, using dust shooting pistols to biopsy delicate insects without major harm.
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.