28 Dec 1920
Page 1
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 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1920
Page
1
A blaze on the second floor of a building on Shove Street left three men and a woman dead after hours inside. Firefighter Haig found the victims while responding to reports of the inferno. the survivors included a man and a wife with relatives listed. Authorities investigate the cause as neighbors mourn the losses.
Fragmentary notes recount local events in Kittery and nearby towns. Mentions include a funeral sermon for Henry Wallingford at Severn Chapel Church, community reunions, and various residents' activities. The garbled OCR records multiple names, places like York Village and Rockland, and scattered family notices and social items.
A long, garbled reminiscence that threads memories of wartime figures and events, invoking Julius Caesar Napoleons, battles, and the idea of humanight devotion. It muses on leadership, order, and the moral weight of conflict across places like Pekin, Layton, and distant cities, blending myths with historical names.
A local gathering at Alfred 2’s residence featured tea, cake, candy and fruit. Guests included Mrs Utley and Mrs Jiutelius of Port Dane, along with the Farringtons and other neighbors. A Christmas program followed at the vestry, with prayers and musical performances by church members and visiting guests.
A garbled OCR passage lists numerous personal names and fragmented phrases such as Keaitilion Dorothea Trew Nerelso Lyten and many others. The item resembles a damaged society or directory snippet with scattered names and unrelated terms, lacking coherent narrative or events.
Washington reports a British Embassy scare after a gas explosion awakened residents. Nine manholes were blown open, guards patrolled the area, and authorities probed a possible bomb threat amid foggy, uncertain details and lingering tension.
The Unitarian Universalist Sunday schools held a Christmas celebration Monday evening at the Unitarian chapel, delivering a merry program for attendees.
A garbled note describes a participatory event with a thin Christmas tree, candy, and friend child. The text mentions observers, a title bearer Otis Vieningg and fee sreqm, with Miter Grote Chuus arriving and sorting cakes.
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.