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 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1908
Page
3
The News National Campaign Fund asks Democratic supporters to donate to William Jennings Bryan's campaign. Donors are instructed to make checks payable to The News Bryan Campaign Fund and mail to Prescott, Arkansas. Remittances will be acknowledged promptly upon receipt.
Hortense Nielsen and her celebrated company will appear at Greesen Opera House drawing theatre-goers with her emotional acting and gracious presence. Nielsen, praised for charm and sweetness, headlines a season featuring Magda, Mrs Dane's Defense, and A Doll's House with a strong following across cities.
A community notice encourages using alumni networks to gain publicity for local businesses. It suggests leveraging the same publicity approach used by a mail order man to boost visibility and attract customers.
Edin burgh philosopher Sir Arthur Mitchell KC asserts blushing is an achievement requiring brains. He argues infants learn to blush with brain development and that blushing is a bodily expression of a mental state, involuntary and controlled by the brain with no free will.
Four new pupils enter FMMET School including Miss Lula Queen and the Misses Stuckey and Mr Wirt Garland. Miss Laura Barton absent sick. Clarence Crumby breaks leg while driving cattle. Miss Hartsfield absent at Epworth League. A flag pole erected at the school. Douglas McSwain named flag guardian. Prof Crump discusses Shakespeare. Miss Ola Dickinson returns to teach at New Liberty. Elocutionist Annie Dell Meador billed for Oct 23. Democratic committee notes on duty and upcoming fight.
An address urging every Democrat in the 7th Congressional District to vote on Tuesday November 8 1908. It notes Hon R M Wallace the Democratic nominee faced by a Republican and emphasizes broad support for Bryan for president and Democratic strength in Congress. It warns against staying home and stresses personal turnout to influence the election outcome.
Paris Pattern No. 2525 from Practical Fashions offers a young girls tucked shirt waist in silk, linen, voile or cashmere. Includes shaped collar with removable shield, cuffs, and optional belt. Three sizes 18 to 17 years. material estimates given. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with size, name, and address.
A New York Press note describes a game called fly loo where Beven men in a broker's office place sugar lumps on a table and dip them in acids or liquors to attract flies. Players set a dollar limit, the owner of the first attracting lump wins the pot. No police or officials interfere.
A visiting elderly woman laments the paper's claim of thousands of baseball fans in the heat, insisting she cannot find any spectators while her city niece seeks explanation. The exchange captures a humorous moment about misreporting attendance and public perception at a ballpark.
The young divine frees himself from a blue bike bloom and asks if action will be taken for the slum children's seaside home this summer. She replies eagerly that a charity dance is being organized and she has ordered a directoire gown for the event.
In a dark city scene a lone watchman patrols his beat with a lantern and a gleaming dinner pail held steady in his hand. The night is quiet as he keeps watch, his calm vigilance unbroken by any weapon beyond the simple pail.
A housewife nicknamed the Cheerful Idiot hosts a Pot Luck dinner where an unfamiliar guest arrives as the meat is nearly ready. She disguises cabbage with aristocratic peas and makes a minced ham omelet to replace spared ribs, serving stale bread cake as dessert. The hostess explains the meal as shared what they have.
The article argues that gulls have become overly numerous over the past 16 to 20 years due to overprotection and coddling. County councils are starting to withdraw protections as flocks cause extensive fish destruction and prey on eggs and young birds, with Scotland noting lesser black backed gulls as verging on vermin.
The Boston Transcript reports a health risk from a large drift of small fish such as mackerel hake pollock and herring cast onto Nahant beaches after sightings of porpoises and whales. Fishermen work through tides but many fish are left behind.
John Goodnow, once consul general in Shanghai, was famed as an antique brass collector. His display featured a Buddha studded with uncut turquoises and garnets. After Chinese connoisseurs viewed the collection, an interpreter overheard a remark that pointed out a flaw: none of the brasses were over 1,000 years old.
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.