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 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
8
A historic column extols elephant intelligence with anecdotes from Rangoon teak yards and Ceylon rubber estates. It notes elephants knock off for lunch, resist unreasonable tasks, and remember offenders after years, with stories of tooth extraction and memory vividness.
The excerpt argues from effect back to first cause, claiming evolution explains the cosmos and human development. It notes tensions between accepting truth via evidence versus relying on cold reason and urges clarity before deeming ideas doubtful or impossible.
Kenneth Dudley Smith of Staten Island exhibits Young America All Wet at the National Salon of Photography in New York. The show features 274 pictorial prints and 7 technical prints, chosen from 2,070 entries by leading American photographers.
A new home kitchen in northern Virginia features a semi-gloss white ceiling and walls with medium gray woodwork trimmed in vermilion. The dark Stay floor complements vermilion and white checked curtains for a bold color scheme.
A reflective piece argues purpose shapes life outlook. It contrasts despair with the idea that events gain meaning through a guiding purpose, comparing medicine’s poison to life’s sorrows and noting civilization benefits from controlled forces like electricity, urging broader perspective.
Lydia Le Baron Walker discusses prudent spending to appear prosperous, warning against waste in daily life. The piece then details safe, stylish knife rack designs for kitchens, emphasizing wall mounting, blade orientation toward the center, and child safety.
A fragmented passage speaks of a vast orderly universe and cosmic process guiding all things from grass to forests. It asserts purpose in moral and spiritual realms and claims events work together for good in a broad, contemplative view.
A new coating product on the market offers decorative effects in gold, silver, white and other shades. It can be applied to glass and metal as well as many other surfaces and dries quickly. The coating crystallizes in unique patterns as it dries.
Chicago premiere to National Academy of Sciences presentations displayed film of solar flares shot from Michigan researchers at Lake Angelus. Dr. Robert R. McMath and Dr. Edison Pettit used the McMath–Hebard telescope to capture jetting flames up to 100000 miles high and rainbows 156000 miles long, revealing new solar cloud formations and atmospheric behavior.
Reported tests claim dilute sulfuric acid spray can cut weed presence in fields without harming grains. California Texas and Midwest trials show 30 to 84 percent weed destruction depending on crop and weed type, notably wild radish and mustard.
Armand Vevina, who claims the world rocking title, says he has logged about 50 000 miles in the last five months in his rocking chair. He recalls rocking eight miles in a single stretch without a pause.
Lauren Sennett, amateur photographer from The Dalles Oregon, lowered a camera 680 feet into a well to capture a photo showing the position of two ripe items lost during a drilling operation. The stunt aims to set a record in long-distance remote control photography.
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.