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 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
7
Procedures to stop bleeding in horses include compress bandages, ligatures, and digital compression for arteries. Use hot iron for rapid clotting, cold water for capillary bleeding, and antiseptics like bichloride or carbolic acid to form a strong scar and promote healing.
French market gardeners use four foot wide hotbeds to force asparagus through autumn to spring. Frames sit on fermenting manure 18 to 20 inches deep and are banked up to sash level. Heat is reduced before placing three to four year old roots closely on manure with minimal soil cover. Up to five crops are produced.
A fleeting sports note highlights how roots appear to track each other as the season advances, with observers noting the sequence and timing of growth in a shared frame. The report emphasizes patterns and potential implications for upcoming games.
A Pullman Washington experiment station report says alfalfa thrives in dry atmospheric conditions and semiarid Central Asian origins. It grows best under irrigation or dry farming, and performs poorly in humid climates though grown in some eastern states.
Arsenical dipping baths used to kill Texas fever ticks, allowing cattle to grow unhindered. The practice targets ticks on livestock and is described as an effective control method.
Scientific American warns buyers of second hand cars about widespread fakes. Examples include a rebuilt car with a wood piston, mispacked gears in grease with cork and sawdust, and leaks sealed with chewing gum. Other tricks feature papier mache radiators, aluminum painted hoses, and putty in crankcases.
A school board member tests students with numbers during a visit while the teacher denies noticing the apparent deception. A child three times suggests numbers that the official records as higher than expected, provoking silent reactions and a witty pushback from a red-faced urchin.
The article notes women hold about 2 500 of 12 000 administrative education posts nationwide including college presidents and superintendents. It cites 24 of 622 colleges led by women and 508 of nearly 3 000 county superintendents. Fifteen of 70 schools for the blind are directed by women.
A Scientific American report notes Venice hosts an observation station with electrical microphones that hear Austrian planes from Trieste about sixty miles away. Electric sirens alert residents as airmen approach, giving about forty minutes to marshal antiaircraft defenses.
The excerpt notes Jibway often rises at two or three in the morning and walks around his home. He claims to be a somnambulist yet reportedly heads to the ice chest to drink a bottle of beer.
A note urges households to cut high priced meats and feed families Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as a cheap nutritious alternative. Promotes a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg. Co. Omaha Neb. to every woman with recipes in many preparations.
A Hartford Courant column warns that pedestrians cause many close calls by not looking both ways as cars approach. It urges drivers to be cautious but notes horns, not credit, should be spared as a moral check on daily street dangers.
An Irish waiter named Kenny, famed for wit, faced a bet from a group of staying gentlemen. While a champagne cork popped noisily, Kenny quipped that the cork’s blast was not the way to Cork. He then added a reply about Kil Kenny, showcasing his quick humor.
A girl with striking red lips stands out as a clue in a reflective domestic scene. The narrator suggests the mother may be overwhelmed with chores, leaving little time to attend to the daughter’s appearance or mirror upkeep.
French Red Cross deploys motor cars equipped with X ray devices for field medical work, expanding mobile diagnostic reach and aid distribution during relief operations.
A brief World War II era note from London Opinion depicts a soldier taunting a German with a demand to surrender and return helmet, referencing a home-leave return next week.
A brief advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for dandruff and itching with a next day shampoo using Cuticura Soap. It claims a clean scalp leads to healthy hair and relief from dandruff burns crustings and scalings. Free samples by mail via Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
The French government has opened special colleges to rapidly train war wounded soldiers as elementary school teachers, aiming to reintegrate them into public education. The program targets veterans for swift instructional preparation and classroom placement.
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.