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 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1915
Page
7
Investigations by the New York health department show the average private-household with servants wastes about one and a quarter pounds of edible food daily, while apartment homes waste far less. In tenement districts, a single garbage can serves 20 families, revealing large quantities of bread, meat, potatoes, cereals, and vegetables discarded.
The article explains future dirigibles may carry single seater fighters to counter air attacks. British experiments show airplanes released from dirigibles like R-84 can take off via a trapdoor and ladder, then fly independently, though the airship cannot recover the launched plane.
Pittsburgh executive Matthew Brash, head of International Shipbuilding at Hog Island, cherishes elephants as a hobby. He keeps ivory and ebony miniatures in his pocket and displays them at home, with hundreds of small figures noted in a census of his collection.
A customer argues with a druggist over a half-used bottle of cough syrup saying the cough was cured after taking only half the dose, and he wants something back. The druggist expresses genuine surprise at the claim.
Mrs. H C Coke returned from a week in Chicago. Fort Dodge shoppers included Mrs A B Olsen and Nina Smith. Rex McCreary and John Anderson made business calls in Emmetsburg and Fenton respectively. Ed ODonnell moved from Fenton to occupy Merle Weaver’s former house. Glenn Wallace family welcomed a son at Mercy Hospital Webster City on Feb 27. John Logan Jr from Des Moines visited family here. Andrew Nelson of Humboldt and Chris Olson did local business and carpentry work.
Ward McCreary teaching at Alcyster South Dakota spent the weekend with home folks. W H Weaver was a caller in Gilmore last Saturday. W Kelsholm of Alta was a caller here Sunday. H P Schoonover and Roy Ellsworth did business at Armstrong Monday.
A longtime vacationer, a judge, reports that a change in plans is coming this year. In the Marion club lobby, a remark about his usual Atlantic City trip prompts the judge to explain that he may not go due to family commitments. The wife cites the maid's hay fever and a Michigan trip instead.
Mrs E L Wood of Perry Iowa recounts a non surgical cure of scirrhus breast cancer by Dr O A Johnson Kansas City specialist. She describes a nine week treatment and a fourteen year remission with no recurrence, praising the doctor and his medicinal approach and offering his book Cancer Truths.
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease improved by Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally. It claims to attack the disease on the blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 reward for any case not cured. Druggists and testimonials are promised.
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.