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
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
6
A sewing guide explains using lightweight or heavy linen for blouses in a three piece suit, and how to transfer patterns with impression paper or tracing, ensuring the design aligns with the fabric warp and does not stretch when cut. It notes back motifs, careful spacing, and pre-cut embroidery to avoid distortion.
Craft notes describe daisies made from beads threaded on wires forming loop petals. Elaborate versions use small yellow bulbs at centers to glow brightly. Bead centers and daisies can join to create tiny candle shades with visible color through the flowers.
A folk remedy claims placing a flaxseed in the eye draws out a lodged cinder. The eye supposedly feels no flaxseed despite its size and relief occurs within minutes as the cinder drops out.
The popularity of scallops last winter and spring inspires scalloped embroidered tucks in pointed and rounded forms, large and small, some with a central dot. Both sheer and heavy fabrics showcase the scalloped tuck design.
An upbeat guide to celebrating a child’s first musicale with thoughtful gifts. It suggests framing portraits, scrapbooks, musical biographies, and starter libraries, plus practical options like a leather music bag, metronome, or clavier to foster steady practice.
A Southern laundress shares a method to keep black cotton, calico, and linen looking new. Dissolve black starch in warm water, make a warm scapsuds wash, rinse with vinegar and salt, apply starch, roll and iron on the wrong side with a black cloth. The result is deep, shiny black.
A piece discusses edge bands on summer quilts, used to protect edges from soil and wear. Bands are dark, decorative, and removable. If a quilt lacks them, bands can be added or replaced with closely woven material to prevent show-through of the foundation design.
The text describes careful wringing of laundry to remove water from each item after washing and rinsing. It emphasizes that proper wringing affects color and fabric appearance, noting the need to squeeze out the last drop for best results.
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.