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 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1921
Page
24
Reverend F L Odenbach an astronomer from Saint Ignatius discusses the idea of life on Venus. He notes Venus is hotter than Earth and that human flesh could not endure the sun’s rays, but suggests alternative life forms might withstand Venusian conditions.
London reports a baby born three months early weighed one and a half pounds at birth. By the end of the fourth month the infant weighed nearly three pounds and now weighs five pounds and is well.
Port au Prince dispatch notes bleak labor conditions with day labor paying around 20 cents and sometimes 30 cents. Kitchen help is readily available without ads, and cooks average about $1.50 a week.
Paris report describes a fad among women to roll cigarettes in paper tinted to harmonize with their gowns. The trend emphasizes coordinated fashion and personal styling through colored cigarets as a new accessory.
An advertisement touts Hyomei the Wonderworker as a fast catarrh cure. The two minute relief claim uses a portable pocket inhaler with drops, promising weeks to complete recovery and a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Bartell Drug carries the product with a consumer guarantee.
The article describes Zion City under Rev. Wilbur Voliva as a rigid blue law town where Sundays are dominated by long church services, prayers, and sermons. Activities like reading newspapers and work are restricted while only clean conduct, prayer and Bible reading are allowed, with a sign declaring prohibitions on intoxicants, tobacco, profanity and vulgarity.
Mime Penimeon was sentenced to life imprisonment for aiding in the murder linked to her husband who died on the eve of trial. The husband killed a six year old girl, then dismembered the body and hid the parts under a bed. She claimed he was a domineering tyrant whose will she could not resist.
Jan Ma Conan Doyle asserts he has collected many reports of fairy sightings and presents photographs of tiny fairies dancing before Yorketlre girls. He claims the images are faked and argues the pictures are not genuine fairy evidence, sparking debate among readers.
In Indianapolis on January 21, mothers report difficulty getting daughters to wear corsets to dances. The cause is the salutes from young men with the phrase Hello Old Ironsides. The custom disrupts the ladies dressing room as chairs are piled with corsets and declarations of wanting to be a nail flower.
Lucerne police chief rules Shakespeare plays are too obscene and orders one company’s season repertoire submitted for censorship to remove unsuitable pieces.
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.