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 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
5
An interview with a government employee urges sticking to one occupation for stability and wealth. He recounts failed ventures from stocks to pharmacy to law, then farming chickens and finally settling into a government job with land investments proving the best long term bet. The piece endorses frugal saving and steady investment.
The cork forests cover about 620000 square miles, with Catalonia and Barcelona regions leading in quality. Quercus suber trees grow to 35-110 feet, bark harvested from age fifteen, with cycles every three years, enabling lifespans over 150 years. Portugal dedicates over 30000 square miles to cork cultivation, while Spain and Portugal share similar bark harvesting methods.
A massive 260000 pound gun project at Albany Arsenal reaches completion and awaits carriage in Washington. It aims to launch a 2000 pound shell up to twenty one miles, using 1000 pounds of powder per charge. Pending tests at Sandy Hook, it may be mounted on a disappearing carriage at Fort Hamilton for coastal defense. Other similar weapons planned for various sites as the largest gun ever built.
A Henderson North Carolina resident known as Mr. Kelly praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a summer bout of dysentery was treated successfully. He reports using it as directed and achieving better control than previous remedies. Product available at Reinhart's Pharmacy in Portbase.
A New Haven dispatch reports Moriz Kopperl, a 45 year old Austrian fruit vendor, found 13 year old John Birmingham drowned in West River after placing a rye loaf with three candles in the stream. He claimed the loaf would follow the body’s course. it circled and the divers retrieved the body within a yard of the loaf. The strange event drew laughter from the crowd and police observers braced for a 19th century oddity.
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.