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 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1900
Page
8
A humorous Old World vignette features suburb dwellers debating memory aids. One man recalls a load of kindling his wife asked for, another discovers his overshoes contain a note, illustrating how memory prompts survive in daily life.
The article notes Mexico produced 1,000,000 pounds of rubber last year and shows growing rubber trees. It lists values for crops including corn 77.9 million, wheat about 50 million, rice 6 million, beans 10 million, potatoes 1 million, chili higher, sugar 12 million, pulque 2 million, cotton 5 million, coffee about the same as cotton, and tobacco five million dollars.
A string of paradoxes explores human behavior and social norms. The narrator asks why language and actions defy expectations, from excuses and temptations to pride and fear, revealing the gap between words and deeds. Each line presents a pointed, almost aphoristic puzzle about desire, truth, and self-control.
Washington's lumber sector shows rising importance with 1897 data. Shipments to the East reach 7 737 carloads of lumber and 17 573 carloads of shingles, with vessel shipments totaling 898 434 098 feet of lumber and 85 037 185 pieces of lathing. Goods were sent to California, Alaska, and at least twenty three foreign countries, indicating wide distribution.
The Italian bootblacking business in New York shows strong profits with five flourishing branches in tight spots. Efe operates a large shop that requires a young woman as cashier. Rent exceeds $6,000 yearly and total annual expenses run around $15,000.
A playful exchange shows a boy shrugging off curiosity about the moon’s distance from Earth as he asserts they have the job and can proceed with errands. The governor’s question highlights a contrast between wonder and practical work in a hometown setting.
A sketch notes the Atlantic’s depths from the Canary Islands toward the West Indies, describing a steep plunge from the African side toward the Americas with depths reaching about forty nine thousand feet in places.
A reminiscence from a pilot who knew Mark Twain describes the humorist steering the Blue Bird up the Mississippi. Twain misreads the river, spins the wheel and jokes about aiming for Memphis but ends up in White River, prompting a warning from the mate to steer clear of danger.
A sweeping miscellany cites 1812 factory and rolling mill origins in New York and Pittsburgh, botanical studies of comote by H J Webber, and Walter Scott manuscripts up for auction in London. It notes Cape Colony blue asbestos, the Stourbridge Lion locomotive, Baldwin's 1000 engines yearly, Arctic exploration, a $10,000 Indian curios collection, Chihuahua’s industrial college, Machias Talleyrand lore, dragonflies of Paleozoic age, and a vast prehistoric fauna record.
A magistrate questions a prisoner about an arrest while the man claims to be minding his own business. The officer’s supposed arrest is challenged as odd, with the inmate bluntly stating his crime as burglary.
The text lists diverse South American details: Miireig as a Brazilian coin, Brazil's abolition of slavery, Rio de Janeiro's college with 600+ students, Brazils coffee crop value and imports, Italian emigrants to South America, Bolivia’s foreign relations minister, Brazil’s navigable rivers, the African dromedary in Bolivia, emeralds from Bay rince in Colombia, Protestant churches in Buenos Aires, rubber production in the Amazon, Argentina's Roman Catholic president, Colombia's limited manufacturing, cattle raising, Chile's length and width, civil marriage in Brazil, Rome as official church in many republics, Brazilian religious vows barring office, a 1888 Costa Rica canal concession lasting 99 years.
A correspondent recalls windy talk in Duele Silas country store about storms and blowing winds. Abe Wrox claims a wind blew the town clock back fourteen days. Campbell recounts a Montana tale of a door opening storm turning a house inside out and a man ending up on a peach tree as bacon and bread sailed by.
A man asks if he may kiss her and she answers by turning on the light an hour and a half earlier. He reflects on his own life and wonders how others who started behind him later advanced.
Scientists report memory improves in summer compared to winter. Excessive eating, excessive physical activity, and surprisingly, excessive education are cited as major memory foes.
A historical note on the drum marked as essential in warfare from reverse to taps guiding duty and rest. It aids marching, inspires charges, and boosts cheers while muffling calls, valued by both awkward squads and veterans as well as deserters who fear its reach.
A student asks if water air and political elements exist. The professor replies that political elements are not exactly those but are akin. The student presses for examples and the professor mentions wire water and wind as related concepts.
A simple burglar alarm uses a spring wedge placed to fit under a door or between windows. The equal shaped wedge closes an electric circuit when the door or window is opened, triggering bells. The device pivots as it is moved before tampering.
Reports describe cannibal human alligators in Western African rivers that lure boats to shore and slaughter passengers with curved knives. The article likens them to human leopards, noting organized groups, portable pistols, and distinctive outfits among Satgari tribesmen, contrasting past and present frontier life.
Voltaire at Fredericks court sends compliments to Mme de Pompadour who is rebuffed by the king. Madame persuades Louis XV to seek friendship with Austria, prompting a Franco Austrian army to oppose Prussia. Elizabeth of Russia becomes involved through Frederick's remarks and sympathy from the empress. Half a million Hyves are st.
An anecdote from the Jewish World recounted by Vienna West centers on a dinner debate about Judaism. Gladstone notes that Hebrews have given Spinoza and Mendelssohn, then asks who was the Hebrew statesman, receiving the quiet answer Moses, which provokes a shared smile and laughter.
A character laments illness and the doctor’s orders as he jokes about drinking more wine than beer. The playful exchange contrasts medical advice with the speaker’s stubborn cravings, underscoring a lighthearted take on infirmity.
Fragmentary line suggests concerns about a woman's situation after marriage. The text hints at deterioration or risk of things getting worse, with unclear context about a person named Miett and a pronoun she. No concrete events or names beyond Miett appear.
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.