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 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
9
Fragmentary verse fragment speaks of a woman named Muchube and a forest muse. The speaker recalls nature, night, and a shared bond, with imagery of trees, wind, and a distant memory of harmony. The text hints at copyright and a missing final line.
A fragmented write up praising a cook book and table setting trends. It extols well kept dining tables, attractive centerpieces of flowers, and tasteful china. Notes fashionable tableware, linen quality, and the appeal of color in kitchen decor.
A historical piece outlines hotel positions for women, detailing roles from desk to floor clerks and restaurant staff. It notes salaries from £50 to $150 a month, housing and lodging often provided, and stresses intelligence, good manners, and a level head as essential. College women are encouraged to view hotel work as a path to independence and career advancement.
A discussion of canard meaning hoax in French and English, tracing Norbert Cornellis de Canard’s misreported duck experiment. It notes the hoax tale became a lasting slang form in Paris and borrowed into British use as a coined meaning.
F A Walker argues that modern college graduates are educated but untrained, confusing knowledge with education. He cites Edison and Kilvon as examples and contrasts theoretical schooling with practical training, noting St Bernard and Banquo’s echoed wisdom on learning from experience and practice.
Opinion piece laments a land filled with talkative advisers and theorists who avoid hard labor. It urges able bodied men to quit dispensing misinformation and instead take up practical work, closing the era of constant chatter with a moratorium on volunteer misinfo.
The article explains how spar like Teeland spar forms from hydrothermal activity with mineral fillings in rock cracks. It notes clear crystals of Teeland spar in a lime carbonate matrix in western Teeland and its optical properties for polarizing light. Deposits in Montana and Cedarville area are mentioned with attempts to develop them.
A town resident faced an odd social moment as ladies invited the newcomer to feed his children to Sunday school. He replied with humorous mispronunciation about Sam Hutchson Sunday schools, provoking startled reactions in Barper's Magazine.
The narrator recounts trusting charms and eye wards amid African beliefs, describing a hooded figure, antique talismans, and a journey through superstition versus Western skepticism. He recalls encounters in Hampstead, Algeria, Tunisia, and rural Africa, questioning cultural perceptions and belief.
A two year study describes India’s attempt to develop a breech that would fire a shell at about sixty miles. The design splits the explosion chamber and barrel into connected parts, guiding gas pressure to accelerate the projectile while redirecting outward through a narrowed junction.
An expert notes gold and silver occur in mwali quantities within Cumbria coal deposits in Wyoming. Pyrite distributed through the seam suggests metal carries precious metals. Coke from the coal yields about one pennyweight of gold per ton, enough to offset high axle content. Similar occurrences cited in South Africa with quartzite ore rich in gold.
Historical notes in Yachting World and Marine Motor Journal describe the alarm schooner of 248 tons built at Lymington on a 12 ton cutter, lengthened to a schooner, and converted in 1852. In a race of 52 hulls against the Swedish Sverige, the Align won by minutes with an average speed around 12 knots.
A fragment notes a person named Deserved One connected to a wartime pension inquiry. The text references a refusal or exemption due to family responsibilities and health issues. It mentions a local board, a wife, children, and a heart condition affecting eligibility. The garbled language suggests confusion over pension recommendation.
A classroom exchange recalls King Solomon as famed for multiple marriages, with a child asking what he was noted for above all. The quip presents the Marrage line as a playful misstatement attributed to the Boston Transcript.
A whimsical tale follows Nurse Fog guiding a coastbound voyage with grandchild readers. Marine figures like the Storm King, Mother Ocean, and a gray cat observe buoy bells and boats, while Nurse Fog showcases fog cape tricks over towering city buildings and urges caution for seafaring crews.
A classroom moment pivots on a winter gag as a teacher asks a question about what appears on every band students answer with gloves. The quip highlights a playful exchange between teacher and pupil about winter attire.
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.