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
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1916
Page
2
Quips and gibes about time, love, and daily mishaps unfold in a playful dialogue. Characters joke about grandfathers, training camps, and a tense moment as a husband hears of a wife’s gasoline incident. The humor hinges on misreads and light domestic misadventure.
Poorly copied article fragments recount a Catlettsburg Ky wedding where a groom paid 10 cents as a wedding fee to a minister who expected fare. The tale includes a mistaken extra 50 cent contribution and the minister’s 26 cent fare, with later Wheeling raid details listing fines and crowds.
The next governor will appoint a penal board to merge the two state penitentiaries the Penitentiary and the House of Correction into one administration. Key nominees include Charles T. Crane and Dr. J. Hubert Wade. Former officials and political maneuvering influence the minority seat allocations and board composition.
The scene near Union Bridge reports a prank gone wrong as a beekeeper disturbed a brindle bee colony. A garter snake, struck by multiple stings, halted its handler’s plowline and prompted a cautious retreat while the bees settled. Nearby, Mrs Annie Lewis Potomar St. notes a second crop on a bearing tree.
Advice on shampooing hair with plain coconut oil instead of soaps or shampoos. Coconut oil is cheap, greaseless, and cleanses well, leaving hair soft, bright, and easy to manage while removing dust and dandruff.
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.