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 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
4
The piece notes a shift toward separate tailored waists in costumes with chic, dashy styling. It contrasts this trend with the continuing popularity of the all around kilted skirt and interrupted effects.
A fragmentary column notes London laundries using about 750 tons of soap weekly and 11th century price hints such as three quarts of ale costing a penny in England. The text breaks off after a farmer’s brief experience.
Annie Rimsell to appear in a Marion Fairfax comedy in New York late season. Fannie Ward to lead in James K. Hackett's The Fool and the Girl. Walter N. Lawrence forms Madison Square Company with Miss Carlotta Nilsson head. An adaptation by the authoress of Marie Corelli's Barabbas slated for winter. The hero to be a robber from the New Testament.
An Atchison Globe piece questions changing speech and manners. It laments the old fashioned lunch label, paternal phrases, Bible quotes in domestic life, a doomed romance, and a mournful warning to children, reflecting a cultural shift in speech and behavior.
A collection of quips from various newspapers. The New York Herald jokes that betting races is not gambling while the Argonaut notes a jeweled whistle as a lady accessory. The St Louis Globe Democrat mocks Esperanto as a foolish waste, and the Chicago Journal quips about peanuts versus steak.
A Wisconsin merchant recalls Swedish clerks reporting payment promises from lenders. Yim Yonrson says he will pay when he sells pigs, Yim Olesen when he sells wheat, and Bill Pack in January. The boss notes Bills timing as a rare date to pay.
In 1883 mutual agreement established a standard time for railroad operations. The United States from 6 to 125 degrees west longitude is divided into four 15 degree zones. The Eastern section runs from Atlantic coast to a line Detroit to Kansas City, the Central from there to the western borders of Idaho Utah and Arizona, and the Pacific covers the rest. At noon in New York Eastern Time, Chicago Central Time reads 11 AM.
A discussion notes leprosy as a contagious disease with uncertain transmission. It cites that some households see one member affected while others remain unaffected, and asserts that origins in history stem from human importation rather than spontaneous emergence.
A damaged OCR fragment presents a poetic quatrain attributed to Joshua Sylvester. The text speaks of devoted love and celestial imagery, with lines about shining and watching over a beloved, including phrases of heaven and eyes. The readability is limited by garbled characters and missing portions.
Elsa Beverly, a professional entertainer, endures a nervous debut at Bow Lake Club. After fainting backstage, old friend Nell Bradford helps her recover, and Elsa learns her former troupe pursued her while she waited for a reply that never came.
Linen plays an important part in the summer fashion scene with brown tones in the lead. The article notes color variations year to year and hints at evolving snort accents while maintaining the focus on linen as a staple.
The article notes plaited skirts and decorative bands have become common and a change is expected in early fall. It highlights linen fashions with nautical plaiting and peplums, pointing to new ornamental designs in ready wear.
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.