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 Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1913
Page
9
In Kenosha Wisconsin banks and manufacturers ended a trial of weekly automatic savings certificates paid with salaries. Despite hundreds of thousands of dollars in certificates issued, few workers kept them and most returned to banks within two days. Workers insisted on cash wages.
John Boyd Grey of Fuller & Grey seeks an open commission in Bermuda to question hotel staff as part of his divorce suit against wife. Justice Ford denied the request amid accusations of infidelity on both sides. Mrs. Grey contends the Bermuda testimony was not necessary and laments funding the fight.
Mrs. Jennie May Eaton, who spent seven months in Plymouth jail while denying she killed her husband Read Admiral Joseph G Eaton, was told by Governor Foss that compensation may be possible under a new act though not direct reimbursement. She plans to appeal in court. California woman faces severe cold with lung involvement, relief reported after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Governor McGovern told the Twilight Club the high cost of living stems from population shifting to cities despite rising population and falling farm output. He urged making farming more attractive as the remedy, citing Sir Horace Plunkett’s motto better farming, better business, better living.
Miss Marie Howth Howard, from New Jersey, faced arrest in New York for sending prohibited matter through the mails to her husband J D Howth. She testified the messages described rent distress and sought money, defended as her only means to reach him after his withdrawal of support.
Nicholas Doyle, a sheep herder in Boise, was bitten by a coyote while asleep in his tent at 2 AM. He fought the animal with his tie, witnessed the coyote flee, and traveled to Boise for rabies treatment. The attack left wounds above and below his eye.
New York dispatch reports Mr and Mrs James S Biddell of 66 Grove Ter Passaic N J will quietly observe their fifty fifth wedding anniversary celebrating by attending morning service at First Presbyterian Passaic then Christmas shopping in Manhattan, dinner at a hotel and theatre visit. The couple have resided in Passaic for half a century and will mark the occasion with family and church rites.
New York statistics show Manhattan averages 4.8 stories overall and 11 stories in the Broadway below Chambers area. Of 92,749 buildings, only 1,048 exceed ten stories and nine-tenths are houses not taller than six. fireproof options are limited and advisory officials weigh height limits similar to Boston.
London reports after twelve years of girl messengers that boy messengers are better and cheaper. Thirty girls will be laid off after December 27 with wages 11 to 12 shillings weekly. Boys in day and night shifts earn 8 to 10 shillings, with hours 9 to 6 and shorter Saturday afternoons.
Andrew Phillips files for divorce from Grace Phillips in supreme court claiming marital friction began after she wore night clothes at the table. He cites housework as his duty but alleges lack of cooperation after moving to 500 West 144th Street and earning 25 dollars a week from an inheritance. Judge Judson G. Wells presides at No. 1 Union Square.
Felix E. Tumulty secretary to Mayor Mark M. Fagan and brother of Joseph P. Tumulty secretary to President Wilson announced that he married Lena Altz last Monday in St. John's church Jersey City The ceremony was conducted by Rev John Mulligan a St Peter's College classmate and the couple are now visiting Washington as guests of the President's secretary and family.
In Portland, Judge Joseph E. Connolly urged a brake on divorces saying courts must see all facts in each case. He stated he would not grant divorces to accommodate clients or to enable them to wed others, highlighting a ratio of dissolutions at one per 653 marriages.
A dense catalog entry lists numerous solid gold items including pins, chains, watches, lockets, belts, brooches, beads, crosses, and watch bracelets. It also mentions gold and silver mounted parasols and Waterman fountain pens plus sterling silver vanity items, cases, bags, and vases. The text contains a verse line about bliss and youth. It ends with silver utensils, baby spoons, mugs, rattlers, and dress sets.
A scanned catalog listing numerous sterling silver pieces including spoons forks knives trays and sets plus Sheffield plate ware. It mentions tea sets water pitchers and dessert utensils along with accessories like napkin rings and candelabras. The passage reads as a descriptive inventory of items for sale or display.
A list of luxury items including solid gold rings cuff buttons and tie clasps along with sterling silver shaving sets and tobacco accessories hints at a high end sale. The long catalog emphasizes gold and silver pieces as esteemed tributes reflecting personal character.
A sales pitch touts every purchase as enduring quality. Each product arrives neatly boxed with the retailer’s name stamped on the box, emphasizing a rigorous test of value and durability.
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.