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 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1896
Page
6
A selection of brief notices and commentary including a warning about fault versus blame, remarks on famous orators, a Wisconsin brass band tournament ending in a self inflicted death, a Will gifting school candy, and reflections on military leaders. Also reports on baseball policy ideas, Walkerton airship plans, Newport jewel excess, Cuban taxation and politics, Cripple Creek gold output, and a divorce suit by Lena Stuffiebeam.
Leadville Colorado reports over 100 National Guard troops under Brig. Gen. Brooks guarding mines and depots after attacks on the Colorado and Emmett mines. Streets are calm with saloons closed, fear of violence looming as unions and mine owners discuss work resumption under guard protection.
I. T. Cole reports A. B. Thayer who was taking views when a horse ran away last Thursday the 17th causing injuries that led to his death Monday night. Papers found suggest he was or had been a member of A. O. U. W. lodge No. 23 Fremont Nebraska and mention a photographer named N. Thayer in Leadville.
Demetrio Cortez Catriano Estrada and Jose Salazar faced charges of violating U S neutrality laws by organizing an armed expedition to invade Mexico. They were bound over to the federal grand jury in 2500 dollars each. Deputy Marshal Majors hunted for Pomposa Urrea, bandit captain, at Santa Teresa but he was not found. The report also notes a Cherokee and Kiowa Reservation celebration in Oklahoma with a three day reunion and street fair.
A Cincinnati Enquirer report details a remarkable ice cave near Elkinsville in Brown County Indiana. The cave, called the ice vault, lies deep beneath the surface with freezing air and glittering rock formations. Theories about its origin include underground air pressure, alkali beds, earth heat on iron pyrites, or carbonic acid from heated limestone. no definitive explanation exists yet.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a late night scene with moral tones and references to virtue vice crime and innocence, attributed to Chillicothe Missouri Tribune. The fragment mentions change of Epesct and aborigines of Africa in unclear wording.
A Spokane tale recounts a prospector who sold a gold claim on the North Fork of the Salmon, then arrived in the city with money and plans to live high. He studied a lengthy menu in the Spokane dining room, failed to decide, and finally asked the waiter for ham and eggs with a bottle of high-up wine.
A scattered collection of curiosities and regional notes. Topics include massive historical spending by Germany on armed forces, U S teacher salaries, California and Idaho marriage law parity, fashion trends in bridesmaids bouquets, a Chiswell ground sale, grasshopper sizes in South America, Vera Cruz trade in fireflies, a Georgia wagon accident with many eggs and few chickens, an old Forty third Georgia flag found in Atlanta, an Egyptian dog at the Nile drawing crocodiles with a call, and a remark on betting prospects when odds are poor.
Shawneetown, Illinois, settled by Shawnee Indians and later surveyed by the U S government, became a salt works trading post on the Saline river and a river shipping hub for southern Illinois before railroads redirected trade. The first bank for Illinois Territory opened there in 1816, the town was incorporated in 1826, and it remains a substantial, well built town known for its steadfast duty.
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.