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 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1933
Page
6
Barbara Thorne celebrates her eighteenth birthday with gifts including a ring from Bruce MacLain. A picnic at Provincetown amid a sudden storm ends with Bruce confessing love as Barbara learns her father has drowned.
The Thornes gather after Fathers death as Cousin Evie Julia and Lola arrive from Providence Augusta and Florida. Barbara clings to plans to keep the children together while Bruce worries over his exile to New York and the future of their engagement as the house grows too quiet and tidy and the world seems to drift apart.
Barbara faces selling the gray shingled house to keep her children together as Aunt Lola arrives with wealth and glamour. Kit fears failing to measure up to Uncle Herbert and Barbara contemplates Bruce and a future with Bruce while awaiting departure.
National Geographic Society reports the William Penn statue adorning the Philadelphia Federal Reserve bank facade will be removed for a new exterior. The 87 foot bronze statue, weighing 53 348 pounds, features a 9 foot hat and 5 foot 4 inch shoes as the city’s founder is celebrated in the Shackamaxon era.
The article extols Philadelphia as a world port with a grand riverfront, vast Fairmount Park, and major urban planning including diagonals from City Hall and the Northeast Fairmount boulevard. It highlights electrified transit, the Pennsylvania Station and Broad Street line, and a city evolving into a modern transportation and manufacturing hub. It notes Philadelphia’s strong skilled labor base and its outsized share of national production in hosiery, carpets, hats, cigars, and other goods.
A weary room in New York shelters a dying woman in a troubled liaison. The groom Beacon returns drunk with despair as Natalie pleads for death. Death observes, then moves to comfort, urging a fresh start and rekindled love amid a ruined life.
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.