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 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1911
Page
6
A collage of quips and curiosities spanning aviation jokes, medical notes, crude humor, weather talk, and jokes about travel and fashion. Highlights include remarks on dirigibles, doctors repairing bones, wall street prayer, and an imagined future of New York residents living underground.
A recent report notes the crown prince of Servinia intends to marry a wealthy American girl. After surveying available Bervian girls, it is questioned why the prince insists the bride be rich.
Roger Wayne, a magazine writer, arrives at Pine Bay and receives a black box from Audrey Fuller with a request to throw it into the bay. A jewel robbery at the hotel deepens the mystery as Roger befriends Audrey and unfolds more secrets about the box and the Fuller family.
A real estate agent decorates an empty house with elaborate gas fittings as bait to tempt tenants. He learns a bold prospective tenant may have taken the house, triggering hopeful excitement as he rushes to the housekeeper with the news. The tale echoes ghostly apparitions and sudden interest in the haunted mansion.
Description from Breeder's Gazette outlines a south facing stallion barn with office, carriage space, stallion boxes, and a safe wing for mares. It details pens, bars, dimensions, and cleaning practices, noting breeding results up to August 22 1874 with mares to various animals and no injuries.
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station reports a hardy fungous disease as a natural enemy of the San Jose Scale. Experiments show the disease can be propagated in infested orchards and can be supplied gratis to interested citizens after scale identification.
Letters from John N. Watkins of St. Louis and C B of Albany praise Peruna as a cure for urinary ailments and bladder irritation after years of illness and failure with other doctors. Watkins says four months of Peruna brought a complete cure. the Albany note notes improved health and seven months of good condition after treatment. Alan user
An old time ad promotes Pettit's Eye Salve priced at 25 cents claiming it relieves congestion and inflammation in the eyes. It notes a druggist Howard Bross Tiysula NX and includes a riddle about sweetest success: achieving by acting contrary to friends.
Fragmentary OCR presents a dialogue about January births being prudent and April births fond of hostess items, with jokes about teeth, dress, and occasions. It includes a doctor and patient exchange jokingly mentioning $29 for teeth and wear for everyday use, reflecting quirky 19th century style.
A Sunday school detail tells of a new member Jack who could not see the instructor from the back seat on his first Sunday. His father asks who ruled Goliath, and Jack replies I don’t know I was sitting on the back seat and couldn’t see.
A Chicago woman describes how strong health supported her ability to work and earn. She credits Grape Nuts with relieving brain fatigue and dyspepsia after years of nervous invalidism and poor nourishment. She claims the product helped her regain and maintain her job and income.
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.