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 Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1903
Page
5
Regular meetings held each Saturday night at 8 at their hall in Charlis. Visiting Brothers in good standing are invited. William Bowen N G J G Finnell Secretary.
Custer Encampment No. 10 1st and 3rd Wednesday nights monthly at nine o clock holds its regular gatherings in the Odd Fellows hall Challis. Visiting Patriarchs in good standing are welcome. JOHN STEPHENS P J. G. Finnell Scribe.
Washington report notes Prof. Willi Moore promotes an “ice stove” a big copper cylinder filled with ice and salt to chill rooms. Instructions joke about blankets at 108 degrees, ice in water pitchers, and keeping bottled goods. Cost cited at 200 for a room heating one 15 by 15 and 75 for season use.
A Philadelphia Record reports an experiment substituting cod liver oil for milk fat in calf feeding. Over 28 weeks calves fed skim milk plus oil gained 2.4 pounds daily milk-fed calves at 2.0 pounds. those later removing oil fell to 2.1. No harm noted in slaughtered flesh. Daily ration: five quarts skim milk and two ounces cod liver oil. Calves tolerate oil well.
Professor Scripture of Yale unveils a railroad carriage fitted with phonographic gear to collect dialect samples from Indian tribes, then poorer southern whites and foreign-born residents across the United States in a national expedition.
The Indianapolis News notes global marriage averages reach about 3,000 marriages daily. Among 1,000 men who marry, 282 wed younger women, 570 wed women of the same age, and 148 wed older women.
Immigrants’ illiteracy rates vary by origin per Gunton's Magazine estimates. Germans rank not highest or lowest, while Scots and Scandinavians show the strongest literacy at about one percent illiterate. Italians, Jews, and many Eastern groups rise to higher rates, with Lithuanians at 40 percent and Syrians at 44 percent illiterate.
The world's largest circular saw, seven feet four inches in diameter and weighing 306 pounds, has been produced in Williamsport Pennsylvania. It will cut pine stumps into shingle bolts to unlock vast pine resources in Elk county where millennia of stumps remain. The mammoth machine will operate near Straits and consume large pine blocks, transforming previously useless material into marketable lumber.
Pharoah's chariot unearthed in Thebes with the tomb of Thothmes IV, dating nearly 4000 years. Britain still claims one third of global trade, with Germany and France following. Fairy tales face risk from long-distance wireless photography. American workers show low gambling rates per Mosely findings.
The Brooklyn Eagle describes a varied range of fancy dress fabrics and styles. Black dresses with paillettes, spangles and ribbon trims are popular, while white and ivory gowns feature fringe, lace, and gold or green embroidery. Capes, boleros, and lace caps trend in London and Paris, with house wear becoming softer and more tailored.
A brief discussion on fault finding as a mental affliction. The piece quotes Goldsmith and Silverstvinish on how constant carping spoils peace, hurts others, and sacrifices cheerfulness in pain and prosperity, urging resilience and sunny disposition.
A collection of historic recipes notes dried apple cake method from Good Literature and a spinach toast idea with creamed sweetbreads. It also includes Apple Bread Paddy with layered bread apples and custard, recommended served cold with nutmeg flavored cream from Boston Globe and Washington Star inspirations.
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.