14 Oct 1871
Page 1
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 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1871
Page
1
A Galena resident reports a recent six month period of exceptional ore output with veins yielding richer results. The mine claims 50,000 pounds of ore work and potential daily net gains around 9,000 dollars, though details remain shaky.
A report describes a massive cannon completed at Woolwich England weighing over a ton with 50 pounds of powder. It claims shot weighed 50 pounds and traveled at 1,870 feet per second, with telegraph lines near San Francisco and routes to Chiva and Japan, promising greatly shortened telecommunication times. It notes several young girls starting a newspaper in Brinton Pennsylvania and doing their own typesetting.
A fragmentary report describes widows and wives in Warsaw amid wartime hardship. The terse line hints at social impacts and personal suffering within the city under pressure.
Fragmentary passages discuss a bachelor at a trial, Dr Franklin’s remark on furnishing homes with books and newspapers, and a claim that lack of reading leads to ignorance. The text also mentions people of color seeking help from an American society to emigrate, reflecting historical attitudes on race and schooling.
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.