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 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
3
A brief history of Santa Claus tracing origins in Sinterklass and St Nicholas. The piece notes Dutch roots, arrival in America, transformation into a jolly figure, Irving influence, and Clement Clarke Moore’s poem that popularized the modern Santa with eight reindeer.
Professor Moore wrote the now famous 1822 Christmas poem that is seen as the birthday of American Santa Claus. He published the first Greek and Hebrew lexicon in America and later admitted authorship, presenting the autographed original to the New York Historical Society.
ThisOCR summary presents a December 18 lesson outline from the Improved Uniform International program. It lists Golden Text, primary to adult topics, and biographical and life-application methods, with references to prophets Elijah Isaiah Hosea and Nahum, plus themes of modern life applications and prophetic messages.
The text traces asphalt use across ancient civilizations and notes its waterproofing and preservation functions. It highlights Egyptian and Mesopotamian applications in boats walls and monuments and mentions natural asphalt pits in southern California as evidence of Nature’s long history with the material.
Nine alpinists including a priest died or were seriously injured during a climbing expedition on Marmalade mountain. They were testing a new rope with a pliable steel strand when a lightning storm struck at 10 000 feet, the rope conducted the strike and killed the priest and seriously injured eight others.
A Farm and Fireside remark critiques a tall traffic cop in Minnesota, noting the speaker’s mix of respect and sharp judgment about authority and demeanor. The humorous overall tone suggests skepticism of the officer’s height translating to competence.
A marble cutter shapes a statue while a preacher wishes to strike stony hearts. The cutter replies that the preacher could do so if he workedUkema on his knees.
Presbyterian Record notes a quip about self contentment and irony within a brief item. The fragment reflects a church periodical’s conversational tone and a compact aside.
A summary of successful camouflage ideas called dazzle painting. The concept centers on scaleable designs used for sea camouflage, with officials noting consistent central ideas across many examples. The proposer supplied numerous ship-scale designs bearing the same core concept.
A brief Life magazine fragment asks what became of Joe the parachute jumper and answers that he settled down, noting a quiet, ordinary outcome behind the adventurous past.
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.