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 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1915
Page
10
Acting director Hi Bellers presents a Moody Bible Institute lesson titled Elijahs Flight And Return. The text analyzes Elijahs discouragement after Carmel, his prayer at Horeb, and God’s guidance through renewal tasks, emphasizing faithfulness and divine instruction amid peril and despair.
A former brigantine voyage recounts a daughter's romance thwarted by her father, a shipboard marriage in Rio de Janeiro, and a dramatic shipboard fire. The young lovers, once separated by a harsh world, reunite and wed aboard the groom's vessel in Rio.
Prof. H. J. Lloyd of the University of Alabama reports on about thirty sea water samples from the Irish and English coasts, the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico near Mobile. He estimates total ocean radium just over 1,400 tons with rivers contributing little. He supposes sea uranium totals about 4,200,000,000 tons, placing uranium in seawater on par with gold in quantity.
The article traces Malayan rubber growth from 1837 to 1912, noting rapid acreage expansion from 360 acres to over 1 million, 621,621 acres under rubber in 1912, and 1,055 estates above 100 acres. It highlights world demand driving alienation of 150,000 acres in 1906 and an average yield of 260 pounds per acre. Also mentions Paris fashion adopting war-inspired styles using black cannon motifs and Red Cross imagery.
Letters from Illinois and New Jersey praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles and relief during changes of life. Nurses and residents recount positive experiences and urge others to use the medicine, inviting confidential advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
A sketching club party traverses a country road and admires pale green globes along a fence. A gardener explains the graceful stalks are onions gone to seed, provoking delighted exclamations from the young party.
In a humorous exchange, Hiram Waybacker dismisses city slickers as slick and jokes about German submarine in captivity. He says he told them to get out of the shells on the pea and makes a single guess to avoid boredom.
A street railway magnate argues in court before sentencing, insisting the judge is imposing sentence rather than granting a franchise. He warns the court to remember the distinction as the proceedings unfold. The exchange highlights the tension between punitive action and business rights in the case.
A bereaved husband and wife keep in touch by waving handkerchiefs while he serves at a nearby camp. The captain signals confusion prompts a fellow officer to question the practice, which is dismissed as signal-code training.
A London clubman recalls Bymia Pankhurst taken by a policeman to Vine Street station before the war, and later sighting her near Poplar presiding over a two penny restaurant serving hot stew and fruit pudding to distressed East Enders. He notes suffragettes have set up pure milk depots for babies and an employment bureau for women.
A brief dialogue features a niece complimenting her aunt on challenging a sociology professor. The aunt reveals she hides her ignorance, while Professor Bilks responds gallantly, correcting the young woman as Miss Knowles. The scene hints at social wit and classroom dynamics.
A reminiscence recalls the day of a severe rainstorm tied to the moment of first wearing a Palm Beach suit. The speaker cannot recall the exact date but highlights the clothing detail as a memory anchor.
A performer asserts her voice fits many genres and endures diverse strains, claiming versatility across styles.
Grove's Whenever You Need a General Tonic promotes quinine and iron benefits. It claims to purify the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and strengthen the whole system. A humorous exchange follows about shoes for a bachelor and his six, highlighting domestic costs.
A casual exchange hints at an icebreaker on a steamer with a Boston girl. The dialogue suggests social encounters during travel and a Paris of pretense at a Hubb meet.
A Buffalo Express column offers wry street talk on baby naming and social pretensions. The reader encounters playful quips about why a baby is named Bill reflecting on February styled puns and masculine aspiration, paired with a sharp joke about women lowering themselves to look up to men and danger hidden in modern conveniences.
A Universalist leader laments that Emersons vision of love uniting Christendom has not taken hold. The piece argues commerce and calculated schemes fail, while the sentiment of love, being of God, endures and will triumph despite worldly divisions.
A vintage advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for scalp care and dandruff relief with free samples by mail. It also includes light quips about war and self made men, featuring a cartoonish exchange about Henry Ford and a note on preferring a song in the heart over noise upstairs.
The excerpt shows Nora discussing a restricted schedule with her mother. Nora is told she will be home only two hours every Wednesday from 3 to 5, a situation Nora comments on as heavenly yet constrained. The dialogue highlights a minor domestic constraint within a family setting.
A fragment hints at a confrontation with the demand Your money or your life delivered in rough phrasing The speaker offers a tie as a personal safeguard or legacy suggesting thrift or preparation for old age in a terse street language context
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.