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 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1895
Page
4
A health notice asserts That Tired Feeling signals impure blood and nervous strain. It recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla as a purifier to restore vitality, improve appetite, and prevent nervous prostration, citing a testimonial from HL. and Squians of East Leverett, Massachusetts.
A Hood's Sarsaparilla subscriber observes a boy selling papers with a spaniel that grabs papers from a gate and porch, slipping away before the owner can react. The incident suggests how a seemingly innocent boy may be involved in stealing papers from doorsteps.
A businessman asks a detective to arrest a man posing as a collector for their firm. He notes the imposter has taken more money than two real collectors. The detective promises swift action, but the businessman then clarifies he wants to engage the imposter rather than jail him.
A shopkeeper deflects a dress material order while a lengthy population census notes global totals. The text details world population by region and color categories, including clothing prevalence and living conditions across continents and islands.
May week celebration planned in Savannah during the third week in May features a grand carnival a large military parade and a Tybeeday naval display. War ships are expected to visit while Central Railroad of Georgia offers round trip tickets May 12 to 16 with return by May 18 from Georgia and nearby states at discounted fares for groups. For details contact ticket agents or S B Webb at 16 Wall Street Atlanta Ga.
The New York Advertiser warns that fur bearing animals like ermine sable and marten are being exterminated and future wearers may face fabulous prices. It argues reliance on fur has caused massive slaughter in British North America and that sustainable options or imitations may be all that remain.
During examination week a class faced a trick question asking how many toes a cat has. Unable to answer, the principal conceded. A delegation of boys found a cat, and upon counting its toes the group learned a cat has eighteen toes, ten on the front feet and eight on the hind feet.
This relica describes a tropical fever and various remedies. Kilmer's Swamp Root, Ripans Tabules, Pizo's Cure, Hall's Catarrh Cure, and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup are promoted as cures or defenses for ailments from kidney trouble to coughs and teething pain. The ad copy urges consultations, testimonials, and rewards for cures.
A kaleidoscopic sequence follows Margaret Vernon and her romantic entanglements. Narratives alternate between a London household where a young artist admires Margaret, and a seaside Brighton encounter revealing her marriage to an elderly suitor. The piece then shifts to a later revelation of Margaret as a widow and a confidential, longing plea from a former admirer.
A North West Magazine item describes a cottage on a Port Angeles sandspit where a mouse built an elaborate pocket like nest from cotton wadding feathers and tassels from curtains. The creature apparently died beneath a floorboard, leaving a curious tale of a decorative animal home.
A Boston Courier excerpt portrays two umbrella wielders as public nuisances. One type jabs eyes with an upstretched tip. the other whips the umbrella handle via elbow motion. The piece advocates quick punishment, likening it to Berlin street habits.
A collage of quips from multiple papers delivers light humor about insomnia, spinster siblings, boarders, funeral hints, doctors and bills, tea party mishaps, and family relatives. The items showcase quick one liners and playful exchanges, reflecting period newspaper humor and social observations.
Journal describes a New York Assay Office tour where two furnaces held nearly 250000 in liquid gold and four held 110000 in silver warming. Harman Cooper, a veteran boss melter, directed five assistants as gold was poured into 25-pound blocks, each block worth about 3000 dollars, formed in seconds amid glowing molten metal.
The Philadelphia Record recalls that Richard Vaux did dance with Queen Victoria in her 1837 cotillion at a ball honoring her. Though not her partner, he joined seven to dance with the Queen during evolutions while serving as Secretary of the United States Legation. He told a Pennsylvanian congressman about the moment.
A Berlin veterinarian has created waterproof paper horseshoes impregnated with oil or turpentine. The design uses layered cement, Venetian turpentine, chalk, linseed oil and lacquer, formed under hydraulic pressure, then fired and planed to the hoof. Alternative pulp-based versions, elastic and moldable, show potential. nails or gluing can secure the shoe, with claimed advantage of preventing slips on wet surfaces.
The text outlines pine as the most abundant wood and details oak’s strength and uses in shipbuilding architecture and crafts. It notes turpentine, tar, resin, rope fiber, and medicinal bark byproducts, plus pine’s central role in house and ship carpentry, paper pulp, matches, and vast timber consumption in English and American building.
A Philadelphia Time article notes a soap factory near a suburban Reading railroad station displayed a waxen window figure of a pretty girl. Morning riders flirted with her as trains passed, a trend that continued with many male commuters until they realized she was not real.
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.