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!
Ice and Salt Ventures and Public Notices
A collage of fragments recounts Arctic peril at an icebound station and a steamship rescue. It continues with news of salt rights for Lake Assal in East Africa, a remark on Phillips Brooks, a Bangor Maine axe gift, and light notices including a joke about a wooden leg and a Rio Grande travel pitch for Utah tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Thoms
Washington Post
Africa
Chefnoux
Lake Assal
Obock
East Africa
Bay of Tadjoorah
Colonial Office
Assal
Jayzoad
Piips Brooks
England
Phillips Brooks
London
Cowley Fathers
God
London Spectator
Kaito
Bangor
Adlai
Marquette
Mich
Exchange
New York Ledger
Great Rio Grande Western Railway
J. H. Bennett
Salt Lake’ City
Utah