Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

We found your results!

Page 1

Wakarusa Weekly Sun in Wakarusa, Indiana

We have 10,635,812 pages in Indiana

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

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!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Wakarusa Weekly Sun

Location

Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1875

Page

1

Echoes of a Lost Maiden in Sorrowful Verse

A fragmentary lament recalls a vanished maiden and lost youthful dreams. The speaker broods over memories and unfulfilled love, lamenting the end of romance and the fading spell of earlier passions.

Tunneling the Alps and Channel to Link Continents

The article extols vast engineering aims from the St Gothard to the Channel tunnel as signs of progress. It notes ongoing work beneath the Alps and the English Channel, and cites British travel figures via Dover and Calais as evidence of growing continental connectivity.

Rhodes Colossus Alexandria American New York San Francisco Mont Cenis Suez-Isthmus Alps St. Gothard Panama English Channel Calais Dover Folkestone England Europe Straits Passage Commercial Advertiser

Zebra legs mistaken for barber sign spurs mock auction fuss

A near sighted rural party mistook striped stockings for a barber sign and rushed into a dry goods store. He later complained about the mock auctions and barber poles. In New York a man who ties a horse under a shade tree also risks ten dollars.

South Bend Herald State New York

Indian Juggling at Fort William in Calcutta

An observer describes a fort in Calcutta known as Ft William with strong defenses and festive jugglers. A magician pits a brass coin against a cobra di capello snake that appears from his hands and is swallowed, then vanishes, with more snake tricks shown to astonished spectators. MISHAWAKA Indiana reports three cracked church bells making odd sounds during Sunday service.

Calcutta Ft. William Globe Tower of London Egypt Moses Pharaoh Billy Wood Tom Heaven Jonah Shadrach Meshach Abednego

Married Ladies Contract and Family Duty Sermon Voice

A Virginia Chronicle excerpt offers a didactic sermon urging wives to honor marriage vows, support husbands, and manage households with frugality and discretion. It contrasts ideal conduct with scolding and gossip and ends with a reflective plea to avoid ruin. The piece then shifts to a humorous revival tale about a new convert named Tom and a skeptical parish minister.

Amon Sallie Josephine Kate A. F

Whisky bottle scare in segregated Vicksburg suburbs

A color resident found a whisky bottle near Vicksburg and questioned a passerby about poison. The dialogue shows racial taunts as the finder contemplates drinking while noting racial danger and the presence of Black people in the area.

Vicksburg

The Regimental Gun That Held a Bay

Mr William B Winans possesses a remarkable long gun whose history is partly unwritten. It rang through Civil War battles along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers startling infantry and sharpshooters. A Texas ranger finally captured the eight foot long smooth bore after it pierced foes from a treetop stance.

William B. Winans Tennessee Cumberland Shiloh

Walnut log shipments move from New Richmont to London

New Richmont West Virginia logs are sent overseas to London to fetch higher prices than selling domestically. The move highlights stronger demand and favorable rates in the British market.

New Richmont West Virginia London

Also Mentioned on This Page

Waltrarusa Sun Warkarusa Elkhart, CO Ind Cirwen St. Clair, M.D Albumn Dama»A Business Directory Owes Sr M.D South Elkhart St Wakarusa, Ind Woolverton Waterford and Main Streets Wakarusa Indiana H.T. Montgomery M. D M. M. Latta Indiana C. OC. Svarelin Laters & Sparklen Physicians &Surgeons Goshen Locke J.S. Dodge NG Main Street Kilizhart Offce Orver Burket Co's Tatbits Siocilan D. V. Yoder, Auctioneer Werntz & Sellers, Druuggists and Grocers No Elkuart ST Waikarusa Pr Speem Blarrington Justice OF the Peace Wasaresa Tne Milchert Street I. CU. Bennett Wakarusa Uline & Seaman Wakarusa Flouring Phello’ S Cutumn Owen ST. Clair Mary Clyde Mishawaka, Ind Virginia Nev Chronicle
Search Courier

Search the Wakarusa Weekly Sun Today with a Free Trial

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.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Wakarusa Weekly Sun?

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!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication