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
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1907
Page
7
The Captain recounts a rare sight of catching wild elephants in a keddah stockade. Tame elephants trap a wild one, ropes and nooses, tug of war, then corded to a tree to calm the creature. Wild elephants rarely attack a mahout unless felled to ground.
A collection of quips and punny lines from the Philadelphia Ledger asking about timing of keeping promises why the nose sits midface fashion and the hook and crook life, ending with jokes contrasting a popgun and a hired suit of clothes.
A playful exchange features a clown and a kangaroo with a cold. The clown offers a sweater loan, then the pair discuss why a "jumper" kangaroo is named and why the tapir is called that. The narrator asks for clarity and the answer is teased as plain to those who know their bit.
A wise Japanese man Shokan learns from a talking kettle that grants him wealth and fame. He then wishes to dedicate the kettle to a shrine, and it reverts to an ordinary kettle, remaining at the altar as a caution in a Philadelphia North American summary.
The article notes Lubbock studied ant lifespans with careful care and nourishment. One common ant lived 15 years, the longest insect lifespan recorded. Another reached 13 years, and a queen laid fertilized eggs after nine years.
A light verse fragment features Anna vowing to teach piano when she becomes a lady, but she never practices and ends up working as a cook in Savannah.
A playful note describes The Widow Hill admiring a fine plum tree by her front door. The speaker vows to call soon and pass the time of day, mentioning the tree as a focal point of informal social contact.
Biography by J A Edgerton details Ulysses S Grant rising from relative obscurity to global fame during the Civil War. It highlights his bulldog tenacity, refusal to quit, and single minded drive to press battles to the end. His wife's remark about obstinacy underscores a defining trait in his boyhood and career.
A fragmented line from a periodical evokes affection and playful personifications, mentioning Tom and Miss Money Meow in a lighthearted, romantic swap. The source reads as casual correspondence or humorous prose without a clear news event or formal context.
A visitor watches a young man at a lunatic asylum running about catching flies. The superintendent explains the man is an aeronaut driven mad by difficult questions and plans to harness the flies to a soap box to fly over the wall and escape.
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.