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
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1908
Page
7
Ad highlights a range of comb ination undermuslins and inseparable sets in fine Nainsook with lace beading and embroidery. Offers corset cover drawers sets priced from 1.75 to 3.98, Leona and Paltechreme lines, plus Misses muslin underwear and skirts with trims and ruffles.
Branford resident L C Robinson suffered a base skull fracture in a runaway accident last night. The report lists other local incidents including drownings, fires, and a polo accident among youths in nearby towns.
The Republican national committee denies taking a dollar from the Standard 611 company or any subsidiary. The piece questions who is funding, urging disclosure under oath and asking if they will reveal the funders.
The author asserts that the people do not rule and that the party owned by trusts governs tariff policy. The piece claims this party, which controls the federal government, secures tariff bounty and defies the law.
Funeral services for Thomas Kiernan at St Francia's were led by Rev Father Fitzgerald with burial at St James cemetery. Local rallies feature A Heaton Robertson and Brandegee with music by the Naugatuck drum corps. The Starlights lost to the All-Brooklyns 0-? as Nau gatuck fans praised the team. Columbia beat Seymour 11 to 0 as Nau g au tack eleven outplayed peers.
Mrs R V Cooley and family moved to Waterbury while Mr and Mrs Charles Holt spent Saturday in New Haven. Waterbury residents visited friends in town and the frame of Mrs Callender's new Academy hill house was raised. Greenville factory may run full time this week and road work began near Lyman Sperry's residence. Voters attended a Wigwam reservoir visit noting low water. A Democrat rally is planned with Heaton Robertson likely speaker. a Republican rally was held at the town hall with HH Taft presiding and introducing congressman B J Hill.
In Cincinnati on October 19 players describe stamps being dampened rather than licked. A clerk explains the post office avoids licking, using dampened sponges as stamps are requested by busy customers, including women in fashionable veils.
At the Fortieth Annual Convention of the National Woman Suffrage Association Kate M Gordon said President Roosevelt is unalterably opposed to woman suffrage in a reply to a petition. Gordon noted thirty five national and international associations endorsed the cause. Elizabeth Hauser reported on wartime progress and Des Moines women won an injunction against voting on a city hall bond issue.
The Charleston News and Courier notes the decline of morning papers in the South while Richmond Atlanta Savannah and Birmingham show patterns of newspaper closures and mergers. It cites Chattanooga looking at failed ventures and highlights overall southern newspaper cemeteries as evidence of changing media fortunes. Would you be without what you want when a 26c ad might get it.
A Waterbury man, R. R. Callender of 90 Bishop St, testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his backache and kidney trouble symptoms. He says the relief has lasted since stopping usage and credits the H. W. Lake Drug Co. for providing the remedy.
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.