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 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1906
Page
2
The ad lists annual and half year mail rates paid in advance and a weekly carrier delivery fee. It specifies prices: one year by mail five dollars, six months by mail two dollars and fifty cents, and carrier delivery ten cents per week. The notice date is Monday December 21, 1906.
A collage of satirical lines from multiple era newspapers mocks politics and business. It cites Senator Foraker on race relations, a New York legislature without a boss, Rockefeller Congo claims, Carnegie on income tax, Andy role calls, police and detectives, pure food rhetoric, and Harriman’s river gambit in Mexico.
The sword of John Paul Jones, preserved in the Navy Department library, was placed there by Commander Reginald Nicholson. The weapon likely came from the Jones family of North Carolina and passed through several owners before reaching Nicholson. It measures about thirty inches with a white brass hill and a basket that is broken away, a wooden grip wrapped in copper wire.
Washington D C December 29 John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee a house member noted for his looks got into a heated exchange with a newspaper man in a hotel corridor The pair chased each other around a revolving door as the man shrank back Gaines seized the door and kept it smoking until police arrived confirming the bizarre incident involving the congressman and a reporter in a public street doorway.
H D Van Kirk 47 of 62 Innis Avenue was crushed after falling into a sponge dough mixer at Bliss bakery on South High Street in Columbus. The accident occurred while he fed the machine. a passerby porter James Early found the body.
A local Vendome Cafe advert touts homemade pies as unbeatable. The brief note at 4:20 a.m. hints marketing language and a timetable reference in the OCR fragment.
A collection of quirky aphorisms on prudence wallets love and social cues. It railes at jolly men handkerchief counts and the water wagon while noting telegraph workers and initials traditions. The lines mix humor with social commentary.
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.