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
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1885
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names such as Gary and Sadie Exum Bol chem teen. It hints at a local scene with planted sat mn and bare heart, but lacks clear actions or dates to form a concrete news item.
A fragmented narrative follows Thad Blakemore’s daughter and a young man Crenshaw as he navigates education, courtship, and plantation life in Texas. The scene shifts from hotel rooms to Mrs Blakemore’s plantation parlor, revealing tensions, social expectations, and evolving affection amid family pressure and love.
A garbled 19th century style passage describes a Boston man pricing an old chair in a suction room and a wealthy seller remarking about the sofa and curious items in the corner. The text is noisy and partly unreadable, but hints at a comic scene involving furniture and observers.
The readable segments describe a muddled narrative with garbled phrases about a Pall Cishljow batter and references to sees and tones. Names and events are unclear, leaving a largely unreadable account with minimal verifiable details.
An aged civil war reminiscence recounts the 1861 Colorado Judah action off Fort Pickens Pensacola Bay. It details Commodore John H. Russell's command, the four boats with a twelve pound howitzer, white cap uniforms, and efforts to destroy the Judah. It recalls officers, sailors, and a Marine named Smith with family ties to Yardley county.
A mixed excerpt presents pantry instructions for sweets and preserves such as cherry liquor flavored mixtures and green tomato preserves, plus a lengthy eyewitness wartime passage describing a night river entry, boarding action, and combat near Pensacola. It also includes disparate notes on pickling cabbage and a light criminal anecdote about a moonshine case and a melodramatic London theatre reference.
A long column blends humorous vignettes and social observations from New York. It recounts a Puritan cheer at a street crowd, a wasp mishap, and a courtroom anecdote involving Judge Noah Davis. The narrator muses on fashion, flirtations, and daily life, ending with a playful note to a young woman and her dog.
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.