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 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1894
Page
4
In fall 1879 a bee related complaint about grapes led to public tests. Bees were drawn to damaged fruit at a school yard table, then fled within fifteen minutes after fruit was replaced. The author notes other pests cause most damage, and bees may only scavenge remnants. He urges others to repeat the simple test.
The Orange County Farmer reports George Abbott’s pamphlet criticizing laws that punish dairymen for selling milk below a set solids percentage. It argues cow milk can drop below twelve percent solids in certain periods without sickness, and notes the unfair presumption of guilt before innocence.
An Inter Ocean Supplement touts No-To-Bay and No-To-Bac as miracle cures with guarantees. It claims 100000 cures this year and $5,000,000 saved, praising physician support and wide drughouse distribution.
A collage of product pitches and testimonials from early 1900s ads. It includes a catarrh cure from F. J. Carnry & Co Toledo, Lion Coffee promotions, Kilmer's Swamp Root kidney cure, Karl's Clover Root, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, and miscellaneous offers.
A revival sermon extols faith in Christ as the only path to salvation. It contrasts historical crises with personal decision, urges immediate trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, and describes saving faith as surrendering to Him with full heart, promising forgiveness, peace, and eternal life.
A reflection on the highest form of home life arising from affection not intellect. It praises individuals whose open, sincere manners and benevolent natures make them welcome in any society. Such people, unflustered and self possessed, carry purity of soul and health, serving as guarantors of finding home wherever duty leads. Those who live least for themselves face fewer uncertainties.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter explains old shoes are ground to fine dust then mixed with about forty percent india rubber and pressed at 6 000 to 10 000 psi. The final product is colored and sold about half the price of real leather, but is weak in fiber and quality.
A French chemist awakens a method to produce wine from potatoes, highlighting an unexpected food chemistry breakthrough and its potential implications for drink production and industrial processing.
A compilation of curious items from sea depths and climate anomalies to strange trials of marriage in Dunmow. Topics include plant fungi expert claims, a salt shower in Idaho, gorwing gourd records, Becky the elephant romance, and the revived Dunmow flitch of bacon ceremony with a new vow.
Professor Burt G Wilder of Cornell advocates carrying chloroform in every passenger car for rail accidents. He describes devices and methods to apply it to relieve pain and render combative victims or animals calm. He notes personal use as counter irritant and deterrent, urging its readiness in emergencies.
Advice for travelers planning sea trips urges weeks of outdoor exercise to strengthen the system and moderate plain meals. Choose a middle state room, rest in berth till morning, and avoid rich foods and pastry when nauseated.
Lieutenant Cieth of the French Navy in New York recounts Tonquin war horrors. He describes Chinese soldiers with blunt knives used for torture and beheading, brutal impalement, and a culture accepting slaughter. He contrasts northern imperial troops with irregulars and notes primitive navigation and disciplined marching.
The Barain of Statistics details California fruit trees numbers with 2,009,009 apricot trees and 2,59,099 apple trees bearing fruit plus 5,000,000 peach trees totaling 37,099,100 fruit trees over 199,005 acres. Pears are prolific with some trees near San Jose yielding 259 pounds per season. Drying methods now favor open-air sun drying with lamnix sulfur fumes to preserve color, half to four days curing, then hot water kill to remove insect eggs before packing for canners.
The article surveys early circulating libraries and the rise of booksellers in Ettetearce, noting how readers learned of new works via shops and notices. It discusses practices around lending and reading in shops, with references to Kirkinman and Nessle and historical phrases about purchasing and reading for a monetary fee.
In a provincial district, Salvation Army members displayed a religious question "What shall I do to be saved?" while patent medicine vendors pasted ads for "Hanks Noted Fill" and "Blank's Neotel Pil." The dispute escalated with posters reading "Prepare to meet thy God" as a retaliatory stunt.
J W Moses of Megquier Wilt tells of his unusually smart cat Isaac who loves fresh fish. While resting, a family member asked if Isaac wanted to go fishing and suggested a frog as bait. The cat returned with a real iron frog it had caught in a nearby swamp.
A garbled OCR passage mentions various names and terms including Saxe, Vitae, and Stewart. The text appears as scattered fragments with unclear context and no clear event or dates. No coherent narrative or identifiable primary subject can be established from the readable lines.
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.