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The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Austin, Texas
A fragment of a statement, likely from Governor Culberson, explaining that pardon applicants should not travel to Austin but instead submit requests by mail, as the governor's time before the legislature convenes is consumed with other business.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Austin, Texas
A public legal notice from Abner Taylor, the contractor who built the Texas State Capitol, announcing his intent to petition the legislature for repayment of over ten thousand dollars he says he overpaid the state for capitol lands in the 1880s.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 20, 1873 · Washington, District of Columbia
A tongue-in-cheek item celebrates the aged statesman Caleb Cushing's legal triumph over a neighbor's noisy dog, treating it as the crowning achievement of a long and distinguished public career.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 11, 1873 · Berlin, Germany
A brief, gossipy note on Kaiser Wilhelm I's supposed fear of death offers a small, human glimpse of a monarch otherwise remembered only for grand historical events.
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger · April 17, 1870 · Shanghai, China
A short dispatch quoting the New York Independent on the scale of Roman Catholic missionary success in China, contrasted with Protestant efforts, with a garbled but revealing statistical tally.
Mesa Free Press · November 12, 1897 · Arizona
A fragment of a speech, likely by Arizona's governor, discusses the appointment of a new university president and the governor's stake in the institution's success.
The Sun · November 16, 1913 · London, United Kingdom
A profile of Daphne Allen, a young English girl said to have produced remarkable religious drawings from an early age, whose work was exhibited in London and published as a book — an odd little episode of Edwardian fascination with child prodigies and spiritual art.
Fergus County Argus · August 29, 1905 · Lewistown, Montana
A preview of Lewistown's Labor Day festivities in 1905, complete with a union parade, drilling contests, a baseball game, and a card of novelty races for men, women, and children.
Southern Christian Advocate · September 14, 1878 · South Carolina
A grab-bag of editorial notes from a Southern Methodist weekly — a minister's illness, a school notice, a rival paper's launch, a Florida preacher's letter, a doctrinal spat over church itinerancy, and reflections prompted by a yellow fever epidemic in the West.
Daily Inter Mountain · April 11, 1901 · Colorado Springs, Colorado
A planned $2.5 million interurban trolley line was to link Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo — an early episode in the great American trolley-building boom, financed by out-of-state capital.
Fergus County Argus · August 29, 1905 · Helena, Montana
Montana's Attorney General issued a legal opinion clarifying the exact deadline for 1905 tax payments after a county treasurer noticed the statutory due date fell on a holiday — a small but consequential bit of bureaucratic housekeeping.
Fergus County Argus · August 29, 1905 · Lewistown, Montana
A local account of Lewistown's planned Labor Day festivities in 1905, complete with a wonderfully specific list of races and contests, alongside Governor Toole's official proclamation of the holiday.
Fergus County Argus · September 12, 1905 · Lewistown, Montana
A local newspaper's account of the closing session of a state firemen's convention held in Lewistown, Montana, complete with technical papers on fire safety and a rowdy send-off for departing delegates.
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895 · Berlin, Germany
A brief diplomatic bulletin naming Russia's new minister to Germany, one of many small notices of the era's shifting European chancelleries.
Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · April 21, 1895 · Windsor, England
A dispatch on a public controversy in Britain over whether the annual Easter volunteer review at Windsor was serious military training or mere holiday pageantry, plus a stray note on the death of a royal ostrich.
Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · February 21, 1915 · Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska lawmakers revived a shelved railroad-finance bill at the request of the Missouri Pacific's attorneys, exposing the tug-of-war between railway commissioners over corporate stock exchanges.
Southern Christian Advocate · September 21, 1878 · Augusta, Georgia
An anonymous businessman's advice column, written amid a severe economic depression, urges Southern young men to turn from speculative commerce toward the steadier, more virtuous path of farming.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Texas
A routine list of the Texas Supreme Court's rulings and case dispositions from its session the previous day, preserved here as a record of the court's docket.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · January 7, 1897 · Shelbyville, Kentucky
A minister's New Year's sermon meditates on how various trades and professions wear down the body, urges readers to put their worldly affairs in order, and calls for renewed zeal in Christian work before time runs out.
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger · April 10, 1870 · Louisiana
A traveler's letter to the editors describes the fertile lands, wildlife, and Acadian communities along Louisiana's Bayou Teche, and offers directions for visiting the great salt mine at Avery's Island — a vivid but badly damaged snapshot of postwar rural Louisiana.
