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La CróNica · March 5, 1873 · San Francisco, California
The federal Sub-Treasurer in San Francisco uncovers a network of forged payment orders imitating the signatures of army paymasters in Arizona, a fraud that left innocent victims out of their money — a case of institutional swindling from the Old West that history never recorded.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 11, 1873 · Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
A vivid eyewitness account of a violent windstorm that tore through Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, on the eve of the Fourth of July 1873, flattening barns, uprooting thousands of trees, and lifting houses from their foundations — a forgotten local disaster preserved only in a country editor's report.
The Evening Bulletin · June 23, 1900 · Gillingham, Wisconsin
Lightning kills a worshipper and injures others during a Wisconsin church service, a small tragedy long since erased from local memory.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 13, 1885 · Lake Simon, Quebec, Canada
A brief report of a fatal fire at a remote railway camp in Quebec that killed all four occupants of a work shanty.
Mesa Free Press · November 12, 1897 · Ehrenberg, Arizona
An 1897 plan to irrigate 25,000 acres along the Colorado River below Ehrenberg, tying agriculture to the region's mining boom — a forgotten piece of Arizona's early development schemes.
The Evening Bulletin · June 23, 1900 · London, England
A brief obituary for a decorated Civil War veteran who died abroad in London.
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895 · San Antonio, Texas
A local couple barely escaped a predawn house fire of unknown origin in San Antonio, losing nearly everything to the flames.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 11, 1873 · Brooklyn, New York
Two deaths after an Emerald Association picnic in Brooklyn: John McLaughlin killed by a fender at the dock, and a lad named Kelly struck by a stone meant for an ice cream vendor.
Mesa Free Press · November 26, 1897 · Mesa City, Arizona
A warm account of a Mesa social gathering held to send off ten young Latter-day Saint men on missions, offering a rare intimate glimpse of Mormon community life in Arizona Territory.
Fergus County Argus · September 12, 1905 · Gilt Edge, Montana
A dispatch from the mining camp of Gilt Edge, Montana, mixing news of a new placer claim venture with small-town happenings, including a sudden death, a barbed-wire accident, and a farewell party.
Mesa Free Press · June 1, 1900 · Mesa, Arizona
A house fire caused by a defective stovepipe destroyed the home of an elderly resident named Lars Anderson — a small, entirely forgotten domestic disaster from a Mesa-area newspaper in 1900.
Mesa Free Press · June 29, 1900 · Chandler, Arizona
A short item reports a remarkably strong artesian well discovered on a local farm, with water pressure claimed to be far greater than any other well in the district.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876 · Lyme, Connecticut
A colonial-era tale of a wealthy, self-righteous deacon in Lyme who claimed direct divine instruction for his charity and his courtship, preserved here in local folklore and verse.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 18, 1873 · Ladoga, Indiana
A railroad contractor vanishes from Ladoga, Indiana with money entrusted to him the night before.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 18, 1873 · St. Louis, Missouri
A Fourth of July brawl in St. Louis turns fatal days later, leading to a murder arrest.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 18, 1873 · Cincinnati, Ohio
A wage dispute at a Cincinnati hotel ends in a razor attack on the chief clerk, a small but violent episode from the city's daily life.
The Evening Bulletin · June 23, 1900 · Warsaw, Indiana
Flooded basements and $10,000 in damage from a record rainstorm in a small Indiana town.
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger · June 16, 1872 · Mobile, Alabama
A correspondent's tribute to a beloved nun of the Convent of the Visitation in Mobile, an Irish immigrant remembered for her devoted character.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 13, 1885 · Vermont, USA
A roundup of small-town Vermont happenings — a skating race, a birthday party for a dozen septuagenarians, a bigamy scandal, and college gossip — the kind of everyday texture rarely preserved in histories.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 20, 1885 · Montpelier, Vermont
A slapstick office accident at a rival Montpelier newspaper — a falling bookcase nearly flattens the entire editorial staff — is reported with wry amusement.
