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Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 20, 1885
A serialized Victorian melodrama reaches its climax as the narrator, Basil, agonizes over whether to conceal evidence that could save an innocent man from execution, at the cost of exposing his wife Philippa's secret — a vivid example of the sensational fiction serials that filled 19th-century newspaper columns.
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895 · San Antonio, Texas
A lighthearted local item about a butcher and a restaurant owner chasing each other down a San Antonio street with a cleaver and a knife, a small comic scene from the city's daily life.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Austin, Texas
Brief probate filings from Austin's courts — a wealthy will and a final estate settlement — offer a small window into how fortunes were divided and reported in the 1890s.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · January 7, 1897 · Crockett, Texas
A brief record of a new East Texas lumber and tramway corporation chartered with $100,000 capital, naming its investors and its planned logging and milling operations.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · January 7, 1897 · Austin, Texas
A local Austin businessman filed for insolvency, and the newspaper printed his full creditor list — an ordinary commercial failure that offers a snapshot of small-town credit relationships in 1897.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Austin, Texas, USA
A roundup of new business charters filed with the Texas secretary of state, including hardware, electric light, and building-and-loan companies.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 18, 1873 · New York, New York
Police seize a large cache of smuggled glassware and arrest two sailors from a transatlantic steamer.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 18, 1873 · New York, New York
A wealthy passenger bound for Algeria is robbed of a fortune in diamonds before her voyage.
Mesa Free Press · November 26, 1897 · Mesa, Arizona
A roundup of small-town news from 1897 Mesa, Arizona — bloomer-clad athletic clubs, sheepmen passing through, a judge's mishap with a horse, and other everyday doings that never made the history books.
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger · June 16, 1872 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
A Baton Rouge correspondent reports the community's celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of a beloved pastor's first Mass — a small but heartfelt local church tribute.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 20, 1885 · Waterbury, Vermont
A wonderfully small-scale piece of forgotten Vermont folklore: a local man's yearly forecasts of the maple sugar harvest, taken seriously enough to print.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 13, 1885 · St. Albans, Vermont
A quarrel over an outdated railroad ticket ended with a passenger under arrest at the St. Albans depot, before he thought better of it and paid up.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 18, 1876 · Washington, D.C.
A slight comic anecdote from Washington about an Irish assistant doorkeeper of the House of Representatives who refuses to bend procedure, even for a message from the President.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 11, 1876 · St. Louis, Missouri
A wry, gently mocking deathbed anecdote from the St. Louis Republican, in which a dying old woman's last words concern nothing more than a disliked hairpiece — a small comic gem about vanity outlasting even life itself.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Buda, Texas, USA
A gambler is jailed in Austin after being caught betting on a game called the "alsee," awaiting county court in January.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Austin, Texas, USA
A small-town courthouse staff sends off their sheriff for the holidays with a lavish gold and silver pistol, a charming glimpse of local civic camaraderie.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Texas
A short notice on the discontinuation of a lightly-used International and Great Northern rail service between San Antonio and Taylor, a mundane but telling glimpse of 1890s Texas rail economics.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Austin, Texas
A short wedding announcement for the marriage of Tom H. Jones and Lizzie Freeman at a private residence in Austin.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · January 7, 1897 · Austin, Texas
A flowery society announcement of an upcoming Austin wedding between a court clerk and a local young woman, typical of the era's warm, effusive engagement notices.
The Austin Weekly Statesman · January 7, 1897 · Austin, Texas
The Austin Club, a private social club, reported improved finances and elected a new board of directors at its annual meeting.
