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Father Saves Baby From Being Devoured by Hog
In the summer of 1912, a quiet moment in the shade of a tree nearly turned fatal for a five-month-old baby in Union, Salt Lake…
Gale Blows Roller-Skating Girls Into Automobile
A powerful gale tore through Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay in April 1916, leaving behind a trail of wreckage on land and water. Newspapers reported…
Schlitz Dumps 12,000 Gallons of Beer Into Chicago Gutters
In 1919, beer could still make headlines even when no one was allowed to drink it. As wartime prohibition tightened its grip across the United…
When a Surgical Sponge Was Left Inside a Patient
In 1910, a Los Angeles man brought forward the kind of medical malpractice claim that still makes patients uneasy more than a century later: he…
The Deadly Mystery of Tennessee Milk Sickness
Milk sickness was once one of the most dreaded mysteries of rural America. It appeared without warning, striking both families and livestock with violent thirst,…
Attacked by Snakes, Man Rolls Into Fire to Escape
There are fishing trips that end with a good story, and then there are fishing trips that sound as if they were written by someone…
The Hohenzollern Ghost and the Tragedy of the White Lady
Royal families rarely come with simple ghost stories. Their legends tend to be dressed in velvet, sharpened by betrayal, and carried through the halls for…
Evening Kisses Less Dangerous For You
In the long and colorful history of medical advice, few warnings are quite as awkward as this one: beware the morning kiss. In 1920, Dr….
Dandelion Recipes and Uses From the Past
Dandelions have a way of showing up whether they are invited or not. One day the lawn is green, and the next it looks like…
The 1913 “Toy” That Let Children Shock Their Friends
In the early 1900s, homemade toys often came with a spark of danger, sometimes literally. Long before modern safety warnings and store-bought science kits, young…
