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Woman Found Nearly Unconscious After Horrific Axe Accident in Tennessee
A routine chore nearly turned deadly for a young Tennessee woman in December 1915 when a single swing of an axe left her with a…
Virginia College Destroyed by Fire as 150 Students Escape in Nightclothes
Early one morning in November 1900, around 150 young women at Virginia College near Roanoke awoke to a frightening discovery. Smoke had already filled the…
Mystery Thief Raids Wilmington Porches for Doormats and Potted Plants
Most thieves go after money, jewelry, or anything else that can be quickly carried away and sold. But in Wilmington, Delaware, during the fall of…
71-Year-Old Iowa Woman Pushed the U.S. Mail by Wheelbarrow 4 Times a Day
For more than two decades, Lucinda Annie Robertson carried the United States mail through Pleasantville, Iowa, in one of the simplest ways imaginable: with a…
Washington Doctor Found Dead in Barn With Chloroform Beside His Body
For years, Dr. J.D. Scanlon had practiced medicine in Vancouver, Washington, and understood the dangers of the drugs commonly used by physicians of his era….
Los Angeles Bootlegger Found Beaten and Shot During 1928 “Rum War”
By the summer of 1928, Prohibition had created a vast illegal market for alcohol, and in Los Angeles, competition over the liquor trade could turn…
Candy Sales Boomed as Men Turned to Sweets Instead of Drinking
In the summer of 1919, candy dealers noticed an unexpected change in their customers. Men who had once dismissed sweets as something meant primarily for…
Illinois Miner Survived 7 Days Entombed Underground in the Cherry Mine
For seven days, William “Bill” Clelland existed in what newspapers described as a living grave beneath the Cherry Mine in Illinois. Trapped underground with other…
Whiskey, a Milk Bottle, Hot Coffee and an Axe Landed This Couple in Court
A domestic dispute in Wilmington, Delaware, brought Joseph Parise before Municipal Court in April 1922 after his wife accused him of coming home drunk, beating…
Arkansas Peach Packing House Collapsed With Women and Girls Inside
A busy peach packing house in Horatio, Arkansas, became the scene of a deadly disaster in July 1907 when the building suddenly collapsed while it…
