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Young Painter Falls to His Death Inside Greenville Power House
Twenty-three-year-old Noah Webster Smith was painting the ceiling of a Greenville power house when an ordinary afternoon’s work ended in tragedy in 1924. Smith was…
Don’t Poison Baby
At the beginning of the twentieth century, exhausted parents could purchase “soothing syrups,” cordials, and drops intended to quiet a crying baby or help a…
Train Struck 7-Year-Old Brooklyn Boy and Hurled Him 100 Feet
Seven-year-old Willie Linsky was playing near his Brooklyn home in 1908 when something on the opposite side of the railroad tracks caught his attention. The…
New York Lamplighter Beaten to Death After Refusing to Join Strike
When Mount Vernon lamplighter Gregoria De Silvo refused to join a strike in the summer of 1908, he continued reporting for work as usual. That…
4-Year-Old Boy Hopped a Freight Train and Rode Into North Dakota
When a four-year-old boy vanished from his home in Lemmon, South Dakota, back in 1914, his widowed mother searched for him until nightfall. What she…
Ironwood Man “Skinned Alive” By Lightning Bolt
When Tony Kmieck failed to return from a Saturday night fishing trip in 1925, his companions began searching the shores of Iron Lake. They found…
Starkweather Farmhand Killed by Lightning While Standing in Barn Doorway
When a violent summer storm swept across the countryside near Starkweather, North Dakota, in 1905, Burt Martin was asleep in an upstairs room of a…
15 Summer Drink Recipes From 1923
Long before refrigerators overflowed with bottled sodas, flavored waters, and ready-made iced drinks, summer refreshment often began in the kitchen. In 1923, readers were offered…
Ship Passenger Accused of Drinking Compass Alcohol in Nova Scotia
A passenger aboard a steamer from Boston apparently became so desperate for a drink that he turned to one of the ship’s navigational instruments. After…
4 Women Arrested for Wearing Soldiers’ Uniforms on Halloween in Washington
Four young women dressed in soldiers’ uniforms for a night of Halloween fun never expected their costumes to land them in police custody. In 1919,…
