Author: StrangeAgo
How Cuba Was Named
Did you ever wonder how the names of places came about? How about Cuba? How Cuba got its name can be found in an old…
Helen Keller to Open Blind and Deaf Minds
Heller Keller continues to be an amazing role model for just about everyone. She overcame the odds when no one believed she could. She allowed…
Striking Mill Workers Shot Down by Police
What we aren’t taught in schools is that the U.S. police had a reputation of shooting and murdering strikers back in the early 1900s. There…
The Dark Side of the Chicago Orphan Asylum
Would you dump your child into an orphanage? During the 1800s and early 1900s, it was not uncommon for poor parents to leave a child…
Story of Blackbirds Learning Songs
Blackbirds are simply amazing birds that are far more intelligent than we give them credit for. Strangely enough, I found this story in a 1902…
Sleep Making Machine From Early 1900s
Here is an unusual invention involving running liquids through a tube over a person’s forehead to get them to sleep. It sounds and looks pretty…
Sisters Falsely Sent To Insane Asylum
Here is a problem that was prominent in the past, although it is still highly prevalent today. Two sisters were sent into an insane asylum…
Sing Sing Prison Electric Chair – 7 Executions in a Row
The article below comes from a 1912 newspaper and gives light details into the day that the Sing Sing prison sent 7 men to the…
The Death of Siamese Twins Chang and Eng 1874
Chang and Eng were siamese twins who toured Europe and the United States. Their condition aroused a lot of curiosity at the time and the…
The Bloody Knife – Slatington Incident in 1874
Full accounts of domestic violence cases from the 1800s are very rare, even though much allusion is made towards wife battery. It was a touch…
