Category: Culture
In the Dissecting Rooms
What was it like to witness a dissection of a human body in the early 20th century? The following article details a reporter’s look inside…
Factory Prepares Human Bones
Skeleton factories found in metropolitan areas, such as Paris, London, and New York, had a healthy trade in human bones. This fascinated reporters back in…
The Skeleton Industry
Here is yet another article about the skeleton industry in the late 1800s. The article has a humor not present in previous articles on this…
Odd Religious Sects in Late 1800s US
The weird religious sects below were named in a newspaper article published in 1895. Each of them are rather interesting. The only sect around today…
Selling Human Skeletons
A previous article I put online discussed how Paris was the major exporter of human skeletons in the 1800s. In the article below, a doctor…
Circus Attendant Exacts Revenge on Living Skeleton
The most fascinating things to read about in the old newspapers are the stories about the sideshows and circuses. The people involved in these businesses…
Strange Light in Sky Near Phoenix Arizona in 1909
Source: Arizona Republican, March 10, 1909. Section 2, Page 2. Light in Sky Puzzles Oldest Inhabitants Remarkable Phenomenon Observed Last Night Northeast of Phoenix Much…
Infinity Tattoo Symbol and Its Historical Meaning
Infinity tattoos are popular among GenXers, Millennials, and GenZs, but what does the symbol actually mean? In mathematical terms, the infinity symbol, ∞ , represents…
UFO Strange Airship Spotted Over Hickman Kentucky in 1915
The following newspaper snippet was published in 1915. It was common that many strange sightings were met with rude remarks about the local inhabitants. it…
Strange Light Spotted in Maryland 1916
Source: Catoctin Clarion. December 28, 1916, Page 2. What Was It? On Monday night last while returning from Frederick, four young men of Thurmont saw…
