Category: Culture

I would love to be able to poke fun of this 1911 beauty article on how to get perfect shoulders, but I just read up…

At first I thought this article written in 1912 to be a bit over the top. Germs in the dust? Prevent illness by wearing slippers?…

In 1911, a Kansas newspaper published an article about fingernail readings. It is not something I have ever heard of before, except for reading the…

Halloween used to be a great time for games and telling fortunes. Children, teenagers, and even the adults got in on the fun. The needle…

While I absolutely love the smell of oranges, I have never taken an orange bath. While the article below was published in 1915, a quick…

Sluggard wakers used to be those people who would wake up the sleepers in church. While I can’t imagine much sleeping going on inside a…

Published in 1914, these Halloween games are not the safe games children sometimes play today during the Halloween season. I do not recommend playing any…

In superstition and folklore, all mirrors are magical. They can be mirrors of water, metal, stone, or glass. Any reflective surface is a mirror. It…

Don’t know what all to do with the mint you have growing in your garden? How about making some mint juleps on a hot, summer…

Laudanum was a medical concoction of ten percent opium and ninety percent alcohol. It was flavored with saffron, cinnamon, and cloves or other spices. Extremely…