Category: U.S. Historical News
Lost Gold Treasure in Florida
Old timers tell a lot of tales of lost treasures and hidden gold. When I was growing up, the old lady who used to live…
Old Earth Yawned As Women Talked
Having lived in coal mining country, I have often wondered what would happen if one of the many mines underfoot would collapse. That is what…
Paris Crime in 1902
Crime in the 1900s was everywhere, including Paris. What makes this old newspaper article on Parisian crime so fascinating are the crime guilds it discusses…
Snake Eater Bitten by Moccasin
Snake eater bitten by a snake – it sounds like a bad reality television show, but it was part of the entertainment back in the…
Mussolini Plans Fascist Militia for God and Country
Well, if this doesn’t sound familiar… Mussolini Plans Fascisti Militia For “God and Country” Unpaid “Black Shirt” Force of 70,000 Apparently Modeled After U.S. State…
Mysterious Legless Man of Acadia
Here is a true story that could spark the imagination of any writer, even during the direst moments of writer’s block. A man is found…
Eagle Tried to Carry Off Toddler in 1902
Have you ever heard of an eagle trying to take off with a toddler? Old newspapers are filled with some strange accounts, especially when it…
What Houdini Really Thought About Mediums
In the early 20th century, getting in touch with spirits was a huge fad. Mothers wanted to contact their sons who died in World War…
5 Odd Bits of News From WWI
Out of World War I came all sorts of odd news, and newspapers all over the world printed the stories as a service to the…
An Early Attempt to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 was not the first attempt on Lincoln’s life. In 1861, the Syracuse Journal reported that the presidential…
