Category: U.S. Historical News
Doctor Promises To Restore Sight With A Pig’s Eye
The article below comes from 1922. There were many articles in the early 1900s about transplanting animal eyes into human eyes, but never any follow…
Convicts Are Flogged in Michigan 1912
Here is a report out of Michigan where the convicts had a riot, the soldiers were brought in, and the convicts who refused to go…
Woman Killed By Boa Constrictor
Snakes were popular in sideshows during the early 1900s. In fact, there was the instance of a boy, Esau, who made a living biting the…
Whales Washed Ashore in 1903
Whenever we see a beached whale, we also see dozens of concerned volunteers working to get the whale back out to sea. Most of us…
Cactus Farming Is A Real Thing
Cactus farming is not a novel farm activity that you build up on Minecraft. It is an actual thing and, amazingly, it is gaining traction…
10 Street Peddler Jobs From The 20th Century
Street peddlers and hawkers were pretty much like the kiosks in the malls today. Some people find them fun and some people are completely irritated…
10 Strange Old Uses For Castor Oil
During World War I, newspapers reported that Italian battle heroes were horrified by the thought of taking a dose of castor oil. Anyone who has…
Early Beliefs About Polio
Polio is caused by a highly contagious virus. It is transmitted from one person to another through the environment. The fecal matter from one infected…
Doctor Makes Blood in 1912
The medical science news from the early 1900s makes me stop to scratch my head. The stuff that was reported was… well, it belonged in…
8 Room House Stolen Off Lot
Imagine having a house built and then finding out that the house is no longer there. Here is a report of a house that went…
