Category: U.S. Historical News
Clay Butter and Earth Bread
Would you use clay butter on earth baked bread? It might sound gross on the surface, but dirt is everywhere and, since the article below…
Lemons As Cure For Spanish Flu
I have fought off plenty of colds with high doses of vitamin C, but I have never before heard that lemons were being showcased as…
The Rich Donate Cursed Objects To Museums
This 1913 article describes how the rich of England would gift their antique cursed objects to museums as a way to get rid of curses…
Writing Advice from Jack London
The internet is filled with writing advice from numerous writers, but how about Jack London? Sure, he’s dead and the advice was written a long…
Gin as a Brain Tonic
I can’t imagine gin being a brain tonic, but they used to say the darnedest things long ago. From an article written in 1904: Gin…
Spanish Flu Spreads Over All Of Europe
Claiming millions of lives, the Spanish flu filled the newspapers in 1918 to 1919. It was a frightening time when people were desperately searching for…
Heinz the Pickle King
We know Heinz as the ketchup brand, but the originator of the Heinz brand was actually called the Pickle King. When he was a boy,…
Strange 1913 Cure For Insomnia
I often have problems falling asleep, so I work instead. I don’t put any stock in the insomnia remedies, but I found this old cure…
Whistling Cure for Stomach Ache
Okay, I have officially heard it all when it comes to weird cures. Here is an article, found in a 1903 newspaper, that announces that…
10 Weird Historical Facts And Beliefs About Rabies
Before it became known as rabies, it was called hydrophobia (fear of water). The fear of water is one of the symptom of rabies, a…
