Category: U.S. Historical News
Old Method For Making A Homemade Water Filter
Survivalists and preppers have some amazing ways to filter water so that it is clean. Back in the early 1900s, though, the methods were far…
The Cultivation Of Mint
I have often considered starting an herb farm for all the local crafters and soap makers. Mint, in particular, is a useful herb in the…
Dog Speaks Human Words
Dogs “speaking” human words is a popular subject on YouTube and gets passed around on social media. Needless to say, people in the early 1900s…
Cats Create Contentment in the Workplace
This article, written in 1911, about how cats bring contentment among woman workers is sarcastically humorous. At a time when women were paid significantly less…
Cats As Plague Remedy
Cats are useful little buggers. I’ve got three geriatric cats and, in spite of their climbing years, they still manage to kill moles outside the…
Catnip At The Zoo
Do the big cats like catnip, too? That is what the zoo folks wanted to know back in 1897. The answer? They sure do. There…
20 Foot Long Snakes in Ship’s Hold
Three large snakes escaped a circus crate and wind up in the ship’s hold. Obviously, not something people want to find in the dark underbelly…
10 Fascinating Reports Of The Yeti
Much of what we think we know about the yeti, also called the abominable snowman, is wrong. For one, the yeti does not have white…
4 Historical Facts About Malaria Experiments
How did people get malaria and where did it come from? Scientists in the 1800s and early 1900s were on a mission to find out…
5 True Stories Of Lobotomies
Icepick lobotomies are the stuff of horror movies for many people. It seems barbaric to destroy parts of the brain to make a person conform…
