Category: U.S. Historical News
What You Never Knew About Snake Oil
While it is an old remedy, snake oil is still used today to help cure different ailments. In Oriental medicine, the oil from the Chinese…
The Unusual Lives Of 10 Contortionists
In the early 1900s, contortionists were all the rage. Newspapers would often print photographs of contortionists in various positions and they were the source of…
10 Unusual Expeditions From The 1900s
Scientists, adventurers, and explorers have always come up with some pretty crazy ideas. Sometimes they were right and other times they were way out in…
Dangers of Desert Gold Mining in the Early 1900s
Gold hunting in the desert was dangerous business in the early 1900s. Men would leave their homes and families in search of fortunes in the…
Death Of Melungeon Mahala Mullins
Mahala Mullins created quite a stir during Prohibition. She was a moonshiner, but because she was so heavy, the police could not force her down…
The Day It Rained Rats and Mice
Strange things can fall from the sky, from fish to red rains. Here is an entry that belongs with Charles Fort (the man who collected…
Death Agony of Titanic Victims Turned Into Dollars by Wireless Operators
Wherever there is tragedy, there are people who will try and profit from it. That is the what article below, written nearly two weeks after…
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…
