Category: U.S. Historical News
Flour for Fixing Burns
For starters, the article below comes from a newspaper printed in 1851. It should not, under any circumstances, be used as medical advice. It is…
Doctors Wanted to End Kissing
1912 was the year when medical doctors were trying to get kissing outlawed. Not for religious reasons, but because they felt that kissing was gross….
Women’s Excessive Working Hours in the Laundries
In the early 1900s, people were expected to work up to and sometimes over 24 hours. Men and women had to fight to lower the…
A 1903 “Cure” For Insomnia
The medical discoveries and advice in the early 1900s flip-flops between scary and silly. I have seen everything from harvesting lightning to cure rheumatism to…
Labor Strikes 3000 Years Ago Same as Today
People have been waging labor strikes since, at the least, the time of the ancient Pharaohs. It was not something that was affiliated with a…
Women Tar Young Girl
I don’t care how “scandalous” a person is, no one deserves to be tarred, especially not an 18 year old young woman. Women Tar Young…
Husband Diagnosed With Leprosy and Wife Will Join Him on Leper Colony
In this article, found in a 1912 newspaper, a husband is believed to have leprosy. It was a frightening discovery at that time because there…
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…
