Category: U.S. Historical News

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Lemons are great for many things, but can they be used as a treatment for rheumatism? The following article appeared in The Rice Belt Journal…

Out of the 13th century came the Vehmgerichts or, more commonly, the Holy Vehm. These Christian “police” were formed in Westphalia, Germany in an effort…

Should prisoners about to be executed be deprived of their corneas first? Do you think murderers should be deprived of the right to their organs?…