Category: U.S. Historical News
Doctor Removes 210 Screwworms From Man’s Head
Screwworms: the stuff of nightmares. I can’t handle the sight of maggots, so the knowledge that there are flies that lay their eggs on living mammals…
10 Places You Can Go To Find Gold In The U.S.
Have you ever tried panning for gold? It is a fun way to spend the day and you can even plan vacations around gold panning…
Alexander Bell’s Kite Airship
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell was quite an inquisitive individual and, as an inventor, he dabbled in just about everything during his lifetime. Below is a…
Anthrax On Goat Gloves
Imagine putting on a new pair of kid gloves and coming into contact with anthrax? I questioned the validity of this claim, but a quick…
Doctors Can’t Be Trusted With Alcohol
It was the Prohibition. Alcohol was illegal and it was being removed from doctor’s cabinets, having been declared to have no medicinal value. U.S. Attorney…
1922 Advice For A Bigger Bust
Looking for a more bustful figure? Well, according to this 1922 newspaper article, all you really need to do to fill out your bust-line is…
10 Glimpses Of Life Inside The Workhouses
Workhouses were where the poor went to receive food and a roof over their heads when times were at their absolute worst. In exchange for…
1912 Conspiracy Theory of Government Owned by the Wealthy
Conspiracy theories are nothing new and neither is the belief that the government is owned by the über wealthy corporations. In the early 1900s, the…
World War I Registration of Germans in the U.S.
In the last year of WWI, it was declared that all German aliens be registered. Here is a snippet of what I discovered in a…
Escaped From Prison to Help His Mother
There are no details as to how this man escaped the penitentiary, but the reason why is plain: his mother needed him. The man escaped,…
