Category: U.S. Historical News
New York Backed Away From Prohibition Enforcement, but Washington Refused to Budge
New York may have backed away from enforcing Prohibition, but Washington had no intention of doing the same. In June 1923, Governor Al Smith approved…
Penniless and Starving, Young Woman Said Desperation Drove Her to Steal
Edna Johnson looked as though she belonged anywhere but in a police cell. Dressed in a fashionable silk and velvet gown, the young woman appeared…
New Jersey Factory Blast Hurled Chemist 50 Feet Across Street “Like a Comet”
A chemical factory explosion in West Hoboken, New Jersey, turned a city street into chaos in March 1922. When tanks of ether suddenly exploded inside…
47 Miners Found Alive After Four Days Trapped Underground in West Virginia
For four days, rescuers searched the wrecked Layland Mine in West Virginia believing that nearly everyone trapped below had perished. The gas explosion had devastated…
Ohio Woman Sentenced After Burning Child With Red-Hot Poker
A 10-year-old Ohio girl suffered horrific punishment at the hands of the woman who was supposed to care for her. In 1909, Mrs. Joseph Sager…
3-Day-Old Baby Found Abandoned on Cold Floor at Washington’s Union Station
A three-day-old baby girl was found abandoned on the cold marble floor of a restroom at Washington’s Union Station in January 1930. The infant, dressed…
80-Year-Old Virginia Man Leaped Into Well to Escape Fire
When 80-year-old John Woodyard saw his Virginia sawmill catch fire in the summer of 1924, he tried to save it alone, carrying bucket after bucket…
Robbed After Pawn Shop Customer Asked to See How the Bullets Fit Into a Revolver
A San Antonio pawnbroker learned the hard way in 1928 that some customers should never be allowed to test the merchandise too thoroughly. A young…
North Dakota Lawmakers Saved a Convicted Killer From the Gallows in 1915
Joseph Milo had already been sentenced to hang when North Dakota lawmakers changed his fate. In March 1915, the state legislature passed a measure abolishing…
Man Found Unconscious in New Jersey Home With Chilling Message on Mirror
When 60-year-old William Henderson was found unconscious inside his Long Branch, New Jersey, home in March 1922, police initially believed he had suffered a stroke….
