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Police to Frisk Citizens’ Hips for New Year Flasks

Prohibition must have been total hell to enforce upon the people of the United States. Special officers were brought in, men who were not recognizable…

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New Jersey Gifted Babies For Christmas

Want a baby for Christmas? It would make for one hell of a present, wouldn’t it? Only in New Jersey would people conceive of giving…

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Lost Gold Treasure in Florida

Old timers tell a lot of tales of lost treasures and hidden gold. When I was growing up, the old lady who used to live…

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Old Earth Yawned As Women Talked

Having lived in coal mining country, I have often wondered what would happen if one of the many mines underfoot would collapse. That is what…

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Paris Crime in 1902

Crime in the 1900s was everywhere, including Paris. What makes this old newspaper article on Parisian crime so fascinating are the crime guilds it discusses…

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Snake Eater Bitten by Moccasin

Snake eater bitten by a snake – it sounds like a bad reality television show, but it was part of the entertainment back in the…

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Mussolini Plans Fascist Militia for God and Country

Well, if this doesn’t sound familiar… Mussolini Plans Fascisti Militia For “God and Country” Unpaid “Black Shirt” Force of 70,000 Apparently Modeled After U.S. State…

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Mysterious Legless Man of Acadia

Here is a true story that could spark the imagination of any writer, even during the direst moments of writer’s block. A man is found…

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Eagle Tried to Carry Off Toddler in 1902

Have you ever heard of an eagle trying to take off with a toddler? Old newspapers are filled with some strange accounts, especially when it…

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What Houdini Really Thought About Mediums

In the early 20th century, getting in touch with spirits was a huge fad. Mothers wanted to contact their sons who died in World War…

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