Category: U.S. Historical News
Cayuga River Gives Up Its Dead in 1894
Cayuga River was once a dumping ground for dead bodies, according to this article published in 1894. River Gives Up Its Dead Cayuga Lake,…
Celestial Freak Mystifies Science
Published in 1913, Neujmin, a Russian astronomer credited with the discovery of a number of asteroids, spots something in space that cannot be labeled as…
Ancient Quarrels Over Venus Repeated
Is Venus inhabited by people or is it Mars? This article, published in 1911, seems to favor the idea that Venus is inhabited because so…
When Venus and Jupiter Were Mistaken for Hostile Airplanes
During World War I, two bright lights were spotted in the sky. In certain areas of France, the people believed the lights were from a…
A Fire Ball in Paris 1906
The fire ball described in this account, published in 1906, seems to have an almost curious nature as it investigates a room and its occupants…
Talk to Venus, Not Mars
We are paying way too much attention to Mars, claimed an astronomer and scientist back in 1922, and we should turn our eyes to Venus…
Health Officer Urges People to Swat 1000 Flies a Day
Fly swatting is the civic duty of every man, woman, and child, at least according to Dr. Fowler, a Washington D.C. health officer back in…
Searching the Catacombs of Rome for Hidden German Soldiers – World War I
The article below, published in 1915, claims that German spies hid in the catacombs of Rome during World War I. Searching the Catacombs of Rome…
Ruins of a Vanished Race Found in Central America in 1898
In the late 1800s to early 1900s, Central America was the place to go searching for ancient ruins of past civilizations. And while it is…
What it Took to be Declared Insane in the Early 20th Century
To say that it took very little to be declared insane during the early 1900s is an understatement. Anyone could be declared insane by alienists…
