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Kipling Gave Poetic Warning Against Spot Where Titanic Sank

Should the captain of the crew of the Titanic known that the skip was in danger when they entered that fateful spot so many years…

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Business Man Sold American Girls Overseas

This story comes from 1912. Surprised? Don’t be. In fact, American women have been kidnapped and sold to other countries since the writing of the…

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Titanic’s Fifth Officer Rats Out Ismay

Ismay, the controlling builder of the Titanic, will forever be known as a coward. While on the maiden voyage (and only voyage) of the Titanic,…

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A Women’s Bank Opened in New York in 1902

Imagine a bank made just for women. That is what opened up in New York City back in 1902, during a time when all money…

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Adventures of the Female Cowboy of 1891

In the 1800s, it was rather common for women to dress up and live as men. Firstly because the pay was better than jobs offered…

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Titanic Ended the Lives of Rich and Poor

This is one of the articles I have found that mention the doors being locked so that the poorer passengers could not escape from the…

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1912 Pitiful Case of Death and Insanity

Tragic stories, such as the one below, triggers the imagination. We know what led to the situation, but how did the events play out inside…

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Strange 1897 Invention of a Slot (Metered) Machine for Mail

Some inventions, like this slot machine automated for sending mail, seem to complicate a simple process. Instead of plopping on a stamp and sending the…

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220 Suffragettes Jailed in London

The suffragettes were some awesome and well determined women for their time. Early 1900s newspapers are filled with their stories. Some papers spoke of the…

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Titanic Bodies of Prominent Men Reported Found

Five minutes after the Titanic struck the iceberg, one of the ship’s designers knew that the ship was going to go down. This designer also…

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