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This heart pincushion is made with two pieces of cardboard that are filled with cotton and then edged with ribbon. The pins go into the…

Teapot cozies have never been all too popular in the United States, which is why the pattern instructions below are so odd. They were published…

The pincushions from over a hundred years ago were weird and the ladies, trapped in their homes over the long winter months, were definitely stir…

The Scottish needfire was a fire of purification, lit every year to purify people, livestock, and the home. The following article was published in 1920….

In the past, pincushions of all sorts were made, but the doll pincushions were, by far, the most creepy pincushions around. Women would made these…

Many people are trying their hands at making their own smoked meat, but the equipment can get a touch expensive. Over 100 years ago, however,…

Winston Churchill 1929. “A distinguished Briton lands a big one. Winston Churchill, former British chancellor of the exchequer (in yachting cap), with 180 pound marlin…

America’s Greatest Playground In 1907, Coney Island was called America’s Greatest Playground. A Sunday Afternoon A Sunday afternoon in the new bowery at Coney Island,…

Old newspapers loved publishing moral pieces while spreading “friendly” neighborhood gossip at the same time. The article below, published in 1913, is about a man…

The article, published in 1916, gives a look at how the U.S. goverment was beginning to look into the magic mushrooms of Mexico and how…