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10 Little Known Uses for Vaseline
Vaseline, a product generically called petroleum jelly, is a byproduct of oil drilling. It is the dirty sludge, called rod wax, that gunks up the…
Cotton Factory Burned Down in 1907
Working in the mills and factories was dangerous in the past. There were no safety regulations and when a fire broke out, it was total…
Moore’s Story Clears Up Titanic’s End
A lot of strange stories came out of the Titanic’s sinking. Two of them had to do with two separate ships that were sighted in…
King Island Eskimo Village in 1902
Newspapers from the late 1800s and early 1900s have numerous accounts of indigenous people from all over the world. This particular article covers the domestic…
Malignant Mummy Banished By British, Sent To U.S. On Titanic
And so the curse of the mummy begins! What is interesting about this report of a cursed mummy is the claim that it was sent…
A Family Cult Suicide in 1911
When I first read the title of this article, found in a 1911 newspaper, I was attracted to the use of the word “cult”. Upon…
Lizzie Borden In Her New Home
Did you watch the Lizzie Borden miniseries? I certainly did, and loved every second of it. The article below was published in a newspaper in…
Executioner Anatole Deibler
Who was Anatole Deibler and what was it like to be an executioner in France? It was a Family Affair Anatole Deibler did not wake…
6 Reasons Why Old Insane Asylums Scare Us
What is our fascination with old, rundown insane asylums? Or better yet, why are we so fascinated by the idea of lunacy? This fascination is…
First Woman Night Clerk
It is hard to imagine that there was a time when women were thought of as pretty much worthless. Then again, after doing some online…
