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Ghost Photographs From Long Ago
In the early 20th century, ghost or spirit photographs were all the rage. Newspapers across the U.S. were publishing these photos, either to marvel at…
Neighbor Planets Arouse Interest
Can the weather on neighboring planets predict the weather on earth? They seemed to think so back in 1920. Neighbor Planets Arouse Interest Venus, Mars,…
Ancient Fairy and Elf Superstitions
There are numerous fairy and elf superstitions worldwide, but the most popular superstitions come to use from Ireland where the fairies were said to be…
May Poles and May Day Dancing
How did people celebrate May Day with poles and dancing? Was this strictly something done in Europe or was there a time when people in…
Serious Superstitions About Sounds and Noises
Odd sounds and sounds coming from unexpected places and times often had superstitions attached to them. Some of those superstitions were fairly good, but most…
Unusual Shooting Stars from the Late 1800s
I have seen numerous shooting stars and, closer up, “fire balls” in the sky, but I have never seen ones that lit up the entire…
Best Bits of Advice on Love From the Early 20th Century – Advice to the Lovelorn
The “Advice to the Lovelorn” column, published in the Omaha Daily Bee back in the early 1900s, was, for many, the best part of the…
Mysterious Clouds of Light Seen in 1929
Science is constantly changing and, as the article below shows, it is often a struggle to change the minds of other scientists about what is…
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…
