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Little Drops of Water – Rain Chariot Coloring Page
This charming coloring page shows a chariot filled with raindrops. It was originally published in the Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 02, 1922. Little Drops…
Female Husband George Green
It was fairly easy for women in the 1800s and early 1900s to present themselves as a man. They would dress as men, take office…
Chicago Iroquois Theater Fire of 1903
Before reading the newspaper article below about the tragic burning of the Chicago Iroquois Theater, know that, unlike newspaper articles today, the account is both…
Egyptian Ancient Papyrus Reveals Look At Daily Life
No different from the crap you read in your Facebook feed, the ancient Egyptians also wrote about the mundane, day to day stuff, too. Egyptians…
Halloween Frolics For Children From 1912
How about those parents who deny their children a few Halloween frolics. As the author of this article wrote in 1912, Halloween is the time…
Asbestos A Stone That Floats
In the early 1900s, the world was in love with the wonders of asbestos and, truly, it is an amazing mineral that is mined from…
Jaguar Children’s Coloring Page
This coloring page of the jaguar was originally published in the Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July, 02, 1922. Kitty Kitty! Pretty Miss Lois is very…
Electricity From Air
Free electricity from the air? Oh, no, no, no. We could never have that. Roy J. Meyers, in prison because he wrote a bad check,…
American Manufacturer Of Egyptian Mummies
Everyone wants to have a mummy in their home, right? I actually like the idea of manufacturing fake mummies to sell off. They’d make great…
Men Fight for the Right to Shave on Sundays
Men, imagine not being allowed to get a shave on a Sunday. While going to the barber shop for a clean shave is pretty much…
