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Here is a little article from out of New Jersey in 1922. A “Jack the Hugger” was springing out of a bush to hug random…

Men hate us until they don’t have us. In 1902, after the Second Boer War, the soldiers left in South Africa settled down only to…

Prepare to don the tinfoil hat. After the Titanic went down, there were many questions that needed to be answered, as well as a lot…

If you have the sewing skills, here are some descriptions of Halloween costume gowns for women in the late 1800s. Halloween Costumes Pretty Fanciful Gowns…

Asbestos can cause malignant mesothelioma. No one should ever use anything made with asbestos. It can kill you. This article, published in 1916, illustrates how…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…