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Ambergris Find in 1912
Recently, a couple found ambergris (whale throw up) and the news outlets exploded with the couple’s new found money. It also sent people rushing to…
Small Pox Vaccination Debate In 1918
Turns out the great vaccination debate has been going on for quite some time. This article from a newspaper published in 1918 is about the…
Surgeon’s Knife Takes Chance in a Thousand
The history of medicine and surgery is filled with great success and great failure. In the early 1900s, surgery was being used to treat a…
Adding Machine Inventor is Found in Potter’s Field
Being an inventor is a rough field. People will try to steal your ideas, copy what you have done, and ultimately screw you over in…
7 Strange Lottery Ticket Beliefs
Is there a trick to winning the lottery? Well, according to some people, winning involves a touch of superstition to up the luck. Granted, there…
Absolute Life Cult Leader Gets Jail Time
What people are willing to believe is just incredible. That is what makes cults so interesting, scary, and even entertaining. This newspaper entry is about…
Chinese Use of Fingerprints in the Early 1900s
The Chinese were ahead of the rest of the world in many ways, from religious philosophies to their writing and literature. They also were using…
Chicago Heat Storm Blamed for 7 Deaths 1912
Imagine a time without air conditioning or central air, then imagine living in the city. It was hell on earth, for sure. Here are the…
Disinfect Kisses With a Lemon
Since they could not make kissing illegal, doctors recommended sucking on a lemon after kissing your sweetheart. It was meant to kill off any yucky…
Vibrations From War Trenches In Europe Wound Souls Of Babies Born In America
There were some wild and crazy ideas being put out there over 100 years ago. This little article has got to be one of the…
