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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…

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…

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,…

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, imagine not being allowed to get a shave on a Sunday. While going to the barber shop for a clean shave is pretty much…

There were once a bunch of different Halloween divinations that people would try out for fun once a year. Not all of them are covered…

How was asbestos mined and made into usable fibers? I honestly did not know that asbestos was mined (I was led to believe it was…

Who was the old soldier of Bister? He was the subject of a rather old nursery rhyme. This coloring page for children was originally published…

When cars became popular, the rise of accidental deaths increased. This article, found in a 1912 newspaper out of Chicago, announces that anyone who gets…

How are adobe bricks made? This account from 1883 explains the old process perfectly. Making Adobes Monday morning we drove down to see them making…