Recent Posts
Doctors Can’t Be Trusted With Alcohol
It was the Prohibition. Alcohol was illegal and it was being removed from doctor’s cabinets, having been declared to have no medicinal value. U.S. Attorney…
1922 Advice For A Bigger Bust
Looking for a more bustful figure? Well, according to this 1922 newspaper article, all you really need to do to fill out your bust-line is…
10 Glimpses Of Life Inside The Workhouses
Workhouses were where the poor went to receive food and a roof over their heads when times were at their absolute worst. In exchange for…
1912 Conspiracy Theory of Government Owned by the Wealthy
Conspiracy theories are nothing new and neither is the belief that the government is owned by the über wealthy corporations. In the early 1900s, the…
World War I Registration of Germans in the U.S.
In the last year of WWI, it was declared that all German aliens be registered. Here is a snippet of what I discovered in a…
10 Ways to Protect Yourself From the Evil Eye
Our ancestors feared the evil eye, believing that just one glance could bring about bad luck, poverty, or even death. Anyone could cast the evil…
7 Historical Alarmist Beliefs About Absinthe
Absinthe, commonly called the green damnation is one of life’s guilty little pleasures. Real absinthe is expensive these days, but so worth the extra money…
Escaped From Prison to Help His Mother
There are no details as to how this man escaped the penitentiary, but the reason why is plain: his mother needed him. The man escaped,…
Arm Sewn to Boy’s Face
This 1911 plastic surgery procedure is not for the weak of heart or stomach. The process describes cutting away malformed jaw muscle and attaching the…
Flour for Fixing Burns
For starters, the article below comes from a newspaper printed in 1851. It should not, under any circumstances, be used as medical advice. It is…
