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Clay Butter and Earth Bread
Would you use clay butter on earth baked bread? It might sound gross on the surface, but dirt is everywhere and, since the article below…
Lemons As Cure For Spanish Flu
I have fought off plenty of colds with high doses of vitamin C, but I have never before heard that lemons were being showcased as…
The Rich Donate Cursed Objects To Museums
This 1913 article describes how the rich of England would gift their antique cursed objects to museums as a way to get rid of curses…
New Mexico Mummy And The Cliff Dwellers
This one newspaper article from 1903 about a mummy discovery in cliff dweller territory hits upon several sensitive topics: the raiding of artifacts that belong…
Writing Advice from Jack London
The internet is filled with writing advice from numerous writers, but how about Jack London? Sure, he’s dead and the advice was written a long…
Old Advice for Perfect Shoulders
I would love to be able to poke fun of this 1911 beauty article on how to get perfect shoulders, but I just read up…
Gin as a Brain Tonic
I can’t imagine gin being a brain tonic, but they used to say the darnedest things long ago. From an article written in 1904: Gin…
Slippers Are Better For Your Health
At first I thought this article written in 1912 to be a bit over the top. Germs in the dust? Prevent illness by wearing slippers?…
To Tell Character By Nails – Fingernail Reading
In 1911, a Kansas newspaper published an article about fingernail readings. It is not something I have ever heard of before, except for reading the…
Spanish Flu Spreads Over All Of Europe
Claiming millions of lives, the Spanish flu filled the newspapers in 1918 to 1919. It was a frightening time when people were desperately searching for…
