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The Skeleton Industry
Here is yet another article about the skeleton industry in the late 1800s. The article has a humor not present in previous articles on this…
Odd Religious Sects in Late 1800s US
The weird religious sects below were named in a newspaper article published in 1895. Each of them are rather interesting. The only sect around today…
Selling Human Skeletons
A previous article I put online discussed how Paris was the major exporter of human skeletons in the 1800s. In the article below, a doctor…
A Skeleton Factory in the Late 1800s London
Did doctors use real skeletons long ago and how did they get those human skeletons? It turns out that the wired skeletons that hung from…
Skeletons Found on Ghost Farm
Ghost farms and murder farms were prevalent over a hundred years ago. The account below is about a piece of property where police believed people…
Circus Attendant Exacts Revenge on Living Skeleton
The most fascinating things to read about in the old newspapers are the stories about the sideshows and circuses. The people involved in these businesses…
Skeleton Found Buried in Sitting Position in Indiana 1905
Old newspapers reveal numerous skeletons having been found while digging pits, basements, etc. The skeleton mentioned below was found outside of Marion, Indiana in 1905….
Devil’s Skeleton Found in Japan
The devil’s bones were discovered buried under a Japanese temple in 1895. The bones were brought back to the United States where they were said…
Wood Child’s Desk Instructions from 1923
My grandfather would make miniature furniture for my sister and I when we were small (over 40 years ago). The plans he would use were…
Instruction From 1913 on How to Make a Camp Fireplace, Fireless Cooker, Log Bridge, and Camp Crane
The following camping tricks were originally published in 1913 and give some interesting ideas for people who want to rough it out in the woods….
