Archive for: December 2009

This old newspaper article describes how the blood of American President Abraham Lincoln was collected after his assassination, and also describes the condition of the blood stains.
The report is of unusual historical interest because it describes the condition of President …

A clergyman in Canada was attacked by an angry husband after he criticised the women in his local community for allegedly indulging in alcohol abuse and smoking.
He was publicly horse-whipped by the husband after he gave a fiery sermon about …

This example of  old American humor is about the ‘pointlessness’ of conversation, and it was published in America in 1920.
It’s about an encounter between a sophisticated city person who is used to making conversation and a farmer who doesn’t see …