This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The New Equator and the Pole That Moved North
A hybrid essay blends a fanciful 19th century newspaper column about Earth's axis, the equator shifting through Ohio, and global climate quirks with assorted short vignettes on sleep, agriculture, and rural life. It mixes playful scientific hoax with local color and curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Ohio
Central America
Ita Morita
Sydney Smith
Polar
Jeannetta
Pole
Africa
Kinga
Chilli
Peru
Horlbat
Almister Kilpatrick