North Woods Lumber Camp Life Narrated in December Episode
A veteran recounts a Wisconsin and Michigan lumber camp voyage from Chicago to Ashland and beyond. He details trains, camps, cooks, drivers, and logs handling, with vivid scenes of whiskey, songs, meals on the spot, and rough camaraderie amid hardships in the pine forests and Bad River country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harty
Michigan
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Central
Chicago
Ashland
Wis
Annie Rooney
Hearta
Sonny
Bad River Country
Grave
Ively
Severy
Children Fashion Notes from New York 1890 Styles
Daisy Daur surveys children’s costumes in New York fashion journalism. It details fabrics and trims for little girls, from china silks to lace, and describes dress ideas for dancing classes, skating, and summer migrations southward, highlighting the charm and caution around fashion’s influence on children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Variona Doalgna
New York
Lothal
Flossin
Little Fotk
Littie Diesary
Eavk
Priscilla Aldeus
Daisy Daur
Fire destroys village church organ amid mystery
The village church burned with theories about the cause as the sacred edition was gutted. Despite brave fire efforts only bare walls remained, and the organ donated by the ladies months earlier was lost. An elder lamented the loss while noting the engines could not play it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priy
Tegret
Humorous Testimony and Odd Conversations Parade
A slice of vintage humorous snippets shows witnesses exaggerating notes of a murder trial with phrases like simultaneous gunfire and dubious declarations. It also catalogs light social banter and small anecdotes about mistaken portraits, fashion, and domestic mishaps from Austin society life.
Ingenious instrument measures tidal flow on sound
A U S steamer Fish Hawk experiment yields a copper fish shaped device four feet long. It suspends from the spar rig to. track tide current independent of ship motion. The head holds a revolving screw like a propeller and a tail acts as a rudder. inside, delicate gears record revolutions and transmit data to the laboratory via electrical apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fish Hawk
New York Telegram
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Woods
Folling
Akiddinng
Hanking
Sawyers Ab
Uie Lorses
Sawyers
Tali
Arkansaw
Hastington
Tre
Touslin
Dotty
Carolinas
Georgia
Horida
Fairyland
Texas
Fred
Sali
Annyg
Der
Twaak
Lycal
Mamma
Sare
Dollie
Mim
Johnny
Bane
Austin Society
Peterhy
Col. Yerger
Judge Weterley
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!