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!
Oddities and economic notes mingle in dated excerpts
A roundup of quirky facts and figures covers aluminium horseshoes a submarine rocket exhausts petroleum claims, large land holdings in North Carolina, and Edison on women electricians. It cites taxes testing cannons and tobacco purchases for sailors, plus local curiosities about a Shepherdstown mayor fining himself for a cow at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
William
North Carolina
Uncle Sam
Edison
Natchez
United States
Berlin
Florida
North
Paris
Southern Pacific
Bohemia
Austria
Navy Department
Standard Oil Company
Germany
W. G. Todd
Boston Public Library
Shepherdtown
W. Va
Kansas
Congregational Church
Farmington Conn