Odd Tales and marvels from distant lands and beyond
Pigeons carrying love letters, an inspector fending off jackal scavengers on a moving engine, a lost newsman in Alaska, and eerie relics in museums. Curious reports describe strange natural wonders, wealth of oddities, and unusual human feats across continents and eras.
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Indian Midland Railway
Cawipore
Dhaspi
Mencins
Alice
Caambell
Tar
Alaska
Muur
Hot Springs Waterways and Blowing Cave Attraction
In Bath County Virginia the Blowing Cave near Millboro and the Bath Alum Springs attract visitors to the Blue Ridge springs region. Visitors travel by railroad now with a toll road ascent of 600 feet to the Warm and Hot Springs, where pools offer medicated waters and rustic baths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Dominion
Bath County
Virginia
Sine Ridge Mountains
West Virginia
Arkansas
New Mexico
Concord
Blue Ridge
Hot Springs
Hot Springs Mountains
Springs
Adam
Warm Springs
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Millboro
Ole Virginny
Pampered seaside dog and its fashion conscious mistress
A Cape May letter describes a prominent hotel porch scene where an ultra fashionable woman escorts her dog as the only companion besides a maid. The dog, an ugly specimen, is dressed and redressed to match each outfit, kept close in arms or by the attendant, while Madame and her pet are the hotel’s star boarders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame
Cape May
A Chinaman and a China Town Office Scene
A fragmented story describes a Chinese clerk and a young American woman at a Broad Street office in Atlanta. The text recounts curious glances and a box of sweets provoking a tense exchange, ending as the woman retreats in fear. The narrative shifts to a Persian Shat and a French physician, noting routines and dignities in a distant salon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Strance
Melic
Syria
America
Lozan
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Parker
Ash Hill
Daggett
Cal
New York
San Francisco
Hohenzollern
Berlin
William I
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig
Anhalt Bernburg
Frederick Willam iII
Frederick William IV
New Britain
New South Wales
George Brown
McCulloch
Ind
Paris
Parinaud
Pispatcau
Victoria
B. C
Willoughby
Muir
Windsor Hotel
Notre Dame
Mount Royal
Monreal
Graup
J. W. Jacob
Knights of Honor of
Indiana
Lena
Theresa Mandelstrom
Europe
Texas
Germantown
Mer
Marsvury
Johnstown
Biddeford
Wilcox
Sixth Auditor’s Office
Treasury Department
Andrew Jackson Donaldson
Jackson
White House
the Hague
John de Witt
Cornelius de Witt
Mr. Cockhuyt
Leyden
de Witts
Peter Flynn
Red Hook
N. Y
Washington
Flynn
Hot Springs, VA
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Rigotkin Sli
Ana
Ener
Lees Va
China
Shah
Rin
Bea
Rey He
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York
Anu
Eciatua
Milibus
Royal
Fini
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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!