Antique Clippings

Antique humor and clippings, randomly discovered ephemera and interesting things! A lot of the things here are from before 1950, maybe way before. There will be things not politically correct today, ethnic humor, and enemies called names. The past is very messy.

Showing posts with label Switzerland. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Switzerland. Show all posts

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Swiss Watch Schools

1895 The Progress of the Student Through the Great Manufactories. The school the writer visited is the extensive one at Geneva. Being provid...

Friday, April 25, 2008

Firstborn Children Strongest

1901 It would seem that firstborn children excel later born children in height and weight. This may be due to the greater vigor of the mothe...

Friday, March 14, 2008

Have Got Beyond Feeling

1902 The people of Martinique, or those who still cling to that unfortunate island, will probably not be alarmed by the scientific report th...

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

A Delightful Prison

1903 It is very doubtful if there is anywhere a more delightful prison than that of Tobel, in Switzerland. There are very few guards, not mo...

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Ancestor of Pictorial Postcards

1910 It was in Switzerland that the mania for pictorial postcards first arose, and we well remember the astonishment evoked some dozen years...

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