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 humanity. Show all posts

Showing posts with label humanity. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Why Flowers Bloom and Birds Sing

1901 The old comfortable belief of our forefathers that the flowers and fruits and all the good things of the earth were created for their b...

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

A Street Incident and Royalty

1896 A significant circumstance occurred during a visit of the Emperor of Germany to England. The kaiser was for one day the guest of the lo...

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Sandglasses Still Used To Measure Time

1900 A Sure and Silent Timer Strange to say, the sandglass is still used to measure varying periods of time. The size depends upon the purpo...

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Some Good About All Races

1900 "The Bright Side of Humanity," a new book by Dr. Edward Leigh Pell, is said to be the first serious attempt that has ever bee...

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