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.

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Ran Six Cents To 15 Millions In Few Months

1920 Charles Ponzi, "Coupon Wizard," Defies U. S. to Learn Secret of His Alleged Legal Scheme. 1920 BOSTON, Mass. — "It is my...

Monday, April 7, 2008

A Dead Face In the Window

1901 Crockford, the proprietor of a well known London gambling house, was made to play a queer role after he was dead. When one of Crockford...

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

An Actress Tells About Health and Good Looks

1900 Something Useful May Be Learned From Her Experience One of the most admired of American actresses, both for her grace and comeliness, h...

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Secret Correspondence Using Invisible Ink

1900 Inks Composed Mainly of Salts and Cobalt Are the Best Of the many invisible and sympathetic inks that have been used for secret corresp...

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Kashgaria — You Can't Get There From Here

1907 There are few places in the world so difficult to get at as Kashgaria. Though it lies in Chinese territory, the journey from Peking occ...

Friday, April 20, 2007

Secret of a Flower - What Might They Know?

1916 How Did the Trumpet Vine Discover the Bared Stump? If someone advanced the theory that this plant had some unknown power of reasoning y...

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