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 weapons. Show all posts

Showing posts with label weapons. Show all posts

Saturday, May 17, 2008

The Mace

1895 The mace was originally a potent weapon of offense, originating doubtless in that earliest and most common weapon, the wooden club. It ...

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Walking Sticks

1916 Walking sticks have been used by men from Bible times down to the present age. These have come in all varieties from the plain staff to...

Thursday, June 7, 2007

A Deadly Boomerang, Made and Thrown With Precision

1898 He Learned the Secret From the Natives of Australia Civilized people, especially of the English speaking races, pride themselves upon t...

Sunday, May 27, 2007

The Greek Myrmex — Deadly Weapon in a Fight

1907 It Was the Deadliest Weapon of the Ancient Pugilist The four ounce glove was unknown to the ancient pugilist. When the boxers and fight...

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Mad Dog Scare — Bulldog Bits Cow, Not Found

Riverdale, Illinois, 1907 Brindle Bull Dog Bites Cow and then Disappears Early Tuesday morning a brindle bull dog caused considerable excite...

View web version

About Me

Clippique

View my complete profile

Powered by Blogger.