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Ads You’ll Never See Again: 19th Century Snake Oil
Prior to the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, advertisers could make any claim they wanted about their products. And boy, did they ever.
Halloween in the Old West
Halloween is a holiday generally credited to the Irish. The original Celtic holiday is over two thousand years old and was called Samhain (pronounced Saw-win).
Birth Control in the 19th Century
American women in the 19th Centuries averaged seven live births during their lifetimes. Prolapsed organs often occurred with this number of pregnancies, and this did not include a number of undocumented early terminations.
Notorious Schoolmarms of the Old West
Okay, I’m sorry, I couldn’t find any “notorious” schoolmarms or schoolmasters west of the Mississippi. Due to the strict rules educators (especially female educators) had to follow in order to maintain their employment...
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