Footnote – 1938: Ceylon Man Claims Fish Milked Cow Published on October 26, 2021 Posted in: Footnotes to History Have you ever heard of a fish milking a cow? A Sandusky, Michigan man claims that it is true!Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1935: Phone Girl Hurt in Freak Auto Accident Published on October 19, 2021 Posted in: Footnotes to History In 1935, Josephine Morgan got out of her car and was knocked unconscious in a very unusual way.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1952: Dammed Missouri Valley Book Disappears in Flood Published on October 12, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Humor, Tidbits A patron was unable to return the book The Dammed Missouri Valley to his local library because the river had taken it away in a flood.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1947: Lazy Man Makes Tough Job Simple Published on October 8, 2021 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits Clarence E. Bleicher, president of the Chrysler Corp.'s De Soto division, told the US Senate's Labor Commission how he solves tough jobs at his plant.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1936: Mother Has Leap Year Babies Published on October 1, 2021 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage, Tidbits In 1936, Mrs. Ralph E, Hansen gave birth to her second child born on leap day - February 29th.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1928: Husband Refuses to Buy His Wife False Teeth Published on September 24, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Law & Order, Love & Marriage, Tidbits In 1928, Mathias Blau was in a Chicago courtroom because he had his wife's teeth pulled and refused to purchase dentures for her.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1914: Speaking English Deforms the Mouth Published on September 18, 2021 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits In 1914, Lord Ashbourne described to an audience how the speaking of English deformed the human jaw.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1957: Helicopter Melon Thief Published on September 12, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History In June 1957, a helicopter landed in a Brawley, California watermelon patch and stole three melons before taking off again.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1952: 200 Hog Calling Records Stolen Published on September 7, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History, Humor Just what would anyone do with 200 stolen hog calling phonograph records?Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1949: Just Tell It Like It Is Published on September 7, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Humor A company in London decided to do away with desk trays labeled Incoming and Outgoing. Instead, they came up with trays with more realistic labels.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1913: Leg Broken 3 Times in 3 Minutes Published on August 24, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! In 1913, Daniel Sullivan's leg was broken three times in three minutes. Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1899: 4 Cows Killed by Lightning Published on August 18, 2021 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Death and Murder, Footnotes to History In July 1899, farmer Charles Hulse had four of his cows killed at the same time by a bolt of lightning.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1952: Parrot In Tree Cries ‘I Like Ike’ Published on August 10, 2021 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Footnotes to History, Tidbits In 1952, a parrot escaped from a London apartment and took to a tree outside of Parliament. It had been taught to say "I Like Ike."Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1949: Farmer Joe Solves Vacation Milking by Taking Cow Along Published on August 7, 2021 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Footnotes to History, Tidbits Farmer Joe Trevethan was unable to take a vacation of twenty years because he needed to milk his cow. So, he took the cow with him.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1946: Shortage of Marriage Licenses Published on July 23, 2021 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage, Tidbits It was reported in 1946 that there was a shortage of marriage license blanks in Hagerstown. Maryland due, in part, to men returning from the war.Click to Read More...