Grasshopper Jails & Other “Monkey Business”
If you peek into newspapers from any decade, it doesn’t take long to find some downright...
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Tag: 1920s
“Escaped Nuns are Myths”: The Roots of a Forgotten Riot
Did you ever hear about the riot sparked by horror tales, a Holiness preacher, and a renegade nun?...
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A Ku Klux Quaker?
Daisy Douglass Barr, Imperial Empress of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, circa 1923. Women are...
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Curb Cooties and Their Moveable Porches
Ever wonder about the history and folklore of cooties? Around 1950, these mysterious critters...
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Women Take to the Skies in Jazz Age Indy
“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.” That...
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