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In this episode we hear of old-timey haunted houses and haunted spouses.
Sources: The Day Book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.), 02 Nov. 1911. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. Of Congress.
On this BONUS episode, we learn about the 1692 Salem Witch Trials with excerpts from Cotton Mather himself.
Sources: Anti-Slavery Bugle. (New Lisbon, OH), May 18, 1849. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83035487/1849-05-18/ed-1/.
Today I have a guest reading some interesting editorials from 1901.
Sources:
Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, April 26, 1901 (Stockton, CA)
This week we share the story of the Donner Party as told by the survivors.
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A compilation of stories about the Women's Suffrage movement.
Sources:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 12 Nov. 1917. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]), 19 Aug. 1920. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.), 26 Aug. 1920. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Today we discuss the California Gold Rush and museum displays from Fiji.
Sources:
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]), 23 Dec. 1848. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
A story of the customs and traditions of the Ojibwas. The legend of Way-Nah-Bozho the "Thor of the Ojibwa."
Sources:
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.), 07 May 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.), 14 May 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.), 21 May 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.), 04 June 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.), 02 July 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.), 23 July 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
A whole host of financial panics have ravished our country from the very beginning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.), 20 Sept. 1893. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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Episode 8 features a story about the Erie Canal connecting the eastern waters and the Great Lakes, a strong man, and more short stories from 1825.
Sources: Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]), 09 March 1825. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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