Dr. Holt's prescription for the treatment of yellow fever ... D. Holt, M. D. New- Orleans, October 1, 1843. According to this doctor, drinking a lot of tea, Castor oil, and soaking your feet with some mustard will do the trick. It was not until 1881...

Group portrait of Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, posed in front of grandstand at West Side Grounds. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Dated 1904.

Sterling Daily Gazette - Sterling, Illinois - September 28th 1927 YANKS DEPEND ON HITTING AND LACK SMARTNESS Jack Dempsey's only chance in the Tunney fight depended on the old sock and as a matter of official record it failed him. Everyone knew that...

Even in the 1840's there was a Boston - New York rivalry. From "Diary of America" written by Frederick Marryat. Another difficulty and cause of misrepresentation is, that travelers are not aware of the jealousy existing between the inhabitants of the...

From the Columbian Register dated May 15th 1819, here is a advertisement from New Haven CT, for a bell foundry, making church bells of all sizes - 50 to 500 pounds! If your interested in purchasing this newspaper - click here!