2010 June | TWEETS OF OLD

Mrs. J.C. Anderson, a giddy young thing, and the mother of 16 children, has run away with a big-trousered dude 25 years of age. OH1889

Xenia, Ohio 1889 -The Telegraph

Some bees got on the war path yesterday while being robbed. Citizens were compelled to either close doors or leave town. GA1891

Middle Georgia Argus – Week of June 16, 1891

The Argus now has telephone connections. Ring us up and tell us all local happenings of a newsy nature. Our telephone is No. 19. GA1898

-Jackson Argus – Butts County, Georgia April 1, 1898

John Rebhalz, 101 years, is dead. He drank lager up to a short time before his death, and his last word was “beer”.PA1880

Pennsylvania, 1880

G W Gordy chopped off the head of a huge rattlesnake Wednesday, and fourteen young snakes ran out of its body.GA1887

Georgia, 1887

A fatal epidemic has broken out among the goldfish in Jackson. MI1872

Jackson, Michigan -Detroit Daily Press Telegraph, 1872

In need of spanking: the lackadaisical daughters who lounge about reading novels while mother washes the dishes. NY1916

New York, 1916

William Pangborn, 82 years of age, is charged with killing his wife. He claims that he did it while fighting a bear.ME1875

Maine, 1875

When mattresses get hard and bunchy, rip them, take the hair out, and let them lie a day or two to air. AL1880

Alabama, 1880

Sam Alt found hogs in his corn and was unable to drive them out. Due to the heat he got exercised, and then went insane. KS1901

Kansas, 1901