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Monthly Archives: December 2015
The Invention That Blew Women Away And Shocked A Nation, Or Two!
The first electric hair dryer was invented in 1888 by French hairstylist Alexandre Godefoy, who then filed the first patent in 1890. Godefoy’s version produced only heat, did not blow air as depicted in the image above and was an extremely large floor-model not suitable for … Continue reading
Posted in Inventions
Tagged 1920s, Alexandre Godefoy, braids, buns, coif, coiffeur, curls, electocution, fire, hair blower, hair dryer, inventions, soft bonnet, style, toaster, vacuum cleaner, waves
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Poetical Works Of James Montgomery
The little remnant of that ancient race :
Far in Lusatian woods they found a place ;
Posted in Literature
Tagged abolishment, Ayrshire, child exploitation, chimney sweeps, editor, Greeland, Greenland, Humanitarian, hymnwriter, Irvine, James Montgomery, Montgomery's Poetical Works, Oddfellows, poems, poet, quatrains, slavery, south-west Scotland, The Chimney-Sweeper's Friend, The little remnant of that ancient race :, The Wanderer of Switzerland, The World before the Flood, Thomas and Ann Rigg, Thoughts on Wheels
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At 6:30 on the morning of December 14, 1807, a blazing fireball about two-thirds the size of the moon… Continue reading
Massachusetts’ Youngest Murderer Of The 1st Degree
“It is generally concluded that the boy is mentally deficient.” – Boston Globe Young Pomeroy was indeed a bad seed. His vicious attacks began during his adolescence in the town of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Using his skills of manipulation, he enticed younger boys around the ages of 7 – 8, to walk with … Continue reading
Our Fancy – Peeping Tom: Your Neighborhood Spaceman
Our Fancy (Dec 10, 2015) – Peeping Tom Continue reading
Posted in Our Fancies
Tagged art, fancies, fancy, favorites, media, Peeping Tom, pictures, videos
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The Witch of New Dundee
About the year 1800, an old woman said to be a witch lived in New Dundee, northwest of Roseville, Ontario. It was said she possessed a copy of The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses and that she would use … Continue reading
Posted in Mythology
Tagged 1800, Book of Moses, cave paintings, drawings, editions, eigth, fables, Henri Breuil, magic, magician, mythical, mythology, New Dundee, ninth, Ontario, seals, seventh, shaman, shapeshifter, sigils, sixth, sketch, sorcerer, tales, tenth, therianthropes, Waterloo, witch
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A Vision Of Twilight – by Archibald Lampman
By a void and soundless river On the outer edge of space, Where the body comes not ever, But the absent dream hath place, Stands a city, tall and quiet, And its air is sweet and dim; Never sound of … Continue reading
Posted in Literature
Tagged A Vision of Twighlight, Archibald Lampman, bells, death, ghosts, glamour, hallowed places, leisure, life, literature, passion, poem, poet, shadows, spirits, spiritual, tower
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The ‘curse of Pompeii’ is a story which tells us Mount Vesuvius’ eruption was the act of Gods unleashing punishment after the Legionaries destroyed holy buildings. Back in October, (2015) we learned Massimo Osanna, the archaeological superintendent of Pompeii, had revealed that … Continue reading
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