Happy Wednesday! As a genealogist, old newspapers are one of my favorite source materials. I’ve found some gold mines in newspapers. But while looking, I’ve also come across some fantastic stories. I recently started keeping track of interesting clips, and I’ll post them now and again for kicks. I wish I had started saving the good ones years ago! Some of them are quite outlandish! It makes one wonder if they are fact or fiction. I thought I’d start my posts with this one that I thought was very interesting.

I hope you have a great day and learn or do something NEW today!

Source: Stockton Daily Mail, Wednesday, 27 June 1894, Page 4, Stockton, California, Newspapers.com.