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Monday, February 3, 2014

The Lady and the Furnace

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On the morning of October 30, 1928, a worker at the police station of Lake Bluff, Illinois went into the basement to light the furnace. ...
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Friday, January 31, 2014

Weekend Link Dump

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A happy Chinese Year of the Horse! All Strange Company can say about this week's assortment of links is... ... Duck!! And it...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Milwaukee Journal, April 30 1937 Port Washington, Wis., (AP) —Sheriff Ben F. Runkel Friday continued a search tor Capt. George Doner, ...
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Cats Ahoy!

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Unidentified cat on HMAS Encounter, via Wikipedia Ailurophobes may wish to skip this post. Today, we are paying tribute to the feline...
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Friday, January 24, 2014

Weekend Link Dump

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It's Friday! Strange Company invites you all to settle back with a cup of tea to go with your links. The cats will play moth...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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This account of a mental patient's wandering ways appeared in the “Newburgh [Indiana] Democrat" for April 17, 1855. It is repr...
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Monday, January 20, 2014

The Mysterious Murder of Nora Fuller

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On January 8, 1902, a man who gave his name as “C. B. Hawkins” leased an empty house on San Francisco’s Sutter Street. He paid a mont...
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