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On February 3, 1920, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported on a surgeon who was “grafting the intestinal glands of a goat into human beings to cure those treated of sterility.” The report continues: Within the past two years, by means of such operations, Dr. Brinkley has made it possible for three men and one woman to become parents. In all four cases the glands of a male goat were used. In each instance a baby boy was born. In his most recent case Dr. Brinkley used the gland of a female goat. “I do not say this woman will have a girl baby,” said Dr. Brinkley today, “but I am experimenting....

I've been working on this post for more than a week (a difficult one during which we said goodbye to our beloved cat, Cleo), but I've just realized it also fits into Randy's most recent Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge - An Unusual Newspaper Article About Your Ancestors - though mine comes with a twist: 1) Have you found an unusual, chilling, amazing, or fascinating newspaper article about your ancestors?

Ambitious inn and tavern owners in the early 1800s understood the profitability of hosting reputable stagecoach lines. Hungry, tired travelers delivered to your doorstep are ideal clientele. One might imagine an innkeeper going to great lengths to attract these lines, but would these lengths include…

Manly W. Peacock, son of Albert, was born on 6 March 1877. Two of his brothers were Jefferson D. Peacock , mentioned previously in this spac...

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Tariff: "a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports" per Oxford Languages. It seems simple on the surface. It has never been. A simple search using Readex AllSearch and limit...