Stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else

There's so MUCH in magazines from a hundred years ago that I think is neat:

Inspiration from 1904

What train whistles meant circa 1904  (Math Hesch's 2 long and 2 short was  their phone ring and had nothing to do with trains..altho, you were kinda 'crossing a road at a grade' on that corner, huh?)

A tool dad used a lot ☺ and that I thought was SO clever!

ALL the businesses in Sauk Rapids in 1880

I would have LOVED this set!

This ad brings so many questions to mind, like, how come the First Hawaiian Conservatory of Music was in NYC?

St Joe in 1898--my lot
wasn't even in town back then...

This is in honor of my nice niece Laurel who achived 29 last week--
she graduated from Tufts in Engineering, ya know!