With Halloween fast approaching, I thought everyone would enjoy this party invitation from the Aceola Tennis Club dated 1893. When we compare our English language today with older documents, it can provide for some entertaining conversations. This invitation has a pig design along with a pickax and a quill. It seems reasonable that they were… Read More »Having Fun with an Old Halloween Invitation
Rumors of the death of the book have been greatly exaggerated. Hardcover sales are strong and audiobooks are increasing in popularity. People frequently like to share what they’re reading and their thoughts about books on Goodreads, Litsy, and LibraryThing. Book clubs abound, and there’s a whole world within a world on Instagram known as “Bookstagram.”… Read More »A literary county
It might be hard to imagine now, but the sale and consumption of alcohol were once hotly debated issues in Montgomery County. With its large German population, the county was home to many breweries, Adam Scheidt perhaps being the best known. However, it was also home to many temperance societies, both local ones and nationally… Read More »Temperance and Teetotalism
Among our various collections at the Historical Society are papers from various societies for the recovery of stolen horses.
Earlier this week, our curator turned up an interesting book in her inventory of our museum collection.