Comments on: In the Archives: Sowing Bogus Oats

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:24:12 +0000

What part of Washtenaw county was farmer Graves from? I remember that Bird Hills Park, or a portion, was once called Graves Woods, is there a possible connection or was he elsewhere in the county?

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:08:38 +0000

Hi everyone; thank you for reading my story! I would like to apologize to you if you have been looking for my stories for the past few months. I had a medical issue I was dealing with since an August diagnosis. It’s over with now, and I am grateful to my editor for his kindness in allowing me some time off to recuperate. Thanks to all of you. I am grateful for your reading my pieces.

TeacherPatti: Thank you for your kind words. As it happens, work-at-home schemes were perhaps just as popular in the late 19th century as today and I might make that my topic for the next article. The silk-processing offer mentioned above is just one of many such scams.

Cosmonican: Wow, thank you for doing that! I happen to keep a pair of red-blue 3D glasses in with a bad of address labels…your 3D version really makes the foreground wagon and little girl pop out! Very neat!

Jim: Hmm, we shall see. :)

Edward: Perhaps you are thinking about the AADL “Old News” site? A great resource!

Vivienne: Thanks for reading!

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:21:39 +0000

What fun!

By: Dave Askins

Dave Askins — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:33:09 +0000

Here's the link again to the 3D-image cosmonıcan made for those with red-blue glasses: [link] Thanks, cosmonıcan! (I love wearing 3D glasses to look at images on my computer.)

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:41:31 +0000

A clue is found in the Ann Arbor Argus, November 6, 1894.

By: Jim Rees

Jim Rees — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:08:04 +0000

It looks like a device for throwing dice, although I can’t imagine why you’d need that. Maybe for some place like a train where there is little flat surface and the dice could get away.

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:57:21 +0000

Messed up link: pic.twitter.com/xxRGmCFD

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:48:07 +0000

The threshing stereogram converted for red/blue glasses, for those who have them: pic.twitter.com/AfHSpYp5

A mechanical dice roller for a lazy Craps player?

By: TeacherPatti

TeacherPatti — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:04:26 +0000

Glad to see you back, Laura!

The things people will do to make a buck–that is so horrible! But today we still have scams, just a little more sophisticated (maybe!). I always cringe when my Facebook gives me a “work at home! Make $70/hour!” ad. I guess people still fall for those things though….