Winston Churchill: Snuff sniffer. (From the L.A. Times, October 24, 1941.)

You find some insane things when looking through old newspapers.

(New Oxford Item, New Oxford, PA, March 18, 1898)

from diacrit:

this might be the funniest thing i’ve ever read

This… is… amazing.

Wait, what? Which people? Who are these people? Foreigners?

“You see, I BOUGHT the Red Car so I could DISMANTLE it.” (1956)

(source: Los Angeles Times)

Jeff Davis, king of the hoboes: why is there no movie musical about this person yet?!

(from Sept. 28, 1940)

Humanity is doomed.

from dachshundhistory:

NAPOLEON WIENAPARTE

Lands and seas conquered, Napoleon Wienaparte reaped the benefits of his victories. While peaking at 11 inches tall, he would never succumb to even the most intimidating of enemies. Grave consequences, that being usually death, came from poking fun at his small demeanor. But many years after his death a psychological complex was named after Napoleon, thus linking the tyrant to short angry dogs.

ZOMG I love this Tumblr!! WIENERHAM LINCOLN, people. WIENERHAM LINCOLN.