Tales of Fear and Courage Across Timelines
A compendium of anecdotes and reflections traces fear of death and moral duty. Sir Lyon Playfair cites medical men who found no fear in dying except two outliers. Livingstone, Rustem Pasha, and Sir Edward Bradford recount painless munching by beasts and bears, while Tolstoi wrestles with hypocrisy and duty, urged by a voice to return to his family and public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon Playfair
Junius Henri Browns
University of Edinburgh
England
Benjamin Brodie
Robert Christison
Livingstone
Rustem Pasha
London
Edward Bradford
Terrible ordeal at Salt Creek ford ends in rescue
Arley Fields a young farmer near Bilverville Lawrence County saved his wife and his mother from fifteen feet of icy water after a buggy overturned at Salt Creek ford. Unable to swim he ferried his wife and later his mother to a rock ledge as train crew then pulled them to shore in a dramatic survival tale from Indiana farmer.
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Arley Fields
Bilverville
Lawrence County
Salt Creek Ford
Fields
D. I
Indiana
Jersey Bull Attack on Farm Kills Mare at Greensburg
A dehorned Jersey bull on the Freak' Ro farm near Greensburg fatally charged a valuable mare. The incident highlights livestock danger on rural farms and may prompt herd safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Horse killed by bull and a French heroine rescue
In Indiana, a horse valued at 300 dollars was killed by a bull after crowding the animal against a stone way near a barn. Aaron Robbins defended himself with a pitch fork until the bull was subdued. A separate Chicago News item tells of Mlle le Commandeur, a nine year old girl who braved ice to rescue two older children from a frozen river, then saved a two year old from drowning before all were cared for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolstoi
Moscow
Lyoff Nicholayevitch
Lyoff
Josiah Flynt
Aaron Robbins
Mr. Robbins
Indianapolis News
France
St. Vincent
Lorient
Brittany
Mlle
le Commandeur
Chicago News
Secret Rooms in Cooper Tavern Spur Revolutionary Era Tale
Police in Arlington Massachusetts investigated the Cooper Tavern landmark seeking illicit activity. Hidden chambers beneath the old house revealed secret rooms and passages used recently by gamblers. Built before the Revolution, the tavern’s front room recalls two patriots at Lexington’s stand amid Lord Percy’s troops.
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Arlington
Mass
Cooper Tavern
Lexington
Lord Percy
Woodchoppers Battle Bears on Mount Pico
Luther Weeks and his son Clinton fought a six bear confrontation on Mount Pico near Rutland Vermont, felling a tree to create space. Two cubs weighing about 100 pounds each were killed, the mother and remaining cubs escaped, and the old bear was estimated at eight feet long and about 500 pounds.
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Mount
Pico
Rutland
Luther Weeks
Clinton
Eagle Attacks Hollenbach After Saving Lamb
Frederick Hollenbach of near Saegersville Pennsylvania fought an eagle that gripped a lamb in its talons. The bird ripped his face hands and chest before flying off with the lamb. He lies in bed with a doctor attending. Also a cougar was killed by stone throws near Lorraine as one man repelled the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Hollenbach
Saegersville
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Hollenbach
Father’s blessing misquoted by visiting child
A Stotesbury Tribune account describes a visiting girl correcting a minister’s family after grace. The child’s pointed remark, broadcast with a comic tone, reveals a mispronounced blessing and a playful exchange at the dinner table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stotesbury Tribune
Caitly
Konses
Komses
Pecan Culture Prospects For Gulf States And Beyond
John Craig notes pecan quality varies widely between wild seedlings and cultivated varieties. He cites rising East Coast demand, price gains from eight to sixty cents, and describes range, distribution, and tree form. He explains propagation methods, spacing, bearing age, intercropping, and recommends Stewart Van Deman Fretscher Schley Curtis varieties for promising Gulf Coast orchards.
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East
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
United States
Pacific
Iowa
Colorado River
Georgia
Acre
Stewart
van Deman
Fretscher
Schley
Curtis
Middle South
Gulf States
New York Tribune
South Polar Times: Polar crew keeps spirits high at sea
In the Discovery ward room a monthly paper emerges as morale booster amid ice and cold. Shackleton and Bernacchi compete in poetry readings from Browning and Tennyson, Ferrar jokes about poetry, and the ship sustains cheerful aims with a free, widely circulated journal for the Antarctic community.
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Armitage
Antartic
South Polar
London
South Polar Times
Shackleton
Bernacchi
Browning
Tennyson
Ould
Ferrar
Hamelin
Success and Warnings in a Dated Chance Game
A fragmented reflection on luck and rules of a long standing game. The piece contrasts three prize classes money and non monetary gains while noting strict rules against cheating. It also hints at historical context with a garbled note about England and adjusted figures.
Dying Race Observation on Pure Blood Bison Numbers
Dr. Frank Baker’s 1905 census figures cited place pure blood bison primarily in a few scattered U S herds. About 1183 pure-blood individuals exist in the United States, with hybrids totaling around 262 across several states. The note references captive and wild herds, including Yellowstone and Great Slave Lake regions, and cites multiple institutions and owners.
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Frank Baker
National Zoological Park
Washington
Great Slave Lake
Yellowstone National Park
Flathead Indian Reservation
Montana
Austin Corbin Estate
Fort Pierre
D.james
Goodnight
Texas
Kalispell
A. D. Conrad
Pawnea
Okla
G. W. Lillie
Yellowstone Park
Wyoming
Missoula
New York
United States
California
Molera
Minnesota
Pablo
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wise Words on Happiness and Character
A collection of aphorisms on happiness and virtue from Robertson Ames Roosevelt Eliot Robertson Rutherford Arnot and others. The quotes urge sympathy, steady work, devotion, and daily character building as paths to blessedness and service to God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Robertson
Shoplifting Temptations Warned by Paris Bar Figure
Mme Beneészech of the Paris Bar in Texas says most shoplifting by women comes from passing temptation. She warns large warehouses with tempting displays pose a danger to public morality and claims only a few cases involve professional thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Beneészech
Paris
Texas
Postoffice Telegraph In Great Britain and Continental Practices
The British government runs the telegraphic service with dispatches sent from post offices. Charges run about half of American rates. Senders paste on blank postage stamps to cover charges. no collect privilege exists. On the Continent, messages are printed on tapes like a tickertape and tapes are pasted on regular blanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Telegrap
Great Britain
Mea
Peruna Helps Kernersville Woman Recover From Stomach Ailment
Lenora Bodenhamer of Kernersville North Carolina writes of chronic stomach trouble and indigestion. After trying doctors and remedies she used Peruna and Manalin following Dr Hartman’s advice and now reports feeling as well as ever. She urges others with similar symptoms to try Peruna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenora Podenhamer
Lenora Bodenhamer
Box 9
Kernersville
N. C
Hartman
Peruna
Manalin
Harlan
Eruna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Runk
Lorraine
Mr. Runk
David
Eugene Register
John Craig
Cornell University
the South Polar Times
Caspar Whitney
Outing Magazine
Charles G. Ames
Theodore Roosevelt
George Eliot
Samuel Rutherford
William Arnot
M. D. Babcock
God
Victor Hugo
Aah
Boston
South
HICKS
Capudine
Japan
Goren Baker
American Express Company
Baker
the Enquirer
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