Kidnapped to an island in 1751 and the rescue
Narrates David Balfour's harrowing drift and survival after being cast ashore on a barren isle near Mull. He endures hunger, cold, and sickness while watching for help, aids from two fishers, and a gaunt hope of rescue near Iona. The tale pivots on his ultimate escape when the tide recedes and the boat returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Balfour
Alan Breck Stewart
Ebenezer Balfour
Shaws
Robert Louis Stevenson
Barraid
Mull
Ross
Alan
Isle
Iona
Bay
Iowa
Charles the Second
England
Worcester
Queensferry
Highlands
The
Wharrard
London Court of Appeals case on accidental injury policy recovery
Curous notes discuss a railway employee insured against accidents who was permanently incapacitated after witnessing an accident and won his claim. appeal to House of Lords planned. Also items on Braddock rock preservation, Olive Schriener sales, a Philadelphia dog in Denver, and brief quips on sleeves causing pneumonia and language misprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
London
House of Lords
Braddock
Potomac
Washington
Transvaal
Olive Schriener
Philadelphia
Vis
Denver
Colorado
Bulls Not All Irish In Accidents And Odd Tales
A selection of brief quips and anecdotes describe sudden deaths and ironic ironies. A French cure, an estate owner’s burial wish, a chemistry lecturer’s warning, an English lieutenant’s fear, a poison tale involving a cat, a dying merchant, and a clerk’s posthumous note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Iger Company
Before the Days of Carriages in Maine
A Lewiston Journal note recounts Maine’s early locomotion era before carriages. It records that before Revolution four-wheeled vehicles did not exist, two-wheeled chaises appeared in 1762 only for gala days, and the first four-wheeled vehicle arrived in 1800. Travel was by foot or horseback, winter used sleds, women rode side saddles, mounting blocks were common, grain moved by people and animals, and pedestrians and walkers were the norms for those not crippled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Maine
Kennebeck
Portland
Aud
Benign Tornado Tales From Across the Plains
A Kansas farmer recounts cyclones and their oddities to a journalist aboard a train, including a house blown into his pasture and a dog with a tail that a cyclone straightened. Interspersed are reminiscences from St. Louis, Pawnee County, and Iowa about storms and luck. The second story notes Mrs. Stowe’s survivors: two sisters and two brothers, with Perkins and Hooker in residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicago Daily Tribune
Kansas
Gripman
Boot
Mit Glover
Pawnee County
Ioway
Cyclone
Elly
Beechers
Hartford Times
Stowe
Mary Foote Perkins
Thomas C. Perkins
Charles E. Perkins
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Charles Beecher
Georgetown
Mass
Thomas E. Beecher
Elbza
N. Y
Perkins
Hooker
Charles Perkins
Women Discouraged by Doctors Misreading Symptoms
A letter recounts a woman’s warning that faintness dizziness and fatigue signal womb trouble. It describes failed medical care, a husband’s purchase of a compound, and the patient’s dramatic recovery praised as a perfect surprise to friends and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. B. Biune
San Francisco Ave
St. Louis
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the Islet
Neaps
Chicago Post
Oee
Mabel
Amon
Holland
de Facto
Papa
Lucy
Steigher
Miss Nycegerl
Breaks
BLUES
Llustra
Bloch Bro
Sleoh Br Bros
Toba Tobacco 0 Co
Mhosling
Wwa
Duxbak
Emma M. Hooper
Ladies’ Home Journal
Rootbeer
Patrick O’farrell
DLO
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