Flood Courage and Loss Across the Northeast
The account recalls Red Cross relief workers rescuing families from swollen rivers in Pittsburgh Springfield Wheeling Wilkes-Barre and other cities. It notes 200 fires half a billion dollars in damage and 13 states affected as volunteers aided victims rebuilding homes and facing hunger and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Tae
Johnstown
Maine
Virginia
New Jersey
Ohio
W.va
American Red Crags
United States Coast Guard
Red Cross
Honsa
Wheeling
Wilkes- Barre
Kingston
Susquehanna
Market Street Bridge
Coast Guard
Nature’s honeybees govern farms and pollination
National Geographic outlines the honeybee’s global spread and vital role in pollination. It explains how native and imported bees support crops, the impact of monoculture, and the queen’s life cycle from mating flight to egg laying, detailing worker and drone roles and colony dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian
Australia
Ohio
A Sage of Pogiliem Sullivan Ryan Fight in Mississippi
The piece recalls late 19th century prize fighting at Richbourg and Mississippi City including Sullivan versus Ryan in 1882 and Kilrane in 1880. Eyewitness memories recount the bare knuckle era, a grudge fight, and a crowded forest arena with martial bravado and mishaps along the Gulf Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Sullivan
Paddy Ryan
Louisiana
Blioxi
Mississippi
New Orleans
Jake Kilrane
Richbourg
Miss
United States
Sullivan
Gulf of Mexico
Pasa Christian
Gulfport
Tntalview
BE. J. Adams, Jr
Board of Supervisors
Coast Beacon Service
Pass Christian
John
Paddy
Mississippi City
Myer's
Gulf
Ferdinand Martin
Henry Brown
Dr. J
Thornton
Brown
Fred
Pass
Martin
Ryan
Beaton
King Edward Thrached by Brakeman as a School Boy
A world tale recounts Edward VII being thrashed by a Torquay train brakeman about 200 years ago when a group of Dartmouth naval cadets stopped there. A pea fired from a pea shooter drew the brakeman into a corridor, after which he disciplined several cadets with a stick while they remained silent. A leading cadet later was identified as the future king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titoes-Democrat
New Orleans
Sullivan
Wat 1
Grove
Edward Noraiga
WNT Service
King Edward Thrached
Edward VII
Torquay
England
S. A. Cooper
Dartmouth Naval Cadets
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Alwyn W. Knight
Estland
Mummie
Pittsburgh
Huseband
Potomac
Androscoggin
Susquetanna
Department of Rivers and Foods
United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Springfield
Nass
Kenosha
Powhatan
Hadley
Winchendon
Maas
WV. Va
Fed Cross
Pitteburgh
McClure Avenue Presbyterian Church
Plitteburgh
National Geographic
North America
Canada
Milton
Bee Wen
Bente
Arcely & Mountry
Alaska
Modern Ag
Coleman B
Coleman
Los Angeles
Hes
Ey Carden
Dallas
Oto & W. and &T
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