Old Betsy and the Fort Stephenson Heroics
The article tells how Major George Croghan and his 160 men defended Fort Stephenson near Lower Sandusky, Ohio, on August 1–2, 1813. With only a six pounder named Old Betsy, they repelled Proctor’s 1,200 regulars and allied Indians, securing Ohio’s defense and preserving the Northwest for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Ohio
United States
George Croghan
Fort Stephenson
Louisville
George Rogers Clark
William and Mary College
Virginia
Boyd
William Henry Harrison
Tecumseh
Croghan
Tippecanoe
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort Meigs
Sandusky River
Lake Erie
Lower Sandusky
Old Northwest
Erie
Upper Sandusky
Oliver Mazard Perry
James Hunter
Benjamin Johnston
Cyrus A. Baylor
John Meek
Joseph Duncan
Edmund Shipp
Anderson
Proctor
Malden
Maumee
Harrison
Seneca Falls
Wells
Porthole
Ellicott
Chambers
Dixon
Shipp
Fable of the Slumbering Volcano
A tale follows Cyril Frappey a man who hides emotions behind cool pride. He courts Estelle Gimpey with restraint, then she drops him from a fourth story window after a failed marriage proposal. MORAL: the eruption ends and quiet returns.
Martins Have Own Idea About Home Selection
In attempting to lure a small colony of martins to a yard the bird fan will find that these birds are eccentric in their tastes. Sometimes they will take a perfectly constructed home and again they won't. The home owner spares no trouble or expense to build a beautiful martin house. It is erected in the proper position. Early in the spring a few martin scouts come to it, spend a day or two in it and then leave. No more birds come. The house is not taken by a colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott
Shipp
Dixon
Croghan
Hunter
Short
Fort Stephenson
State of
Ohio
Proctor
George Rogers Clark
George Croghan
Unlea
Martin
Detroit Free Press
Lioness Enjoys Music in Transvaal Camp Incident
E. K. du Plessis, a South African professor and big‑game hunter, recalls a lioness and her two cubs entering a camp where M. van der Merwe played a concertina. The animal listened to hymns for about ten minutes before wandering off with the cubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transvaal
E. K. du Plessis
South Africa
du Plessis
M. van der Merwe
van der Merwe
Cushion with fortune of francs found at Paris auction
In Paris two idle workers disturbed an old cushion at an auction, scattering about one hundred thousand francs. About four thousand dollars were gathered and stored in a safe. The cushion’s purchaser later learned the pillow had been discarded by him as unworthy to take home, a moment described as life’s darkest.
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Paris
France
Electra and Lavinia as perpetual mourners in tragedy
The passage compares Electra to Lavinia in O Neill's play, portraying Electra as a modern figure doomed to eternal grief. It notes that mourning fits Lavinia and that she cannot attain normal happiness, being condemned to sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electra
Agamemnon
Clytemnestra
O’neill
Lavinia
Opal valued as remedy in olden days for eye cure
The opal, despite modern superstition of misfortune, was famed historically as a cure for eye troubles. It was believed to activate the heart, prevent infection, stop swooning, relieve depression, and implant hope.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Battle
Bell Syndicate
S Nce
Cyril Frappey
Pittsburgh
Frappey
Caesar
Rome
Cyril
Mr. Frappey
Wimmen
Boston Terriers
Lewis Stone
Estelle Gimpey
Estelle
Bethlehem
Penna
Miss Gimpey
Saint Anthony
Sir Launcelot
Martins
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