Bear fight leaves two San Bernardino men scarred for life
Charles E Fuller of San Bernardino County and cousin Dante Dodson of San Miguel Valley survived a two day hunt when Dodson faced a large female bear at Bear Creek headwaters. Dodson sustained deep scratches and lacerations, a torn shoulder, and a near severed ear while Fuller suffered arm injuries. Dodson wrestled the bear and lunged with a knife, dragging both to the ground. After the encounter, they walked four miles for a physician to set Dodson’s broken arm and treat wounds. the bear weighing 305 pounds was killed by Fuller’s two shots to the head.
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Charles E Fullertex
San Bernadino County
Dante Dodson
San Miguel Valley
Bear Creek
San Bernardino Mountains
Dodsoin
Dadsot
Tuller
Dodson
Nile
Ing
Dobson
Thad
Muller
Fuller
Jack Robinson
Culler
Tam
Broli
Lone Mia
Saya
Macnatilan
San Tranelaco
Lupe
San Francisco
Hin Tege
Ireland
Fafe Prefuge
Cape Horn
Kong Kong
Indian Ocean
Sailor’s tempest tale amid storms and open air longevity
A vivid chronicle blends a seaworn lifer’s wrecks and near misses with a writer’s tale of open air exercise and long life. The piece links repeated ship disasters, frostbite, a lost eye, fogbound river mishap, and a widowed shopkeeper’s case to the theme that outdoor living boosts longevity, citing M Sargent’s England studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Sargent
England
Tong
Mechanica
Snargent
The Moon Will Never Change and Other Ponderings
A fragmentary newspaper snippet debates lunar stability noting the moon lacks atmosphere and water and would not alter its face even over tens of millions of years. Other brief items mention the Bancroft bound for Gibraltar and a forthcoming Readville match between Gentry and Robert J in late September.
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Luna
Bancroft
Gibraltar
Navy Department
Admiral Selfridge
Tancroft
Constantinople
Gentry
Robert J Will Pace
Readville
Oriental Juggling Tragedy and Trickery Across Centuries
A long OCR fragment details Oriental jugglers presenting dangerous tricks from the 14th to 17th centuries. An Arab traveler witnesses a boy’s limb display and recovery, while other feats involve disappearing animals and a rope illusion. Modern critics speculate on hypnosis rather than magic behind the spectacles.
Oddities in Animal Life From a Once-Derived Field Note
A quirky survey of animal lore notes rhino horns grow from skin rather than bone, chameleons change color slowly, toads are poisonous, leeches irritate flesh, condors glide long tows while circling in rain, and rat teeth wear patterns. It also mentions lizards shedding tails and discarded body parts attracting predators as new tails regrow.
Notable Figures Across Politics and Science Ride Change
Ex secretary McCulloch remains unique in holding the treasury post twice. Ohio’s oldest clergyman Rev John McCloud preaches at 95. Oxford professor Burdon Anderson named regional professor of Mid Scine at Oxford. North Carolina’s youthful Marlon Butler, 31, joins a 37-year-old colleague in the Senate. Irishborn Wugh Thomson, born 1860 in Coleraine, now in England. Mrs. Rihot, premier of Munch, an American born in Chicago, left at age five and now in Traine. North Carolina since twenty two years has a Republican US senator designate Jeter.
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McCulloch
Treasury
Ohio
John McCloud
Benson’s Corners
Fa Allly
Burdon Anderson
Oxford
Henry Acland
Marlon Butler
North Carolinga
Wugh Thomson
Scence
Tie
Coleraine
Jie
England
Seaford
Sussex
Munch
M Rihot
Chicago
Butch
Ameria
Traine
North Carolina
United States
Jeter
Notable Appointments and Arts News Ranging Far Afield
Pritchard sworn in as successor to the late Senator Vance. Migs Currie Lighty named drylalon surgeon for Northern Pacific Railway and posted at Hope, Juahu as the first woman physician in the railway service of America. The late Marshal Canrtbert’s career cited to illustrate service lineage. Mrs Eva Nanren, wife of Arctic explorer, praised for musical concerts and courage during anxious months. Arthur Nikisch, conductor of the Boston Symphony, to premiere Paderewski’s new opera in Hungarian with a German version following. four acts, piano score complete, Nikisch leading the orchestra at the premiere.
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Pritchard
Vance
Migs Currie Lighty
Northern Pacffc Railway Company
Hope
Juahu
Railway Service of America
Marehal Canrabert
Tranca
Kla Knipsach
Lnte
Pru Eva Nanren
Tru Nanesen
Nansen
Arthur Nikisch
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Huda Pesth
Dog tale and world news mingle in odd Christmas notes
A Charleston News and Courier piece blends a humorous dog story with varied 19th century items. The narrative describes a big mastiff outwitting a bell and wire, a Christmas eve scene, and then shifts to brief notes on the Three Friends steamer seizure, Woolwich powder mags, Chief Justice Russell in Washington, new entrants to the US Military Academy, Vanderbilt negotiations for Mar Lodge, and a Missouri attorney fee suit involving Judge Henry Lazarra.
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Charleston News and Courier
Jonwall
Hick
Tyrnandina
War Office
Woolwich
England
Russell
Washington
Non
United States Military Academy
Kay C Kerr
Puebhlo
Colo
Lawrence S Hyde
Pueblo
London
Mathasa Dida
Duke of Life
Biw
Prince of Wales
Vanderbilt
Mar Lodge
Braemar
Henry Lazarra
New Orling
Dudley M Steele
St Joseph
Lake Superior tale and health ads from old paper
A reader recalls swimming in Lake Superior near Marquette and misjudging depth, with a white sand bottom and clear water that proved deceptive. The excerpt also includes an obituary note for James M. Ashley and an advertisement for a cata r rh remedy and pills by E. Cheney & Co, Toledo, with testimonials and product claims.
Missouri ADUA State President Attacked Near Home
A J Dearborn state president of the ADUA of Missouri was attacked near his home in aacia City Saturday night. He was struck on the head with a blunt instrument and stabbed three times near the heart. The assailant, believed dead, dumped the weapon in a front yard and fled. Dearborn’s condition remains precarious.
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J Dearborn
ADUA
Missouri
Wan Waylard
Aacias City
Nothlagon
Deashirn
Theil and Leach Arrested in Boston Theft Case
Theil and Leach were arrested in Boston in connection with the theft of 100 from George Browning Wilber a Boston stock and bond broker. Leach, a bookkeeper, admitted to many road robberies after leaving Boston and is in custody with Watron for a jewelry plate watch theft. The Bank of Germany raised its rate from 3 to 4 percent.
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Denver
Ley
Walter Leach
George Browing Wilber
Boston
Musa
George Watron
Teach
Bank of Germany
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