Category: Extraordinary
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Was it an Airship?
-Spokane Chronicle- -Spokane, Washington- -Saturday, October 8, 1898- -Page 2- A Huge Object, Far Up in the Air, Sails Over Spokane SHINING LIKE A BIG STAR. Mrs. I. S. Kaufman, an Unimpeachable Witness, Describes the Strange and Startling Visitor. A real air ship is reported as having been seen flying over Spokane by reliable people… Read more
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How a Hunter Foiled a Desperate Bear
-Boone County Record- -Bellefonte, Arkansas- -Friday, January 12, 1872- -Page 3- A Fight for Survival He went out for squirrels but found something much bigger. Too stubborn to be eaten, Mr. Hamilton, of Missouri, recounts his story of resourcefulness and triumph in the face of death. Bear hunting is not always the pleasantest kind of… Read more
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An Act of Heroism
–Natrona County Tribune– -Casper Wyoming- -Thursday June 3, 1897- -Page 3- Jim Hemsworth was a plucky hero. In fact, he did survive, and went on to receive not the Victoria Cross, but a medal from the Royal Humane Society of Canada. -Jim Hemsworth, the hero of the Young America Mine, who saved the lives of… Read more