INDEX TO OLD NEWS
(ISSN 1047-3068)
Vols. 11-21
Vol. 11, No. 1. September, 1999.
Montgolfier Brothers Invent “Flying Machine”. Rick Bromer. Keywords: aviation, invention, France 1783
Irish Poet Woos Political Agitator. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: W.B. Yeats, Maude Gonne 1889
Professor Leads Union Troops On Key Hill at Gettysburg Battle. Rick deJarnette. Keywords: Gettysburg, United States Civil War,
Joshua Chamberlain 1863
Submarine Attacks Passenger Ship. Richard Sheppard. Keywords: Lusitania, Charles Lauriat 1915
Sale of Jumbo the Elephant Angers Many in England. Edmund Lindop. Keywords: P.T. Barnum 1882
Vol. 11, No. 2. October, 1999.
British Cavalry Fights Islamic Rebels in The Sudan. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Winston Churchill 1898
Earthquake Shakes Mississippi River Valley. Bob Lochte. Keywords: New Madrid Earthquake, John Bradbury 1811
Queen Becomes King. Kim Hostrawser. Keywords: Hatshepsut, Egypt -1525
Death Toll High In Slave Rebellion. R.E. Bloom.Keywords: Nat Turner 1831
Secret Surgical Procedure for President Grover Cleveland. R.E. Bloom.Keywords: surgery 1893
“Don’t Give Up the Ship,” Dying Captain Tells Crew. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: James Lawrence, Shannon, Chesapeake
War of 1812 United States 1813
Vol. 11, No. 3. November, 1999.
Lord Elgin Takes Greek Statues to London. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Parthenon, Greece 1803
Free Man From New York Is Sold Into Slavery. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Solomon Northup, Louisiana 1841
George Ferris Builds Big Revolving Wheel. Richard Sheppard. Keywords: Chicago invention 1893
Marconi Invents Wireless Telegraph. David Vachon. November, 1999. Keywords: radio, telegraph, invention 1896
Confederate Raiders Attack Vermont. David Vachon. November, 1999. Keywords: United States Civil War 1863
Vol. 11, No. 4. December, 1999.
Bonaparte Invades the Holy Land. Jacqueline Schaalje. Keywords: bubonic plague, Jaffa, Acre 1798
Explorers Seek Ruins Of Lost Civilizations In Central America. Paul Chrastina.Keywords: Maya 1839
Flood Devastates Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Rick Bromer. Keywords: 1889
Mob Readies Noose To Hang Surgeon If Operation Fails. Samuel L. Ostrin. Keywords: Ephiram McDowell, medicine 1809
President Injured In White House Boxing Match. Edmund Lindop. Keywords: Theodore Roosevelt 1905
Vol. 11, No. 5. January & February, 2000.
Will United States Build Panama Canal? Edmund Lindop. Keywords: Philippe Bunau-Varilla, Theodore Roosevelt 1884
American Prisoner of War Sent to British East Indies. David Vachon. Keywords: John Blatchford, American Revolutionary War 1777
Velocipedes Go 800 Miles in 2 Weeks. The Graphic. Keywords: bicycle, England, Scotland 1873
Bubonic Plague Threatens San Francisco. Kenneth A. Ehrman. Keywords: Dr. Rupert Blue, medicine 1901
Science Fiction & Fantasy Become Movie Subjects. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Georges Melies 1895
Harriet Quimby Tries to Fly English Channel. Michael Hull. Keywords: aviation 1912
Matthew Brady Photographs Illustrious Americans. Richard Sheppard. Keywords: United States Civil War 1850
Vol. 11, No. 6. March, 2000.
Curies Discover New Elements. David Vachon. Keywords: radioactivity, radium, polonium 1898
Ethan Allen Urges Invasion of Canada. David Vachon. Keywords: Vermont, Green Mountain Boys, American Revolution 1776
U.S. Navy Finds Antarctic Continent. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Wilkes Expedition, Henry Eld, William Reynolds 1840
Mob Steals “Pope’s Stone” From Monument. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Washington Monument, Know-Nothing Party 1854
Pilgrims Protest Maypole & Gun Sales at “Merrymount”. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Thomas Morton, New England 1625
Vol. 11, No. 7. April, 2000.
England Attacks New Amsterdam. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Peter Stuyvesant, New York, Dutch 1664
Anarchist Leader Suspected of Inciting Assassination. Barbara Soper. Keywords: Emma Goldman, Leon Czolgosz, William McKinley 1901
Trial Ends in Combat. Jean Froissart. Keywords: France, tournament 1387
British Officer Seeks To Free Russians Enslaved in Khiva. Jerry Betts. Keywords: Great Game, Lt. Richmond Shakespear 1840
English Gentleman Invents Photography. David Vachon. Keywords: Henry Fox Talbot 1839
Widow Invents Dishwasher. Kenneth A. Ehrman. Keywords: Josephine Garris Cochrane, Chicago World’s Fair 1883
Vol. 11, No. 8. May & June, 2000.
Slaves Steal Confederate Ship. Don Farrant. Keywords: Robert Smalls, Charleston, United States Civil War 1862
Mary Tudor Fights For Throne of England. Ellen McDaniel-Weissler. Keywords: Bloody Mary 1553
Howard Carter Seeks Tomb of Pharoah Tutankhamen. David Vachon. Keywords: Egypt, King Tut, archaeology 1922
Shackleton Expedition Trapped in Antarctic Ice. Robert Buckland. Keywords: Antarctica, exploration 1915
Vol. 11, No. 9. July & August, 2000.
Syrian Queen Defies Rome. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Zenobia, Aurelian, Palmyra 271
Mark Twain Invests in Mechanical Typesetter. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Samuel Clemens 1880
Gasoline-powered Car Races Stanley Steamer In Branford, Connecticut. David Vachon. Keywords: automobile Hiram Percy Maxim 1899
Antiseptic Surgery: Medical Advance or Quack Fad? Mick Foran (David Vachon. ) Keywords: Dr. Joseph Lister, medicine 1865
Mungo Park Searches For African River. David Vachon. Keywords: Niger River 1795
Vol. 12, No. 1. September, 2000.
Battle of Crecy Tests English Longbows Against Crossbows. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Hundred Years War, England, Edward III, France,
Philip VI 1346
Pacifist Quakers Shipwrecked in Florida Among Hostile Indians. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Jonathan Dickinson, 1696
Rival Architechts Contend To Build Cathedral Dome. Jessica Bromer. Keywords: Brunelleschi, Italy, Renaissance, Florence 1418
Steamboat Mishap Endangers General Lafayette. Barbara J. Mitchell. Keywords: Ohio River 1825
New Diagnostic Tool For Physicians. Rick Bromer. Keywords: medicine, Rene Laennec, stethoscope, France 1816
Shy Writer Hopes To Master Public Speaking. David Vachon. Keywords: Demosthenes, Greece, Athens -354
Vol. 12, No. 2. October, 2000.
Invaders Challenge Aztec Emperor. Paul Chrastina. . Keywords: Montezuma, Moctezuma, Mexico, Hernan Cortes, Tenochtitlan 1519
Italian Dirigible Reaches North Pole. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Nobile, arctic exploration 1928
Father & Daughter Make Risky Attempt To Save Shipwreck Victims. Helen Dyer. Keywords: Grace Darling, Farne Islands, England 1838
Turkish Sultan Attacks Constantinople. Jaqueline Schaalje. Keywords: Ottoman Empire, Mehmed II 1452
Vol. 12, No. 3. November, 2000.
Will Lincoln Take Action To Defend Fort Sumter?. David Vachon. Keywords: American civil war 1860
Englishman Hopes to Find Lost Architectural Wonder. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: John Turtle Wood, Ephesus, Temple of Artemis, Diana, archaeology 1863
John Wise Plans to Send Express Mail By Balloon. Rick Bromer. Keywords: aviation, St. Louis, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Buffalo, New York
1859
Elias Howe Invents Sewing Machine. David Vachon. Keywords: Singer 1843
Vol. 12, No. 4. December, 2000.
Fugitive King Flees Puritans. Richard F. Bromer. Keywords: Charles II, English Civil War, 1651
West Point Graduate Struggles to Earn A Living. Richard F. Bromer. Keywords: Ulysses S. Grant, 1839
Rev. Mason L. Weems Writes Biography of George Washington. Richard F. Bromer. Keywords: 1791
Pasteur Seeks Cure For Rabies. Richard F. Bromer. Keywords: Medicine, 1885
Will Ann Coleman Find Happiness With James Buchannan? Richard F. Bromer. Keywords: 1819
Vol. 12, No. 5. January & Febrary, 2001.
Stranded Whalers Face Starvation. Barbara J. Mitchell. Keywords: Alaska, David Jarvis 1897
Dangerous Experiments Land “Moon Man” In Massachusetts Court. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Robert Hutchings Goddard, rockets, space
travel, science 1929
Can Secretary Seward Avert War with Britain?. David Vachon. Keywords: United States Civil War, Trent Affair, Charles Wilkes 1861
Alexander the Great Invades Persia. Troy Letherman. Keywords: Darius, Macedon, Issus -334
First American Locomotive Runs Race Against Horse. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Peter Cooper, railroads, Tom Thumb 1830
Vol. 12, No. 6. March, 2001.
General Gage Intends to Crush Rebellion. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Boston, Revolutionary War, Bunker Hill, Breeds Hill, Lexington,
Concord 1773
Girl Finds Fossils of Ancient Reptiles. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Mary Anning, paleontology, science, England 1820
Spy Warns of Confederate Plan to Attack New England. David Vachon. Keywords: United States Civil War, Charles Dana, Richard Montgomery,
espionage 1864
Union Prisoners of War Break Out of Libby Prison. James M. Wells. Keywords: United States Civil War, Richmond, Virginia, Colonel
Rose 1863
King Tuthmosis III Fights Prince of Kadesh at Meggido. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Hatshepsut, Egypt, Second Kingdom, Palestine -1500
Vol. 12, No. 7. April, 2001.
Mob Storms Bastille. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: France, Paris, French Revolution 1789
De Soto Brings Pigs To North America. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Spanish, conquistadors 1539
Angry Englishman Hijacks Vessel From American Revolutionists. David Vachon. Keywords: Nicholas Cresswell 1776
Anson Circles Globe In Search of Plunder. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Pacific, England, Spain, Phillipines 1743
Mysterious Disease Attacks Men Diggling Foundations for Brooklyn Bridge. David Vachon. Keywords: New York City, Washington Roebling 1870
Long Drive Up the Chisholm Trail Brings Texas Cattle to Market. Rick Bromer. Keywords: cowboys 1867
Vol. 12, No. 8. May & June, 2001.
Lee Surrenders. David Vachon. Keywords: United States Civil War, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses Grant, Appomatox 1865
Will Napoleon Keep Louisiana?. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Charles LeClerc 1803
Nellie Bly Races Around the World. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Elizabeth Cochrane, journalism 1889
Two Rivals Contend For Mastery of Empire. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Octavian Caesar, Marc Antony, Cleopatra, Rome -44
Slave Saves Money To Buy His Own Freedom. David Vachon. Keywords: slavery, Olaudah Equiano 1766
Vol. 12, No. 9. July & August, 2001.
Hurricane Threatens Ship Carrying Gold. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: S.S. Central America 1857
Japanese Leader Unable to Prevent Civil War in Capital. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Japan, Yoshimasa 1467
Phonograph is Demonstrated in London, England. The Illustrated News. Keywords: Thomas Edison 1878
Blockade Runner Heads For Savannah With Cargo of Guns. David Vachon. Keywords: United States Civil War, James D. Bulloch 1861
Britain Defends Gibraltar Against Spain and France. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: George Elliot 1782
Elephants Arrive At Calcutta. The Illustrated News. Keywords: India 1858
“Typhoid Mary” Detained By Health Officials. David Vachon. Keywords: Mary Mallon, New York City 1906
Vol. 13, No. 1. September, 2001.
Mary Wortley Montague Says Inoculation Can Prevent Smallpox. David Vachon. Keywords: medicine 1721
Workshop Burns Down After Furnace Explosion. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Italian Renaissance, Cellini 1543
Secretary of War Won’t Leave Office After President Tries to Fire Him. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Lorenzo Thomas, Andrew Johnson,
Edwin Stanton 1868
Scientists Seek New Planet. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Uranus, astronomy, John Couch Adams, Urbain LeVerrier 1845
Union & Confederate Navies Fight Near Cherbourg, France. David Vachon. Keywords: United States Civil War, Raphael Semmes 1862
Vol. 13, No. 2. October, 2001.
Searchers Can’t Find Roanoke Island Colonists. Rick E. Smith. Keywords: John White, Virginia 1587
Philadelphians Arrested For Liberating Slaves. Rick Bromer. Keywords: William Small, Passamore Williamson, underground railroad 1855
Dangerous Experiments Test Theory that Mosquitoes Spread Disease. David Vachon. Keywords: Walter Reed, Yellow Fever, Panama 1901
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Baker Explore Central Africa. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Nile River 1863
Vol. 13, No. 3. November, 2001.
Benedict Arnold Betrays America. David Vachon. Keywords: American Revolution 1780
New Pesticide Seems Harmless to Humans. Rick Bromer. Keywords: DDT 1939
Inventor Leon Theremin Is Arrested In Moscow Michael Fuller. Keywords: music 1938
Historian Challenges Story of Emily Geiger, American Patriot. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: American Revolution, South Carolina 1780
Swedish Balloonist Starts Flight To North Pole. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Salomon Andree 1897
Vol. 13, No. 4. December, 2001.
Explorers Cross Australian Outback. Patricia Lynne Knee. Keywords: Robert O’Hara Burke 1860
Humphry Davy Invents Safety Lamp for Miners. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: coal, England, industrial revolution, invention 1815
American Mutineers Seize British Sloop. David Vachon. Keywords: Gideon Olmstead, American Revolutionary War, mutiny 1778
Greene’s Army Faces Larger British Force. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: American Revolutionary War, South Carolina 1781
Female Pirates Captured. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Mary Read, Anne Bonney 1720
Vol. 13, No. 5. January & February, 2002.
Rescue Team Braves Hurricane To Save Shipwreck Victims. Michael Fuller. Keywords: Richard Etheridge, Outer Banks, North Carolina, Pea Island, United States Coast Guard 1896
Searching For Stallions, Englishman Explores Central Asia. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Great Game, Moorcroft, Afghanistan, India, horses 1811
Frontier Physician Studies Digestion. David Vachon. Keywords: medicine, Dr. William Beaumont, Alexis St. Martin 1822
Submariners Attempt To Reach North Pole. Stewart B. Nelson, PhD. Keywords: Nautilis, arctic exploration 1931
Bonaparte Leaves Egypt. David Vachon. Keywords: Napoleon, France, 18 Brumaire 1799
Vol. 13, No. 6. March, 2002.
Spanish Armada Threatens England. David Vachon. Keywords: Duke of Medina Sedonia, Don Alonzo Perez de Guzman el Bueno 1588
Virtuoso Denies Rumors of Pact With Satan. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Niccolo Paganini, music 1840
American Bison Society Organized To Save Species From Extinction. Patricia Lynne Knee. Keywords: William Hornaday 1905
British and German Warships Converge on Falkland Islands. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: John Arbuthnot Fisher, World War One, Winston
Churchill 1914
Invention Put To Test At Tunnel Disaster . Michael Fuller. Keywords: Garrett A. Morgan, fire safety hood, Cleveland, Lake Erie 1916
Vol. 13, No. 7. April, 2002.
Fire Devastates Downtown Chicago. David Vachon. Keywords: William Bross 1871
Daredevil Sam Patch Leaps at Genessee Falls. Jerry Miller. Keywords: Rochester, New York 1829
Eccentric Nazi Official Appears in Britain With His Own Peace Plan. David Vachon. Keywords: Rudolf Hess 1941
Islamic Fundamentalists Surround Capital of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: George Gordon, Khartoum 1855
Researcher Claims Stonehenge Is Older Than Roman Empire. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: John Aubrey, megalith, Avebury 1655
Vol. 13, No. 8, May & June, 2002.
Powell Expedition Explores Grand Canyon. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: John Wesley Powell, western exploration 1869
Boston Man Advocates Giving Criminals A Second Chance. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Probation, law, John Augustus 1841
Sacred Well Of the Maya Was Site of Human Sacrifice. David Vachon. Keywords: Edward Herbert Thompson, Yucatan, Chichen Itza, cenote 1904
Inventor Hopes to Save U.S. President. R.E. Bloom. Keywords: Alexander Graham Bell, James A. Garfield, medicine 1881
Shipwrecked Spaniard Flees Across Ireland After Armada’s Defeat. David Vachon. Keywords: Francisco de Cuellar, Spanish Armada 1588
Vol. 13, No. 9. July & August, 2002.
Captain Frank Hamer Hunts Outlaws Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow. Michael Fuller. Keywords: crime 1934
Political Differences Threaten Romance. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Eliza Shipton, Aquilla Giles, American Revolution 1778
Can Rocks Fall From Sky? Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Ernst Chladni, meteor, meteorite, astronomy 1794
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass Is Wary of John Brown’s Plan For Slave Rebellion. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: American Civil War 1859
Bridge Construction Starts With Kite-Flying Contest. Erica Hershey. Keywords: Niagara Falls, New York Homan Walsh, Charles Ellet 1848
New Steamboats Built to Ascend Mississippi River. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Henry Miller Shreve, New Orleans 1812
Fishermen Battle Legendary Monster. Rick Bromer. Keywords: giant squid, Newfoundland 1783
Vol. 14, No. 1. September, 2002.
Invaders Menace White House. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Dolley Madison, James Madison, War of 1812 1814
German Attempts First Flight From Europe to North America. Louise Abbot. Keywords: aviation, Hermann Koehl 1928
Proposal to Help Foundlings Stirs Controversy in London. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Thomas Coram, charity 1737
Yankee Spy Is Surprised to Find Rebel Army in Western Virginia. David Vachon. Keywords: American Civil War 1861
Vol. 14, No. 2. October, 2002.
Girl Discovers Ancient Cave Art. Jerry Miller. Keywords: Altamira, archeaology, Don Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, cave art 1879
Public Hanging Draws Crowd. York Gazette. Keywords: capital punishment 1907
Radio Broadcast Describes Martians Invading New Jersey. Bob Lochte. Keywords: Orson Welles, War of the Worlds 1938
Invention Lifts War to the Sky. William R. Bradle. Keywords: aviation, World War One, Roland Garros 1915
Railroad Worker is Changed Man After Accident. Matt Santateresa. Keywords: Phineas Gage, neurology, John Harlow, medicine 1848
Lone Confederate Ship Challenges Union Fleet Above Vicksburg. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: C.S.S. Arkansas, Isaac Newton Brown, Mississippi,
American Civil War 1862
Vol. 14, No. 3. November, 2002.
Surveyors Find Geysers In Yellowstone Valley. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Ferdinand Hayden, United States National Park 1860
Americans Annex Hawaii. David Vachon. Keywords: Lili”uokalani 1898
First Englishman In Japan Is Forbidden To Go Home. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Will Adams, Shogun 1600
Abraham Lincoln Challenged to Duel. Michael Fuller. Keywords: United States 1842
Vol. 14, No. 4. December, 2002 & January, 2003.
Alexander Graham Bell Invents Telephone. David Vachon. Keywords: Mabel Bell 1875
Indian Leader Wants Reservation In Pennsylvania. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Teedyuscung 1750
“Saint Louis Blues” Is Big Hit Song For W.C. Handy. Rick Bromer. Keywords: entertainment, popular music 1914
Pilots Try to Break Aviation Record. Michael Fuller. Keywords: Clyde Pangborn 1931
Vol. 14, No. 5. February, 2003.
Pirates Seize Navy Ship. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Stephen Decatur, Tripolitan War, Barbary Pirates 1804
Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin. David Vachon. Keywords: Industry, slavery 1794
Explorer Is Mauled by Lion. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: David Livingstone, Africa 1844
New Device Speeds Work On Alpine Tunnel. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Mont Cenis, Frejus, Germaine Sommeiller, Italy, France 1870
Film Documents Inuit Way of Life. Louise Abbot. Keywords:
Robert Flaherty, Nanook of the North 1920
Vol. 14, No. 6. March, 2003.
Henry Ford Invents New Way to Assemble Cars. David Vachon. Keywords: assembly line, industry 1910
Jacob Riis Photographs Slums of New York. Louise Abbot. Keywords: photography 1887
Doctor Proves That Germs Cause Disease. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Robert Koch, anthrax, bacteriology 1874
Santos-Dumont Builds Powered Balloons. David Vachon. Keywords: dirigible, aviation, Paris, France 1900
Vol. 14, No. 7. April, 2003.
France Gives Statue To United States. Michael Fuller. Keywords: Statue of Liberty, Joseph Pulitzer 1886
White Star Ocean Liner Wrecked Off Nova Scotia. David Vachon. Keywords: Atlantic shipwreck, James Agnew Williams 1873
Warehouse Erupts ‘Like Volcano’ As Stored Chemicals Burn. Paul Hashagan. Keywords: Joseph Martin,v Smokey Joe”, firefighting, New York City 1922
Mysterious Mounds Hold Buried Treasure. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Sutton Hoo, Edith Pretty, archeology, Anglo-Saxon 1939
British Balloonists Explore Upper Atmosphere. David Vachon. Keywords: James Glashier, aviation 1862
Vol. 14, No. 8. May & June, 2003.
Woman Attends Medical School. Michael Fuller. Keywords: Elizabeth Blackwell, medicine 1849
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Invents Snowmobile. Louise Abbot. Keywords: Quebec 1922
Artist Sues Critic David Vachon. Keywords: James McNeill Whistler, John Ruskin, art 1878
Confederates Capture Reporters from North. David Vachon. Keywords: United States Civil War, Albert Deane Richardson, journalism 1863
Vol. 14, No. 9. July & August, 2003.
Sierra Club Opposes Dam in National Park . Paul Chrastina. Keywords: John Muir, Yosemite, Hetch Hetchy, California, environmentalism 1892
Christians in Jerusalem Besieged by Muslim Army. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Sophronius, Omar, Dome of the Rock, Palestine 636
Drake Sails Around World. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: England, Spain, Elizabeth, circumnavigation 1578
French Intellectuals Sneer At Design of New Tower in Paris. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Eiffel Tower, architecture, art 1889
Philosopher’s Wife Seeks Escape from His Utopia. Lona Manning. Keywords: Abigail May, Amos Bronson Alcott, Fruitlands, Massachusetts,
transcendentalism 1842
Vol. 15, No. 1. September, 2003.
Gandhi Leads Protest Movement in South Africa. Michael Fuller. civil rights. 1906
Woman Takes Command Of Ship off Cape Horn. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Josua Mary Ann Patten, navigation, 1855
Censorship Ruins Playwright’s Career. Lona Manning. Keywords: Henry Fielding, 1737
Man Attempts First Trip Across America By Bicycle. David Vachon. Keywords: Thomas Stevens, 1884
Vol. 15, No. 2. October, 2003.
Conquistador Enslaved By Indians. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Cabeza de Vaca, Florida, Texas, Mexico, American Indians, 1527
Quarrelsome Duo Attempts First Flight Across English Channel By Balloon. David Vachon. Keywords: Jeffries, Blanchard, aviation, England, France, 1784
Cable Car System Built In San Francisco. David Vachon. Keywords: Andrew S. Hallidie, 1873
Homeless Children Gather At Steam Grates In New York City. Harper's Weekly. Keywords: poverty, 1876
Unschooled Boy From London Slum Seeks Work As Scientist. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Michael Faraday, electromagnetism, science, technology,
1812
Vol. 15, No. 3. November, 2003
Historic Playhouse May Be Demolished. Jerome Markham. Keywords: Globe theatre, William Shakespeare, 1598
Plastic Material Not Yet Perfect. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Celluloid, John Hyatt, 1875
Shoemaker Challenges Louisiana Segregation Law. Michael Fuller. Keywords: Homer Plessy vs. Ferguson, 1896
American Lady Accompanies Santa Fe Traders On Trail. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Susan Magoffin, 1846
McClintock Searches For Lost Expedition. David Vachon. Keywords: Francis Leopold McClintock, Franklin Expedition, 1857
Vol. 15, No. 4. December, 2003 & January, 2004.
Democrats Nominate General George McClellan To Run Against Lincoln. Lona Manning. Keywords: politics, 1864
School Trains Dogs To Guide the Blind. Michael Fuller. Keywords: Dorothy Eustis, Morris Frank, seeing-eye, 1927
English Investors Risk Fortunes In Arctic Gold Rush. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Martin Frobisher, Michael Lok, 1576
Aviators Attempt To Break Around-the-world Speed Record. David Vachon. Keywords: Wiley Post, Harold Gatty, aviation, 1931
Vol. 15, No. 5. February, 2004.
Cossacks Invade Siberia. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Yermak, Ivan the Terrible, Russia, 1580
American Navy Attacks Britain. David Vachon. Keywords: John Paul Jones, Scotland, 1778
Volcanic Eruption Threatens Iceland. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Laki, geology, 1783
British Comedy Burlesques Italian Opera. Jerome Markham. Keywords: John Gay, The Beggar's Opera, 1728
Indians Halt Work of Surveyors Mason & Dixon. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Mason-Dixon Line, Colonial America, 1767
Vol. 15, No. 6. March, 2004.
Chief Joseph Refuses To Sell Tribal Lands. David Vachon. Keywords: Nez-Perce Indians, 1877
Millionaires Invest In Mysterious Gold Mine. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Death Valley Scotty, Albert Johnson, California, 1904
British Navy Hunts Mutineers & Stolen Ship. Michael Fuller. Keywords: H.M.S. Bounty, Edward Edwards, 1790
Dewey Reorganizes Library. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Dewey Decimal System, 1873
Vol. 15, No. 7. April, 2004.
Lady Attempts To Climb Mt. Blanc . Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Henriette d'Angeville, mountaineering, 1838
Trevithick Invents Locomotive For Railways. David Vachon. Keywords: engineering, Industrial Revolution, 1808
Soldier Studies Ancient Inscriptions. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: cuneiform, Iran, archeology, 1835
Territory of California Seeks Independence. Rigel Crockett. Keywords: Don Juan Alvaredo, United States, 1836
New York Detective Promotes New Way To Identify Criminals. Lona Manning. Keywords: Joseph A. Faurot, fingerprinting, criminology, 1905
Vol. 15, No. 8. May & June, 2004.
Diplomat Schemes Against Napoleon. Casimir Kukielka. Keywords: Clemens von Metternich, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleonic Wars, 1813
Inventor Experiments With Beef Biscuits And Condensed Milk. Lona Manning. Keywords: Gail Borden, 1850
Russian Warships Dispatched To Battle Japanese Fleet. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Russo-Japanese War, Rozhestvensky, Battle of Tsushima, 1904
George Back Searches For Missing Explorer. Michael Fuller. Keywords: Canada, Arctic exploration, 1833
Vol. 15. No. 9. July & August, 2004.
King John Disavows Magna Carta. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: England, Plantagenet, Barons' War, 1215
Promising Invention Hits Marketplace Snags. David Vachon. Keywords: Whitcomb Judson, zipper, fashion, 1891
Wireless Operator on Sinking Ship Sends Call For Help. David Vachon. Keywords: Jack Binns, Republic shipwreck, technology, wireless
radio, 1909
Paxton Designs "Crystal Palace." Matthew Surridge. Keywords: London Great Exhibition, architecture, 1851
Vol. 16. No. 1. September, 2004.
Clerk Wants To Reform Chinese Civilization. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Li Ssu, China, Ch'in, Qin, First Emperor, -221
Irish Rebel Flees English Prison. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Eamon de Valera, Ireland, England, Easter Rising, Lincoln Jail, 1918
Arctic Explorer Proposes Controversial Theory. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Alfred Wegener, Greenland, continental drift, plate tectonics, geology, 1915
Vermont Physician Attempts to Drive Horseless Carriage Across United States. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Horatio Nelson Jackson,
automobile, Winton, 1903
Vol. 16. No. 2. October, 2004.
Attorney-General Gets Life Sentence. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Hugo Grotius, Netherlands, Calvinism, Loevestein Castle, 1618
AC versus DC: Westinghouse & Edison Battle To Decide How To Light America. David Vachon. Keywords: Battle of the currents, industry,
invention, 1888
Fifteen-year-old Boy Invents New Alphabet For the Blind. David Vachon. Keywords: Louis Braille, France, 1823
Disguised Slave Travels North By Rail With Her Husband. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Ellen William Craft, slavery, underground railroad,
Fugitive Slave Act, 1848
Vol. 16. No. 3. November, 2004.
Small British Sloop Fights Powerful Spanish Frigate. William R. Bradle. Keywords: Thomas Cochrane, Master & Commander, Napoleonic Wars, 1801
Should Machiavelli Be Trusted? Rick Bromer. Keywords: The Prince, Florence, Italy, Renaissance, 1512
Rontgen Discovers X-Rays. David Vachon. Keywords: science, radioactivity, electromagnetic spectrum, 1895
"Black Ships" Threaten Japan's Isolationism. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Kayama Eizaemon, Matthew C. Perry, Japan, Shogun, 1853
Vol. 16. No. 4. December, 2004 & January, 2005.
King Orders Arrest Of Bible Translator. Brenda Ralph Lewis. Keywords: William Tyndale, King Henry VIII, 1534
Vermont Farmer Takes World's First Photos of Snow Crystals. Sarah Bromer. Keywords: Wilson A. Bentley, photography, meteorology, 1885
Chester Carlson Invents Machine To Copy Documents. David Vachon. Keywords: technology, Xerox, xerography, 1938
Lawyer Says American Colonists May Criticize Their Government. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Zenger case, jurisprudence, Colonial America, American Revolution, 1735
Hunter Seeks To Confirm Existence Of Legendary Jungle Ape. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Paul Du Chaillu, gorilla, zoology, 1855
Vol. 16. No. 5. February, 2005.
American Sailors Head For North Pole. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: George W. Melville, De Long, Jeannette Expedition, arctic exploration, 1879
Thaddeus Lowe Plans Transatlantic Balloon Flight. David Vachon. Keywords: aviation, U.S. Civil War, 1859
Kellogg Brothers Disagree About How To Sell Cereal. David Vachon. Keywords: Will Kellogg, 1894
Merchant Seaman Attempts To Swim English Channel. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Matthew Webb, sports, 1875
Vol. 16. No. 6. March, 2005.
Young Irish Mercenary Joins Fight For South American Independence. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Simon Bolivar, Daniel Florence O'Leary, Venezuela, Colombia, Andes, military history, 1819
New Medical Procedure Excites Controversy in Boston. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Cotton Mather, medicine, smallpox, Colonial America,
1721
George Mallory Tries to Climb World's Highest Mountain. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Mount Everest, mountaineering, 1924
George Eastman Simplifies Photography. David Vachon. Keywords: invention, 1880
Vol. 16. No. 7. April, 2005
British Parliament Debates Slave Trade. Brenda Ralph Lewis. Keywords: William Wilberforce, 1789
Stranded Sailors Face Long Journey Home To Germany. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Hellmuth Karl von Mucke, World War I, Emden, 1914
Censors Disapprove Of Diderot's Encyclopedia. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: France, Encyclopedie, 1758
Tailor Puts Rivets In Pants. David Vachon. Keywords: Jacob W. Davis Youphes, Levi Strauss, blue jeans, 1871
Vol. 16. No. 8. May & June, 2005
Woman Seeking Long-Lost Husband Faces Danger on Amazon River. Michael Fuller. Keywords: Isabel Godin, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Guiana, 1769
Charles Babbage Invents Mechanical Calculator. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: technology, invention, computer science, 1822
Doctor John Snow Blames Water Pollution For Cholera Epidemic. David Vachon. Keywords: medicine, epidemiology, London, 1848
Elevator Safety Device Invented. David Vachon. Keywords: Elisha, Charles Otis, New York City, architecture, 1851
Vol. 16. No. 9. July & August, 2005
Nansen Sets Sail Towards North Pole. David Vachon. Keywords: Fram, Arctic, 1893
Explosion Devastates Canadian City. Michael Fuller. Keywords: Mont Blanc, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1917
Hemingway Finds Mentors In Paris. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Sherwood Anderson, literature, 1921
Slave Won't Stop Seeking Freedom. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Jacob D. Green, slavery, 1840
Vol. 17. No. 1. September, 2005
French Troops Expel British Settlers From Ohio Valley. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: George Washington, Fort Necessity, French and Indian War, Colonial America, 1753
Critics Blast Roman Dictator. Kim Stubbs. Keywords: Fabius, Second Punic War, Hannibal, Roman Republic, -218
Legless Airman Volunteers To Defend Britain. Brenda Ralph Lewis. Keywords: Douglass Bader, Battle of Britain, World War Two, 1939
Immigrant Invents Plastic In Attic Lab. David Vachon. Keywords: Leo Baekeland, Bakelite, invention, 1907
Vol. 17. No. 2. October, 2005
Priestly Discovers "New Kind of Air." Paul Chrastina. Keywords: science, chemistry, oxygen, Lavoisier, 1774
Alexander Hamilton Embroiled in Scandal. Rick Bromer. Keywords: United States, Philadelphia, 1791
Lawrence of Arabia Aids Rebels In Desert. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Damascus, Syria, World War One, Prince Feisal, 1916
Matisse Leaves Law Career, Takes Up Painting. David Vachon. Keywords: Art, France, 1891
Vol. 17. No. 3. November, 2005
Churchill Expects Trouble From Nazis. Brenda Ralph Lewis. Keywords: World War Two, 1932
Dictionary Project Falls Behind Schedule. David Vachon. Keywords: Oxford English Dictionary, James Murray, 1876
Davis Sets Sail For the Far East. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: John Davis, North West Passage, 1585
Magazines Promote New Kind of Fiction. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Hugo Gernsback, literature, science fiction, Amazing Stories, 1923
Vol. 17. No. 4. December, 2005 & January, 2006
Modern Art Inspires Warship Paint Scheme. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: World War One, U-boat, naval camouflage, Norman Wilkinson, 1917
Gigantic New Store Alarms Small Merchants. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: John Wanamaker, department store, retail commerce, 1877
Pedestrian Sets Record. Illustrated London News. Keywords: Richard Manks, marathon walking, 1851
Audubon Hopes To Publish Book on Birds of America. David Vachon. Keywords: ornithology, wildlife art, 1826
Niagara Falls Runs Dry. Rick Bromer. Keywords: tourism, 1848
Robeet E. Lee Chosen To Lead Union Army. Rick Bromer. Keywords: United States Civil War, Winfield Scott. 1861
Vol. 17. No. 5. February, 2006
Russia Claims Alaska. Matthew Surridge Keywords: Vitus Bering, Kamchatka, Arctic exploration, 1741
Adams Fights To Establish Smithsonian Institution. David Vachon. Keywords: John Quincy Adams, science, 1835
Smithsonian Institution Sponsors Weather-Forecasting Network. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Joseph Henry, meteorology, 1846
Who Is To Blame For Disaster On Steamboat? David Vachon. Keywords: General Slocum, New York City, William van Schaick, maritime,
1904
British Patrols Hunt Paul Revere. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Lexington, Concord, American Revolution, Boston, 1775
Vol. 17. No. 6. March, 2006
Lord Nelson Is Shot During Naval Battle Off Cape Trafalger. Nicky Nielsen. Keywords: Dr. William Beatty, Napoleonic Wars, 1805
Will Sikorsky's Helicopter Fly? Paul Chrastina. Keywords: aviation, invention, 1909
Cook Claims First Ascent of Mount McKinley. David Vachon. Keywords: Belmore Browne, Alaska, mountaineering, exploration, 1906
New Teaching Method Invented. Janet Peter. Keywords: Joseph Lancaster, education, pedagogy, London, England, Lancasterian System, 1798
Fans Protest Untimely Death of Sherlock Holmes. Michael Fuller. Keywords: Arthur Conan Doyle, literature,1893
Vol. 17. No. 7. April, 2006
Wellington Decides To Fight At Waterloo. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars, 1815
Fans Don't Know Star's Name. Michael Fuller. Keywords: Florence Lawrence, cinema, movies, 1906
Brunel Tunnels Under Thames. David Vachon. Keywords: Marc Isambard Brunel, London, England, engineering, 1818
Did Biased Judges Condemn Innocent Man? Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Francois-Marie Arouet, Voltaire, Calas, Toulouse, France, 1762
Vol. 17. No. 8. May & June, 2006
Boy Plans Rebellion Against Emperor. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: China, Li Shimin, Tang Dynasty, 620
Wind & Tide Menace Builders of Lighthouse. David Vachon. Keywords: Bell Rock, Scotland, Robert Stevenson, civil engineering, 1800
Regional Plan Will Include Appalachian Trail. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Benton MacKaye, conservation, 1921
Critics Blast Racy Opera. Brenda Ralph Lewis. Keywords: Georges Bizet, Carmen, 1875.
Vol. 17. No. 9. July & August, 2006
New Fossil Discoveries Baffle Scientists. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Gideon Mantell, paleontology, England, 1817
Hans Christian Andersen Seeks Fame in Copenhagen. David Vachon. Keywords: Literature. 1819
King Won't Let Parliament Choose His Successor. Branda Ralph Lewis. Keywords: Charles II, exclusion crisis, 1678
Detective Schemes To Outfox Crook. Phil Jones. Pinkerton Agency, criminology, 1858
Vol. 18. No. 1. September, 2006
Theban General Tries New Tactic vs. Spartans. Kim Stubbs. Keywords: Epaminondas, Ancient Greece, warfare, Boeotia, Battle of Leuctra, -371
Bessemer Invents New Way To Make Steel. David Vachon. Keywords: Invention, industry, metallurgy, 1853
Salon Rejects Monet's Art. Paul Chrastina . Keywords: Impressionism, Claude Monet, 1874
French Government Rebuilds Paris. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Georges-Eugene Haussmann, urban renewal, 1853
Vol. 18. No. 2. October, 2006
Army Pursues Geronimo. Brad Courtney. Keywords: General Nelson Miles, Apache War, Arizona, 1886
Brazillian Woman Joins Italian Rebels. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Anita Ribeiro, Giuseppi Garibaldi, Italy, 1848
American Diplomat Plots Coup in Tripoli. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: William Eaton, Tripolitan War, 1805
Aviator Attempts Flight Across United States. Dorothy Patricia Brewster. Keywords: Calbraith Perry Rodgers, aviation, 1911
Vol. 18. No. 3. November, 2006
Dogsleds Rush Serum to Nome, Alaska. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Gunnar Kaasen, Balto, medicine, Iditarod, 1925
Explorer Treks Toward Timbuktu. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Alexander Gordon Laing, Africa, exploration, gold, 1825
New Type of Biography Emphasizes Personality of Famous Man. Matthew Surridge . Keywords: James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, literature, 1791
Is "Mad Potter" a Genius? David Vachon. Keywords: George E. Ohr, art pottery, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1883
Vol. 18. No. 4. December, 2006 & January, 2007
Henry Tudor Fights King Richard III. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Henry VII, Battle of Bosworth Field, England, 1485
Fremont Tries To Cross Rockies In Winter. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Colorado, transcontinental railroad, Rocky Mountains, 1848
Brady Seeks Buyer For Photo Collection. David Vachon. Keywords: Matthew Brady, Civil War, photography, 1866
Businessman Assembles Fleet For Brazil. Janet Peter & Rick Bromer. Keywords: Charles R. Flint, Admirals' Revolt, dynamite gun, 1893
Vol. 18. No. 5. February & March, 2007
New Fighter Plane For Great Britain. Brenda Ralph Lewis. Keywords: Reginald Joseph Mitchell, Spitfire, aviation, World War Two, Battle of Britain, 1936
Montessori Teaching Method Tested On Normal Children. David Vachon. Keywords: Pedagogy, Italy, 1890
Lewis Hine Photographs Young Workers. David Vachon. Keywords: child labor, photography, 1908
Pocahontas Rescues Captain John Smith. Rick Bromer . Keywords: Jamestown, Virginia, 1607
Will European Scientists Recognize Accomplishment of American Woman? Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Maria Mitchell, astronomy, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1847
Thomas Edison Invents Phonograph. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Invention, 1877
Vol. 18. No. 6. April & May, 2007
Nazis Seek "Heavy Water" For Atomic Bomb. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Second World War, Knut Haukelid, Vemork, Norway, 1943
Family Contests Will Of Alfred Nobel. Michael Surridge. Keywords: Ragnar Sohlman, Nobel Prize, 1897
General Tries To Meet With Enemy Leader. Brad Courtney. Keywords: General Oliver Otis Howard, Cochise, Apache War, Arizona, New Mexico, 1872
Country Doctor Tests Experimental Therapy. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Dr. George E. Holtzapple, oxygen, medicine, Loganville, Pennsylvania,
1885
Scientist Struggles To Solve Butterfly Migration Mystery. David Vachon. Keywords: Fred Urquhart, Ken Brugger, monarch butterfly, Toronto,
Mexico, entomology, 1975
Vol. 18. No. 7. June & July, 2007
Universities Won't Hire Albert Einstein. David Vachon. Keywords: Science, physics,1900
Crusader King Has Fatal Illness. Kim Stubbs. Keywords: First Crusade, Middle-East, Baldwin, 1177
Female Composer Publishes Songs Under Her Brother's Name. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Music, Romantic Era,
1830
Airplane Crosses English Channel. Brian Warhola. Keywords: Louis Bleriot, aviation, 1909
Goodyear Invents Treatment For Rubber. Rick Bromer . Keywords: Invention, 1840
Adolph Ochs Buys New York Times. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Journalism, 1896
Vol. 19. No. 1. August & September, 2007
Brevity of President's Speech Surprises Crowd At Gettysburg. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, United States Civil War, 1863
Coubertin Revives Ancient Athletic Festival. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Sports, Olympics, 1896
World's Largest Steamship Launched In Britain. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Isambard Brunel, Great Western, 1838
Quaker Matron Becomes A Spy. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Lydia Darragh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American Revolution 1776
King Richard Attacks Nottingham Castle. Richard Santarelli. Keywords: England, Plantaganet, 1194
Manhattan Theater Installs Air Conditioning. David Vachon. Keywords: Willis Carrier, Invention, 1925
Vol. 19. No. 2. October& November, 2007
Portuguese King Seeks Sea Route to India. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Henry the Navagator, King John Joao II, Bartholomew Diaz, Christopher Columbus, 1492
Researcher Finds Assyrian Version Of Biblical Flood Story. David Vachon. Keywords: George Smith, archaeology, Iraq, Nineveh, 1872
Teenaged Girl Writes Monster Novel. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, literature, 1816
Yankee Heads Construction Of Railroad Across Canada. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: William Von Horne, Canadian Pacific Railway, engineering, management, 1881
Vol. 19. No. 3. December, 2007 & January, 2008
Benjamin Franlin Invents Bifocals. David Vachon. Keywords: invention, optometry, 1779.
Conservative Democrats Try To Stop Roosevelt. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: United States, party politics, FDR, Al Smith, 1932
Viking Women Sail To North America. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Gudrid, Iceland, Greenland, Leif Eriksson, L'Anse Aux Meadows, 1007
Patriots Attack Loyalists At King's Mountain. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: William Campbell, overmountain men, South Carolina, American Revolution,
1780
Woman Flies the Atlantic. Rick Bromer . Keywords: Amelia Earhart, aviation, feminism, 1928
Art Forger Fools Experts. David Vachon. Keywords: Han van Meegeren, Jan Vermeer, 1930
Vol. 19. No. 4. February & March, 2008
Lindbergh Takes Off On Transatlantic Flight. Rick Bromer. Keywords: aviation, Spirit of St. Louis. 1927
Stage Actor Charlie Chaplin Tries Making Movies. Dorothy Patricia Brewster. Keywords: cinema, Mack Sennett. 1913
Robert Bruce Claims Crown of Scotland. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Battle of Bannockburn. 1314
Engineers Detonate Huge Blast In New York. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: John Newton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hell Gate, East River. 1876
Weather Warning May Delay Invasion. David Vachon. Keywords: D-Day, World War Two, Dwight D. Eisenhower. 1944
Vol. 19. No. 5. April & May, 2008
Lincoln and Douglas Schedule Debates. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Politics, slavery, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Illinois, 1858
Alfred the Great Resists Invaders. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: England, Anglo-Saxon, Dane, Viking, Wessex, 871
Ocean Liner Sinks Off New England. David Vachon. Keywords: S.S. Andrea Doria, S.S. Stockholm, Piero Calamai, 1956
Autos Race Around the World. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Great Race, George Schuster, Thomas Flyer, New York, Paris, circumnavigation, automobiles, 1908
Businessman Wants Volunteers To Help Wounded Soldiers. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Henri Dunant, Red Cross, Geneva Convention, Solferino, 1862
Vol. 19. No. 6. June & July, 2008
Frencis Scott Key Writes "Star-Spangled Banner." Rick Bromer. Keywords: Fort McHenry, Baltimore, War of 1812, 1814
Pasteur Seeks Rabies Cure. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Virology, germ theory, medicine, 1880
Scientist Hunts Meteorite That Blasted Siberia. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Leonid Kulik, astronomy, Tunguska, 1921
Henry V of England Invades France. Kim Stubbs. Keywords: Agincourt, warfare, 1415
Frederick Thayer Invents Mask for Baseball Catchers. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Harvard University, invention, 1876
Vol. 20. No. 1. August & September, 2008
Explorer Finds Oil in Middle East. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Petroleum, energy, BP, George Reynolds, William Knox D'Arcy, 1908
Troops Take Taxis To Battle. Matthew Surridge Keywords: First World War, Joseph Simon Gallieni, Paris, France, Battle of the Marne, 1914
Indians Kidnap Daniel Boone's Daughter. Rick Bromer Keywords: Jemimah Boone, American frontier, Shawnee, Native Americans, 1776
Critics Heap Scorn on Untrained Artist. David Vachon Keywords: Henri Rousseau, art history, Paris, France, 1897
Union Saboteurs Steal Confederate Train. Rick Bromer Keywords: American Civil War, William Pittinger, Tennessee, 1862
Vol. 20. No. 2. October & November, 2008
Union Navy Launches Ironclad Warship. Rick Bromer. Keywords: American Civil War, William Frederick Keeler, USS Monitor, naval warfare, 1861
Chinese Rebel Is Kidnapped. Mathew Surridge. Keywords: Sun Yatsen, Dr. James Cantlie, China, Hong Kong, London, Manchu, Qing Dynasty, 1896
Niepce Takes First Photo. David Vachon. Keywords: Photography, heliography, technology, France, 1826
Scientists Debate Global Cooling. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Perraudin, de Charpentier, Venetz, Agassiz, geology, geomorphology, history of science, ice age, glaciers, 1834
Vol. 20. No. 3. December, 2008 & January, 2009
Boers Capture Winston Churchill. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Boer War, South Africa, 1899.
President Faces Conspiracy. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, Louisiana, 1806
Legality of Slavery Is Challenged in England. David Vachon. Keywords: Granville Sharp, abolition, 1772
Financier Competes To Erect World's Tallest Building. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Empire State Building, architecture, New York City, John Jakob Raskob, 1931
Vol. 20. No. 4. February & March, 2009
French Marquis Joins George Waashington's Army. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Lafayette, American Revolutionary War, 1777
Writer Exposes Conspiracy. Brenda Ralph Lewis. Keywords: Emile Zola, Dreyfus Affair, 1898
Mob Menaces Scientis. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre, metric system, French Revolution, 1792
Explorer Traverses Great Wall of China. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: William Edgar Geil, exploration, 1907
Vol. 20. No. 5. April & May, 2009
Alcock and Brown Fly Atlantic Ocean. David Vachon. Keywords: John Alcock, Arthur Whitten Brown, aviation, transatlantic, 1919
Jack Johnson Wins Championship Fight. David Vachon. Keywords: Sports, Boxing, heavyweight, 1910
Lord Grey Reforms British Government. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Earl Grey, parliament, William IV, Reform Act, 1831
Apple-Tree Grower Inspires Folklore. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Johnny Appleseed, 1800
Vol. 20. No. 6. June & July, 2009
President Washington Applauds Balloon Pilot. Patricia Lynne Knee. Keywords: Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Philadelphia, aviation, 1792
Americans Search Arctic for Lost British Explorer. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Elisha Kent Kane, Franklin Expedition, First Grinnell Expedition, Second Grinnell Expedition, 1850
Rome Invades Britain. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: Julius Caesar, Gallic Wars, 55 B.C.
New Bridge Sways In Wind. David Vachon. Keywords: Tacoma Narrows Bridge, engineering, disaster Clarke Eldridge, 1940
Professional Baseball Clubs Form "National League." Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson, sports, 1901
Vol. 21. No. 1 August & September, 2009
Columbus Sails Across Atlantic. Rick Bromer. Keywords: exploration, 1492
U.S Customs Officials Say Brancusi's Work Is Not Art. Paul Chrastina Keywords: sculpture, tarrif law, 1926
Oppenheimer Heads A-Bomb Design Team. David Vachon. Keywords: quantum mechanics, nuclear weapons, World War Two, 1943
English Smugglers Test Union Blockade. David Vachon. Keywords: Thomas E. Taylor, United States Civil War, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1863
Vol. 21. No. 2 October & November, 2009
British Navy Attempts to Sink the Bismarck. Paul Chrastina. Keywords: World War Two, 1941
Engineers Compete For Mississippi River Project. David Vachon. Keywords: James Buchannan Eads, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, 1873
Argentine Army Crosses Andes Mountains. Matthew Surridge. Keywords: Jose de San Martin, South America, Chile, Peru, 1817
Writer Is Jailed For Refusing To Pay Taxes. Rick Bromer. Keywords: Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1846
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