Modern surgery techniques worried doctors in 1890. WONDERS OF THE KNIFE (Transcribed from the Philadelphia Press 1890) An operation 1890 US naval yard Detroit Publishing (Library of Congress) “Modern surgery,” said a practitioner, “gives men new eyes, even robbing rabbits for that purpose with success, gives them new blood, tapping to that end the veins […]
Do you remember what you were doing on the evening of January 23, 1961? Probably not. If you lived in North Carolina, or for that matter on anyway on the eastern seaboard you were probably not aware of the catastrophe taking place in the skies above your head and the site is marked by the […]
(A personal, heart-touching story by contributing Author, Becki McAnnally, from Alabama) Dog Days and Polio by Becki McAnnally The most wonderful thing in the world that I liked to do as a young child, was to be able to play in the warm sunshine around our house. The freedom that we had as children, playing […]
GROWING UP IN WEST TEXAS by Jesse Suttles Dad told me a story about his family moving to a different place when he was about 12 years old. It was probably close to Memphis, Texas, Hall county. It was in the wintertime. Dad said not far from the house there was a large rock formation. […]
Laboratory from Hell by Christie Seiler Boeke Written 2016 In the 70’s, after we moved from central Florida to a small rental house in the southern part of the state, we realized the cost of living in south Florida was much higher. In order for us to eventually purchase a new home, Bob and I […]
With news of the Zika virus, mosquitoes are in the news again. There was a time when they came close to stopping the growth and expansion of the United States and many other countries, especially port cities. Death toll in Philadelphia was over 5,000 On October 11, 1793, the death toll from a yellow fever […]
FRUIT CAKE, ANYONE? BY INEZ MCCOLLUM The fruit cake is the proverbial joke this time of the year. There are stories about re-gifting them into the following year. Me? I happen to be quite fond of them. I purchase the bar type and keep it in the refrigerator. It doesn’t go anywhere since I am […]
Share this important story with your friends! Never go to Walmart go see if you are having a heart attack by Dorothy Graham Gast Early morning on April 6 after a delightful evening with friends, I felt activity in my chest. No real pain, but the feeling that a couple of large mice might be […]
