From the moment he learned to walk, Jules was a daredevil, always pulling off feats of derring-do. He came by it naturally. His father was a gymnastics instructor who also operated a swimming pool in the French city of Toulouse.
Back before streaming films on Netflix, before TV or radio or records or movies — in fact, before any electronic entertainment — folks took pleasure in the simple things in life. Like watching two steam locomotives crash in a head-on collision.
BY J. MARK POWELL InsideSources.com Talk about a royal mess. The saleslady had simply had enough. As a clerk at the highly fashionable — and… Login to continue reading Login…
A collective funk is descending upon America’s children these days. Moms are outfitting kids with new clothes. That means only one thing: the back-to-school blues are here again.
With so much breaking news this summer, not to mention family travel and fun time, chances are you missed it.
The summer vacation season is in full swing. Millions of Americans are heading to the wilderness to get away from it all.
On Good Friday, 1865, a man entered his room in Washington’s National Hotel. He’d be leaving on a one-way trip in a few hours.
BY J. MARK POWELL InsideSources.com For the 249th time, Americans are getting ready to haul out the hot dogs and fire up the fireworks for… Login to continue reading Login…
The American lexicon was once filled with dozens, hundreds of charmingly quaint phrases that have now gone the way of the dodo. A particular favorite was, “There was enough food to feed Coxey’s army.”
Always be on time, we are taught. Promptness is, after all, a virtue. But one time, being late paid off spectacularly for one tardy student. And we are all the better today for it. Here’s how it happened.