1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.

Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

1829 - Attempted Murder
Hesekiah Willibor, of Little Compton, Rhode Island, has been tried at Newport for an attempt to commit murder, found guilty, and sentenced to pay $50, and be imprisoned 3 months. Willibor had paid his addresses to a young woman, but having been discarded, he had been heard to utter threats of revenge, and soon after this a gun was discharged into the chamber in which she slept, and the ball... Read MORE...

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1920 Ad for Geo. Gordon & Co., Limited
Manufactures of Red and White Pine Lumber

1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Old-Fashioned Brown Betty - Sprinkle a layer of sugar between the layers of apples and bread, and dust a little cinnamon over the top. Place the dish in a hot oven, covering for fifteen minutes, and bake for thrity minutes. Serve with a hard sauce.

The Ladies' Home Journal, February 1898

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.
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...At five minutes before eight o'clock there was a flicker in the lamp nearest the Telegraph Supply Company's headquarters and immediately the twelve lights beamed forth from their various stations. The lamp posts are much higher than the gas posts, making the electric lamps like beacon lights.

Thousands of people... Read MORE...

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Dealer in
Fine Boots & Shoes
196 Essex Street, Salem

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1885 - ON THE WARPATH - The Edmonton People Panic-stricken, Many of Them Seeking Safety in Flight.
...Dispatches from Edmonton, via Calgary, received here to-day, indicate that affairs there are not on an encouraging state. The settlers are thoroughly alarmed, because of the overbearing conduct of the Indians and half-breeds, who threaten to

RISE AN BURN THE TOWN.

Scouts have been sent out to scour the country for fifty miles around to learn the extent of the dissatisfaction. General... Read MORE...

The Inter Ocean -  Chicago, Illinois -  April 30, 1885
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1895 - Deadly Knockout Drops. The Gentle Art of Drugging as Practiced in New York's "Tenderloin."
“The term knockout drops is used to designate a solution of chloral that persons of evil intent place in the liquor or good natured, half drunken men in order to render the latter sleepy and helpless, so as to rifle their pockets the easier,” said Police Captain Pickett of the Tenderloin precinct to a New York Press reporter.

“Most druggists sell the solution at a strength of 100 per cent. One ... Read MORE...

Warren Ledger -  Warren, Pennsylvania -  April 30, 1895
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St Louis, Missouri, USA

1904  April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1).

Ice-cream cones were first served in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition world's fair in St. Louis. Also, at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the ice cream cone was invented. An ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to hold ice cream.

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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

A lady will always dress plainly when traveling. A gay dress, or finery of any sort, when in a boat, stage, or car, lays a woman open to the most severe misconstruction.

The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: A Complete Handbook for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society... by Florence Hartley, January 1, 1872

Laredo, Texas, USA

1905 - TWENTY-ONE KILLED BY TORNADO IN TEXAS. STORM FROM MEXICO WRECKS BIG BUILDINGS AT LAREDO. ROOF RIPPED OFF HOSPITAL.
TEACHERS AT SEMINARY HAVE NARROW ESCAPE - STUDENTS RESCUE ONE - GOVERNOR APPEALS FOR AID.

Laredo, Texas, via Bermuda, Texas, April 29. - Twenty-one persons were killed and scores injured in Laredo and in New Laredo by a tornado which tore through the city late last night, crossing the Rio Grande. Rumors of others killed in places outside Laredo lack confirmation. The property damage is... Read MORE...

The New York Times  -  New York, New York -  April 30, 1905
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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

1918 - Help Wanted
Help Wanted - Help Wanted in Southbridge, Mass., to work in Hamilton Woolen Co., established nearly 100 years, employing 2,000 hands. Easy work, steady employment, best of wages, especially good for boys and girls. Southbridge is a proseperous town with a population of 15,000, situated on N.Y. N.H. R.R. and the Worcester & Springfield trolley line. 45 miles to Boston, 45 miles to... Read MORE...

The Adirondack News -  New York -  Saturday, April 30, 1918
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Jacksonville, Florida, USA

1926 - NEGRO AVIATRIX IS KILLED IN CRASH. NEGRESS AND PUBLICITY MAN FALL TO DEATH IN PLANE CRASH.
(By The Associated Press)
Jacksonville, Fla., April 30. - WILLIAM D. WILLS, 24, Dallas, Tex. and BESSIE COLEMAN, said to be the only negro aviatrix in the world were killed when the airplane in which they were making a practice flight overturned at 2,000 feet over a field here today. WILLS' body was cremated after the plane fell to the earth when a spectator struck the wreckage igniting gas line ... Read MORE...

The Ada Evening News -  Oklahoma -  April 30, 1926
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Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

1926 - Dies of Suffocation
Beverly, Mass., April 30 - (AP) - George H. Stamper, 60, died of suffocation in a fire which destroyed the building of the Jubilee Yacht Club here this morning.

The clubhouse was one of the landmarks of this city's waterfront. Stamper, who occupied a room in the building, and retired when the fire was discovered. He was awakened by members and dressed but apparently became confused by the... Read MORE...

North Adams Transcript -  North Adams, Massachusetts -  April 30, 1926
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Akron, Ohio, USA

1928 - FOUR AKRON BOYS KILLED BY BLAST. FIRED DRUM OF BENZINE UNDER SHED. THREE BROTHERS AND PLAYMATE DIE AND FIFTH OF GROUP MAY LIVE ALTHOUGH BADLY BURNED.
Akron, April 30 - Four boys, three of them brothers, were killed and a fifth was seriously injured when a steel drum of benzine exploded in a shed at the rear of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company plant here Sunday.

Those killed were:
CHARLES CARTER, 14.
ALBERT CARTER, 10.
LEEMAN CARTER, 5.
FREDERICK WADTLY, JR., 13.
LESLIE BUSH, 14, was badly burned although physicians believe he will... Read MORE...

Sandusky Star Journal -  Ohio -  April 30, 1928
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Denver, Colorado, USA

1928 - Airplane Crash
H. E. Larue, pilot, Loren Craven and Dietrich were fatally injured when the machine went into a tail spin, and fell in flames near Lowry Field, Denver.

Tail Spin Fatal

The flaming airplane carried three men to their deaths at Denver when H. E. Larue, Denver pilot, was unable to bring the ship out of a tail spin.

Larue head of the Aidcraft Transport company here, took off with Loren... Read MORE...

Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune -  Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin -  April 30, 1928
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Pasadena, California, USA

1950 - Plane Crashes Into House As Pilot, Wife Die
PASADENA, Calif., April 29. (AP) - A private plane crashed into a 25-room house in the Linda Vista district of Pasadena Friday and exploded killing the pilot and his wife and causing $25,000 damages to the residence.

Killed in the accident were O. N. Lowry, 41, North American Aircraft Assembly Plant foreman, and Eleanor Lowry, 38, of Downey. They had taken off shortly before from the east Los... Read MORE...

The Big Spring Daily Herald -  Big Spring, Texas -  April 30, 1950
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1870  They make three Yankee clocks every minute during working hours at Bristol, Conn.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  The house of Mrs. Martha Kean, in East Mansfield, Mass., was burned on the 25th, and a young man named Frederick Ames perished.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  Miss Anna L. Coffin, who was chosen on the Newbury (Mass.) School Committee, declined to serve, as she could not attend to the duties if she would, and would not if she could.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  C. D. Warner, while grading his grounds at Red Bank, N. J., recently found a quantity of stone implements,
consisting of an ax, pestle, oyster knife, etc., undoubtedly the relics of a now extinct race.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1939  April 30 - World's Fair opens in New York City



1945  April 30 – Death of Adolf Hitler: Adolf Hitler and his wife of one day, Eva Braun, commit suicide as the Red Army approaches the Führerbunker in Berlin.

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America - Did you know? May 14, 1804 - Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, Mo., on expedition to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.

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Quebec - Did you know? an old farmer in a parish [in the province of Quebec] gave a good thrashing to a boy who had innocently killed a small yellow snake which he had seen crawling along the grass in front of his house. The old man said that he would have preferred losing his best horse rather than see that snake killed. It had been living in his cellar for some years past, and he considered it as a good lutin [spirit] which brought him luck and prosperity.

The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 5, No. 19, Oct. - Dec., 1892, Lutins in the Province of Quebec

1890's ad
Dr. Kilmer & Co.
Binghamton, New York

Died April 30

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1907 - GRAND STAND CAVES IN. ONE KILLED AND MANY HURT AT JERSEY CITY BASEBALL GAME.

Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

1830  Very Large Swan

A large white Swan was shot last week at Longueuil, in the St. Lawrence, which measured eight feet between the extremities of the wings, five feet from the tail to the beak, and weighed between thirty and forty pounds.

Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser -  Baltimore, Maryland -  April 29, 1830
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Utica (N.Y.) Conservatory of Music

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July 1898

Jamaica, New York, USA

1869 - RAILROAD DISASTER. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD - SIX PERSONS KILLED AND FIFTEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED.
New York, April 23. - A horrible accident is reported on the Long Island Railroad. The train which left Hunter's Point at 10 o'clock this morning, when about one mile east of Jamaica, ran off the track when going at the rate of twenty miles an hour. Six passengers were instantly killed, fifteen others seriously injured, two or three mortally. Every person in the rear car was either killed or... Read MORE...

Eau Claire Weekly Free Press -  Eau Claire, Wisconsin -  April 29, 1869
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1896 - April 29 - CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT. UTLEY, J. - TUESDAY, APRIL 28.
The greater portion of Tuesday's session was taken up with the continued case of Charles T. Aldrich, Jr., of Sutton, charged with the shooting of Albert Baker, Feb. 22.

Charles M. Thayer, Esq., appeared for the prosecution and F. L. Brown, Esq. of Brown & Hopkins, for the defendant.

Mr. Thayer stated that the government proposed to show that Mrs. Baker, mother of the complainant, went to... Read MORE...

Worcester Daily Spy -  Worcester, Massachusetts -  April 29, 1896
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Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill)

1900 - TRAPPISTS ARE TO MOVE. Monastery in Nova Scotia to Be Removed to Cumberland in Rhode Island.
St. John, N. B., April 28. - The trappist monastery at Tracadie, N. S., is soon to be removed to a far near Cumberland, R. I., and the farm at Tracadie abandoned. It was established in 1814. It was founded by members after the house in France was broken up by the Emperor, Napoleon. There are twenty-five monks at Tracadie. The discipline is rigorous. Bread and water constitutes their diet, eleven... Read MORE...

Chicago Daily Tribune -  Chicago, Illinois -  April 29, 1900
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Birmingham, Alabama, USA

1900 - FALLING BUILDING KILLS TWO. Eleven Others Injured, Two Mortally, in an Accident at Birmingham, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala., April 28. - By the collapse of the framework of the main building of the Dimmick Pipe and Foundry Company, in course of construction at North Birmingham, this morning, two men are dead and eleven injured, at least two of whom will die.

The dead are: JAMES McWHORTER and DAVIS WHITE. The injured are: WILLIAM McWHORTER, head crushed and internally injured, will die; D. O.... Read MORE...

Brooklyn Eagle -  New York, New York -  April 29, 1900
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Gingerbread - One cup of molasses, one teaspoon of soda, beaten milk and molasses till white; butter, size of an egg, teaspoon ginger, cinnamon, cloves, salt; one-half cup sour milk in it one teaspoon saleratus or soda.

The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., March 9, 1881

Lansing, Michigan, USA

1904 - FOUR DEAD AS THE RESULT OF A HOTEL FIRE IN LANSING, MICHIGAN, ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
Lansing, Mich., April 29 - Four men are dead as the result of a fire that destroyed the Bryan block on Michigan avenue, this city, last night. The dead are:
JEROME STILES.
JOHN VOLLIN.
RANSOM DINGMAN.
JOHN ROY.
All were laborers who occupied rooms in the hotel on the upper floors of the building. STILES fell from a window on the top floor, where he was waiting for rescuers to reach him. He... Read MORE...

The Newark Advocate -  Newark, Ohio -  April 29, 1904
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Ladies Going to California
The California Limited - Santa Fe Route
W. J. Black, Topeka, Kan.

The Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898

1905 - DEATH IS MET IN MINE EXPLOSION. A TERRIBLE DISASTER OCCURS NEAR DUBOIS, PA. A DOZEN MEN ARE KILLED.
ONLY ONE IS INJURED, BUT HE MAY DIE - OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION WILL BE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE CAUSE.

Dubois, Pa., April 29. - The mine disaster that occurred at Eleanora shaft Thursday night is the worst that has taken place in this region since 1896, when 12 men were killed in the Berwind-White shaft, near this city. Twelve were killed and one had both legs and both arms broken. He will probably ... Read MORE...

Logansport Reporter -  Logansport, Indiana -  April 29, 1905
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Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

1907 - GRAND STAND CAVES IN. ONE KILLED AND MANY HURT AT JERSEY CITY BASEBALL GAME.
One boy was killed, another had his right leg broken and several persons received scratches and bruises when a grandstand on the St. John's baseball grounds, at Seeman Avenue and Larch Street, Jersey City, caved in yesterday afternoon.

The boy killed was RUSSEL NIELSON, of No. 270 Van Winkle Street. ALEXANDER POPPEWESKI, of No. 1012 Newark Avenue, had his leg broken.
The grandstand was... Read MORE...

New York Tribune -  New York, New York -  April 29, 1907
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Wilbraham, Massachusetts, USA

1909 - MODOC EXPRESS WRECKED
SPRINGFIELD, MASS., April 29 - The Modoc Express from the West, on the Boston and Albany, was wrecked today near North Wilbraham, the engine, five coaches and a sleeper going down an embankment. One man is reported kill outright and many injured. A special wrecking train, with doctors and nurses, has been sent from this city. The train left Chicago yesterday on the Lake Shore, passing through... Read MORE...

Trenton Evening Times -  Trenton, New Jersey -  April 29, 1909
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Never repeat to a person with whom you converse, any unpleasant speech you may have heard concerning her. If you can give her pleasure by the repetition of a delicate compliment, or token of approval shown by a mutual friend, tell her the pleasant speech or incident, but do not hurt her feelings, or involve her in a quarrel by the repetition of ill-natured remarks.

The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: A Complete Handbook for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society... by Florence Hartley, January 1, 1872

Palmer, Massachusetts, USA (Bondsville) (Three Rivers)

1909 - CHICAGO EXPRESS. HAD SERIOUS MISHAP AT PALMER TODAY.
Palmer, April 29. - Passengers on three sleepers, the diner and a passenger coach on the east-bound Chicago express on the Boston & Albany division of the New York Central railroad were severely shaken up and half a dozen sustained cuts and bruises when a broken rail sent five of the eight cars off the track about a mile west of the station at 8:20 a.m. today. The derailed cars came to a stop... Read MORE...

Lowell Sun  -  Lowell, Massachusetts -  April 29, 1909
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Middletown, New York, USA

1929 - NINE KILLED AT RAILWAY CROSSING IN NEW YORK.
Middletown, N.Y., April 29. - (INS) - Nine persons, all but one of a family of 10, are dead today and the other so seriously injured he may die, as the result of a train-auto crash at a grade crossing last night.

The dead:
ANTONIO BIANCHI, 42.
ROSE BIANCHI, 32, his wife.
And their children:
LUCY, 16.
MARION, 14.
MINNIE, 10.
GEORGE, 8.
LOUISE, 6.
ANTOINETTE, 3.
HELEN, 8 months.
FRANK ... Read MORE...

The Bee -  Danville, Virginia -  April 29, 1929
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Hood's Sarsaparilla
C. I. Hood Co.
Lowell, Mass., U.S.A.

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1893 - SIXTY-TWO ARE KILLED. FRIGHTFUL RESULT OF THE CYCLONE IN OKLAHOMA. PROPERTY DAMAGE INESTIMABLE.

Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby)

THE DISASTER AT GRANBY - A BRIDGE SWEPT AWAY BY THE FLOOD - ELEVEN LIVES LOST.
To the Editor of the Montreal Daily Witness:

At 7:40 this evening the writer and others were standing on the bridge at Granby, watching the high state of the river, and also the cars slowly passing the embankment to the depot. Just as I passed along the bridge from the south side, and was going off on the north side, I found the bridge sway, as if it was a drawbridge. I ran off the north end,... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  April 28, 1869
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Chicken Tamale
"A Unique Mexican Dish"
Armour Packing Co.
Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A.

The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898

1882 - RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
The wires last night announced the death of Ralph Waldo Emmerson, one of this country's most distinguished thinkers and writers, which took place at his residence in Boston after a brief illness. He was born in Boston, May 25th, 1803. He obtained his primary education in the public grammar schools, where he soon qualified himself for the Latin school. Here he attempted his first literary work,... Read MORE...

Daily Charlotte Observer -  Charlotte, North Carolina -  April 28, 1882
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Norman, Oklahoma, USA

1893 - SIXTY-TWO ARE KILLED. FRIGHTFUL RESULT OF THE CYCLONE IN OKLAHOMA. PROPERTY DAMAGE INESTIMABLE.
ONE CYCLONE JOINS ANOTHER, AND WITH THEIR COMBINED STRENGTH THEY SWEEP DOWN UPON DEFENSELESS TOWNS AND LEAVE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION BEHIND.

Oklahoma City, April 27. - The half has not been told concerning the awful storm which swept this country. Two distinct cyclones, a terrific hail storm, and a waterspout combined to wreak awful destruction. It is reported that sixty-two human lives were... Read MORE...

The Daily Review -  Decatur, Illinois -  April 28, 1893
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Apple Fritters - Beat two eggs without separating until very light; add a cupful of milk, a pinch of salt and one cupful of flour. When perfectly smooth add a tespoonful of baking powder and half a pound of apples that have been pared, cored and chopped fine. Drop this mixture by spoonfuls into fat at 365 degrees Fahrenheit. Brwon on ones side, turn and brown on the other, and serve with powdered sugar.

The Ladies' Home Journal, February 1898

Newport News, Virginia, USA

1897 - BIG CONFLAGRATION. THE BURNING OF VESSELS IN PORT AT NEWPORT NEWS.
SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.
DAMAGE OF OVER $2,000,000 WAS DONE TO THE SHIPPING IN THE HARBOR, TWO STEAMERS AND A GERMAN SHIP BEING DESTROYED.

Newport News, Va., April 28. - Fire broke out in the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad company's pier No. 5, and before the flames were checked damage to the extent of $2,000,000 had been done. Two of the company's immense piers were destroyed, three vessels... Read MORE...

Trenton Evening Times -  Trenton, New Jersey -  April 28, 1897
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Ziemba Dairy bottle cap

Union, Connecticut, USA

1931 - Mayor's Stepson Killed When Roadster Overturns On Curve At Union, Conn.
Ulric E. Duval, 33-year-old motion picture operator of Worcester and step-son of Mayor Joseph N. Carriere, was killed in an automobile accident at Union, Conn., yesterday afternoon when his roadster overturned, presumably after a front tire had blown out.

Mr. Duval was pinned beneath the machine and his spine was fractured.
There were no witnesses of the accident.

Investigations made after ... Read MORE...

Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  April 28, 1931
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1888  The busting of a water pipe on the 25th caused a sewer ditch at Yonkers, N. Y.,
to cave in on the workmen, six of whom lost their lives.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1896  Ice Bridge Gives Way
The Cap Rouge ice bridge, near Montreal, gave way yesterday morning, and the last barrier to navigation on the St. Lawrence river was removed.

Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts

1924  April 28 – An explosion in a mine at the Wheeling Steel Corporation in Benwood, West Virginia kills 119 men.

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1938  April 28 – The towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, and Prescott in Massachusetts are disincorporated to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir.

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The New Game
Conette
Sold Everywhere
Two Styles 25 & 50 Cts.
Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Mass.

The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898

Died April 28

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1866 - May 16 – The United States Congress approves the minting of a nickel 5-cent coin (nickel), eliminating its predecessor, the half dime.

1866 - May 16 – The United States Congress approves the minting of a nickel 5-cent coin (nickel), eliminating its predecessor, the half dime.
FIVE CENT COIN.
In the House of Representatives, a few days ago, the following proceedings took place.

Mr. Kasson - The Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures have instructed me to report House bill No. 397, to authorize the coinage of five cent pieces.

No objection being made, the bill was considered, and was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

The bill provides that as... Read MORE...

The Lincoln County Herald -  Troy, Missouri -  April 27, 1866
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540 and 542 Main Street, Charlestown, Mass.

Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

1889 - A Narrow Escape.
George E. Hayward narrowly escaped being crushed by the falling of a gravel roof about 6 p.m., Friday. The wooden ell of the brick building, 337 and 339 Main street, had been removed, except the roof, which had been left to shelter the sheathing of the new brick ell in process of erection. Mr. Hayward, fearing that the roof was not properly secured, was putting shores under the roof, when it... Read MORE...

The Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1889
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Groveland, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - WORST IN YEARS.
Haverhill, April 26. - The R. H. Page building, at Groveland, where the town offices were located, was burned to the ground this morning. Before the fire was gotten under control damage aggregating $20,000 was done.

The cause of the fire is unknown. It was the worst blaze that has occurred for years in the town. The building was situated near the end of the Haverhill-Groveland bridge, and was... Read MORE...

Boston Morning Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1900
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Burrillville, Rhode Island, USA (Harrisville)

1900  Fire Leaves Fourteen Families Homeless.

WOONSOCKET, R. I., April 26. - Fire at Harrisville to-day left fourteen families homeless, burned out five stores and a society hall, destroying in all fourteen buildings, with a total loss of $25,000. The insurance is $18,000. The village has no Fire Department or apparatus.

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  April 27, 1900
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Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - Fires at Northampton and Amherst.
The engine-house number was struck on the fire alarm bell at Northampton at 1 o'clock yesterday because of a forest fire near Park hill. Several acres were burned ever near H. J. Searle's house and the Westhampton road, and the smoke rolled up dense volumes at noon. Chief Chase and about a dozen men drove to the fire and aided in getting it under control. Forest fires were raging in the woods... Read MORE...

Springfield Daily Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1900
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Hard Sauce - Beat one-fourth of a poiund of butter to a cream, adding gradually one cup of powdered sugar. When white and light add the unbeaten white of one egg, beat for five minutes. Sprinkle over it a little nutmeg and stand away to harden.

The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898

Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - MOTORMAN BLAMED.
Justice Drew of Brookline filed with the Clerk of Courts in Dedham yesterday his report of an inquest into the cause of the death of Frank Knox of Brookline, who was struck by an outward-bound car of the Boston Elevated Railroad Company in Brookline, March 16, and died the next day.

In his report Justice Drew says: "I am of the opinion that the accident was the result of the high rate of speed ... Read MORE...

Boston Morning Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1900
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Dr. A. Boschee's German Syrup
Made in Woodbury, New Jersey

Boschee’s German Syrup was a common remedy for coughs, colds and consumption. It was most popular for its claim to "cure" consumption and any disease of the throat and lungs. http://www.herbmuseum.ca

Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida

Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - IN AND ABOUT SPRINGFIELD. A BAD DAY FOR FOREST FIRES. A HARD FIGHT AT LONGMEADOW.
Many Acres of Woodland Burned Over - A Veteran's Home Destroyed.

The most extensive forest fire in Longmeadow for years raged yesterday, and the red light shooting up for miles in the east last evening showed that it was still burning. The fire was first discovered in the vicinity of Converse street, east of South park terrace, about 8 in the morning, and the strong wind drove it southward... Read MORE...

Springfield Daily Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1900
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Ware, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - Two Miles of Flame at Ware.
A forest fire which started near the Charles Gould farm at the foot of Warren hill in Ware, about noon yesterday, spread in a few hours to such an extent that the entire hill south of the town was in flames. A high wind was blowing all the afternoon and drove the fire along through the brush on the side of the hill until it reached the wooded section of the summit, when it burned furiously. Fire... Read MORE...

Springfield Daily Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1900
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Women in Elevators - No obligatation rests upon a man to remove his hat when there are women in an elevator. It is simply a respectful thing to do; always to uncover the head in the presence of women. More men do not remove their hats in an elevatore with women present than there are men who do. But I should always suggest a young man's doing so. It is a question, however, which every man must decide for himself. It is far better to be judged as too respectful to women than to stand self-accused as lacking in politeness.

The Ladies' Home Journal, May 1898

Buffalo, New York, USA

1911 - $250,000 FIRE IN BUFFALO FACTORY. FIREMEN BATTERED AND BURNED IN FIGHTING TO AVERT BIG EXPLOSION. TWO WOMEN RESCUED.
THICK SMOKE OVERCOMES DWELLERS IN ADJACENT HOUSE, WHO ARE CARRIED TO SAFETY - SCORE OF FIREMEN BLOWN ACROSS STREET - FLAMES KEPT FROM TURPENTINE.

Special to The Syracuse Herald.
Buffalo, April 27 - Damage estimated this morning at $250,000 resulted from a fire which practically destroyed the plant of the Buffalo Glass company at Nos. 96 and 98 Seneca street. Three alarms sent the entire... Read MORE...

The Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  April 27, 1911
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Wilna, New York, USA (Carthage)

1931 - Eight Killed in Two Auto Mishaps
Carthage, N. Y., April 27 (AP). - St. Regis Canal, at "Skinny" Bridge three miles west of here, was being drained today in an effort to recover the bodies of four men, who lost their lives in one of two automobile accidents fatal to eight persons in this vicinity over the week-end.

The body of James Kenyon, 40, of Watertown, was recovered yesterday. The automobile in which were Kenyon, Charles ... Read MORE...

Kingston Daily Freeman -  Kingston, New York -  April 27, 1931
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Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA

1931  Wind Blows Silo Down

Special to The Sentinel LUNENBURG, April 27. - The heavy wind this forenoon blew over the silo at Sherman Sanderman's place on Oak Street. Three large apple trees were blown down on the property of C. C. Lane.

Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1931
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

1931  Students' Suite Burns At Cambridge Hotel

CAMBRIDGE, April 27. (AP) - A fire at the Hotel Commander early today destroyed a suite occupied by A. B. Young and R. T. Dunn, Harvard Law school students, and aroused 300 guests. Dunn lost all his belongings. Young was away for the week-end. Richard Winsor, night clerk, roused the guests after he discovered the fire, the cause of which was unknown.

Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1931
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Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

1931 - Garage Annex Is Blown Into Nashua River
LEOMINSTER, April 27 - A two-stall addition to Hartwell's garage near the Main street bridge in North Leominster, was blown into the Nashua river this forenoon. The addition had just been completed. The loss is estimated at $300.

Two large elm trees on Central street, near the plant of the Whitney-Feed corporation, were uprooted and fell across the highway this forenoon blocking traffic for a... Read MORE...

Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1931
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1908  April 27–October 31 – The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London.

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1967 April 27, 1967: Expo '67 was officially opened in Montreal, Quebec, by Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson

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Dr. Raub's Egg White Soap
The Grandest toilet Soap Made
Nothing Else Like It
10 Cents a Cake
$1.00 a Dozen

Charles F. Miller, Lancaster, Pa.

The Ladies' Home Journal
December 1898

Died April 27

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1913 - CHILD RISES FROM COFFIN. Shock of Temporary Resuscitation Kills Aged Grandmother.

Clinton, Dutchess, New York, USA

1879  Madison University

In 1818, thirteen men gathered together, thirteen prayers were said, and thirteen dollars subscribed for the establishment of a place of learning for Baptists. To-day Madison University, at Clinton, N. Y., owns all its buildings and 160 acres of land in a beautiful part of the country. It has a fine library, no debts and more than $400,000 drawing interest.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  April 26, 1879
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Buy your boots & shoes of Preble Bros., 77 Pleasant and 23 So. Main St., Fall River, Mass.

Stanbridge East, Québec, Canada (Stanbridge Station)

1889 - A BIG FIRE AT STANBRIDGE.
ST. ALBANS, Vt., April 25. - Stanbridge, Providence of Quebec, just across the Canadian line, was visited by a disastrous fire about 2:30 o'clock this morning, resulting in the destruction of the Canadian Pacific Railway station, the freight house,, engine house, one engine, two passenger cars, and eight freight cars, most of which were loaded.

Seneger's large general store, two hotels, and... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  April 26, 1889
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Butte County, California, USA

1913 - CHILD RISES FROM COFFIN. Shock of Temporary Resuscitation Kills Aged Grandmother.
Butte, Ca., April 25. - While members of the family and relatives were grouped about the open coffin of Mrs. J. R. Burney's 3-year-old son yesterday listening to the funeral service, the body moved and presently the child, clad in its shroud, sat up and gazed about the room. His eyes caught those of his grandmother, Mrs. L. P. Smith, 81 years old. The aged woman stared at the child as if... Read MORE...

The Washington Post -  Washington, District of Columbia -  April 26, 1913
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New Haven, Connecticut, USA

1915 - HISTORIC THEATRE BURNS. Grand Opera House in New Haven Destroyed, with Loss of $80,000.
NEW HAVEN, April 25.- The Grand Opera House in Crown Street, the oldest playhouse in New Haven, was destroyed by fire early today, and the entire fire-fighting force of the city had a hard time to prevent the blaze from spreading to near-by buildings.

Various office buildings were endangered for a time. The loss is $80,000. The fire started in a cafe on the first floor, from an unknown... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  April 26, 1915
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Middletown, Rhode Island, USA (Green's End)

1919 - A Bad Accident
MIDDLETOWN

As Mr. Russell Morgan Peckham, accompanied by Mr. Lewis Plummer, Miss Ethel Plummer and the Misses Helen and Katherine Bronson, was driving his Dodge touring car from Wyatt Road on to East Main Road his machine was struck from the rear by a Hudson speedster driven by Mr. Habib of Newport. Both cars were proceeding toward Newport Mr. Peckham asserts that he was going about ten miles... Read MORE...

Newport Mercury -  Newport, Rhode Island -  April 26, 1919
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Sallie's Biscuits - Three good-sized potatoes, boiled and mashed fine, one tablespoon sugar, one-half pint boiling water. When cool add one cup yeast, let it rise till light, then add one quart water and flour to knead; knead half an hour and set it to rise light again before baking.

The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., June 2, 1880

Alkalol
Alkalol is a nasal wash and oral rinse. Alkalol dissolves mucus, cleans and moisturizes the nasal airways, and provides relief to agitated sinus, nasal passage and throat tissue. It is an alkaline saline solution that includes a mix of menthol, camphor, eucalyptol, thymol, benzoin, and oils of wintergreen, spearmint, pine, and cinnamon, as well as potassium and sodium salts. First formulated by James P. Whitters in 1896 in a small laboratory above the A.J. Barker pharmacy in Taunton, Massachusetts, Alkalol is one of the oldest over-the-counter pharmaceutical products sold in the United States.
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Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida

Naperville, Illinois, USA

1946 - TRAIN WRECK DEATH TOLL AT 43. ENGINEER CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.
Naperville, Ill., (AP) - Weary rescue workers Friday counted at least 43 dead in a terrific rear-end collision of the Burlington railroad's westbound fast Exposition Flyer and Advance Flyer Thursday.

Of 125 persons injured when the Exposition Flyer, speeding at more than 60 miles an hour toward San Francisco, rammed the stopped Advance Flyer, 31 remained in hospitals, some in critical... Read MORE...

Mason City Globe-Gazette -  Iowa -  April 26, 1946
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1921 April 26, 1921: First U.S. weather report broadcast, by WEW in St. Louis, Missouri

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1868 advertisement

Herring & Leyden
Clothing House

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Atlanta, Georgia
July 5, 1868

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1910 - Leaps From Blazing Hotel. Roomer Trapped by the Flames Goes Out a Third Floor Window - Unhurt.

1846  April 25 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries.

The war, stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (U.S. claim), resulted in the United States’ acquisition of more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square km) of Mexican territory extending westward from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.

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April 25, 1846
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"My Health is My Fortune"
Ralston Health Club Breakfast Food
Breakfast for a 2 Cent Stamp
Purina Mills, St. Louis, Mo.

The Ladies' Home Journal
October 1898

Auburn, Maine, USA

1868  Shoe Business Thriving

The shoe business in Auburn, Me., is said to be now far more lively than it has been at any time for six months. All the manufacturers are busy, and pressing to fill orders by working extra hours.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  April 25, 1868
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Shelton, Connecticut, USA (Huntington)

1890 - A FATAL CONNECTICUT FIRE.
Shelton, Conn., April 25. - Fire was discovered in the Birmingham Bone Comb manufactory on Division Street, yesterday. The flames spread to the Housatonic Brass Company's building, then to the Radcliff woolen mill, Horace Wheeler's grocery store, Newell's printing establishment and two dwelling houses.

MRS. MARIE SLIE, aged 85 years, who occupied a tenement in the Wheeler building, was burned... Read MORE...

Trenton Times -  Trenton, New Jersey -  April 25, 1890
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Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA

1891 - DASHED INTO ETERNITY - A SERIOUS COLLISION AT ROCK POINT ON THE P. & L. E. R. R.
One man killed and four others badly injured - A train crowded with laborers runs into a freight - A brakeman said to have given the wrong signal - the killed and injured.

BEAVER FALLS, PA, April 25, - a serious accident occurred on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad, between Rock Point and Homewood, in which one man was killed and four men badly hurt. Freight train No. 42 was running west... Read MORE...

The Salem Daily News -  Salem, Ohio -  April 25, 1891
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Hot Cross Buns - Take two cups of milk, three of sugar, two eggs, half teaspoonful soda, half a cup of yeast, a little nutmeg and flour to make stiff enough to roll; let it stand over night; in the morning roll out small, set them close together in a pan, let them stand and rise again and bake in a moderate oven.

The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., August 25, 1880

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20).
...On April 11, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress for authorization to end the fighting in Cuba between the rebels and Spanish forces, and to establish a “stable government” that would “maintain order” and ensure the “peace and tranquility and the security” of Cuban and U.S. citizens on the island. On April 20, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution that acknowledged Cuban... Read MORE...

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April 25, 1898
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Rhea, Smalley & Co.,
Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of Farm Machinery
226 S. Washington and 120 Liberty Sts., Peoria, Ill.

Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

1910 - FIRE IN FAMOUS HOTEL. House In Which Lafayette Was Entertained Damaged $10,000.
Special to The New York Times.

WINSTED, Conn., Dec. 23. - The old United States Hotel in Litchfield, built about 130 years ago and the scene of a ball in honor of Marquis Lafayette when he visited this country in 1824, was damaged to the extent of $10,000 by fire and water to-day.

The second and third stories of the hotel were destroyed. The blaze started in the attic from the chimney or... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  April 25, 1910
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Aged People Should Eat Very Little Meat


The Ladies' Home Journal, January 1898

Bronx, New York, USA

1910 - Leaps From Blazing Hotel. Roomer Trapped by the Flames Goes Out a Third Floor Window - Unhurt.
Finding his escape cut off by flames JOHN MUGLER, an expressman, jumped from a window on the third floor of the Elton Hotel, at 769 Elton Avenue, the Bronx, last night to the sidewalk, a distance of thirty feet, and escaped unhurt. Then he ran to a box on the corner and turned in an alarm.

The Elton Hotel is a three-story brick building owned and occupied by TONY WEITLAIER. Mugler and two... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  April 25, 1910
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1868  Cheese factories, or associated dairies, first organized at Rome, N.Y., about seven years ago, now number twelve hundred, involving in their outlay $3,500,000.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1901  April 25 – New York State becomes the first to require automobile license plates.

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1903  April 25 - Two cases of smallpox were found at Conway, Mass., and the board of health is puzzled to account for the appearance of the disease.


Newport Mercury
Newport, Rhode Island

Seth Norwood & Co
Manufacturers of Fine Shoes, Beverly, Mass

Died April 25

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1910 - Mark Twain, World's Greatest Humorist, Passes Into The Great Beyond

St Paul, Minnesota, USA

1868  ST. PAUL. Disastrous Fire

St. Paul, Minn., April 21 Early this morning the McKibben Block, a four-story stone building, together with Mrs. Johnson's brick boarding-house and three frame buildings burned down. The origin of the fire is unknown. Loss, $105.00; insurance $40,000.

Morning Herald -  Titusville, Pennsylvania -  April 22, 1868
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A Taffeta Silk Petticoat at $7.50
John Taylor, Dry Goods, Kansas City, Mo.

The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898

Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam)

1880 - DESTRUCTION AND DEATH - A FRESH HORROR FURNISHED IN NEW YORK CITY.
FALL OF THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - THE BUILDING FILLED WITH PEOPLE IN AID OF A CHARITY - SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AND MANY MORE INJURED.

New York, April 21. - An accident of a fatal character and which caused intense excitement, occurred at the Madison Square Garden tonight. The Hahnemann Hospital fair, which opened a week ago, was in progress, and there were about 800 people in the building.... Read MORE...

Daily Globe -  St. Paul, Minnesota -  April 22, 1880
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1910 - Mark Twain World's Greatest Humorist Passes Into The Great Beyond
End of Brilliant Career Came Peacefully - Biographical Sketch.

By Associated Press.
Redding, Conn., April 22. - Samuel Langhorn Clemens, (Mark Twain), died painlessly at 6:30 o'clock last night of angina pectoris. He lapsed into a coma at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and never recovered consciousness. It was the end of a man out-worn by grief and acute agony of body.

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The Charlotte News -  Charlotte, North Carolina -  April 22, 1910
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

A Simple Apple Sauce


The Ladies' Home Journal, February 1898

It Bears the Brunt of Wash-Day work
The Peoria Washer
Clark, Quien & Morse
401 Commercial Street
Peoria, Ill.

The Ladies' Home Journal
May 1898

1970 - April 22 - The First Earth Day
Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin was disturbed that an issue as important as our environment was not addressed in politics or by the media, so he created the first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970. An estimated 20 million people nationwide attended festivities that day. It was a truly astonishing grassroots explosion, leading eventually to national legislation such as the Clean Air Act and the... Read MORE...

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April 22, 1970
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1889  April 22 – At high noon in Oklahoma Territory, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed, with populations of at least 10,000.

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1895  A farmer near Kemptville, Ont., killed a lynx that weighed 1000 pounds.


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San Francisco, California

1964  April 22 - World's Fair opens in New York City

Drawing-Room Candles
The Will & Baumer Company
Syracuse, N.Y.

The Ladies' Home Journal
January 1898

Died April 22

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