Saturday, December 8, 2018

1842 - Inmates Publish Newspaper

Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

1842  Inmates Publish Newspaper

The inmates of the Insane Asylum at Brattleboro, Vermont, have commenced the publication of a weekly newspaper, called the Asylum Journal. - They have got out a 'crazy man's ticket' - the candidates selected, are from each of the great political parties. The Journal says, 'if we can unite the crazy ones of both parties we shall elect our candidates.'

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Jamestown Journal -  New York -  December 8, 1842
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1888 Colt's Lightning Magazine Rifles
Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Connecticut

Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
1859 - The Public Pulse
We copy a few throbs of the public pulse on John Brown's death as indicating the general public feeling on the subject. The first is the simple announcement from Charlestown.

CHARLESTOWN, Dec. 2 - Noon.
Brown was taken from the jail about 11 o'clock in a furniture wagon. He conversed freely with the soldiers around him. The execution took place at a quarter past 11 o'clock. He died apparently ... Read MORE...

Berlin City Courant -  Berlin, Wisconsin -  December 8, 1859
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Trenton, New Jersey, USA

1889  THRUST THROUGH WITH A RED HOT IRON.

Trenton, N. J., Dec. 8. - THOMAS HOTCHKISS, a "rougher" in Roeblings' rolling mill, met a shocking death today. He was stepping down to repair a break when a red hot iron rod from the rolls ran into his bowels, passing out above his waist. He lived only a few minutes after the accident. HOTCHKISS came here from Worcester, Mass.

Logansport Journal -  Logansport, Indiana -  December 8, 1889
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Guilford, Maine, USA

1902  GUILFORD MEETS MISFORTUNE. The Principal Block Of The Town Destroyed By Fire.

Guilford, Me., Dec. 7. - Fire early today destroyed Guilford's principal business block, caused a financial loss of fully $22,000 and left five secret societies without a meeting place in this town. The building was owned by Henry Douglas and Good Cheer lodge of Odd Fellows. A defective chimney is believed to have been the cause of the fire.

Portsmouth Herald -  Portsmouth, New Hampshire -  December 8, 1902
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

A Simple Apple Sauce


The Ladies" Home Journal, February 1898
Lewiston, Maine, USA

1903 - HILL TRAGEDY. The Son is Alive and Resting Comfortably - An Operation Will be Performed. THE OLD FATHER BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INSANE.
The Details of the Sad Affair Which Caused a Sensation Yesterday Morning.

A most shocking double tragedy occurred in Barkerville yester-day morning at 6.35, when Daniel W. Hill shot his son and then turned the weapon on himself and sent a bullet crashing through his brain resulting in instant death. The son, Daniel Hill, will probably live, although his condition is very critical.

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The Lewiston Daily Sun -  Lewiston, Maine -  Tuesday, December 8, 1903
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Folding Bath-Tub with Heater
Diogenes Bath-Tub Co., Ionis, Mich.

The Ladies' Home Journal
June 1898
Ithaca, New York, USA

1906 - SEVEN DIE IN CORNELL FIRE. MRS. FISKE'S BEAUTIFUL CHAPTER MANSION BURNED. THREE FIREMEN VOLUNTEERS CRUSHED UNDER WALLS - STUDENTS ENTRAPPED.
Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 7. - Seven persons met death this morning in the worst disaster that ever befell Cornell university. Three of the victims were volunteer firemen and four were students. The firemen were all prominent in this city.

They were:
A. S. ROBINSON, attorney.
JOHN RUMSEY, hardware merchant.
ESTY LANDON, salesman.

The students were:
O. L. SCHMAUCH of Hanover, Pa.
G. W. GRELLE ... Read MORE...

The Fresno Morning Republican -  Fresno, California -  December 8, 1906
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Bakersfield, California, USA

1906 - SIX BURIED IN A TUNNEL. ENTOMBED IN KERN RIVER POWER CO.'S SHAFT. FOURTEEN SECTIONS COLLAPSED LIKE CARDS AND BODIES ARE FAR BEYOND REACH.
Bakersfield, Dec. 7. - Six miners were entombed this morning by the caving of a shaft leading to the big steel pipe conduit which passes through a mountain 2000 feet at a high angle in the Kern river canyon, at Camp No. 1, of the Edison Power company plants, eighteen miles from this city.
The names of the miners are:
G. ANDERSON.
C. D. ROBLES.
GEORGE WARNER.
H. FARRIS.
L. D. HICKS.
JOHN... Read MORE...

The Fresno Morning Republican -  Fresno, California -  December 8, 1906
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1941 - December 8 - WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "Infamy Speech"
President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "Infamy Speech" to a Joint session of the United States Congress at 12:30 p.m. EST (17.30 GMT). Transmitted live over all four major national networks it attracts the largest audience ever for an American radio broadcast, over 81% of homes. Within an hour, Congress agrees to the President's request for a United States declaration... Read MORE...

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December 8, 1941
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1879  NO BLACK FEVER IN SILLERY
QUEBEC, Dec. 7. - There is no truth to the rumors of a plague at Sillery. The deaths referred to in last night's dispatches were from typhoid fever.

New York Herald-Tribune
New York, New York

America - Did you know? June 25, 1876 - Lt. Col. George A. Custer"s regiment is wiped out by Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull at the Little Big Horn River, Montana.

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Quebec - Did you know? Throughout 17th century Quebec, it was not uncommon to see older men marrying young girls. Such unions were auhtorized because women were, for a long time, far less numerous than men in the colony.

History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.
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Rose Imitation Vanilla Flavoring
Made in Memphis, TN

Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida
Died December 8

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