1876 - THE MAD WATERS. Giving Way of the Dam at Worcester, Mass. A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF THE SCENE.

Folding Bath-Tub with Heater
Diogenes Bath-Tub Co., Ionis, Mich.

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June 1898

Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA

1845 - DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CARLISLE.
We learn by a slip from the office of the Carlisle Herald, that about one o'clock on Monday morning last, a fire was discovered in the council house of the borough of Carlisle, in the basement story... Read MORE...

Republican Compiler -  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -  March 31, 1845
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Independence, Missouri, USA

1860 - EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AT INDEPENDENCE, MO. HOTELS, STORES, AND DWELLINGS CONSUMED.
Independence, Mo., Friday, March 30 - 2 A.M.
A fire broke out here at about 11 o'clock last night, which thus far has consumed nearly the whole south side of the City, and should the wind continue... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 31, 1860
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Cambridge, New York, USA

1873 - SERIOUS ACCIDENT Two Men Killed and Eleven Wounded Near Cambridge, N. Y.
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.

CAMBRIDGE, N. Y., March 30. - The New York and Montreal express-train, on the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, consisting of an engine, and express... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 31, 1873
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Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

1876 - THE MAD WATERS. Giving Way of the Dam at Worcester, Mass. A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF THE SCENE.
WORCESTER, March 30. - Later advices from the broken dam are of a more assuring character. Large tree trunks, bales of hay and loads of dirt are being thrown into the gap and the rush of water is... Read MORE...

Decatur Daily Republican -  Decatur, Illinois -  March 31, 1876
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Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA

1879 - BREWERY BURNED. Total Destruction of Horn & Schwain's Brewery.
About five o'clock Sunday morning the brewery on Duty street just south of 16th street owned by A. Horn and Leonard Schwain estate was totally destroyed by fire. It seems that a fire broke out in the ... Read MORE...

Oshkosh Daily Northwestern -  Oshkosh, Wisconsin -  March 31, 1879
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What Tooth Brush? The Prophylactic of Course
Florence Manufacturing Company
110 Pine Street, Florence, Mass.

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January 1898

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

1879 - A MADISON BLAZE. One of the Finest Blocks in the City Gutted
Soon after one o'clock this afternoon the third and upper story of the great stone building at the southwest corner of Main and Pinckney streets, and owned the Fairchild estate, was discovered to be... Read MORE...

Oshkosh Daily Northwestern -  Oshkosh, Wisconsin -  March 31, 1879
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Dressing with Two Hundred Dollars Per Year
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Evansville, Indiana, USA

1890 - Tornado
IN INDIANA.
Later Reports Show the Loss of Life and Property Increasing.

EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 31. - Every hour brings additional news of the dreadful results of the tornado which passed over... Read MORE...

Newark Daily Advocate -  Newark, Ohio -  March 31, 1890
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Evansville, Indiana, USA

1902 - Lightning Destroys a Fine Evansville Church. FINE CHURCH RUINED. Lightning Causes Fire That Destroyed Structure.
Evansville, Ind., March 31 - St. Boniface Catholic church, located in the western suburbs of this city, was struck by lightning at an early hour Sunday morning. The structure took fire, and the... Read MORE...

The Daily Review -  Decatur, Illinois -  March 31, 1902
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Lexington, Kentucky, USA

1902 - FIRE AT COLONEL GIBSON'S.
The residence of Colonel Hart Gibson on the Harrodsburg pike was saved from burning by quick work on the part of the fire department early yesterday morning.

The roof was on fire when the chemical ... Read MORE...

The Morning Herald -  Lexington, Kentucky -  March 31, 1902
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Middletown, Connecticut, USA

1913 - FLOOD FIRE BURNS DEPOT. Connecticut River Wets Lime, Setting Building Ablaze.
Special to The New York Times.

MIDDLETOWN, Conn., March 30--The rising waters of the Connecticut River reached the freight depot of the New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad Company in Water... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 31, 1913
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1736  March 31 - Belleuve Hospital founded in a New York City almshouse - 1st public hospital in the US

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1880  March 31 - Illuminated by Electricity
1880: Wabash, Indiana, became first incorporated community to be completely illuminated by electricity.
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1888  In the Blanchard and Sandusky rivers at Findlay and Tiffin, O, high water had on the 27th driven many families from their homes.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1890  March 31 - Saint Louis, MO, received 20 inches of snow in 24 hours.

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1899  Socialist Labor Party. E. W. Theinert of Providence Was the Orator of the Evening


Pawtucket Times
Pawtucket, Rhode Island

1943  March 31 – Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! opens on Broadway

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New Grunewald Hotel. Audubon Building and Maison Blanche. New Orleans, La.

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The original hotel building was six stories tall and faced Baronne Street. It was built after Grunewald's Music Hall was destroyed by fire in 1862. The building housed 200 rooms and opened in December 1893 to be ready for the 1894 New Orleans Mardi Gras season. The decision to build a hotel proved to be very sound as the other major hotel in the city, the St. Charles Hotel, was destroyed by fire soon after the Grunewald opened..." wikipedia

Rexpirin Brand Tablets
United Drug Company
Boston - St. Louis, USA
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

Died March 31

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1902 - May 20 – Cuba gains independence from the United States.

Open Air Courtship

Plain Dealer
Ohio
June 28, 1898

New Lebanon, New York, USA

1870  The general term of the Supreme Court at Hudson, N. Y.,

has affirmed the decision of Judge Miller, in the noted habeas corpus case of Babour vs. Trustees of the New Lebanon Shakers, awarding the custody of a child held by the Shakers to its parents.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  March 26, 1870
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Ellsworth, Maine, USA

1870  Woman Soldier

The Ellsworth (Maine) American has had a visit from a woman in that vicinity who served in the army two years, dressed in male attire. She has resumed female habiliments, though she uses tobacco.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  March 26, 1870
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Rockford, Illinois, USA

1890 - NARROW ESCAPE OF WORKMEN.
ROCKFORD, Ill., March 25. - Special Telegram---About 8 o'clock this morning the new factory of the Star Furniture Company collapsed, ruining it utterly. Twenty men at work on the structure barely... Read MORE...

The Sunday Inter Ocean -  Chicago, Illinois -  March 26, 1890
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Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

1890 - CONFLAGRATIONS. Incendiarism at Bismarck, N. D.
BISMARCK, N. D., March 25. - Some one tried to burn up the town this morning. At 2 o'clock an incendiary started a blaze between two empty buildings, with the wind blowing sixty miles an hours. The... Read MORE...

The Sunday Inter Ocean -  Chicago, Illinois -  March 26, 1890
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Granite Iron Ware
E. E. Prusia & Company
Fort Dodge, Iowa

1902 - May 20 – Cuba gains independence from the United States.
CUBA'S INDEPENDENCE
THE HOME GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CONTROL ON MAY 20TH
THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION
to take Place on that Day - The American Evacuation to Be Complete Except Military Forces in Coast... Read MORE...

The Wilmington Messenger -  Wilmington, North Carolina -  March 26, 1902
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Milford, New Hampshire, USA

1910 Schoolhouse and Farm Buildings Are Burned
Milford, N. H., March 25. - Two forest fires that raged here simultaneously today destroyed the Shedd schoolhouse and the buildings on the Totterman estate in West Milford and the buildings on the... Read MORE...

The Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  March 26, 1910
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam)

1910 - Gloucester Buildings Prey of Forest Fires
Boston Journal Special Wire.
Gloucester, March 25. - Grass and forest fires kept the local fire department busy most of the day. A barn on the Hovey estate at Fresh Water cove was destroyed this... Read MORE...

The Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  March 26, 1910
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Framingham, Massachusetts, USA

1910 - MOTHER LOSES LIFE SAVES LITTLE BOY
Boston Journal Special Wire.
South Framingham, March 25. - It cost Mrs. William Tucker, 25 years old, of State street, Framingham Center, her life to protect her 3-year-old boy from a bonfire this... Read MORE...

The Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  March 26, 1910
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Revere, Massachusetts, USA

1910 - GALE FANS FLAMES THAT WORK $200,000 DAMAGE IN STATE.
Conflagration at South Hamilton Sweeps Away 21 Buildings and Renders 15 Homeless - Ice Houses Burn in Essex, Seven Homes in Revere.

ASHLAND IS THREATENED BY BLAZE THAT DESTROYS THREE... Read MORE...

The Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  March 26, 1910
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Duluth, Minnesota, USA

1910 - BOY IS STRUCK DOWN BY AUTO. Thomas Wood Is Thrown From Bicycle as He Darts in Front of Moving Machine.
Thomas Wood, 10 year old son of T. S. Wood, 1927 East Superior street, had a narrow escape yesterday afternoon from being crushed under the wheels of a large touring car. He owes his life to the... Read MORE...

The Duluth News Tribune -  Duluth, Minnesota -  March 26, 1910
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Greenburgh, New York, USA (Tarrytown) (Hartsdale)

1910 - ROCKEFELLER, JR., FIGHTS FIRE. In Charge of His Own Hose Company at a Pocantico Hills Blaze.
Special to The New York Times.

TARRYTOWN, N. Y., March 23. - Fire in the woods on the estate of John D. Rockefeller gained such headway this afternoon that the Rockefeller fire brigade, with... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 26, 1910
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Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA

1910 - CAR SEALER KILLED IN FREIGHT YARD.
Patrick McGloin, a car sealer, living at 58 Chapman street, Charlestown, was so badly crushed between freight cars in the Fitchburg yard of the Boston and Maine railroad in Charlestown shortly before ... Read MORE...

The Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  March 26, 1910
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Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA

1910 - GALE FANS FLAMES THAT WORK $200,000 DAMAGE IN STATE.
Conflagration at South Hamilton Sweeps Away 21 Buildings and Renders 15 Homeless - Ice Houses Burn in Essex, Seven Homes in Revere.

ASHLAND IS THREATENED BY BLAZE THAT DESTROYS THREE... Read MORE...

The Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  March 26, 1910
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Rockingham, Vermont, USA (Bellows Falls)

1912 - BELLOWS FALLS HAS BIG FIRE. HOTEL AND TWO BIG BLOCKS DESTROYED AT LOSS OF $200,000.
Bellows Falls, Vt., March 26. - The three principal business structures here, the Union and Arms blocks and the Hotel Windham were destroyed by fire, early today, at a loss of $200,000. For hours it... Read MORE...

Fitchburg Daily Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  March 26, 1912
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Ames, Iowa, USA

1913 - CHEMISTRY HALL AT AMES IS DESTROYED. LOSS AT IOWA STATE COLLEGE ESTIMATED AT $60,000 - THE CAUSE.
Ames, March 26 - Fire here late yesterday destroyed the chemistry hall of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The loss is estimated at $60,000. The fire is supposed to have... Read MORE...

Waterloo Reporter -  Iowa -  March 26, 1913
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Sioux City, Iowa, USA

1914 - TWO FIREMEN LOSE LIVES IN SIOUX CITY BLAZE; HEAVY LOSS. MEN TRAPPED UNDER FALLING WALL AS THEY FIGHT FLAMES; THREE FIGHTERS INJURED. PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL REACH NEARLY $400,000.
HOTEL ALSO FLAME SWEPT - GUESTS MAKE THRILLING ESCAPES, JUMPING INTO NETS.

Sioux City, Ia., March 26. - Two firemen were killed and three injured and between $300,000 and $400,000 damage done in a ... Read MORE...

Waterloo Evening Courier -  Iowa -  March 26, 1914
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam)

1928 - LOST BELLBOY FOUND
Youngster Wind Gold Medal for Refusing to Sell Liquor

NEW YORK. March 25 - Satisfaction of the existence of a non-bootlegging bellboy was the feature of a medal bestowing ceremony at the Hotel... Read MORE...

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Oregonian -  Oregon -  March 26, 1928
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Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

1942 - BLAST FELT IN RADIUS OF 50 MILES. SEVERAL KILLED AT CEMENT PLANT QUARRY AT EASTON, PA.
Easton, Pa., March 26. - At least seven men were killed an an unknown number injured today in a premature dynamite explosion in a limestone quarry at the plant of the Lehigh Portland Cement... Read MORE...

Lowell Sun -  Lowell, Massachusetts -  March 26, 1942
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1870  The iron moulders of Peekskill, N. Y., 300 in number, recently quite work on account of the determination of the owners of the foundries to reduce their wages by twenty per cent.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1872  March 26 – An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.2 strikes Lone Pine, California.

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Memorial Fountain, Fairfield, Conn.

Hardwood Floors
Smooth as Glass
"Old English" Floor Wax
Barron, Boyle & Co., Cincinnati, O.

The Ladies' Home Journal
January 1898

Died March 26

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1803 - 16 people aged 1,444 years

Westerly, Rhode Island, USA (Watch Hill)

1803 - 16 people aged 1,444 years
There are now living, in the town of Westerly, in the state of Rhode Island, sixteen persons, the amount of whose ages is, 1,444 years. The oldest being 102 years, and the youngest being 81 years.... Read MORE...

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Daily Advertiser -  New York -  March 25, 1803
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1908 advertisement

M. A. Baker & Co. Manufacturers
Seamless Turpentine Stills
Pensacola, Fla.

The Pensacola Journal
Pensacola, Florida
July 4, 1908

Montgomery, Alabama, USA

1911 - Fire At Buckeye Plant.
The fire department was called to the plant of the Buckeye Cotton Seed Oil Mills on Maple Street this morning at 10:45 o'clock. The blaze originated in the seed rooms of the mill and was extinguished ... Read MORE...

The Montgomery Advertiser -  Montgomery, Alabama -  March 25, 1911
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Mock Oyster Soup - Scrape twelve good-szied roots of oyster plants or salsify and throw them ...Read MORE...



The Ladies" Home Journal, June 1898

Fairbanks' Celebrate Scales
34 Kilby Street, Boston

Bangor Daily Whig and Courier
Bangor, Maine
June 25, 1857

1935  March 12-25 - Suffocating dust storms occurred frequently in southeastern Colorado between the 12th and the 25th of the month.

Six people died, and many livestock starved or suffocated. Up to six feet of dust covered the ground. Schools were closed, and many rural homes were deserted by tenants.

The Weather Channel
March 25, 1935
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

1948 - March 25 - Tornadoes at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City
For the second time in less than a week airplanes were destroyed by a tornado at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City OK. A March 20th tornado destroyed fifty planes at Tinker AFB causing more than ten... Read MORE...

WeatherForYou.com
March 25, 1948
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1843  March 25 – Marc Isambard Brunel's Thames Tunnel, the first tunnel under the River Thames and the world's first bored underwater tunnel, is opened in London.

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1894  March 25 – Coxey's Army (of the unemployed), the first significant protest march in the United States, departs from Massillon, Ohio, for Washington, D.C.

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1896  Witness Missing in Aldrich-Baker Shooting Case
NEED TO FIND THIS ARTICLE

Worcester Daily Spy
Worcester, Massachusetts

1911  March 25 – A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City kills 146.

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July 7, 1898 - U.S. annexes Hawaii by an act of Congress.

Quebec - Did you know? In New France, the vast majority of newcomers were either soldiers or indentured workers. Before...Read MORE...



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St. Mary's Church

Odol Tooth Powder

Died March 25

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1907 - RUNAWAY AT NORTHAMPTON - Horses Dash Along Railroad Tracks for a Mile and Scatter People at Union Station.

Milford, Massachusetts, USA

1882 - VALUABLE MACHINERY LOST. BURNING OF THE CLINCHING-SCREW FACTORY AT MILFORD, MASS.
MILFORD, Mass., Feb. 23. - The manufactory of Estabrook & Co., was burned last evening. The fire, the cause of which is unknown, broke out in the first story of the building, occupied by the owners... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 24, 1882
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500,000 Ladies are using The Rushforth Hair Curling Pins
The Rushforth Pin Co., Lawrence, Mass.

The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898

Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

1907 - RUNAWAY AT NORTHAMPTON - Horses Dash Along Railroad Tracks for a Mile and Scatter People at Union Station.
A sensational runaway, in which a span of horses scattered the people standing about the union station at Northampton and ran for a mile on the railroad tracks, took place yesterday noon. The horses... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  March 24, 1907
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Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

1907 - MANY FINGERS CUT OFF. Two Accidents at Holyoke in Which These Valuable Members Were Lost.
Yesterday was a bad day for Holyoke fingers. Nine were lopped off, as reported last evening, with outlying districts to be heard from. Fred Joyall, a lad of 15, who has been employed at the Norman... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  March 24, 1907
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Plum Pudding - Boil and mash well one pound potatoes, one-half pound carrots; when cold and...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., January 14, 1880

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

1907 - $65,000 LOSS AT MEMPHIS. Freight House and Twenty-Five Car Loads of Merchandise Burned.
Memphis, Tenn., March 21. - A freight house of the Illinois Central Railroad, situated at the corner of Shelby and Calhoun streets in the southern part of this city, together with twenty-five car... Read MORE...

The Dallas Morning News -  Dallas, Texas -  March 24, 1907
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Brooms, Dusters & Brushes
Cass & Smurr Stove Co.
224 & 226 Sou. Spring St.
Los Angeles, Cal.

Chico, California, USA

1908  THEATER BURNS.

Chico, Cal., March 24. - The Star theater here was gutted by fire this morning. The blaze started by a moving picture machine. Several stores in the vicinity were badly damaged.

San Jose Mercury News -  San Jose, California -  March 24, 1908
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Rockford, Illinois, USA

1908  FIRE AT ROCKFORD, ILL.

ROCKFORD, Ill., March 23. - Fire early today damaged the business block occupied by the Rockford & Interurban company and the W. Clark Printing company, to the extent of $75,000.

The Duluth News Tribune -  Duluth, Minnesota -  March 24, 1908
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Stamford, Connecticut, USA

1908 - Saved From Fire
Stamford, Conn., March 24. - Curly is only a "husky" and until recently he trod the frozen Northwwest helping drag pack sleds. He came to Col. John I. Holly, a Stamford business man from Alaska, and... Read MORE...

San Jose Mercury News -  San Jose, California -  March 24, 1908
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Do not make any display of affection for even your dearest friend; kissing in public, or embracing, ...Read MORE...



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Omaha, Nebraska, USA

1911 - EXPLOSION WRECKS COURTHOUSE. New Million-Dollar Structure in Omaha Shattered by Blast of Unknown Origin Early This Morning.
[By Morning Journal Special Leased Wire]

Omaha, Neb., March 23. - Two explosions in the basement of the new million-dollar courthouse at Eighteenth and Farnum streets at 1 o'clock this morning... Read MORE...

The Albuquerque Morning Journal -  Albuquerque, New Mexico -  March 24, 1911
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Penn Yan, New York, USA

1949 - Gas Explosion Injures Plumber
Methodist Church Slightly Damaged

Lew Blakeslee of 231 Lake street, Penn Yan, was seriously injured at 11 a. m. Friday, March 18, in a gas boiler explosion.

Burned badly about the face, hands... Read MORE...

Chronicle Express -  Penn Yan, New York -  March 24, 1949
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1898  March 24 – Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, becomes the first person to buy an American-built automobile when he buys a Winton automobile that had been advertised in Scientific American.

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1900  March 24 - New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

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America - Did you know? (Alaska) Juneau"s gold made prospector Joe Junea wealthy, but he felt that he had to spend all his...Read MORE...



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"1847 Rogers Bros."
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1918 - Getting Used to the "Daylight Saving" Time.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)
In 1827 the first friction match was invented in England by John Walker. Walker's matches were sticks tipped with a mixture of chemicals that burst into flame when scratched against a rough... Read MORE...

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1918 advertisement

Bridgeport Horse Auction

The Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut
June 27, 1918

Montréal, Québec, Canada

1873 - THE MONTREAL HOTEL FIRE. Terrible Scenes Among the Boarders and Servants - A Woman Hangs to a Window-Frame for Half and Hour - Two Lives Lost.
The Montreal papers come filled with details of the terrible scenes connected with the partial destruction of the St. James Hotel, in that city, by fire, on Monday night. The hotel was a five story... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 20, 1873
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Wallingford, Connecticut, USA

1880 - A WALLINGFORD FACTORY BURNED.
WALLINGFORD, Conn., March 19. - The shop of the Wallingford Wheel Company was found to be on fire at 8 o'clock last evening, and by 9 o'clock was burned to the ground. The fire broke out in an... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 20, 1880
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Cream of Corn Soup - Score down the grains and press out the pulp from six good-sized ears...Read MORE...



The Ladies" Home Journal, June 1898

The A-86 Ajax Drill Sharpener
T. H. Proske, Denver, Colorado

Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

Saint Petersburg, Russia

1886  Another Nihilistic plot having been discovered in the neighborhood of the royal palaces at St. Petersburg,

it stands the Czar in hand to have another bolt put on his door, if there is room for it, and have an additional boiler-iron counterpane spread on his bed. - Chicago News.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  March 20, 1886
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Burlington, Vermont, USA

1895 - LOSSES BY FIRE.
Burlington, Vt., March 19. - Booth's planing mill and shops, the Baldwin Refrigerator Company's factory, the Vermont Shade Roller factory, and all their storage buildings, &c., burned; loss,... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 20, 1895
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Never sit down to the piano uninvited, unless you are alone in the parlor. Do not take any book you ...Read MORE...



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Newark, New Jersey, USA

1900 - TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE. TEN PERSONS INJURED AT NEWARK, N.J., IN ACCIDENT.
Newark, N.J., March 20. - Ten passengers were severely injured last night in a rear end trolley car collision, but at a late hour no fatalities had resulted. The accident happened on Belleville... Read MORE...

Trenton Times -  Trenton, New Jersey -  March 20, 1900
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Milford, Connecticut, USA

1902 Tornado
Milford, March 20. - During the progress of the small cyclone which struck Milford yesterday afternoon, Mrs. John S. Mitchell was picked up by a guest[sic] of wind and thrown into the street between... Read MORE...

Naugatuck Daily News -  Naugatuck, Connecticut -  March 20, 1902
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Adams, Massachusetts, USA

1902 - Wind Storm
Adams, Mass., March 20. - A high wind which had prevailed all Tuesday night suddenly assumed cyclone proportions yesterday and considerable damage resulted. Covered vehicles were overturned in the... Read MORE...

Naugatuck Daily News -  Naugatuck, Connecticut -  March 20, 1902
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New Milford, Connecticut, USA

1902 - WRECK AT NEW MILFORD.
Train Breaks and Causes Rear End Collision - One Man Killed.

NEW MILFORD, Conn., March 20. - The midnight freight from New Haven to Pittsfield, which goes through here at 1 o'clock was badly... Read MORE...

Naugatuck Daily News -  Naugatuck, Connecticut -  March 20, 1902
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1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time (DST goes into effect on March 31).
Getting Used to the "Daylight Saving" Time.

"Daylight saving" is now a law, if not a fact, and as both the government and railroads are to adopt the new system, and most factories, the public will ... Read MORE...

The Topeka Daily Capital -  Topeka, Kansas -  March 20, 1918
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Milford, Connecticut, USA

1923 - WINDS FAN SPARKS, DAMAGING CHIMNEY OF MILFORD HOTEL
MILFORD, Mar. 19. Fanned by high winds, fire did considerable damage to a chimney on Smith's hotel at Milford Point early tonight, and would probably have resulted more seriously had not the firemen... Read MORE...

The Bridgeport Telegram -  Bridgeport, Connecticut -  March 20, 1923
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1852  March 20 – Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published in book form in Boston.

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1869  The farmers in Ireland are complaining of great losses of potatoes, by disease.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1880  A ship canal over seven miles long is to be constructed across the Isthmus at Cohasset Narrows, in Massachusetts, at a cost of about $2,500,000.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1899  March 20 – At Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman executed in an electric chair.

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1944  March 20 - Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16

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December 2, 1899 - U.S. acquires American Samoa by treaty with Great Britain and Germany.

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Baptist Church, Rowley, Mass.

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1849 - The United States Congress passes the Gold Coinage Act allowing the minting of gold coins.

The Genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills
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203 S. Madison St.
Peoria, Ill.

1849 - March 3 - The United States Congress passes the Gold Coinage Act allowing the minting of gold coins.
GOLD COINS
The following is the bill which passed the House of Representatives, authorizing the coinage of two important new gold pieces, of one and twenty dollars in value.

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The Old North State -  Elizabeth City, North Carolina -  March 17, 1849
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Wallingford, Connecticut, USA

1886 - CHARGED WITH ARSON. FIRES IN WALLINGFORD WHICH GOT A YOUNG MAN INTO TROUBLE.
WALLINGFORD, Conn., March 16. - Early this morning Constable Roger S. Austin, tired and dusty after a long trip, reached this town, bringing with him as a prisoner Frank H. Morse, one of the best... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 17, 1886
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Pancakes - Beat up three eggs and a quart of milk; make it up into a batter with flour, a...Read MORE...



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St. Andrews Wine of Life Root, Female Regulator for Women
Made in Bristol, TN

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1888 - Extensive floods in Austro-Hungary were reported on the 13th.
Bridges had been swept away and large areas converted into lakes. Several villages were submerged and a large number of person had been drowned.

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St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  March 17, 1888
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Dressing with Two Hundred Dollars Per Year
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Springport, New York, USA (Union Springs)

1893 - Temperance Reform Experiment
The village of Union Springs, N. Y., is about to try a novel experiment in the way of temperance reform. A number of prominent citizens, including the village president and several clergymen, propose ... Read MORE...

The Coffeyville Weekly Journal -  Coffeyville, Kansas -  March 17, 1893
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1897 - Sentenced to Electrocution
Auburn, N.Y., March 16. - Frank Sheldon, a well known cattle dealer of Cayuga county, was yesterday convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to be electrocuted during the week beginning April... Read MORE...

Mount Camel Item -  Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania -  March 17, 1897
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Pueblo, Colorado, USA

1906 - HUGE ROOF COLLAPSED. ONE MAN KILLED AND THREE INJURED AT PUEBLO, COLO.
Pueblo, Colo. - By the collapse of the concrete roof over a section of the huge new round house of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, which is in course of construction here, Tuesday, one man was... Read MORE...

Garland Globe -  Garland, Utah -  March 17, 1906
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Marietta, Ohio, USA

1907 - Marietta Flood
At Marietta two-thirds of the city is flooded and there is considerable suffering among the inhabitants. The people are in dire distress as nearly all the groceries in the town have been flooded.... Read MORE...

Plain Dealer -  Cleveland, Ohio -  March 17, 1907
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Skowhegan, Maine, USA

1930 - KILLED BY BLAST OF DYNAMITE
Skowegan, Me., March 17. - Leroy McPhierson, 22, of Mapleton, Arlistook conty[sic], died at midnight Saturday at the Kennebec Valley Hospital, Skowhegan, as the result of injuries received from a... Read MORE...

Portsmouth Herald -  Portsmouth, New Hampshire -  March 17, 1930
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Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA

1931 - INVESTIGATE 5 DEATHS IN HOSPITAL FIRE. PATIENTS AND ORDERLY ARE TRAPPED IN FLAMING COTTAGE.
JAMESTOWN, R. I., March 17 (AP) - An inquest probably will be begun today into the deaths last night of four patients and an orderly trapped by fire in the No. 3 cottage at the private sanitarium of... Read MORE...

Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  March 17, 1931
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Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

1944 - NINE SOLDIERS DIE IN WAR MANEUVERS. DROWNED IN A LARGE LAKE NEAR LITTLE ROCK, ARK., LAST NIGHT.
Little Rock, Ark., March 17 - (AP) - Nine soldiers drowned and two others are missing in a large lake five miles north of here after an accident in amphibious maneuvers last night in a second major... Read MORE...

Chillicothe Constitution Tribune -  Chillicothe, Missouri -  March 17, 1944
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1776  March 17 - British, Get Out!
Colonial troops force British to evacuate Boston.


1886  March 17 – Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi.

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1887  NORWICH, Conn., March 16. - St. Patrick's Catholic Church was damaged to the extent of $10,000 by fire to-day.
The building cost $250,000, and is insured for $52,000. The fire was caused by a careless altar boy dropping a coal from the censer.

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Dallas, Texas

1888  In St Louis on the 13th a case of leprosy was discovered, the patient being Choo Fay, a Chinese laundryman. Fay has been in this country several years.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  An order was issued by the Government of Denmark on the 10th forbidding the importation of American bacon and steam lard and other undressed pork products.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  The silver wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales was celebrated in London on the 10th.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  The factory of the Buckeye Buggy Company at Columbus, O., was burned on the 13th, causing a loss of $150,000.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  At Marietta, O, an incendiary fire on the 13th burned the office of the Marietta Register,
besides a book-store and several buildings, the loss being over $50,000.

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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1906  March 17 - The temperature at Snake River, WY, dipped to 50 degrees below zero, a record for the U.S. for the month of March.

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1931  March 17 – Nevada legalizes gambling.

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La Crosse Harbor on Mississippi River, La Cross, Wis.

Mellwood Whisky
Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co., Louisville, Kentucky

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