1883 - May 30 - Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12

Wallingford, Connecticut, USA

1858 - STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
MERIDEN, Conn., May 30. - The large three-story frame factory of the Wallingford Wheel Company in Wallingford, Conn., was struck by lightning during a heavy thunderstorm at 3 o'clock this morning and ... Read MORE...

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Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of Farm Machinery
226 S. Washington and 120 Liberty Sts., Peoria, Ill.

London, England

1859 - Big Ben begins keeping time
May 31, 1859: The Great Clock (aka Big Ben) in London officially began keeping time. (On July 11, the Great Bell first struck the hour.) The 315-foot-high tower, part of the Houses of Parliament... Read MORE...

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Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush)

1883 - May 30 - Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12
AGONIZING !!!!!
Details of the Disaster on the Bridge.
Men and Women Crushed and Trampled to Death in the Blockade at New York Anchorage.

THE DEAD, THE INJURED AND THE MISSING.

How the Panic... Read MORE...

The Brooklyn Eagle -  Brooklyn, New York -  May 31, 1883
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Long Island City, New York, USA

1893 - RICHARD LAVELLE'S NECK BROKEN. THROWN FROM A MUSTANG PONY AND INSTANTLY KILLED.
Long Island City, May 30. - RICHARD LAVELLE, who, with JOHN O'DONNELL, conducts a Wild West show at North Beach, was thrown from the back of a fiery mustang pony last night and was almost instantly... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  May 31, 1893
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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Bennington, Vermont, USA

1910 - AUTO AND TROLLEY COLLIDE
Rainstorm Dbscures[sic] Driver's View - One Killed and Two Injured.

BENNINGTON, Vt., May 30. - A driving rainstorm that obscured the view of an automobile driver and an electric car motorman... Read MORE...

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William McKinley Campaign Poster (1900)

Dallas, Texas, USA

1916 - FOUR KILLED WHEN AWNING COLLAPSES. WERE WATCHING PREPAREDNESS PARADE WHEN HEAVY SHADE GIVES WAY. MANY OTHERS HURT.
IMMENSE CROWD MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR AID TO REACH INJURED AT ONCE.

Dallas, May 30. - Four persons were killed, two of them instantly, when a wooden awning, suspended by chains in front of a store... Read MORE...

Tulsa Daily World -  Tulsa, Oklahoma -  May 31, 1916
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Flint, Michigan, USA

Flint, Mich., Train – Automobile Crash, May 1934
Four Killed In Crossing Crash

By The Associated Press

Flint, Mich., May 30. – A Pere Marquette passenger train struck an automobile carrying seven persons on a memorial day trip to a cemetery... Read MORE...

Abilene Morning News -  Abilene, Texas -  May 31, 1934
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Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

1947 - MAIN BUILDING AT MUHLENBERG COLLEGE BURNED.
Allentown, (INS) - The great stone walls were all that remained today of the 43-year-old administration building of Muhlenberg College which was destroyed by a general alarm fire of undetermined... Read MORE...

Chester Times -  Chester, Pennsylvania -  May 31, 1947
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA

1971 - FOUR FIREMEN ARE KILLED IN BLAST.
Atlanta, Ga. (AP) - Four firemen were killed when an explosion ripped through a burning downtown restaurant, trapping them in a basement inferno as the floor was blown from under them.

"There were ... Read MORE...

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1875  Measles
The measles keep eight hundred children out of the public schools of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Harrisburg Telegraph
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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Union Power Building

King of Malaria
Chill Tonic
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Died May 31

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1854 - ALARMING ACCIDENT AT HOBOKEN. FALL OF THE BARCLAY STREET FERRY BRIDGE. ONE HUNDRED PERSONS THROWN INTO THE WATER - SEVERAL SUPPOSED DROWNED - MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF HUNDREDS ON THE BRIDGE.

"The Leading Tourist's Line"
Lake George, Lake Champlain, Sharon Springs, Saratoga, Adirondacks, etc., etc.

J. W Burdick, General Pass. Agt.
Delaware & Hudson, R.R., Albany, N.Y.

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June 1898

Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

1854 - ALARMING ACCIDENT AT HOBOKEN. FALL OF THE BARCLAY STREET FERRY BRIDGE. ONE HUNDRED PERSONS THROWN INTO THE WATER - SEVERAL SUPPOSED DROWNED - MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF HUNDREDS ON THE BRIDGE.
An accident of the most painful and alarming nature occurred between 5 and 6 o'clock last evening, at the Hoboken Ferry on the Jersey shore, by which the lives of some five hundred persons, men,... Read MORE...

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1869  A young and pretty girl, a little proud of her good looks, had a quarrel with her lover, who reproached her for caring more for beauty than his love.

To prove to him how much she loved him she broke off her four front teeth, and, thus disfigured, cast herself at his feet. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to state that she lost her lover.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  May 29, 1869
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Rochester, New York, USA

1869  A Mrs. Knight, of Rochester, N.Y., a few days ago, procured a boat and went to the rescue of a man who was struggling in the water about three hundred yards from the shore.

She grasped him by the hair of the head and managed with one hand to paddle the boat ashore. Mrs. Knight is a woman of a slight frame, and the man she saved from drowning weighs nearly 200 pounds.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  May 29, 1869
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Glens Falls, New York, USA

1869  A few days ago, George Frost, of Lansingburg, N. Y., walked to Glens Falls, N. Y. and back, a distance of 104 miles,

in twenty-three hours and forty-five minutes, arriving in Lansingburgh at 12 o'clock noon, not all that tired. He finished the day working at his trade.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  May 29, 1869
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Putnam Nail Co., Boston, Mass.

Evansville, Indiana, USA

1885 - EVANSVILLE, IND., FLOODED.
Evansville, Ind., May 29. -- A tremendous rain fall visited this city yesterday afternoon. The centre of the cloud-burst seemed within the territory bounded by Indiana and John Streets and Main... Read MORE...

Evening Observer -  Dunkirk, New York -  May 29, 1885
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Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

1892 - Wreck of the Quadra.
OTTAWA, Ontario, May 28. - The Minister of Marine and Fisheries has received a dispatch from the agent of his department at Victoria, stating that the Government steamer Quadra had been washed off... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  May 29, 1892
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Aged People Should Eat Very Little Meat

Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA (Foxboro)

1900 - STRAW WORKS DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Foxboro, Mass., May 29. - The complete destruction of the Union straw works by fire caused a loss to the company of nearly $150,000, and proves a severe blow to the community, as the straw plalting... Read MORE...

North Adams Transcript  -  North Adams, Massachusetts -  May 29, 1900
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1914  May 29 – The ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,012 lives are lost.

The Tragedy of RMS Empress of Ireland

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East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1922 - East Hartford Has $50,000 Fire.
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 28. - Fire early today badly damaged the Garvan block here, with a loss estimated at $50,000. The building is owned by Crescent and Rebecca Lodges, I. O. O. F. The fire... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  May 29, 1922
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Elmira, New York, USA

1946 - STATE OF EMERGENCY - Flood Waters Cover Elmira Business Area
ELMIRA (AP). - Flood waters six inches deep swept through Elmira's main business district today and Mayor Emory Strachen declared a state of emergency.

The rain-swollen Chemung River rose 18 feet, ... Read MORE...

Syracuse Herald Journal -  Syracuse, New York -  May 29, 1946
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Jacksonville, Florida, USA

1959 - PILOT KILLED IN JET CRASH ABOARD CARRIER.
Jacksonville, Fla. (AP) - Fire at sea followed the crash of a Navy jet plane aboard the aircraft carrier Essex on Thursday.
The pilot of the plane was killed, and an airman on the carrier deck... Read MORE...

The Index-Journal -  Greenwood, South Carolina -  May 29, 1959
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1733  May 29 - The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.

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1865  May 29 – American Civil War: President of the United States Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation of general amnesty for most citizens of the former Confederacy.

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1886  An old resident of Cromwell, Conn., has taken one hundred and eleven bodies of drowned persons from the Connecticut river in that vicinity.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

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Hollow Concrete Dam across Colorado River, Austin, Texas

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

Died May 29

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1891 - Making Farm Life Happy. An Indiana Farmer's Daughter Tells How to Help Home Life.

1891 - Making Farm Life Happy. An Indiana Farmer's Daughter Tells How to Help Home Life.
Miss Jennie E. Hooker, of McCutchanville, Ind., received a prize of $300 from The Cosmopolitan Magazine for the best essay on how to make farm life attractive. Her is an abstract of her... Read MORE...

Bismark Tribune -  Bismark, North Dakota -  May 27, 1891
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Pease Round Head Venetian Blinds
The Pease Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio

Ladies' Home Journal
September 1898

St Louis, Missouri, USA

1896 - St. Louis, Mo. - May 27, 1896 - Twister
The tornado that came through St. Louis, Missouri on May 27th, 1896 originally formed only six miles west of the Eads Bridge. It swept away or damaged many of the homes and buildings that were built... Read MORE...

May 27, 1896
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Laconia, New Hampshire, USA

1903 - FIRE LEFT HUNDREDS HOMELESS
Laconia, N. H., May 27. According to latest reports nearly 100 buildings were burned, 650 persons are homless{sic} and a loss of between $350,000 and $400,000 has been caused by the fire in the... Read MORE...

The Evening News -  San Jose, California -  May 27, 1903
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Clear Tomato Soup - Add a pint of water to a quart of stewed tomatoes. Add a slice of onion, ...Read MORE...



The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898

San Francisco, California, USA

1937 - May 27 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic.
The next day, with a push of a telegraph button, President Franklin Roosevelt opened the bridge to cars, too.

The area known as the Golden Gate is the channel formed where the mouth of the San... Read MORE...

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May 27, 1937
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1933  May 27 - New Deal: The Federal Securities Act is signed into law, requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.

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1933  May 27 - The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago.

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Narragansett Brewing Company

1909 advertisement

Wheelocks's Department Store
Amesbury, Mass.

Kensington, New Hampshire, sketches and reminiscences by Mace, Ida M Published 1909

Died May 27

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1858 - Breakfast Divorce

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)
"... The first known bicyclist was the Comte de Sivrac, who was seen riding a two-wheel 'wooden horse' in Paris in 1791, the Smithsonian reports. Among its many drawbacks was that it was impossible... Read MORE...

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1890s C. G. Conn
Wonder Band Instruments
Worcester, Mass.
Elkhart, Ind.

Rochester, New York, USA

1858 - Breakfast Divorce
A suit for divorce is pending in Rochester, New York, which originated in a dispute between Mr. B. and his wife as to whether they should have beefsteak broiled or some oysters fried for breakfast -... Read MORE...

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Alton, Illinois, USA

1885 - DAMAGE BY FIERCE STORM. HOUSES WRECKED, CROPS INJURED, AND LIVES LOST.
Alton, Ill., May 25. - This city was struck last night by a tornado, which burst from the southwest, sweeping across the river with terrific fury. Several large buildings on the river front were... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  May 26, 1885
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Cheshire, Massachusetts, USA

1888 - The Great Jefferson Cheese
When Thomas Jefferson was chosen President Elder John Leland, a Baptist clergyman of Cheshire, Mass., proposed that his flock should celebrate the victory by making for the new Chief Magistrate the... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  May 26, 1888
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Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

1890 - CAPSIZED IN THE BAY. EIGHT OUT OF TEN BOATERS DROWNED AT FALL RIVER, MASS.
Fall River, Mass., May 26. - A small boat containing a party of pleasure seekers was capsized in the rough water in the bay yesterday and eight persons were drowned.

The names are:
SAMUEL... Read MORE...

Evening Gazette  -  Sterling, Illinois -  May 26, 1890
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Digestibility of Raisins - Yes, raisins are excellent,a nd quite digestible providing they...Read MORE...



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

1896 - May 26 – Charles Dow's Dow Jones Industrial Average first appears in the Wall Street Journal.
"Charles Henry Dow, born in Sterling, Connecticut on November 5, 1851, was the son of a farmer who died when his son was six years old....

Dow did not have much education or training, but he... Read MORE...

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May 26, 1896
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The Munsing
Plated Underwear
The Northwest Knitting Co., Minneapolis

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September 1898

Niagara Falls, New York, USA

1903 - Niagara Runs Dry
Telegraphing from Niagara Falls, the "Standard's" correspondent stated that recently pedestrians crossed over the river-bed, where human feet have never before trod. An ice jam near Goat Island had... Read MORE...

West Gippsland Gazette -  Australia -  May 26, 1903
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

1920 - MANUEL LUCERO IS KILLED AT THE SANTA FE SHOPS
Manuel D. Lucero, a car repair man at the Santa Fe shops, was killed yesterday when a boiler which was being moved by a large wrecking crane, bent the arm of the crane and struck him on the head. He... Read MORE...

Albuquerque Journal -  Albuquerque, New Mexico -  May 26, 1920
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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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Hollister, California, USA

1920 - San Benito Couple Hurt in Accident. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Spencer Injured When Motorcycle Brakes Fail to Work.
HOLLISTER, May 25. - Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Spencer of this city met with an accident Sunday, while descending the Quien Saba grade. The brakes on their tandem motorcycle refused to work, throwing both... Read MORE...

San Jose Mercury News -  San Jose, California -  May 26, 1920
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Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA

1922 - EXPLOSION OF FAULTY SHELL - Three Enlisted Men Killed at Camp Bragg, North Carolina.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., May 25. - A board of officers have been appointed by Brigadier-General A. J. Bowley, commanding officer at Camp Bragg, to institute a thoroug inquiry into the death today of... Read MORE...

The Nebraska State Journal -  Lincoln, Nebraska -  May 26, 1922
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1917  May 26 – A tornado strikes Mattoon, Illinois, causing devastation and killing 101 people.

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1880s
Bogards Fine Shoes
St. Louis

Died May 26

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1849 - May 17 – The St. Louis Fire starts when a steamboat catches fire and nearly burns down the entire city.

Highest Price For Eggs
Mann's New Bone Cutter
F. W. Mann Company, Milford, Mass.

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St Louis, Missouri, USA

1849 - May 17 – The St. Louis Fire starts when a steamboat catches fire and nearly burns down the entire city.
From the St. Louis Union.
TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION!
23 Steamboats Burned!
SEVERAL SQUARES IN ASHES.
LOSS OF LIFE!!
Five Millions of Property Destroyed!!!

About ten o'clock last night, the... Read MORE...

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Detroit, Michigan, USA

1864 - THE PROPELLER NILE BLOWN UP. SIX PERSONS KILLED, AND ELEVEN INJURED.
From the Det. Advertiser and Tribune.

Our city was visited Saturday morning by an appalling calamity. The propeller Nile, of Evans & Co.'s line of propellers, from Buffalo to Chicago via... Read MORE...

Marshall Statesman -  Michigan -  May 25, 1864
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Butte County, California, USA

1869 - The editor of the Butte Cal., Recorder recently was present at a trial of the Locher Steam Plow.
Those present were much pleased with the performance. It plowed a strip twelve feet wide and 400 feet long in three minutes. Of course it is not to be expected that this rate could be maintained all... Read MORE...

The Belvidere Standard -  Belvidere, Illinois -  May 25, 1869
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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Pasadena, California, USA

1878 - A Los Angeles paper states that the genuine Smyrna fig commerce has been introduced at Pasadena, Cal.,

where it is almost perpetually in fruit. Last year it fruited from June to January, and this year has already started fruiting and will probably ripen from May day to Christmas.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  May 25, 1878
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Upland Farm
Parson Bros.

Detroit, Michigan, USA

1883 - Big Explosion at Detroit.
DETROIT, May 21. - About 3 o'clock this afternoon, a terrific boiler explosion occurred at the New Wolverine paper mill, in the eastern part of this city.

The walls of the building were blown... Read MORE...

The Bismarck Tribune -  Bismarck, North Dakota -  May 25, 1883
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Omaha, Nebraska, USA

1900 - CRUSHED UNDER LUMBER PILE.
Little 9 year old Johnny Arndt and his brother, while playing upon a pile of lumber Thursday evening under the new Sixteenth street viaduct, met with a painful accident which may prove serious for... Read MORE...

Omaha World Herald -  Omaha, Nebraska -  May 25, 1900
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Long Beach, California, USA

1913 - 400 FALL AS PIER CRASHES; 33 DIE. CALIFORNIA CROWD PLUNGES FORTY FEET TO GROUND AS BEACH STRUCTURE COLLAPSES. 200 PERSONS ARE INJURED.
THRONG OF 25,000 THROWN INTO WILD PANIC AFTER DISASTER NEAR LOS ANGELES.

MOST OF VICTIMS WOMEN.

Tragedy Occurs at Celebration of "Empire Day" In Honor of Queen Victoria's... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  May 25, 1913
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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...Read MORE...



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La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA (LaCrosse)

1916 - LA CROSSE ELECTRIC PLANT IS DESTROYED
[By Associated Press]
La Crosse, Wis., May 25 — The lightning plant of the Wisconsin & Minnesota Light & Power Company was completely destroyed by fire early today. It was started by a bolt of... Read MORE...

Sheboygan Press -  Sheboygan, Wisconsin -  May 25, 1916
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1720  May 25 - The Ship "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, bringing Europe's last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000.

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1738  May 25 - A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.

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1935 May 25, 1935: At Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Babe Ruth hit the 714th, and last, home run of his career

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Higgins Celebrated Ice Cream
Rates one of the Highest in the State
Exeter, N.H.

Kensington, New Hampshire, sketches and reminiscences by Mace, Ida M Published 1909

Died May 25

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1882 - Traveled in a Box A Young Man's Trip from Chippewa Falls to Montreal.

Rockland, Maine, USA

1853 - Destructive Fire at Rockland. FIFTY THREE BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
We learn from Capt. LAMBERT of HODGMAN & Co's. Express, and MR. MITCHELL of LIBBEY'S Express, who came up yesterday in the Penobscot, that a fire broke out in Rockland on Sunday morning at 2 o'clock, ... Read MORE...

Bangor Daily Whig And Courier -  Bangor, Maine -  May 23, 1853
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Wheelocks's Department Store
Amesbury, Mass.

Kensington, New Hampshire, sketches and reminiscences by Mace, Ida M Published 1909

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, USA

1882 - Traveled in a Box
A Young Man's Trip from Chippewa Falls to Montreal.

Montreal Star: There arrived at the Hochelaga Depot this morning enroute for Sorel, a queer looking box about six feet long, two wide, and... Read MORE...

Oshkosh Daily Northwestern -  Oshkosh, Wisconsin -  May 23, 1882
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Beloeil, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

1888  A Farm Sinks Into the Earth

MONTREAL, May 22. - A report comes from Beloeil that 15 acres belonging to a farmer named Roberts, and which was ploughed and ready for sowing, has sunk a distance of 40 feet.

Patriot -  Pennsylvania -  May 23, 1888
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Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1892 - FACTORY EXPLOSION.
Hartford, Conn., May 23. - At 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon the factory of the AEtna Pyrotechnic company, in Mechanic street, blew up with a tremendous noise, which shook the city and was heard... Read MORE...

Davenport Daily Leader -  Iowa -  May 23, 1892
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

1895 - HORSE SCARED BY THE ELEPHANTS. RUNAWAY IN FORT WAYNE WHICH CAUSED INJURIES TO MANY PERSONS INCIDENT TO A CIRCUS PARADE.
Fort Wayne, May 22. - A serious runaway accident occurred here this morning during the Ringling Brothers' circus parade. About twenty persons, mostly women and children, were injured and two will... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  May 23, 1895
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White Mountain Rolls - Sixteen cups of flour, half cup of sugar, cup of butter, cup of...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., October 26, 1881

1876 Lighting Express
Virginia City and San Francisco train schedule
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

Andover, Massachusetts, USA

1906 - STUDENTS IN DISGRACE - Handle Innkeeper Roughly and Trouble is Brewing.
Andover, Mass. May 23. - Between 15 and 20 boys, students at the Phillips-Andover academy, will be expelled from school, it is announced, because of their participation in a scheme which resulted in... Read MORE...

Youngstown Vindicator -  Youngstown, Ohio -  May 23, 1906
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San Mateo, California, USA

1907 - Autoist Is Killed By A San Jose Train
The train that leaves San Jose for San Francisco at 4:10 p. m. killed A. H. WHITNEY, a mile south of San Mateo about five o'clock last evening. The victim was crossing the track in an automobile... Read MORE...

The Evening News -  San Jose, California -  May 23, 1907
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Wichita, Kansas, USA

1923 - Tornado
Wichita., Kan., May 23. - . . . When the storm struck Wichita three persons were seriously injured and a dozen bruised. . . .
Mrs. Charles Minor, 70, who lived in a small frame building near here,... Read MORE...

The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune -  Chillicothe, Missouri -  May 23, 1923
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Avoid affectation; it is the sure test of a deceitful, vulgar mind. The best cure is to try to have ...Read MORE...



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Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1927 - Andrew de Giorgis Slips from Sewer Pipe While Trying to Cross Housatonic River on It.
Pittsfield, May 22.— Andrew de Giorgis, 42, of 3 Naples avenue, was drowned in the east branch of the Housatonic river near the Newell-street bridge early this morning. The police have evidence that... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  May 23, 1927
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Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA

1942 - Flood
In Tioga County, to the north, swiftly-moving waters inundated cellars and homes in Wellsboro.

Weissport, Carbon County, reported 10 feet of water in the streets covering houses to the second... Read MORE...

Clearfield Progress -  Clearfield, Pennsylvania -  May 23, 1942
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1904  Geo. H. Cardiff of Butte, Cal., will bring his automobile with him when he comes to Santa Cruz this summer.


Evening Sentinel
Santa Cruz, California

1939  May 23 - Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth NH, 26 die

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January 24, 1848 - Gold is discovered at Sutter"s Mill in California.

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1884 Grover Cleveland campaign poster

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1927 - May 20–21 – Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic airplane flight, carried out from New York City to Paris, France, in his single-engined aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis.

1890s
The Woolson Spice Co.
Toledo, O.

1880 - Ladies who wear sealskin sacques are very liable to not wear them,
for in Belgium rabbit skins are successfully prepared to resemble sealskin, and thousands of rabbits are annually killed in England whose pelts go to Belgium, and leave that country as genuine... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  May 22, 1880
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
THE RED CROSS SOCIETY
At a meeting this evening, largely attended by prominent citizens and those actively interested in beneficent organizations, a constitution was adopted as a basis of an... Read MORE...

Lawrence Daily Journal -  Lawrence, Kansas -  May 22, 1881
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Epping, New Hampshire, USA

1890 - Robbin's Circus Wrecked in a Smash Up.
NASHUA, N. H., May 22. At 3 a. m. today, the Robbins circus train, en route to Epping where it was to have showed today was wrecked near the junction of the Nashua, Rochester and Lowell roads. One... Read MORE...

The Daily Herald -  Grand Forks, North Dakota -  May 22, 1890
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Greenburgh, New York, USA (Tarrytown) (Hartsdale)

1891 - DYNAMITE DISASTER - Frightful Explosion of Blasting Powder on the Hudson. -A Car Containing Thirty Laborers Blown of Atoms.
A flat car loaded with dynamite and drawn by a construction engine was blown to atoms shortly before noon a few days ago, at a place about one and a quarter miles south of Tarrytown, N. Y., on the... Read MORE...

The Cranbury Press -  New Jersey -  May 22, 1891
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Baked Potatoes - Raw potatoes pared and sliced very thin, put into a pudding dish and...Read MORE...



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

Buffalo, New York, USA

1896 - BUILDING COLLAPSED. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED AT BUFFALO, N.Y. ALMOST CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS.
THE OLD STRUCTURE WAS PROPPED UP FOR REPAIRS, WHEN THE PROPS SUDDENLY GAVE WAY AND A SCORE OR MORE PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN THE TRAP.

NAMES OF THE VICTIMS.

Buffalo, May 22. - Yesterday morning the ... Read MORE...

Evening Bulletin -  Maysville, Kentucky -  May 22, 1896
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1890's ad
O. A. Miller Treeing Machine Co.
Brockton, Mass.

Dawson City, Yukon, Canada

1899 - DAWSON CITY BURNED. Entire Business Section Destroyed on April 21. 111 BUILDINGS IN ASHES.
Loss Variously Estimated at From One to Four Millions.

City Helpless Till Navigation Can Be Resumed - People in a State of Panic After the Fire.

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The New York Times -  New York, New York -  May 22, 1899
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Reno, Nevada, USA

1902 - SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN DERAILED AT RENO
Reno, Nev, May 21.-The east-bound flyer on the Southern Pacific jumped the frog at Chestnut street crossing in this city. The engine and the baggage and mail cars were derailed. The engine ploughed... Read MORE...

Idaho Daily Statesman -  Boise City, Idaho -  May 22, 1902
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Oneonta, New York, USA

1906 - BIG FIRE IN ONEONTA. TWO BUSINESS BUILDINGS DESTROYED AND TWO FIREMEN HURT.
Utica, May 22. - Fire which broke out in Oneonta at 5:30 this morning and was not controlled until 8 o'clock, destroyed two business buildings, one of which included the Wilber bank, owned by G. I.... Read MORE...

The Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  May 22, 1906
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Long Beach, California, USA

1909 - Baby Incubator Kills Child.
A baby incubator proved fatal to the two-months-old infant of Richard De Spain, a young inventor of Long Beach, Cal. Soon after the baby had been placed in the incubator a cork blew out of a hot... Read MORE...

Adams County News -  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -  May 22, 1909
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Schenectady, New York, USA

1910 - BLAZE AT BIG CIRCUS. HUGE TENT BURNS, BUT 12,000 PERSONS ESCAPE UNHURT. PAGEANT ABOUT TO BEGIN.
Ringmaster Ready to Start Performance Before Vast Throng of Spectators When Fire Is Discovered - Audience Marches Out, Only a Few Being Scratched and Bruised.

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The Washington Post -  Washington, D.C. -  May 22, 1910
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA

1917 - May 21 - The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 takes place.
Fire In Atlanta Razes 100 Blocks; Loss $2,000,000
Wide Residence Area in Northeast Swept by Flames Starting in Storage Building.
Soldiers Called To Aid
Dynamite Used Vainly to Prevent Blaze... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  May 22, 1917
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Paulding, Ohio, USA

1918 - Electrical Accident
PAULDING, Ohio, May 22. - Earl Alspach, lineman for the Paulding Home Telephone company, met with an accident a few days ago that came near being fatal. Alspach was working on the lines with his bare ... Read MORE...

The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel -  Fort Wayne, Indiana -  May 22, 1918
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San Antonio, Texas, USA

1920 - PLANE HITS POLE, TWO ARE KILLED
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 21. - Lieutenant Alvin M. St. John, of Memphis, Tenn., and Private Carl L. Cubler, of Elgin, Illinois, were instantly killed this afternoon when a plane they were flying... Read MORE...

Billings Gazette -  Billings, Montana -  May 22, 1920
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1927 - May 20–21 – Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic airplane flight, carried out from New York City to Paris, France, in his single-engined aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis.
PROUD AND HAPPY MOTHER JUST KNEW HE COULD DO IT
DETROIT, Mich., May 21. (AP) - "That's all that matters." In these words, Mrs. Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh, mother of Captain Charles Lindbergh,... Read MORE...

Times Signal -  Zanesville, Ohio -  May 22, 1927
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

1930 - Dallas Aviator Falls to Death - Workaday Crash Kills Airman of Fame in Flood and Fire.
Too steep a bank in a strong wind spun a plane to ground near Tulsa Wednesday afternoon and as it smashed Jimmy Youngblood of Dallas was fatally injured. He died as his wife was winging to Oklahoma... Read MORE...

Dallas Morning News -  Dallas, Texas -  May 22, 1930
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South Amboy, New Jersey, USA

1950 - FIRE FLARES AFTER SOUTH AMBOY BLAST.
South Amboy, N. J., (AP) - About twenty tons of phosphorus smoldered and flared on the waterfront last night as an aftermath of the South Amboy munitions disaster in which the official death toll is... Read MORE...

The Troy Record -  Troy, New York -  May 22, 1950
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1843  May 22 – The first major wagon train headed for the American Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.

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Quebec - Did you know? Women wore shirts and skirts made of linen, cotton and hemp. Men wore knee breeches (pants that...Read MORE...



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Bailey Bros. Store, E. Poland, Me.

Stamped Shawknit on the Toe
Knitted to the Shape of the Human Foot

Shaw Stocking Co., Lowell, Mass.

The Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898

Died May 22

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1903 - FIRE DESTROYS 250 HOUSES. One-fourth of the Population of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Left Homeless.

Odol Tooth Powder

Cummington, Massachusetts, USA

1858 - FIRE IN CUMMINGTON.
The house of Mr. Jesse Reed on Cummington Hill was burned to the ground on Tuesday morning. The fire was discovered at about three o'clock breaking out near the chimney, from which it is supposed to... Read MORE...

The Berkshire County Eagle -  Pittsfield, Massachusetts -  May 21, 1858
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Northampton, Massachusetts, USA (Florence)

1870 - FIRES - Stores in Northampton, Mass., Burned--Loss $50,000.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 20 - The Edwards Church and the Hunt Building, at Northampton, were totally destroyed by fire last night. The loss is about $50,000, of which $20,000 falls upon the Church;... Read MORE...

The New York Times  -  New York, New York -  May 21, 1870
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Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1890 - MURDERER AND SUICIDE. Abel Bergerson Poisons His Two Children and Himself.
New has been received of the suicide at Spragueville, N.Y., of Abel Bergerson, who first poisoned his two young children with rat poison and then took the stuff himself.

Bergerson belonged to... Read MORE...

The North Carolinian -  Elizabeth City, North Carolina -  May 21, 1890
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Clear Tomato Soup - Add a pint of water to a quart of stewed tomatoes. Add a slice of onion, ...Read MORE...



The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898

Huntsville, Alabama, USA

1900 - Huntsville's Cotton Oil Mill
Hunstville, Ala., May 20. (Special.) - T. W. Pratt, of Huntsville and W. A. Rigsby and others, of Augusta, Ga., have formed a company with a capital of $50,000 for the building and operation of a... Read MORE...

The Atlanta Constitution -  Atlanta, Georgia -  May 21, 1900
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"Cuticura soap, manufactured by the Potter Drug and Chemical company, is an antibacterial medicated soap in use since 1865. Noted Boston philanthropist George Robert White (1847-1922) was once the president and owner of Potter Drug and Chemical. Cuticura contains triclocarban instead of the more usual triclosan. These two antibacterial agents have very similar molecularity. By themselves they kill 99.99% of bacteria and microbes (like fungus spores) on contact. Cuticura soap has been in use, and is relatively unchanged, since 1865." wikipedia

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Covington, Kentucky, USA

1902 - Storm
A terrific waterspout struck the southern suburbs of Covington, Ky., and passed up the Miami valley with damages reported from as far as Dayton. Near Covington the water rolled down the hills in a... Read MORE...

Daily Iowa State Press -  Iowa City, Iowa -  May 21, 1902
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Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) (Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

1903 - FIRE DESTROYS 250 HOUSES. One-fourth of the Population of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Left Homeless.
ST. HYACINTHE, Quebec, May 20.- A fire which started shortly after noon to-day in the shoe factory of the Cote Brothers, destroyed half a dozen flourishing industries and 250 houses, leaving nearly a ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  May 21, 1903
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Avoid making any noise in eating, even if each meal is eaten in solitary state. It is a disgusting...Read MORE...



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

Goshen, Massachusetts, USA

1908 - COLLEGE GIRL KILLED WHEN HORSES RAN AWAY
Northampton, Mass., May 20. - Miss Ethel Borroughs, of Somerville, a senior, at Smith college was killed by being thrown from a carriage in which she was riding with a classmate, Miss Mary Doris,... Read MORE...

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun -  Columbus, Georgia -  May 21, 1908
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Columbus, Georgia, USA

1908 - TRAIN BUMPED ALONG ON THE CROSS-TIES. A Slight Freight Wreck on the Seaboard Yesterday.
Yesterday morning about 6:30 o'clock as No. 121, local freight of the Seaboard Air Line, was pulling into the city, the engine and one box car left the track near the Lummus gin plant, and ran for... Read MORE...

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun -  Columbus, Georgia -  May 21, 1908
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1932 - May 20–May 21 – Amelia Earhart flies from the USA to Derry, Northern Ireland in 14 hours 54 minutes.
Amelia Earhart is First Woman to Fly Atlantic Ocean Alone

New York, May 21. (AP) - Word was received here this afternoon that Mrs. Putnam had taken off in her own plane for London.

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The Gettysburg Times -  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -  May 21, 1932
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA

1957 - DEATH TOLL MOUNTS TO 35 AS TORNADO STRIKES KANSAS CITY. GREATEST LOSS OF LIFE IS IN RUSKIN HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION.
Kansas City, May 21 (AP) - The year's deadliest tornado thus far slashed across Kansas City's southern outskirts at sundown yesterday, leaving 35 dead and more than 200 injured in its 80-mile... Read MORE...

Chillicothe Constitution Tribune -  Chillicothe, Missouri -  May 21, 1957
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Chiefland, Florida, USA

1958 - FIND NO BODY AS JET CRASHES IN FLORIDA FIELD.
Chiefland, Fla. (UP) - An Air Force jet fighter crashed and exploded in a watermelon patch here Tuesday night, apparently taking its young pilot to his death.

Officials at MacDill Air Force Base... Read MORE...

Delta Democrat Times -  Greenville, Mississippi -  May 21, 1958
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1851  President Fillmore sojourned at his father's residence at Aurora, New York, on Sunday and Monday.


The Sun
Baltimore, Maryland

1870  The Legislature of California has appropriated to the State Fair, at Sacramento, $3,000, and to each of the District Fairs $2,000.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1904  May 21 – The International Federation of Association Football, FIFA, is established.

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1905  A Lewiston man is breaking his frisky young colt by a novel method.
He mounts his bicycle and leads his colt up and down the street as fast or as slow as he desires.

Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine

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Hubbard House, Built 1807 and Law Office of Hannibal Hamlin
Under Abraham Lincoln's Administration, Paris Hill, Maine

Mayr's Laxative Powder No. 2
Berosol Products, Distributors
Rockaway Beach, N.Y.

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Died May 21

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