1910 - Saved by a Strong Clothesline

1890's ad
New Home Sewing Machine Co.
Orange, Mass.

Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

1880 - Scared Almost to Death.
At Asbury Park, N. J., a new $4,000 steam engine recently purchased was ordered out for trail. Engineer Bartine Greene, trying one of the steam-cocks, found there was but little water in it, and... Read MORE...

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Joliet, Illinois, USA

1905 - ROCK ISLAND TRAIN IS WRECKED AT JOLIET
MORNING MAIL TRAIN STRIKES AN OPEN SWITCH JUST WEST OF COAL CHUTES AND CRASHES INTO GRAVEL TRAIN--SEVERAL PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED, ONE OR TWO, PERHAPS, FATALLY.

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Morris Daily Herald -  July 31, 1905
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam)

1910 - Saved by a Strong Clothesline
Five-Story Fall Didn’t Feaze [sic] Him
Seven-Year-Old, Emulating Feats of Firemen, Drops Through Tenement Clothes Lines. Four Broke Under Him
Fifth Held and a Neighbor Rescues Him-”I Ain’t Hurt; I... Read MORE...

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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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Camden, New Jersey, USA

1940 - CAMDEN FIRE LOSS SET AT TWO MILLION. SEARCH CONTINUES FOR NINE PERSONS REPORTED MISSING AFTER FIREMEN CONQUER FLAMES THAT CAUSE DEATH OF TWO - 54 HOUSES DESTROYED, RENDERING 1,000 WITHOUT HOMES -
200 HURT - CAUSE OF BURNING OIL AND CHEMICALS IN FACTORY NOT DETERMINED - PHILADELPHIA AND CHESTER FIREMEN AID.

Camden, N.J., July 31 - (UP) - Firemen, grotesquely clad in asbestos suits, began... Read MORE...

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1790 July 31, 1790: George Washington signed the first United States Patent Grant to Samuel Hopkins of Pittsford, Vermont, for a new method of making Potash

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1869  The first passenger car through from Sacramento arrived in New York at 8 a.m., on the 24th. It was Pullman's palace sleeping car Wahsatch, which left Sacramento at 6:30 p.m. on the 17th.


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Buy Your Wall-Paper by Mail from the Manufacturers
Kayser & Allman
1214-1216 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898

Died July 31

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1899 - CALL OUT TROOPS. The Strike Situation in Cleveland is Becoming Quite Serious. POLICE CANNOT CONTROL. Cars Are Stoned and Dynamite Bombs Placed on the Tracks.

Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA

1854 - Fire at Chicopee - Four Lives Lost.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Friday, July 28. A dwelling-house, belonging to A. Bullens and occupied by two Irish families, near the Junction Depot, at Chicopee, was destroyed by fire about 1 o'clock this... Read MORE...

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Reno Brewing Company, Inc.
Reno, Nevada

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Richmond, Virginia, USA

1892 - KILLED BY LIGHTNING
A Man, His Wife and Three Children Found Dead at Richmond, Va.

A family of five persons were killed by lightning a few nights ago at Richmond, Va. They were asleep in their two-story residence,... Read MORE...

The Cranbury Press -  New Jersey -  July 29, 1892
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1899 - CALL OUT TROOPS. The Strike Situation in Cleveland is Becoming Quite Serious. POLICE CANNOT CONTROL. Cars Are Stoned and Dynamite Bombs Placed on the Tracks.
Cleveland, O., July 22 - Orders were issued today for the assembling of four companies of the Fifth regiment, O. N. G., located at Cleveland, to do strike duty in the streets of the city during the... Read MORE...

The Weekly Wisconsin -  Milwaukee, Wisconsin -  July 29, 1899
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Tewksbury, Massachusetts, USA

1903 - FACTORIES AND HOMES WRECKED AND MANY LIVES LOST. AS RESULT OF DYNAMITE AND POWDER EXPLOSIONS NEAR LOWELL, MASS.
TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND THE NUMBER OF INJURED ESTIMATED AT FIFTY OR MORE - EXPLOSIONS OCCURRED AT MILLS OF UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO. - MILITIA CALLED OUT.

Lowell, Mass., July 29. - An... Read MORE...

The Lima Times Democrat -  Lima, Ohio -  July 29, 1903
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Alpena, Michigan, USA

1903 - BAD WIND STORM FOLLOWED BY HAIL. SWEPT OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN LAST NIGHT AND WROUGHT MUCH DESTRUCTION. FARMER INSTANTLY KILLED DURING STORM.
Alpena, Mich., July 29. - A terrific wind and rain storm accompanied by hail, passed over Alpena county, last night, and wrought much destruction.

Orchards were leveled and crops in the fields... Read MORE...

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1890s
Peek, Frean & Co., Biscuit Manufacturers
London, England

Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

1920 - 1 KILLED, 12 HURT IN TROLLEY WRECK. Freight and Passenger Cars Meet In Head-On Collision on Northwestern Line Near Erie
Erie, July 28. - William Zimmer, a track laborer of Edinboro, was killed and twelve persons were injured when a passenger and a freight car met in head-on collision on the Northwestern Pennsylvania... Read MORE...

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Aged People Should Eat Very Little Meat

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

1920 - BLAME FIRE ON MICE AND MATCHES; LOSS $300
A fire, apparently caused by mice gnawing matches, occurred at the home of H. C. Felker, 1529 North Fourth street, yesterday about 4:30 p.m.

Mrs. Felker who was in the yard, noticed flames in the... Read MORE...

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1905  July 29 - Heavy rain in southwestern Connecticut caused a dam break, and the resulting flood caused a quarter of a million dollars damage at Bridgeport. As much as eleven inches of rain fell prior to the flood.

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1914  July 29 – In Massachusetts, the new Cape Cod Canal opens; it shortens the trip between New York and Boston by 66 miles, but also turns Cape Cod into an island

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1916  July 29 – In Ontario, Canada, a lightning strike ignites a forest fire that destroys the towns of Cochrane and Matheson, killing 233.

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Embroidery Lessons with Colored Studies for 1899
The Brainerd & Armstrong Co.
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September 1898

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1869 - Alcohol from Soap Grease and Garbage

Dewitt's D & C Expectorant
For Coughs Due to Colds
E. C. Dewitt & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

Chicago, Illinois, USA

1869 - Alcohol from Soap Grease and Garbage
A company has been formed in Chicago, and will soon be in operation, for distilling alcohol and extracting soap grease from ordinary city garbage. It is estimated that each barrel of garbage will... Read MORE...

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Oneonta, New York, USA

1881 - A GREAT FIRE IN A SMALL TOWN. ONEONTA'S PRINCIPAL BUSINESS HOUSES DESTROYED - THE LOSS $50,000.
ONEONTA, N. Y., July 27. - The largest conflagration which has been seen in Oneonta for years broke out at 3:45 this morning in the drug store of N. J. Ford, at No. 162 Main-street. A prompt alarm... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  July 28, 1881
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1886 - July 28 - CENT'L DIST. COURT - Woodward, J.
Tuesday, July 27th. - Frances Poland, an herb doctress, was in court for committing an assault on Mrs. Jane Baker in Sutton. The defendant, who is quite a wanderer, is now living in Sutton. A few... Read MORE...

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Worcester Daily Spy -  Worcester, Massachusetts -  July 28, 1886
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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.

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December 1898

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

1899 - NEW COTTON BALE PLANT. An Industry to Cost $2,000,000 Near Tuscaloosa, Ala.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., July 21. - A. R. Nininger, president of the Huntsville Cotton Mill company, has closed a deal with Hon. Frank S. Moody, president of the Tuscaloosa Land company, for six lots on the ... Read MORE...

The Asheville Register -  Asheville, North Carolina -  July 28, 1899
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Springport, New York, USA (Union Springs)

1907 - BIG STEAMER BURNS; NINE LIVES LOST. THE FRONTENAC WAS AN OLD SIDE WHEELER CARRYING CREW OF TWELVE.
PASSENGERS LOST LIVES.

VICTIMS WERE ALL WOMEN AND CHILDREN - OTHER PASSENGERS BADLY BURNED BEFORE BOAT WAS BEACHED.

(Associated Press.)
Auburn, N.Y., July 27. -- The steamboat Frontenac was... Read MORE...

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Covington, Kentucky, USA

1920 - Brothers' Greetings Bring Death to Both!
Train Lurch Finds Men On Car Off Guard and They Fall Under Wheels.

Special to The Courier-Journal dated Wednesday morning, July 28, 1920

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1854  July 28 - Joseph Emery, lately the Postmaster at New Vineyard, has been sentenced to the State prison for ten years, for purloining letters from the mail.


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1888  The wife, daughter and two grandchildren of W. B. Jones were drowned by the upsetting of a boat on the 21st on a pond at Brookfield, Mass.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  Four saloon-keepers at Trenton, N. J., were sent to jail for six months each on the 25th for selling liquor on Sunday.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1945 July 28, 1945: A U.S. bomber flying through thick fog at about 200 mph crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing 14 people

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No More Darning
Racine Feet, 10 Cents
Racine Knitting Co., Racine, Wis.

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March 1898

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1903 - ACROSS THE CONTINENT IN AN AUTOMOBILE Two Men Travel from San Francisco to New York - Have Reached Syracuse.

Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

1845 - STAGE ACCIDENT IN EASTON.
As the Reading Mail Stage was passing down Ponfret (?) Street on Wednesday afternoon last, it ran over a little boy, son of MR. SIDNEY DOWN, of this place, aged about three years and a half, who at... Read MORE...

Jeffersonian Republican -  Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania -  July 24, 1845
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1898 Free Fairy Calendar

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January 1898

Detroit, Michigan, USA

1880 - RIVER RACING -- SAD RESULT OF THE PRACTICE ON DETROIT RIVER.
A PLEASURE YACHT LOADED WITH CATHOLIC EXCURSIONISTS RUN INTO - THE YACHT CUT IN TWO AND SUNK, SIXTEEN OF THE OCCUPANTS GOING DOWN WITH HER.

Detroit, July 23. - A terrible accident occurred about... Read MORE...

Daily Globe -  St. Paul, Minnesota -  July 24, 1880
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Altona, New York, USA

1902 - Cut His Throat With a Scythe.
Michael Kennedy, a well-known farmer of Altona, Clinton County, N.Y., committed suicide while insane by cutting his throat with a scythe in a barn on his own premises. He was about fifty-five years... Read MORE...

The North Carolinian -  Elizabeth City, North Carolina -  July 24, 1902
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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

1903 - ACROSS THE CONTINENT IN AN AUTOMOBILE
Two Men Travel from San Francisco to New York - Have Reached Syracuse.

Special to the New York Times.

SYRACUSE. July 23. - Dr H. Nelson Jackson of Burlington, Vt., and Sewall K. Crocker of... Read MORE...

New York Times -  New York, New York -  July 24, 1903
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Murray & Lanman's Florida Water

To the rich and to the poor,
To all people of taste,
at home,
on ship board,
at the seaside,
in the mountains.

No article will afford so much pleasure or contribute so largely to comfort as Murray & Lanman's Florida Water...

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

1906 - Engineer Killed.
Shreveport, La., July 23. - The engine of a local freight train on the Kansas City Southern overturned in a collision with a herd of cattle just outside the local yards this morning, Engineer Frank... Read MORE...

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Galveston, Texas, USA

1909 - SLOOP'S MASTER MEETS DEATH. Capt. Matthews of the Ellen, Fishing Craft, Struck by Loosened Boom and Swept Overboard.
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS.

Galveston, Tex., July 22. - The dead body of Capt. D. T. Matthews, master of the sloop Ellen, was found on Friday morning at San Luis Pass, at the western extremity of the... Read MORE...

The Dallas Morning News -  Dallas, Texas -  July 24, 1909
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Peoria, Illinois, USA

1935 - EXPLOSION AT DISTILLERY TAKES LIFE OF ONE MAN.
Peoria, Ill. - (AP) - The ruins cooled, workmen Wednesday sought to extricate the body of JOHN BARDON, 38, the single victim of an explosion and fire at the Hiram Walker distillery here.

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La Crosse Tribune -  La Crosse, Wisconsin -  July 24, 1935
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1869  Woman Pastor
Miss Mary Graves has pastoral charge of the Universalist church at North Reading, Mass.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  A correspondent of the New England Farmer says the town of Barre maybe considered the banner town in Massachusetts cheese making.
There are three cheese factories, having 875 cows; receiving 25,800 pounds of milk daily, manufacturing 2,900 pounds of cheese daily.

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Saint Joseph, Michigan

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Christian Church

One Dollar
Name Suspenders
Sawyer & Wolf
Easthampton, Mass.

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November 1898

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1816 - Ate Hemlock

Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

1816 - Ate Hemlock
A Quebec paper of the 21st ult. says - On the 15th instant, two men, returning from Montreal, as they were passing along the river near St. Sulpice, eat some hemlock, which they mistook for another... Read MORE...

New-Jersey Journal -  New Jersey -  July 23, 1816
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1920 advertisement

Gentry Bros. Circus

Webster, Massachusetts, USA

1858 - Shoe Business Flourishing
The shoe business at Webster, Mass., has been in a very flourishing condition for the last few months, affording good wages and plenty of work for all who could make a shoe. The operatives in the... Read MORE...

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Lowell Daily Citizen and News -  Lowell, Massachusetts -  July 23, 1858
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Springfield, Vermont, USA

1870  In Memory of the Soldiers

A lady, 70 years of age, has erected a monument in Union Cemetery, Springfield, Vt., to the memory of the revolutionary soldiers, and paid for it in knitting with her own hands.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  July 23, 1870
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Canandaigua, New York, USA

1870  At Canandaigua, N. Y., on the 13th, the juries in the cases of General Starr and Colonel Thompson,

tried for violation of the Neutrality laws, for being connected with the Fenians, rendered verdicts of guilty on two counts of the indictments, with a recommendation to mercy.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  July 23, 1870
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Strawberry Sponge Cake - Beat the yolks of six eggs with half a pound of powderes sugar...Read MORE...



The Ladies' Home Journal, May 1898

I come in sizes
large and small,
I hold in calm
or bluster weather.
I fasten fabrics
canvas tough
And hook the finest
lace together.
See that hump?

The DeLong Hook and Eye

Richardson & DeLong Bros., Mfgs.
Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.

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July 1898

North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

1880 - The Water Responsible
Some time ago a mysterious epidemic broke out at North Adams, Massachusetts, and for several weeks everybody was wondering what it could be caused by. The pious were a good deal disposed to hold that ... Read MORE...

The Record-Union -  Sacramento, California -  July 23, 1880
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Paterson, New Jersey, USA

1903 - TORNADO SWEEPS OVER PATERSON. FOUR ARE KILLED AND MANY HOUSES WRECKED. MISSILES HURT SCORES. SMALL BUILDINGS CARRIED GREAT DISTANCE -- DEVASTATION IN SECTION THAT ESCAPED DAMAGE BY GREAT FIRE AND FLOOD.
Paterson, N.J., July 22 - A dense black cloud, assuming the shape of a cone, and whirling with furious rapidity, loomed up over the top of Garrett Mountain, just southeast of Paterson, at 3 o'clock... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  July 23, 1903
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Binghamton, New York, USA

1913 - 50 GIRLS DIE AS FACTORY IS BURNED. SCORE MORTALLY HURT IN HOSPITALS. DIG RUINS FOR BODIES. WHEN ALARM RUNG THOUGHT IT FIRE DRILL; BURNING WALLS COLLAPSE.
VICTIMS HURLED TO DEATH WHILE SPECTATORS ARE HELPLESS - PITIFUL SCENES AS RELATIVES SEEK LOVED ONES.

Binghamton, N. Y., July 23 - Thousands came from surrounding towns and villages today and... Read MORE...

Middletown Daily Times-Press -  Middletown, New York -  July 23, 1913
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1870  A man recently drove his horse from Millbury to Worcester, seven miles, in twenty one minutes for $25, and the animal died shortly afterwards in great agony after entering the stable.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  A new barge, called the C. G. King, was to be launched at South Saginaw last week.
Her carrying capacity is 500,000 feet of lumber, and she is built by Thomas Arnold, of Marine City.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

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Hausman's Blue Pills
A Stimulant Diuretic
Trinidad, Colorado

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Died July 23

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1912 - Acid in Holy Water Fatal

Springport, New York, USA (Union Springs)

1868 - Medical Experiment
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette -  Cincinnati, Ohio -  July 22, 1868
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Elastic Stockings

Curtis & Spindell Co.
38 Wyman Block
Lynn, Mass.

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April 1898

Bristol, Rhode Island, USA

1873 - Railway Accident.
PROVIDENCE, July 21. - To-day a passenger train on the Bristol Railroad ran into a head of cattle two miles this side of Bristol. The engine and one car were thrown from the track, and the engineer,... Read MORE...

The Philadelphia Inquirer -  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -  July 22, 1873
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Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

1876 - Fatal Fire at Lachine, Quebec.
LACHINE, July 21. - A large building used by Mr. Stouge for boat-building, burned last night, with boats of the Lachine Boating Club and several steam and sailing yachts. A child of the proprietor... Read MORE...

Cincinnati Daily Enquirer -  Cincinnati, Ohio -  July 22, 1876
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Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1879 - The Pointe Aux Trembles Disaster
Searching for the Victims Still Going On - Affecting Services in the Parish Church

Quebec, July 21, 1879
Dr. A. G. Belleau, the district coroner, returned to town last night where he held an... Read MORE...

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Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA

1901 - KILLED AT GRADE CROSSING. FOUR MEN STRUCK BY MONTREAL EXPRESS AT LEBANON, N. H., WITH FATAL RESULT.
Lebanon, N. H., July 21. - A carriage containing JAMES GOODWIN, of Hinsdale, Mass.; WILLIAM THURSTON, of Percy, N. H.; THOMAS BURNS, of Winooski, Vt.; and EDDIE McCABE, of Lebanon, was struck by the... Read MORE...

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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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Meriden, Connecticut, USA

1912 - Acid in Holy Water Fatal
Woman Found in Confessional Box at Meriden (Conn.) With Fatal Draught Near.

Meriden, Conn., July 22. - The body of Miss Cora Dessureau, 30 years old, daughter of Joseph A. Dessureau, was found by... Read MORE...

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Belleville News Democrat -  Belleville, Illinois -  July 22, 1912
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"1847 Rogers Bros."
The Meriden Britannia Co., Meriden, Conn.

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March 1898

Jackson, Mississippi, USA

1913 - TRAPPED BY FLAMES 35 PERISH. NEGRO CONVICTS BURNED TO DEATH IN FIRE AT THE OAKLEY CONVICT FARM. RESCUERS DRIVEN BACK. BY INTENSE HEAT AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO LIBERATE THE FRANTIC MEN - HAD NO FIRE-FIGHTING APPARATUS ON HAND.
(Associated Press Telegram)
Jackson, Miss., July 22. - Trapped by flames in the second floor in an antiquated convict cage, 35 negro prisoners were burned to death at the Oakley convict farm, 20... Read MORE...

Newark Advocate -  Newark, Ohio -  July 22, 1913
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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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Hamden, Connecticut, USA

1922 - Acid Test
Hamden, Conn. - Literal application of the 'acid test' was made by burglars who ransacked the house of J. A. Gilles while the family was absent. The burglars carried acid with which to test the... Read MORE...

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Aberdeen American -  South Dakota -  July 22, 1922
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Salamanca, New York, USA

1923 - FIRE LEAVES PATH OF RUINS IN SALAMANCA. BUSINESS AREA AND RESIDENCES BURNED; 5 HURT. MANY OVERCOME BY SMOKE AND HEAT AS CONFLAGRATION SWEEPS SALAMANCA, BLASTS SPREAD FLAMES.
3 FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE CALLED TO SCENE.

CITY HALL, THEATERS AND BIG BUILDINGS LAID WASTE; DAMAGE PLACED AT BETWEEN $500,000 AND $1,000,000.

Salamanca, July 21. - Following a trail of flaring... Read MORE...

Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  July 22, 1923
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Laurel, Maryland, USA

1929 - TWO KILLED IN SKIDDING AUTO
Laurel, Md., July 22 (AP) - One man was killed instantly and another was fatally injured near here today in an automobile accident when their car skidded and crashed into a telephone pole.

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1915  A South Westport (Mass.) couple, married fifty-two years, have not spoken to each other in fifty years and are reported to have lived together happily all that time nevertheless.


The Princeton Union
Princeton, Minnesota

1916  July 22 – In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade, killing 10 injuring 40

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Hood's Sarsaparilla
C. I. Hood Co.
Lowell, Mass., U.S.A.

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1969 - July 21 - AMERICAN FLAG WAVING ON THE MOON Taken There By Spacemen

Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

1834  94 Degrees

At Boucherville, the fashionable watering place of Lower Canada, fifteen miles from Montreal, the mercury, on Sunday last stood in the shade, at 94 degrees.

Spectator -  New York -  July 21, 1834
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The Edison New Standard Phonograph
Price $20
National Phonograph Co., New York

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November 1898

Westerly, Rhode Island, USA (Watch Hill) (Misquamicut)

1881 - Bigger than stones in Egypt
At the Westerly quarries, Rhode Island, a single stone 150 feet long, ten feet wide and eight feet thick, weighing more than 1,000 tons, has been loosened from the ledge. This is a bigger stone that... Read MORE...

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Indianapolis Sentinel -  Indianapolis, Indiana -  July 21, 1881
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White Plains, New York, USA

1888  A fire destroyed the old Ben Holiday stone mansion on the 14th three miles from White Plains, N.Y.,

now owned by Whitelaw Reid, of the New York Tribune. The building was one of the famous landmarks in Westchester County, having been standing for over two hundred years. Loss, $300,000.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  July 21, 1888
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1894 - House Will Be Destroyed
IPSWICH, Mass., July 21. - The black diphtheria has broken out in Ipswich. Already two children in the family of Thomas Began have died from this disease and the mother is seriously sick with it.... Read MORE...

The Lowell Sun -  Lowell, Massachusetts -  July 21, 1894
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A College Education
50 Cents a Week
International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pa.

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February 1898

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

1902 - TORNADO VISITS BALTIMORE. THIRTEEN LIVES LOST IN AND NEAR THAT CITY.
Nine Were Drowned in the Harbor by the Capsizing of Boats--The Damage is Heavy.

Baltimore, July 21. - A fierce tornado characterized by a windstorm of extraordinary fury, thunder, vivid lighting... Read MORE...

The Fort Wayne Sentinel -  Fort Wayne, Indiana -  July 21, 1902
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Pueblo, Colorado, USA

1903 - Fatally Burned In Furnace Explosion. Five Men Injured at the Minnequa Steel Works in Pueblo, Two of Whom May Die.
Pueblo, Colo., July 21. - In an explosion that occurred at the blast furnace "E" at the Minnequa steel works yesterday at 2 o’clock, five men were burned, two of whom will probably die.... Read MORE...

Salt Lake Telegram -  Salt Lake City, Utah -  July 21, 1903
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

If you expect a friend to meet you at the end of your journey, sit near the door of the steam-boat...Read MORE...



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Spokane, Washington, USA

1910 - TWO MEN WERE BADLY HURT. NEW BRIDGE WORK IS WRECKED.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon it was found that the net result of the accident on the new Monroe Street bridge was two men badly hurt, all work above the water's edge destroyed, and thousands of... Read MORE...

The Spokane Press -  Spokane, Washington -  July 21, 1910
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1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon
AMERICAN FLAG WAVING ON THE MOON
Taken There By Spacemen

SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - Two Americans, who strode the moon's surface for the first time and raised their nations' banner above it,... Read MORE...

The Mexia Daily News -  Mexia, Texas -  July 21, 1969
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1865  July 21 - In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.

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1888  Fire swept away the principal portion of Avon, Mass., on the 14th.


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1907  July 21 – The SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the lumber schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, U.S.A., resulting in 88 deaths.

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1925  July 21 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.

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1945  July 21 – WWII: President Harry S. Truman approves the order for atomic bombs to be used against Japan

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Valerian
put up by Allaire-Woodward & Co., Peoria, Ill.
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

Died July 21

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1902 - MISSING HEIRS LOCATED - Bible Assists in Revealing Dead California Resident's Identity - The Relatives of Salem Charles, Who Left $142,000 Are Discovered in New England.

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

1824 - MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.
Baltimore, July 15.
The New York papers received this morning, furnish an account of another unfortunate accident occasioned by the explosion of a steam boiler - The Editor of the Commercial... Read MORE...

The Torch Light And Public Advertiser -  Hagerstown, Maryland -  July 20, 1824
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March 1898

Geneva, New York, USA

1842 - MELANCHOLY CASUALTY.
It becomes our painful duty to record, in connection with the festivities of the fourth, one of the most melancholy accidents which has for many years befallen our village. In the evening after the... Read MORE...

Vermont Telegraph -  Brandon, Vermont -  July 20, 1842
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Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

1844 - Crushed by Wheel
Yesterday Captain Doyen of St. Ours, a Canadian gentleman of respectability in that parish, was struck on the breast by the shaft of caleche No. 149, belonging to one Milton, and driven by a little... Read MORE...

Spectator -  New York -  July 20, 1844
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Dedham, Massachusetts, USA

1849 - Fire in Dedham. Loss of Life.
About 2 o'clock on Saturday morning, fire broke out in a house (formerly the alms-house) in Dedham, owned by Mr. J. F. Richards, which, together with another house and barn, was entirely destroyed.... Read MORE...

Liberator -  Boston, Massachusetts -  July 20, 1849
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New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

1866  Stole Money from Letters

A lad seventeen years of age, employed as a clerk in the postoffice at New Bedford, Massachusetts, has been arrested for opening letters and purloining money from them. He confesses his guilt.

Harrisburg Telegraph -  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania -  July 20, 1866
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA

1902 - MISSING HEIRS LOCATED - Bible Assists in Revealing Dead California Resident's Identity - The Relatives of Salem Charles, Who Left $142,000 Are Discovered in New England.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 19. - The mystery surrounding the identity of the man known as "Charles Hill," who died at the Good Samaritan Hospital here on May 17, leaving $142,000 in cash, has been... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  July 20, 1902
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Des Moines, Iowa

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

1905 - THE DROWNING OF CONNECTICUT GIRL - Occurs Under Very Peculiar Circumstances
Bridgeport, Conn., July 30. - A drowning marked with peculiar circumstances occurred late yesterday at Seaside park. The victim was Miss Lillian Brabner, aged fourteen. The girl was sitting on the... Read MORE...

The Marion Star -  Marion, Ohio -  July 20, 1905
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Palmer, Massachusetts, USA (Bondsville) (Three Rivers)

1908 - PALMER. FREIGHT WRECK MAKES TROUBLE
Cars Derailed at Bad Place Saturday Morning.

Traffic was tied up on the Boston and Albany, railroad for over three hours, Saturday morning on account of two freight cars being derailed under the... Read MORE...

The Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  July 20, 1908
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Bronx, New York, USA

1908 - TOSSED BY A BULL DEER.
While hundreds of spectators looked on, helpless to interfere, Ajax, an Asiatic bull deer in the Bronx park zoo, New York, becoming suddenly enraged, crept up behind Keeper William C. Reardon while... Read MORE...

The Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  July 20, 1908
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Finger Nails - if they are inclined to be stiff and brittle, should be annointed each night...Read MORE...



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Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1908 - BERKSHIRE COUNTY. PITTSFIELD. DAMAGE BY HIGH WIND.
Trees Blown Over, Buildings Damaged and Wires Down as Result of Lively Storm.

A wind and rainstorm that passed over Pittsfield Saturday morning between 11 and 12 o'clock did a large amount of... Read MORE...

The Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  July 20, 1908
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1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)
"...Back in the ’20s, Scotch was a synonym for 'cheap.' Richard Drew, a 23-year-old research assistant at Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, was trying to create a sticky-but-not-too-sticky adhesive ... Read MORE...

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1953  July 20 - Twenty-two inches of hail reportedly fell northeast of Dickinson, ND.

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America - Did you know? In 1811, Chief Tecumseh met with Creek Indian leaders in Tuckabatchee, Alabama, and tried to...Read MORE...



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The E.H. Strang Hose Co. Mechanicville, N.Y.

G. Stammann
One Price Clothing House
Custom Clothes a Specialty
62 & 64 Michigan Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Died July 20

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1901 - Bath Tub Famine is the Latest. Plumbers Are Entirely Unable to Supply the Demand. Extensive Building Operations Cause the Scarcity.

Danvers, Massachusetts, USA

1854 - Fatal Railroad Accident.
Boston, Monday, July 17.
At Danvers, this morning, as two young ladies, daughter of FREDERICK HOWES, Esq., of Boston, were attempting to cross the Railroad track in a wagon, the Manchester train... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  July 18, 1854
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Gold Medal Cough Medicine
Blackberry Root, Ginger, Cinnamon, Clove, Anise Compound
Pfeiffer Mfg. Co.
St. Louis, Mo.
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

1867 - Why Do German Women Make Good Wives
The culinary art forms a part of the education of women in Germany. The well-to-do tradesman, like the mechanic, takes pride in seeing his daughters good housekeepers. - To effect this, the girl on... Read MORE...

Pittsfield Sun -  Pittsfield, Massachusetts -  July 18, 1867
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Milford, Massachusetts, USA

1889 - PANIC UNDER A CIRCUS TENT. HUNDREDS OF PERSONS INJURED BY THE SEATS FALLING DOWN.
FRIGHT ADDED TO THEIR DANGER.
SOMEONE YELLED THAT THE ANIMALS WERE ESCAPING, AND IN THE STAMPEDE WHICH FOLLOWED WOMAN AND CHILDREN WERE TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT - NO ONE WAS KILLED, BUT MANY WILL CARRY... Read MORE...

The World  -  New York -  July 18, 1889
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Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

1889 - FATAL CISTERN GASES. SUCCESSIVE RESCUERS DROP IN AND DROWN WITH FIRST VICTIM.
Lincoln, Neb., July 17. - This afternoon four men lost their lives in this city under peculiar circumstances. A watch was dropped into cesspool and the men were endeavoring to recover it. They dug a... Read MORE...

Boston Daily Globe -  Boston, Massachusetts -  July 18, 1889
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

1899 - SUSPENDER SAVED HIS LIFE - Discharged Soldier Attempts to Kill a Bank Runner
New Orleans, July 17. - Charles E. Rockel, runner for the Metropolitan bank, had just entered the bank today to begin his duties, when Englehart Biber, a discharged soldier, slipped up behind him,... Read MORE...

The Atlanta Constitution -  Atlanta, Georgia -  July 18, 1899
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1901 - Bath Tub Famine is the Latest. Plumbers Are Entirely Unable to Supply the Demand. Extensive Building Operations Cause the Scarcity.
There is a crying need of bath tubs in Cleveland. In fact a bath tub famine has been in progress in this city for some time and also in almost every city in the United States, where building... Read MORE...

Plain Dealer -  Ohio -  July 18, 1901
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The Olympia Self-Playing Music Box
F. G. Otto & Sons
Jersey City, N.J.

The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898

Marietta, Ohio, USA

1907 - HEAVY DAMAGE BY A STORM.
Marietta,O., July 18. - Marietta was the center of a storm Wednesday afternoon which did $50,000 damage in Washington county. Half a mile back of town there was a cloudburst flooding the suburb of... Read MORE...

Repository -  Canton, Ohio -  July 18, 1907
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Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

1908 - GREENWICH FIRE LOSS MAY REACH $250,000 Business Section of Connecticut Summer Town Swept - Started from Children's Bonfire. SUMMER HOMES DAMAGED
Telephone Girls Stuck to Their Posts and Sent Messages for Help While Phone Building Burned.
Special to The New York Times.

GREENWICH, Conn., July 17 - A fire, in which eight were injured and... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  July 18, 1908
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Storm Dresses — A lady who is obliged to go out frequently in bad weather, will find it both a...Read MORE...



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Marion, Massachusetts, USA

1908 - LAUNCH BLOWS UP FOUR MEN KILLED IN SAD ACCIDENT OFF MARION, MASS. TWO OTHERS ARE SAVED
Picked Up After Being in Water Twelve Hours - Victims Were Prominent Citizens.

Marion, Mass. Four prominent summer residents of this town and Falmouth met death through an explosion on board a... Read MORE...

The Stevens Point Journal -  Stevens Point, Wisconsin -  July 18, 1908
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Sabattus, Maine, USA (Webster)

1911 - Lake View Park Bathers
SABATIS, Me. - Frank Lombard who has done so much toward making Lake View Park a pleasant spot, is now building a bath house for the benefit of those who may care to take advantage of the fine... Read MORE...

Lewiston Evening Journal -  Lewiston, Maine -  July 18, 1911
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Michigan City, Indiana, USA

1913 - FIRE PERILS TOWN. MICHIGAN CITY, IND., IS THREATENED BEFORE BLAZE IS UNDER CONTROL. LOSS PLACED AT $1,000,000.
Flames Rage in Huge Lumber Yards - Dynamite and Salt Used to Stop Spread of Flames - Aid Summoned From Nearby Cities.

Michigan City, Ind., July 15 - This city suffered a property loss of over... Read MORE...

The Hamburg Reporter -  Iowa -  July 18, 1913
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1908 July 18, 1908: Fireworks banned in Cleveland, Ohio

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1968  July 18 - The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California

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Observation of foreign travelers to America: In America, there are "Flags everywhere. EVERYWHERE."

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Michigan I.O.O.F. State Home

The Lovers and Wearers of "BLACK CAT"
Triple Knee "Leather" Stockings for Boys, 25 cents a pair

Chicago-Rockford Hosiery Company, Kenosha, Wis.

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January 1898

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1841 - THE LAST SOLDIER GONE!

Thompson, Connecticut, USA

1841 - THE LAST SOLDIER GONE!
Departed this life at Thompson, Connecticut, on the 12th ult., Mr. Ezekiel Blackmarr, in the 99th year of his age. He was the son of James Blackmarr, and born in Gloucester, Rhode Island, in August,... Read MORE...

The Sun -  Baltimore, Maryland -  July 17, 1841
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Dealer in
Fine Boots & Shoes
196 Essex Street, Salem

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1856 - July 17 – The Great Train Wreck (the worst railroad calamity in the world to date) occurs near Philadelphia, PA, USA.
The Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurred in Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, between Camp Hill Station and Fort Washington Station, on July 17, 1856. Two trains, traveling on the same track in... Read MORE...

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Santa Barbara, California, USA

1869 - A shrewd Yankee - a Mr. Packard, of Fall River, Mass. - has shown what can be done in the way of wine and silk culture.
Some years ago he bought a ranche of two hundred acres in Santa Barbara, at a dollar an acre. He has now 50,000 vines, producing 20,000 gallons of wine; is engaged in silk culture, last year... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  July 17, 1869
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Guilford, Connecticut, USA

1869  Fitz Greene Halleck Monument

The monument erected to the memory of Fitz Greene Halleck, at Guilford, Conn., was dedicated on the 8th, with appropriate ceremonies. About 3,000 persons were in attendance.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  July 17, 1869
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Johnny Cake - One cup sweet milk, one cup wheat flour, one and one-half cups corn meal, one...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., November 30, 1881

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Missoula County, Montana, USA (Missoula)

1891 - FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE N. P.
The Northern Pacific westbound passenger train No. 1 was wrecked Saturday night about 11 o'clock, three or four miles east of Missoula, Montana. It was caused by a landslide which had covered the... Read MORE...

Pullman Herald -  Washington -  July 17, 1891
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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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Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

1901 - KILLED BY A CAVE-IN - THREE BURIED ALIVE AND NINE INJURED IN A CUT IN CONNECTICUT.
Fairfield, Conn., July 16. - A cave-in of earth and timbers at a cut made by workmen who were preparing for the foundation of the Uncowa Reservoir Dam, which is being built for the Bridgeport... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  July 17, 1901
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Wichita, Kansas, USA

1901 - MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
WICHITA, Kan., July 16. - The packing plant of Jacob & Sons, of this city, was destroyed by fire today. There were four large buildings. It is estimated that 7,000,000 pounds of meat in process of... Read MORE...

The Morning Herald -  Lexington, Kentucky -  July 17, 1901
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Cheboygan, Michigan, USA

1908 - Accidental Drowning
Fred RANVILLE, the seventeen year old son of Joseph RANVILLE, proprietor of the Commercial hotel, was drowned at the foot of Division street Friday evening. The accident happened right back of his... Read MORE...

Cheboygan Democrat -  Cheboygan, Michigan -  July 17, 1908
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York, Pennsylvania, USA (Yorktown)

1911 - Fire Destroys Printing Plant
Special to The Inquirer.

YORK, Pa., July 16.- Hard luck seems to follow James K. Taylor, a well-known business man of this city. Yesterday Mr. Taylor, who is at the head of the Specialty Printing... Read MORE...

The Philadelphia Inquirer -  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -  July 17, 1911
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Naples, Maine, USA

1950 - Long Lake Camp Blaze Beaten By Quick-Acting Bucket Brigade
Naples, July 16. - Fire drill rehearsals among the 200 boys at Camp Takajo on Long Lake really paid off here tonight when quick work by a bucket brigade saved the camp library from a fire that... Read MORE...

Portland Press Herald -  Portland, Maine -  July 17, 1950
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1883  NEWPORT, July 16. - A rumor reached here this morning that the steamer Lottie E. Merrill, of Tiverton, R. I., was lost off George's Bank, with all on board.


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Helena, Montana

1897  July 17 – The Klondike Gold Rush begins when the first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle.

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1899  July 17 - America's first juvenile court is established in Chicago.

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1941  July 17 - A prolonged heat wave over Washington State finally came to an end. Lightning from untimely thunderstorms was responsible for 598 forest fires.

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1955  July 17 - Disneyland televises its grand opening in Anaheim, California.

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The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y.
Over Fifty Acres of Floor Space. Visitors Welcome.

The Larkin Company are the World's Largest Manufacturers of Soaps and Toilet Preparations and are important Food Specialists. The entire output of the Larkin Factories goes direct from the Factory to Family, thus saving for customers the expenses and profits of wholesalers and retailers.

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