1897 - BIG BREWERY BURNED

Canaan, Connecticut, USA

1858 - Accident
At Canaan, Ct., on the 17th, a bright little boy of eight years, son of Edwin Ives, while playing about his father's factory, was caught in a belt, and instantly carried over a shaft revolving with... Read MORE...

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Sun -  Massachusetts -  September 30, 1858
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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

Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida

Sorel, Québec, Canada

1875 - PERILS OF THE RAIL
Frightful Casualty in Canada - Eleven Persons Killed and Twenty-five Wounded.

SOREL, Quebec, September 29 - About 7 o'clock last night a train coming from Yamaska run over an obstruction supposed... Read MORE...

The Times -  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -  September 30, 1875
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La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA (LaCrosse)

1897 - BIG BREWERY BURNED.
LaCrosse, Wis., Sept. 21. - Early Thursday morning fire was discovered in the roof of the brew house of the John Gund Brewing company's plant.
The malt house contained several car loads of malt and... Read MORE...

Iowa State Reporter -  Waterloo, Iowa -  September 30, 1897
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Doughnuts - Heat one quart of new milk, but do not let it boil; add two teacupfuls of lard...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., October 27, 1880

Meriden, Connecticut, USA

1903 - Silver Workers Make Demands
Meriden, Conn., Sept. 30. - A demand for a nine hour day with ten hours' pay has been presented at all the factories of the International Silver company in this city and elsewhere, and it is... Read MORE...

Pittston Gazette -  Pittston, Pennsylvania -  September 30, 1903
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1890s C. G. Conn
Wonder Band Instruments
Worcester, Mass.
Elkhart, Ind.

Melrose, Massachusetts, USA

1904 - KILLED IN TROLLEY CRASH Half a Score Dead and Many More Injured by Explosion.
DYNAMITE CAUSES DISASTER

Car Runs Into Box of High Explosive in Boston Which Had Dropped From a Truck Onto the Track - Concussion Felt at Great Distance - Crowd of Three Thousand Gathers at... Read MORE...

The Cranbury Press -  New Jersey -  September 30, 1904
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Pensacola, Florida, USA

1906 - DELUGE FOLLOWS FATAL HURRICANE; USE STREET BOATS. THIRTY KNOWN DEAD NEAR PENSACOLA, WITH LOSS OF $8,000,000.
Pensacola, Fla., (via Flomaton, Ala., by courier)
Sept. 29. - Flood followed hurricane wind, and rain this morning, and the city tonight is nearly submerged. Seven and one-half inches of rain fell... Read MORE...

Washington Times -  Washington, D.C. -  September 30, 1906
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1935 - September 30 - Roosevelt Dedicates Boulder Dam (later to be known as Hoover Dam)
Government Spending Is To Be Ended
Private Industry Mus Now Maintain Recovery Pay Says F.R.

by Frederick A. Storm
United Press White House Correspondent

BOULDER DAM, Nev., Sept. 30 (U.P.) -... Read MORE...

The Daily Herald -  Provo, Utah -  September 30, 1935
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Never try to outshine your guests in dress. It is vulgar in the extreme. A hostess should be...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

1970 - September 30 - A nineteen month drought in southern California came to a climax.
The drought, which made brush and buildings tinder dry, set up the worst fire conditions in California history as hot Santa Anna winds sent the temperature soaring to 105 degrees at Los Angeles, and... Read MORE...

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September 30, 1970
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1876  Earthquake
A distinct shock of earthquake was felt on the 22d at New Bedford, Fairhaven and Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Arizona Weekly Citizen
Tucson, Arizona

1882  In order to provide electricity to the paper industry, the nation's first hydro-electric central station, the Vulcan Street Plant on the Fox River, began operation on September 30, 1882. (Appleton, Wisconsin)

February 22, 1819 - Spain agrees to cede Florida to the United States.

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Quaker Oat Mill Company, Ravenna, Ohio ad

Died September 30

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1888 - Marriage by the Glove

1789 - September 29 - Congress Officially Created the U.S. Military
In its very first session, the United States Congress had a lot of decisions to make. One important topic the first representatives and senators needed to address was establishing the U.S. military.... Read MORE...

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September 29, 1789
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1890s
The Woolson Spice Co.
Toledo, O.

Altona, New York, USA

1873 - September 29 - A Sad and Fatal Casualty
A man named John W. Brennan, of Altona, N.Y., a brakeman in the employ of the Central Vermont Railroad for a short time past, was run over by a freight train at East Alburgh, on Friday morning, while ... Read MORE...

The Rutland Daily Globe -  Rutland, Vermont -  September 29, 1873
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Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

1883 - LOSSES BY FIRE. The Woonsocket Hotel Partly Burned, The Escape of the Guests.
WOONSOCKET, R. I., Sept. 29. - The Woonsocket hotel, owned by Cook, Mason & Co., was damaged to the amount of $10,000 by fire from a defective flue this morning. The night clerk notified the inmates, ... Read MORE...

The New Haven Evening Register -  New Haven, Connecticut -  September 29, 1883
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1888 - Marriage by the Glove.
A marriage by proxy, or as it is called, "marriage by the glove," is prevalent in Holland, and is brought about by the fact that many of the eligible young men, after having finished their education, ... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  September 29, 1888
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Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA

1898 - Big Fire in Weymouth, Mass.
Weymouth, Mass., Sept. 29. - The factory buildings of the Bradley Fertilizer works in North Weymouth were burned shortly before 11 o'clock last night, causing a loss of about $200,000 to the... Read MORE...

Naugatuck Daily News -  Naugatuck, Connecticut -  September 29, 1898
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., July 12, 1882

Madison, Indiana, USA

1898 - FOUND DROWNED. SAD FATE OF JAMES THACKER. Lost His Life In A Shanty Boat.
A day or so ago James THACKER, a well-known young man of the West End, purchased for himself a small shanty-boat, anchored on this side of the river near the foot of Plum Street.

This morning... Read MORE...

Madison Courier -  Madison, Indiana -  September 29, 1898
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Carpets by Mail
The Russell Carpet Co.
Chicago, Ill.

The Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898

1927 - The Jazz Singer debuts as first talking film
Al Jolson's Film Debut in "Jazz Singer" Oct. 6

Warner Brothers will present Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer" at the Warner Theater a week from tonight. The long-awaited presentation of the... Read MORE...

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle -  Brooklyn, New York -  September 29, 1927
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Never criticise a companion"s dress, or indeed make any remark whatever upon it. If a near friend,...Read MORE...



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Detroit, Michigan, USA

1930 - 2 KILLED AS FREIGHT ENGINE JUMPS TRACK - Open Switch Causes Wreck at Detroit
DETROIT, Sept 28 (AP) - The brakeman and fireman of a Michigan Central freight train were killed instantly, and the engineer escaped injury by jumping as the engine and four cars left the track and... Read MORE...

Boston Herald -  Boston, Massachusetts -  September 29, 1930
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Charleston, South Carolina, USA

1938 - 25 DIE, 340 HURT IN CHARLESTON STORM. MANY FAMOUS OLD LANDMARKS BLOWN DOWN BY TORNADO.
Damage Estimated At $2,000,000 As Tornado Strikes Historic City Unawares; Vast Scenes Of Wreckage; St. Michael's Church Battered; Fine Trees Uprooted in Battery; City Hall Roof Blown Off; Colleges... Read MORE...

Gastonia Daily Gazette -  North Carolina -  September 29, 1938
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1903  September 29 – Prussia becomes the first locality to require mandatory driver's licenses for operators of motor vehicles.

www.wikipedia.org

1927  September 29 - A tornado (possibly two tornadoes) cut an eight-mile long path across Saint Louis MO, to Granite City IL, killing 79 persons. The damage path at times was a mile and a quarter in width.

The Weather Channel

America - Did you know? July 4, 1828: Construction is begun on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the first public railroad...Read MORE...



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Baptist Church, Tolland, Conn.

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

The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898

Died September 29

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1888 - Marriage by the Glove.

1899 - TORNADO IN CONNECTICUT

Bristol, Connecticut, USA

1878 - The Rev. J. D. Gillihand, the Rector of Trinity Church (Protestant Episcopal) at Bristol, Conn., the other day, astonished his congregation
by sending them a letter announcing his resignation of his pastorate and his intention of joining the Roman Catholic Church. Not the slightest intimation of such a step had previously been given to... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  September 28, 1878
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Sands' Patent Triple Motion White Mountain Freezers
Manufactured by the White Mountain Freezer Co., Nashua, N.H.

Somers, Connecticut, USA

1878 - The Hartford Religious Herald says the Town of Somers, Conn., has for twenty years taken the responsibility of all burials within its limits,
and has supplied to all, rich and poor, high and low alike, a sexton, hearse and grave for the cost of four dollars. The Herald inquires if it would not be well to have all burials in towns and... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  September 28, 1878
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Ansonia, Connecticut, USA

1889 - WRECK AT ANSONIA.
Main Line Rails of Naugatuck Division Twisted Out of Place.
Ansonia, Sept. 27. - In making a flying switch on the Naugatuck division, in Ansonia this morning, five gondola cars loaded with coal were ... Read MORE...

The New Haven Evening Register -  New Haven, Connecticut -  September 28, 1889
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Norwalk, Connecticut, USA

1899 - TORNADO IN CONNECTICUT.
Special to The New York Times.

NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 27.--Word reached here today of a tornado, which raged in the Norwalk River Valley last night, and did great damage to buildings, orchards, and ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  September 28, 1899
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Good Coffee - Put a sufficient quantity of coffee in the pot and pour boiling water on it;...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., July 12, 1882

Hempstead, New York, USA

1912 - LONGSTAFF FATALLY INJURED IN CRASH.
Hempstead, N.Y., Sept. 28 - JOHN L. LONGSTAFF, a former English army officer, was mortally injured this evening while flying in a "Farman" biplane with his mechanic, PIERRE CHAVELLIER. When only... Read MORE...

Salt Lake Tribune -  Salt Lake City, Utah -  September 28, 1912
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1900 advertisement
What Shall We Have for Dessert?
Jell-O

Lewiston Journal
Lewiston, Maine
October 1, 1900

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

GIANT ROCKET SOON READY FOR TEST
Professor Robert Goddard's Rocket, Which is Expected to Travel 70 Miles in Air, is Ready

WORCHESTER, Mass., - An actual test of Professor Robert Goddard's rocket, which it is claimed, can travel... Read MORE...

The Ogden Standard-Examiner -  Ogden, Utah -  September 28, 1920
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Arcadia, California, USA

1922 - Dirigible Z-2 Arrived At Arcadia, Cal., Today
(Special to News by United Press.)
Pacedonia, Cal., Today. - The Dirigible Z-2 arrived safely at Rose Field at Arcadia, Cal. at 9:25 a.m. to-day. The flight from San Francisco was without incident.... Read MORE...

Lebanon Daily News -  Lebanon, Pennsylvania -  September 28, 1922
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Avoid carefully any allusion to the age or personal defects of your companion, or any one who may...Read MORE...



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Flint, Michigan, USA

1936 - EXPLOSION KILLS TWO, INJURES 10. GASOLINE TANK BLOWS UP AT FLINT, MICH., SERVICE STATION.
Flint, Mich., Sept. 28 - (AP) - At least two persons were killed and 10 injured seriously today by an explosion which demolished the General Tire Company's service station in downtown Flint.

The... Read MORE...

Miami Daily News-Herald -  Oklahoma -  September 28, 1936
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Riverside, California, USA

1970 - Third youth dies
Riverside (AP) – David CRAWFORD, 13, died today of wounds suffered Thursday in a grenade explosion. Two playmates, Bobby Lee EWING and Ricky Lee LEAMON, also 13, were killed instantly.

Police said ... Read MORE...

Reno Evening Gazette -  Reno, Nevada -  September 28, 1970
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1878  Many funny fancies have come from Danbury, Conn.
At least one funny fact comes from the same town. A Danbury man hired his divorced wife to attend to his present wife's child. - N. Y. Herald.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1924  September 28 – U.S. Army pilots John Harding and Erik Nelson complete the first round-the-world flight. It takes them 175 days and 74 stops before they finally returned to Seattle.

www.wikipedia.org

America - Did you know? 1770: Boston Massacre: British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense...Read MORE...



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Quebec - Did you know? The Canadian horse was introduced to New France in July of 1665. The first load of twelve horses...Read MORE...



The Story of the Canadian Horse (www.lechevalcanadien.ca/ breed.htm)

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1918 Red Cross ad

Died September 28

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1858 - The Dead Alive

Have you protected the finish on your Packard?
Packard Louisville Motor Company, Incorporated
Broadway at Campbell

Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

1834 - Fall River vs. Tiverton
The inhabitants of Fall River, Mass. and Tiverton, R. I. it appears are in a bit of a quarrel. A portion of the line between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, happens to run along within a clever... Read MORE...

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Painesville Telegraph -  Ohio -  September 26, 1834
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Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1858 - The Dead Alive.
A few days ago, a respectable man in the employment of one of the largest mercantile houses in Quebec, took passage in a schooner for Baie St. Paul, on a visit to his relations. He carried with him a ... Read MORE...

Newbern Daily Progress -  New Bern, North Carolina -  September 26, 1858
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Great Falls, Montana, USA

1911 - FORMER RESIDENT OF CITY KILLED. J. M. McCoy Was Struck by Passenger Train at Great Falls Friday Evening.
J. M. McCoy, formerly a resident of Grand Forks, was struck by a Great Northern passenger train while walking across a railroad bridge at Great Falls, Mont., Friday evening and died Saturday morning. ... Read MORE...

The Grand Forks Daily Herald -  Grand Forks, North Dakota -  September 26, 1911
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Tallahassee, Florida, USA

1956 - THUNDERCLOUD CAUSED TYNDALL JETS TO COLLIDE. CAPT. WILLERFORD'S BODY FOUND IN PLANE WRECKAGE.
Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 25 (AP) - The death toll in the crash of two jet planes being evacuated from the path of Hurricane Flossy rose to five today with discovery of the body of CAPT. ROBERT D.... Read MORE...

Panama City News-Herald -  Panama City, Florida -  September 26, 1956
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1777  September 26 - British General William Howe occupies Philadelphia during American Revolution

historyorb.com

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Quebec - Did you know? The habitant had a profound belief in the supernatural, and was prone to associate miraculous...Read MORE...



Daily Life in New France (www.chroniclesofamerica.com/ french/ daily_life_in_new_france.htm)

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Clessons Valley Road, Buckland, Mass.

Burpee Farm Annual for 1898
The Leading American Seed Catalogue
W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelpha

Ladies' Home Journal
January 1898

Died September 26

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1818 - Body Floats Ashore

L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1818 - Body Floats Ashore
The body of a female, enclosed in a coffin, with a rope twisted three times round it, and caulked, to appearance, with oakum, floated ashore at the Parish of L'Ange Gardien, Lower Canada, on the 1st... Read MORE...

Berkshire Star -  Massachusetts -  September 24, 1818
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Hoyt's German Cologne
E. W. Hoyt & Co.
Lowell, Mass.

Buckland, Massachusetts, USA

1866 - A FEROCIOUS MANIAC
[Yes, this sad story was actually in the newspaper in 1866 - unbelievable!]

There is a maniac now living in Buckland, Mass, named Josiah Spaulding, who, the Springfield Republican says, has been... Read MORE...

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Albany Evening Journal -  Albany, New York -  September 24, 1866
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Detroit, Michigan, USA

1892 - A Millionaire Killed by a Fall.
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 23,- J. H. Wicks, a millionaire of New York city, and president of the Wick's Refrigerator Company, with headquarters at Rochester, N. Y., fell out of the second-story window of ... Read MORE...

The Sun -  Baltimore, Maryland -  September 24, 1892
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Pickeled Peaches - Nine pounds of peaches, three pounds of sugar and three quarts of good...Read MORE...



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

Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

1892  Fire at Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich., September 23. - A fire last night in the plant of the union school furniture company, destroyed the factory, office and four other buildings. Loss aggregated $100,000.

The Daily Journal and Tribune -  Knoxville, Tennessee -  September 24, 1892
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C. H. Foote,
Jobber and Wholesale Dealer in
Groceries and Provisions,
35 Bridge Street
Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

1895 Buried in a Landslide
Five Members of a Family Swept into the Champlain River

Quebec, Sept. 23. - A report comes from St. Luc, Champlain county, of a disastrous landslide on the Champlain river Saturday night. Zephirim ... Read MORE...

Sioux City Journal -  Sioux City, Iowa -  September 24, 1895
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Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA

1904 - ARCHBISHOP IN WRECK.
Special Train Strikes an Engine, but No One Is Injured.

East Brookfield, Mass., Sept 23. - The special train conveying the Archbishop of Canterbury from Bar Harbor, Me., to Washington was wrecked... Read MORE...

The Washington Post -  Washington, D.C. -  September 24, 1904
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Oswego, New York, USA

1907 - GIRL STUDENTS ESCAPE FIRE. ONE IN OSWEGO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL LEAPS FROM WINDOW.
Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 23. - Fire in the Welland, a four-story wooden and stone building used as a dormitory by young women students at the Oswego State Normal School, caused 100 girls to flee from... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  September 24, 1907
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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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Hampton, New Hampshire, USA

1915 - FIRE SWEEPS COAST RESORT. $200,000 Blaze at Hampton Beach, N. H., Destroys 45 Buildings
Hampton Beach, N. H. Sept 23 - A fire starting in a box of rubbish tonight destroyed 45 buildings and caused a loss estimated at $250,000 in the most crowded part of this summer resort before the... Read MORE...

Washington Post -  Washington, D.C. -  September 24, 1915
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1870  A fox in Randolph, Vt., is credited with taking two hundred and fifty turkeys, twenty goslings, and a number of lambs.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1887  Switzerland has recently adopted by popular vote a new law placing the the entire control of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the hands of the government...


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1935  September 24 – Earl W. Bascom and his brother Weldon produce the first night rodeo held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi.

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Box Pond

Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic
Made in Paris, Tennessee

Edwin Wiley Grove (1850–1927) was a self-made millionaire most famous for his "Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic." In this chill tonic, which came out 1878, Grove found a way to bottle a quinine mixture that would eliminate the bitter taste. The tasteless chill tonic, which some claimed was not all that tasteless, was an improvement over taking straight quinine for fevers and chills caused by malaria. A sweet syrup and lemon flavor was added to Quinine, cinchonine and cinchonidine, which were the main ingredients in crystal form in the tonic. Some sources claim that by 1890 more bottles of Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic were sold than bottles of Coca-Cola. wikipedia

Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida

Died September 24

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1913 - BOY HIT BY CAKE OF ICE HAS LOCKJAW

1880s
Bogards Fine Shoes
St. Louis

Racine, Wisconsin, USA

1886 - STORM AT RACINE. HAIL DOES CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN THE BELLE CITY
Racine, Wis., Sept. 23. - A heavy hail storm prevailed here yesterday afternoon. Little damage was done, as there was no wind at the time. Some of the hail stones measured an inch and a half in... Read MORE...

Oshkosh Daily Northwestern -  Oshkosh, Wisconsin -  September 23, 1886
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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

1913 - REVIVE GRAND TRUNK WORK. Construction of Southern New England Line to be Resumed.
Special to the New York Times.

SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 22 - Work is to be resumed immediately on the Southern New England Railway, the Grand Trunk subsidiary planned to connect the Canadian... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  September 23, 1913
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Ithaca, New York, USA

1913 - ENGINEER, KNOCKED FROM ENGINE, NARROWLY MISSES DEATH UNDER OWN TRAIN.
Ithaca, Sept. 23. - Knocked from the running board of his engine while the train was running through the Lehigh Valley yards at a rate of about twenty miles an hour, DAVID E. WALLACE, engineer on... Read MORE...

The Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  September 23, 1913
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Maple Icing - For maple icing boil together half a cup of cream, one cup scraped maple sugar ...Read MORE...



The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898

Norwich, New York, USA (White Store)

1913 - BOY HIT BY CAKE OF ICE HAS LOCKJAW
Norwich, Sept. 23. - Walter Tansey, aged 17 years, who was almost fatally injured while at work at the W. R. C. Home near his home at Oxford, just below here during the afternoon of July 10th, when... Read MORE...

Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  September 23, 1913
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1815  September 23 - One of the greatest hurricanes to strike New England made landfall at Long Island and crossed Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
It was the worst tempest in nearly two hundred years.
WeatherForYou.com

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

Quebec - Did you know? Tourtière is a traditional Quebecois meat pie. The filling varies from region to region, but it...Read MORE...



Top 10 Foods to Eat in Quebec (travel.nationalgeographic.com/ travel/ top-10/ foods-to-eat-in-quebec/)

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Chutes Pagan Rincie

Hatch Bros., Dealers in Game, Eggs, Butter, Cheese, Family Groceries and California Produce
20 C Street
Between Union and Taylor
Virginia, Nevada

1873 ad

The Virginia and Truckee Railroad Directory, 1873-74: Embracing a General Directory of Residents of Virginia City, Gold Hill, Silver City, Dayton, Carson, Franktown, Washoe City and Reno, Together with a Business Directory, Also an Appendix, Giving Statistics of State and Storey, Lyno, Ormsby and Washoe Counties
Front Cover
H.S. Crocker & Company, 1873

Died September 23

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1878 - How a Hat Saved a Life

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1784 - September 21 - The Nation's First Daily Newspaper Began Publication
The nation's first daily newspaper, the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, began publication on September 21, 1784. Many independent newspapers ran before that on a weekly or monthly basis.... Read MORE...

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September 21, 1784
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The Idea Food Cutter
The Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co.
Southington, Conn.

The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898

Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro)

1827 - ACCIDENT.
In Marlborough on Wednesday last, as the workmen were raising the frame of a building designed for an Academy and Masonic Hall, an accident occurred of very painful consequences. When the whole frame ... Read MORE...

Salem Gazette -  Salem, Massachusetts -  September 21, 1827
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Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA

1843 - Giant Cow
Ira Fenton, of Belchertown, Mass., has raised a Durham cow, which is now eight years old, and weighs 1740 pounds. On the 29th of May she brought a calf, and the owner had the curiosity to measure her ... Read MORE...

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Emancipator -  New York -  September 21, 1843
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Auburn, New York, USA

1870 - Boiler Explosion at Auburn - A Building Demolished and One Man Killed
AUBURN, N. Y., Sept. 20. - The steam boiler in T. R. STALKER's planing-mill exploded at 6 o'clock this morning completely demolishing the large brick building in which it was located, and badly... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  September 21, 1870
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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

Utica, New York, USA

1878 - How a Hat Saved a Life
MAJ. RUBE ALLEN, Com. Vanderbilt's favorite veteran engineer of the Central Road, a man of giant stature, with a brave heart, which is as tender as a woman's, had a new hat for one of the freight... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  September 21, 1878
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1880s
Vacuum Harness Oil
M. Haberbush
Lancaster, PA

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

1878 - A Little Traveler
The passengers by the through Intercolonial train from St. John, N.B. to Montreal, which arrived at Bonaventure Station this morning, was very much interested in a little girl about seven years of... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  September 21, 1878
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New Vineyard, Maine, USA

1886 - September 21 - Three Deaths at New Vineyard
FARMINGTON, Sept. 20. Capt. Leonard Hackett, eighty-five years old, Hannah Wilcox, sixty-five, and Jonathan Look, jr., aged forty-four, all died Saturday in the neighboring town of New Vineyard,... Read MORE...

Bangor Daily Whig and Courier -  Bangor, Maine -  September 21, 1886
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Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)

1893 - September 21 - First Gasoline-Powered Automobile
The first successful gasoline-powered automobile was perfected by Charles and Frank Duryea in Springfield.

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September 21, 1893
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Berlin, New Hampshire, USA (Maynesborough)

1896 - Big Plant is Burned
Berlin, N. H. Sept. 21 - The lumber mills, cabinet factory, grist mills and considerable lumber, owned by the Berlin Manufacturing company, were destroyed by fire Saturday night. The burned buildings ... Read MORE...

The Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  September 21, 1896
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Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

1896 - Dynamite Exploded in Water-Works Aqueduct at Clinton
FOUR MEN KILLED, ONE BADLY HURT.
Dynamite Exploded in Water-Works Aquaduct at Clinton.

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The Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  September 21, 1896
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Oswego, New York, USA

1896 - Big Blaze at Oswego.
OSWEGO, N. Y., Sept. 21. - At an early hour yesterday morning fire destroyed the entire plants of the Silver Metal company and the Seliger Toothill Novelty company, together with the three-story... Read MORE...

North Adams Transcript -  North Adams, Massachusetts -  September 21, 1896
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam)

1897 - September 21 – Francis P. Church responds to a letter to the editor that is known as the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" letter. (wikipedia)
"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa... Read MORE...

The Sun -  New York, New York -  September 21, 1897
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1938 - Sept. 21 - The Great Hurricane brought terror to large parts of New England and Long Island
A great hurricane smashed into Long Island and bisected New England causing a massive forest blow down and widespread flooding. Winds gusted to 186 mph at Blue Hill MA, and a storm surge of nearly... Read MORE...

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September 21, 1938
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1938 - Sept. 21 - The Great Hurricane brought terror to large parts of New England.
A great hurricane smashed into Long Island and bisected New England causing a massive forest blow down and widespread flooding. Winds gusted to 186 mph at Blue Hill MA, and a storm surge of nearly... Read MORE...

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September 21, 1938
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1875  September - Twelve inches of snow fell Friday, at Riviere du Loup, P. Q., doing great damage to fruit and shade trees.


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St. Albans, Vermont

1947  September 17–September 21 – The 1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane in southeastern Florida, and also in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana causes widespread damage and kills 51 people.

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Enjoying a Rest at Midland Beach, Staten Island, N.Y.

Elastic Stockings

Curtis & Spindell Co.
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Lynn, Mass.

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April 1898

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1887 - CARS PILED THIRTY FEET HIGH

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December 1898

Plainfield, Connecticut, USA (Moosup) (Wauregan)

1825  A gang of counterfeiters has been discovered in Plainfield, Conn., at the house of one Ezekiel Hall, who was cashier of the company.

Hall was arrested, but three or four accomplices, all of whom ahve been inmates of Newgate, escaped. Two counterfeiters, old convicts, were at the same time arrested in Voluntown, Conn.

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Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA (Ayers Village)

1887  Striking Stitchers Return to Work

The striking M'Kay stitchers in Haverhill, Massachusetts, held a meeting yesterday and voted to notify the manufacturers that they were ready to go to work.

Harrisburg Telegraph -  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania -  September 20, 1887
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Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

1887 - Mare Returns Home
The valuable gray mare recently sold cheap to a Westport, Mass., farmer by the horse railroad company of Fall River, surprised her former friends by trotting into the barn in the latter city the... Read MORE...

The Fort Wayne Sentinel -  Fort Wayne, Indiana -  September 20, 1887
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., September 2, 1881

Marquette, Michigan, USA

1887 - CARS PILED THIRTY FEET HIGH
MARQUETTE, Mich., Sept. 20. - A Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic train of sixty-five cars laden with ore got away from the trainmen last night and ran down the grade at a high rate for four miles. At... Read MORE...

Daily Gazette -  Rockford, Illinois -  September 20, 1887
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February 1898

1887 - COLLISION, FIRE AND EXPLOSION.
FOREST, Ohio, Sept. 19. - Special Telegram - Early this morning the second section on freight train No. 71, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway ran into the rear of the first section,... Read MORE...

Inter Ocean -  Chicago, Illinois -  September 20, 1887
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Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (Attleborough) (South Attleboro)

1895  Yardmaster Killed

PROVIDENCE, Sept. 20. - JOSEPH DICKENS, yardmaster of the Consolidated railroad at Attleboro, Mass., was struck by a freight train yesterday afternoon, and died shortly afterward.

North Adams Transcript -  North Adams, Massachusetts -  September 20, 1895
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New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

1896 - An Eastern Cyclone - New Bedford, Massachusetts is Devastated by Wind.
THE LOSS IS OVER $100,000.
Buildings Blown Down and Many Persons Injured - Fire Adds to the Horrors of the Occasion

New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 19 - A cyclone from the west struck this town early... Read MORE...

Davenport Daily Republican -  Davenport, Iowa -  September 20, 1896
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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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Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA

1900 - MICE, MATCHES AND WINE - A Combination Which Started and Then Put Out a Fire.
When the post office was opened Monday morning it was found that what was supposed to be water had leaked through the ceiling from the apartments above, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Brooks, who are ... Read MORE...

Aberdeen Weekly News -  Aberdeen, South Dakota -  September 20, 1900
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1905 - BERKSHIRE COUNTY. PITTSFIELD. Freight Handler Injured.
John W. Bline, a freight handler employed by the Boston and Albany railroad company, sustained a deep scalp wound and a number of severe bruises late yesterday afternoon by falling from the... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  September 20, 1905
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Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

1906 - COTTAGERS IN GRAVE DANGER - Two Hundred People Awake to Find Great Sea Sweeping Across Their Island.
Wilmington, N. C., Sept 18. - For six or eight hours upwards of 200 men, women and children were cut off from the mainland in imminent peril by a storm which swept Wrightsville beach, nine miles east ... Read MORE...

Cambridge Jeffersonian -  Cambridge, Ohio -  September 20, 1906
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1737  September 20 - Runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in the Walking Purchase forcing the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony

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1862  Whale Ship Burned by Confederates
September 18, 1862 The whale ship Elisha Dunbar of New Bedford, Massachusetts, was captured and burned by the Confederate privateer Alabama.

The Daily Herald
Chicago, Illinois

1926  September 20 – Twelve blue cars full of gangsters open fire at the Hawthorne Inn, Al Capone's Chicago headquarters. Only one of Capone's men is wounded.

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1967  September 20 - Hurricane Beulah moved into South Texas, and torrential rains from the hurricane turned the rich agricultural areas of South Texas into a large lake. Hurricane Beulah also spawned a record 115 tornadoes.

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Quebec - Did you know? French-Canadian couples getting married are not supposed to wear new shoes at the wedding. Grains,...Read MORE...



French-Canadian Culture (www.buzzle.com /articles /french-canadiane-culture.html)

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

Died September 20

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1879 - Burning of a Distillery Near Milwaukee

1787 - September 17 - U.S. Constitution ratified
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. The United ... Read MORE...

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

1879 - Burning of a Distillery Near Milwaukee
AT MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 16.- Rindskopt's distillery and the surrounding sheds were destroyed by fire this morning. The distillery is situated two miles south of the city limits, and has ... Read MORE...

The Inter Ocean -  Chicago, Illinois -  September 17, 1879
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Coffee Cake - This is one of the best of plain cakes, and is very easily made. Take one cup...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., July 28, 1880

Port Arthur, Texas, USA

1897 - TERRIBLE TORNADO. THE GULF COAST SUFFERS. The New Town of Port Arthur Nearly Wiped Out of Existence Sabine Pass Also Suffers.
Port Arthur, Tex., Sept. 13 - A tornado, terrible in its intensity, struck this city at an early hour last evening. Six people are known to have been killed, while many others were injured. Buildings ... Read MORE...

New Castle News -  Colorado -  September 17, 1897
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1890s
The Woolson Spice Co.
Toledo, O.

Shelton, Connecticut, USA (Huntington)

1901 - TORNADO IN CONNECTICUT
Path Swept Through Huntington Village - One Man Fatally Hurt.

Special to The New York Times.

ANSONIA, Conn. Sept. 16. - A tornado that swept in a fifty-foot patch through the farming community... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  September 17, 1901
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

1910 - ACCIDENT AT CIRCUS - Two Sells-Floto Performers Badly Injured at Tulsa.
TULSA, Okla., Sept. 17. - Mrs. Arthur Nelson of the Nelson family of acrobats and John Carroll, driver in a chariot race, were both fatally injured during the performances of the Selles-Floto circus... Read MORE...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram -  Fort Worth, Texas -  September 17, 1910
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

At a Dinner-Party - after which all present were to attend a dance, it would be in best...Read MORE...



The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898

Buffalo, New York, USA

1913 - Six Men Injured in $100,000 Fire at Buffalo Hotel
Buffalo, Sept. 17.- Fire which broke out in the plant of Dirnberger Popcorn company, No. 135 Seneca street this morning spread to the Hotel Broezel and within a few minutes the third, fourth and... Read MORE...

Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  September 17, 1913
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Springfield, Illinois, USA

1915 - Struck and Killed by C. H. and D. Train. Oscar Burge and Wife of Springfield Meet Sudden Death.
Oscar Burge, 54 years old, of Springfield, was instantly killed, his wife was fatally hurt and their four months old child was seriously injured late Thursday night when the buggy in which they were... Read MORE...

The Decatur Review -  Decatur, Illinois -  Friday Evening, September 17, 1915
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Arcadia, California, USA

1918 - WIRELESS MESSAGES REACH ARCADIA, CAL., FROM BROOKLYNYARD
Balloon Used at Training Field Is the Highest Aerial in the World.

Eagle Bureau, 901 Colorado Building
Washington, September 17 - The wireless station at Arcadia, Cal, by using for aerial the... Read MORE...

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle -  Brooklyn, New York -  September 17, 1918
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San Antonio, Texas, USA

1968 - MONORAIL AT FAIR STOPPED.
San Antonio (AP) - HemisFair and mini-monorail officials declined official comment Monday while an investigation began into Sunday's monorail train smashup that killed one person and injured 48... Read MORE...

Galveston Daily News -  Galveston, Texas -  September 17, 1968
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1787  September 17 - US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention

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1850  September 17 - Great fire in San Francisco

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1870  The Catholics of Flushing, Long Island, have resolved to send their children to public schools. Heretofore they have supported a school of their own of about 450 pupils.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1908  September 17 – At Fort Myer, Virginia, U.S.A., Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.

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1923  September 17 – Berkeley Fire: A major fire in Berkeley, California, erupts, consuming some 640 structures, including 584 homes in the densely built neighborhoods north of the campus of the University of California.

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1932  September 16-17 - Concord NH was drenched with 5.97 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a record for that location.

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1937  September 17 – Abraham Lincoln's head is dedicated at Mount Rushmore

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1976  September 17 - NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, Calif

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Quebec - Did you know? About 30,000 French people set out on the great voyage to New France before 1760. Of this number,...Read MORE...



History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.

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Sen-Sen
Throat Ease
Breath Perfume

Sen-Sen Co., Rochester, N.Y.

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May 1898

Died September 17

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