Monday, December 9, 2019

1882 - Many Fish


Stuttgartger Sanitary Woolen Underwear

The T. Eaton Co., Toronto, Agts. in Canada

Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

1882 - Many Fish
The catch of menhaden by boats of Tiverton, R. I., for the season of 1882, was 141,000 barrels. The menhaden fish have been on the coast in unusually large quantities since the 1st of July, and had... Read MORE...

The Coffeyville Weekly Journal -  Coffeyville, Kansas -  December 9, 1882
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Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA

1895 - BUSINESS DISTRICT IN FLAMES
Disastrous Fire Prevails in the Town of Ridgefield, Conn. - Buildings in Rutherford Burning.

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Dec 8. - The business district of this town is threatened with destruction by fire.... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  December 9, 1895
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Casper, Wyoming, USA

1909 - Engineer killed by exploding boiler.
Casper. - One man was killed and two injured, one probably fatally, by the explosion of the boiler of a Burlington locomotive twelve miles west of here. The dead man is B. H. MILLER, an engineer, a... Read MORE...

Alamosa Journal -  Alamosa, Colorado -  December 9, 1915
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

1909 - MILLION DOLLAR FIRE DESTROYED PART OF A CITY. KALAMAZOO, MICH., VISITED BY AWFUL CONFLAGRATION LAST NIGHT - ONE MAN BURNED.
[By Associated Press.]
Kalamazoo, Mich., Dec. 9. - A million dollars worth of property was destroyed and the city was saved from destruction only after an all night fight by the combined forces of... Read MORE...

Janesville Daily Gazette -  Wisconsin -  December 9, 1909
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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
Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Alphonse-de-Thetford)

1938 - DEATH PIT. 7 QUEBEC MINERS DIE IN ROCKSLIDE.
Thetford Mines, Que., Dec. 8. (CP) - A rock-slide two hours after a dynamite blast in the Bell asbestos mine here brought death last night to seven miners who were buried alive. Early today three of... Read MORE...

Winnipeg Free Press -  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada -  December 9, 1938
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One Dollar
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Sawyer & Wolf
Easthampton, Mass.

The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

1946 - HOTEL FIRE IN CANADA KILLS ELEVEN PERSONS. EIGHTEEN INJURED AS FLAMES SWEEP 3-STORY BUILDING.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Dec. 9 (UP) - Authorities attempted today to complete identification of 11 persons killed early Sunday by a spectacular fire which virtually destroyed the three story Barry... Read MORE...

Middlesboro Daily News -  Kentucky -  December 9, 1946
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1851  December 9 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec.

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July 4, 1776: Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.

Quebec - Did you know? People of New France were rewarded for having large families - 10 children - 300 pounds per year;...Read MORE...



Canada: A People"s History (www.cbc.ca/ history/)
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Visit Waverly, Franklin, New York, USA (St Regis Falls) (Dexter Lake)!

Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.


Corner Broad and Fulton Streets, Waverly, N.Y.

Williams' Jersey Cream Toilet Soap
The J.B. Williams Co., Glastonbury, Conn.

The Ladies' Home Journal
September 1898
Died December 9

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