Sutton, Massachusetts, USA
1853 - Sad Occurrence
Mrs. Mary Whiting, an aged lady of nearly 90 years, was burned to death in Sutton, Massachusetts, on Sabbath evening. She was alone in the house, the other members of the family being absent at an... Read MORE...
The Adams Sentinel - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - December 5, 1853
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1853 - Sad Occurrence
Mrs. Mary Whiting, an aged lady of nearly 90 years, was burned to death in Sutton, Massachusetts, on Sabbath evening. She was alone in the house, the other members of the family being absent at an... Read MORE...
The Adams Sentinel - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - December 5, 1853
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The Daintiest Maid that ever rode a wheel need not fear to use Dixon's Graphitoleo
Jos. Dixon Crucible Company
Jersey City, N.J.
The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898
North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Forestdale) (Slatersville)
1889 - The Whole Party Drowned.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Wellington Hart, of North Smithfield, and R. A. Smith of Monegan, well known farmer, each sixty years of age, started to drive home from Woonsocket about nightfall, on Saturday, in ... Read MORE...
The Carthage Blade - Carthage, North Carolina - December 5, 1889
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1889 - The Whole Party Drowned.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Wellington Hart, of North Smithfield, and R. A. Smith of Monegan, well known farmer, each sixty years of age, started to drive home from Woonsocket about nightfall, on Saturday, in ... Read MORE...
The Carthage Blade - Carthage, North Carolina - December 5, 1889
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Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
1889 - $10,000,000 FIRE! A CITY GOES UP IN FLAMES. Lynn, Mass. Desolated. - Boston Subscribes Nearly a Million Dollars For the Sufferers.
Lynn, Mass, the city of shoes, was visited Tuesday afternoon by the greatest fire in its history and with two exceptions the conflagration is the most disastrous which ever visited New England. The... Read MORE...
The Carthage Blade - Carthage, North Carolina - December 5, 1889
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1889 - $10,000,000 FIRE! A CITY GOES UP IN FLAMES. Lynn, Mass. Desolated. - Boston Subscribes Nearly a Million Dollars For the Sufferers.
Lynn, Mass, the city of shoes, was visited Tuesday afternoon by the greatest fire in its history and with two exceptions the conflagration is the most disastrous which ever visited New England. The... Read MORE...
The Carthage Blade - Carthage, North Carolina - December 5, 1889
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Joliet, Illinois, USA
1890 - WORKMEN SLAIN. COLLAPSE OF A BIG BLAST FURNACE AT JOLIET, ILL. NINE MEN KILLED AND MANY HURT. THE VICTIMS CRUSHED TO DEATH BY PONDEROUS MASSES OR IRON.
Joliet, Ill., Dec. 5. - One of the most distressing calamities that have ever befallen Joliet occurred at the works of the Joliet Steel Company in this city at noon Thursday, resulting in the death... Read MORE...
Logansport Reporter - Logansport, Indiana - December 5, 1890
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1890 - WORKMEN SLAIN. COLLAPSE OF A BIG BLAST FURNACE AT JOLIET, ILL. NINE MEN KILLED AND MANY HURT. THE VICTIMS CRUSHED TO DEATH BY PONDEROUS MASSES OR IRON.
Joliet, Ill., Dec. 5. - One of the most distressing calamities that have ever befallen Joliet occurred at the works of the Joliet Steel Company in this city at noon Thursday, resulting in the death... Read MORE...
Logansport Reporter - Logansport, Indiana - December 5, 1890
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Brown Bread Biscuit - One pound of coarse brown flour or oatmeal flour, two ounces of...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., May 3, 1882
Brown Bread Biscuit - One pound of coarse brown flour or oatmeal flour, two ounces of...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., May 3, 1882
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
1891 - FOUR TRAINS SMASHED UP - DISASTROUS ACCIDENT ON THE NEW-ENGLAND ROAD.
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDED, THEN TWO PASSENGER TRAINS RAN INTO THE WRECK - THREE MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 4. - The worst wreck ever experienced by the New-York and... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - December 5, 1891
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1891 - FOUR TRAINS SMASHED UP - DISASTROUS ACCIDENT ON THE NEW-ENGLAND ROAD.
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDED, THEN TWO PASSENGER TRAINS RAN INTO THE WRECK - THREE MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 4. - The worst wreck ever experienced by the New-York and... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - December 5, 1891
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Chicken Tamale
"A Unique Mexican Dish"
Armour Packing Co.
Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A.
The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898
Boise, Idaho, USA
1908 - SCHOOL FOR HELPLESS CHILDREN IS BURNED BUT ALL ESCAPED.
Boise, Idaho, Dec. 4. - The Central school building, temporarily occupied by the Idaho State School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, was partially destroyed by fire early this morning. Forty children,... Read MORE...
The Fresno Morning Republican - Fresno, California - December 5, 1908
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1908 - SCHOOL FOR HELPLESS CHILDREN IS BURNED BUT ALL ESCAPED.
Boise, Idaho, Dec. 4. - The Central school building, temporarily occupied by the Idaho State School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, was partially destroyed by fire early this morning. Forty children,... Read MORE...
The Fresno Morning Republican - Fresno, California - December 5, 1908
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1919 - NEW ORLEANS' FRENCH OPERA HOUSE BURNED. FAMOUS STRUCTURE, BUILT IN 1859, IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
New Orleans, Dec. 5. - (United Press). - The Old French opera house, a landmark of old New Orleans, was burned to the ground Thursday in a fire which originated in the rear of the restaurant Cafe de... Read MORE...
The Star - Anniston, Alabama - December 5, 1919
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1919 - NEW ORLEANS' FRENCH OPERA HOUSE BURNED. FAMOUS STRUCTURE, BUILT IN 1859, IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
New Orleans, Dec. 5. - (United Press). - The Old French opera house, a landmark of old New Orleans, was burned to the ground Thursday in a fire which originated in the rear of the restaurant Cafe de... Read MORE...
The Star - Anniston, Alabama - December 5, 1919
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1868 Slight shocks of earthquake were felt at Middleboro, Mass., a few days ago.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1941 December 5 - The temperature at Enosburg Falls soared to 72 degrees to establish a state record for Vermont for the month of December.
The Weather Channel
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1941 December 5 - The temperature at Enosburg Falls soared to 72 degrees to establish a state record for Vermont for the month of December.
The Weather Channel
April 22, 1889 - Oklahoma is opened to settlers.
Quebec - Did you know? A typical French-Canadian building is the farmhouse. It is based on structures in the French...Read MORE...
Mutlicultural Canada: Quebec to 1800 (www.multiculturalcanada.ca)
Quebec - Did you know? A typical French-Canadian building is the farmhouse. It is based on structures in the French...Read MORE...
Mutlicultural Canada: Quebec to 1800 (www.multiculturalcanada.ca)
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Rubifoam is a cleansing, fragrant, antiseptic, liquid dentifrice, entirely free from grit or acid.
E. W. Hoyt & Co.
Lowell, Mass.
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April 1898
