The New Game
Conette
Sold Everywhere
Two Styles 25 & 50 Cts.
Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
1857 Unseasonable Weather
On the 22d of December, the weather was so unseasonable in the neighborhood of New Bedford, Massachusetts, that the farmers employed their teams in ploughing.
The Daily Milwaukee News - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - December 31, 1857
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1857 Unseasonable Weather
On the 22d of December, the weather was so unseasonable in the neighborhood of New Bedford, Massachusetts, that the farmers employed their teams in ploughing.
The Daily Milwaukee News - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - December 31, 1857
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Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
1870 - FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT FRANKLIN! FALL OF THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE. SEVERAL LIVES LOST. DESTRUCTION OF THE MARSHALL HOUSE.
About half past eleven o'clock yesterday morning, a fire broke out in the Marshall House, situated at the Franklin end of the Suspension Bridge at that point, which connects the Allegheny Valley... Read MORE...
The Petroleum Centre Daily Record - Pennsylvania - December 31, 1870
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1870 - FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT FRANKLIN! FALL OF THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE. SEVERAL LIVES LOST. DESTRUCTION OF THE MARSHALL HOUSE.
About half past eleven o'clock yesterday morning, a fire broke out in the Marshall House, situated at the Franklin end of the Suspension Bridge at that point, which connects the Allegheny Valley... Read MORE...
The Petroleum Centre Daily Record - Pennsylvania - December 31, 1870
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Ham Balls - Take cold-boiled or baked ham, chop fine, add as many eggs as there are persons...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., October 26, 1881
Ham Balls - Take cold-boiled or baked ham, chop fine, add as many eggs as there are persons...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., October 26, 1881
Highest Award World's Fair Skates
Barney & Berry, Springfield, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
December 1898
Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
1904 - December 31 – In New York City, the first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square.
"In 1904, the New York Times moved from the City Hall are to the triangular piece of land at the intersection of 7th Avenue, Broadway, and 42nd Street. People thought they were crazy for moving so... Read MORE...
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December 31, 1904
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1904 - December 31 – In New York City, the first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square.
"In 1904, the New York Times moved from the City Hall are to the triangular piece of land at the intersection of 7th Avenue, Broadway, and 42nd Street. People thought they were crazy for moving so... Read MORE...
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December 31, 1904
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
1919 - Bonds Are Stolen
Fayetteville, Ark., Dec. 31. - Between $25,000 and $30,000 in liberty bonds were secured by robbers who looted the vault in the Bank of Lincoln, this county, last night, according to information... Read MORE...
Muskogee Times-Democrat - Muskogee, Oklahoma - December 31, 1919
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1919 - Bonds Are Stolen
Fayetteville, Ark., Dec. 31. - Between $25,000 and $30,000 in liberty bonds were secured by robbers who looted the vault in the Bank of Lincoln, this county, last night, according to information... Read MORE...
Muskogee Times-Democrat - Muskogee, Oklahoma - December 31, 1919
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Dressing with Two Hundred Dollars Per Year
Tampa, Florida, USA
1919 - FIRE SWEEPS TAMPA. BLAZE STARTED BY SPARKS FROM SHIPS; DESTROYS TWO BLOCKS.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 31. - Two blocks in the wholesale district, bounded by the river and by Tampa, Whiting and Washington streets were destroyed by fire late yesterday. Early estimates placed the loss... Read MORE...
San Antonio Light - San Antonio, Texas - December 31, 1919
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1919 - FIRE SWEEPS TAMPA. BLAZE STARTED BY SPARKS FROM SHIPS; DESTROYS TWO BLOCKS.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 31. - Two blocks in the wholesale district, bounded by the river and by Tampa, Whiting and Washington streets were destroyed by fire late yesterday. Early estimates placed the loss... Read MORE...
San Antonio Light - San Antonio, Texas - December 31, 1919
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1775 December 31 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
1870 The straw in a barn-yard near Santa Clara, California, was set on fire by a piece of meteoric iron which fell there the other day.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1879 December 31 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
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1870 The straw in a barn-yard near Santa Clara, California, was set on fire by a piece of meteoric iron which fell there the other day.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1879 December 31 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
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1892 BUILDING DESTROYED.
Duluth, Minn., Dec. 30. - Flames destroyed the Fargusson building in Duluth, Minn., causing a loss of about $250,000 on building and contents.
Stevens Point Daily Journal
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
1916 December 31 – The Hampton Terrace Hotel in North Augusta, South Carolina, one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the nation at the time, burns to the ground.
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Duluth, Minn., Dec. 30. - Flames destroyed the Fargusson building in Duluth, Minn., causing a loss of about $250,000 on building and contents.
Stevens Point Daily Journal
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
1916 December 31 – The Hampton Terrace Hotel in North Augusta, South Carolina, one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the nation at the time, burns to the ground.
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America - Did you know? 1831 - Nat Turner, an enslaved African American preacher, leads the most significant slave uprising ...Read MORE...
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Quebec - Did you know? 1840s - As American factories in New England offered good jobs, thousands of French Canadians...Read MORE...
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Quebec - Did you know? 1840s - As American factories in New England offered good jobs, thousands of French Canadians...Read MORE...
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Visit Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA!
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
Longfellow's Wayside Inn
Visit Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA!
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
Longfellow's Wayside Inn
"My Health is My Fortune"
Ralston Health Club Breakfast Food
Breakfast for a 2 Cent Stamp
Purina Mills, St. Louis, Mo.
The Ladies' Home Journal
October 1898
