Hamden, Connecticut, USA
1873 - SIXTEEN PERSONS INJURED IN CONNECTICUT.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 30. - The 5 3/ 4 P.M. passenger train from this city, for Northampton, on the New Haven and Northampton Railroad, was thrown from the track, at Hamden, about four miles from... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 31, 1873
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1873 - SIXTEEN PERSONS INJURED IN CONNECTICUT.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 30. - The 5 3/ 4 P.M. passenger train from this city, for Northampton, on the New Haven and Northampton Railroad, was thrown from the track, at Hamden, about four miles from... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 31, 1873
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Mooers, New York, USA
1881 - January 31 - A Mother's Fatal Error.
ALTONA, N.Y., Jan. 31. - Mrs Barcomb, of Mooers, locked her four children, the eldest being but seven years of age, in the house on Friday evening, while she went to the store for kerosene. After... Read MORE...
Harrisburg Telegraph - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - January 31, 1881
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1881 - January 31 - A Mother's Fatal Error.
ALTONA, N.Y., Jan. 31. - Mrs Barcomb, of Mooers, locked her four children, the eldest being but seven years of age, in the house on Friday evening, while she went to the store for kerosene. After... Read MORE...
Harrisburg Telegraph - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - January 31, 1881
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Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
1889 - The Camp Creek Wreck. Cars Wrecked And Passengers Injured. The Rails and the Train Rushes Down Into Disaster - The Number of Casualties Noted.
Milledgeville, Ga., January 30. [Special.] - The Central railroad train due here at 2:20 this afternoon, happened to an accident about five miles below this city, in which several cars were badly... Read MORE...
The Atlanta Constitution - Atlanta, Georgia - January 31, 1889
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1889 - The Camp Creek Wreck. Cars Wrecked And Passengers Injured. The Rails and the Train Rushes Down Into Disaster - The Number of Casualties Noted.
Milledgeville, Ga., January 30. [Special.] - The Central railroad train due here at 2:20 this afternoon, happened to an accident about five miles below this city, in which several cars were badly... Read MORE...
The Atlanta Constitution - Atlanta, Georgia - January 31, 1889
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Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
1921 - 12 DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE; TWO INQUIRIES BEGUN IN HOBOKEN. POLICE SEEK CAUSE OF BLAZE WHILE PROSECUTER INVESTIGATES CONDUCT OF HOSTELRY. SEVEN BODIES IDENTIFIED.
SHOES, RINGS AND SCORCHED REMNANTS OF CLOTHING GIVE CLUES IN SEVERAL CASES.
WOMAN DIES IN HOSPITAL.
FLAMES BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED IN ROOM SHORTLY AFTER COUPLE HAD GIVEN IT UP.
With twelve... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 31, 1921
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1921 - 12 DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE; TWO INQUIRIES BEGUN IN HOBOKEN. POLICE SEEK CAUSE OF BLAZE WHILE PROSECUTER INVESTIGATES CONDUCT OF HOSTELRY. SEVEN BODIES IDENTIFIED.
SHOES, RINGS AND SCORCHED REMNANTS OF CLOTHING GIVE CLUES IN SEVERAL CASES.
WOMAN DIES IN HOSPITAL.
FLAMES BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED IN ROOM SHORTLY AFTER COUPLE HAD GIVEN IT UP.
With twelve... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 31, 1921
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Snaps - Take one cup of molasses, three-quarters of a cup of sugar, one tablespoon each of...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., September 29, 1880
Snaps - Take one cup of molasses, three-quarters of a cup of sugar, one tablespoon each of...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., September 29, 1880

Webster's International Dictionary
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Springfield, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
May 1898
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...
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
Never criticise a companion"s dress, or indeed make any remark whatever upon it. If a near friend,...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
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1978 - LOEW'S TOP THREE FLOORS MOSTLY DESTROYED IN FIRE.
Atlanta (AP) - Flames billowed Monday where Hollywood's spotlight's once played on the ornate facade of LOEW'S Grand Theater, the site of the glamorous 1939 premiere of "Gone With The Wind." Awed... Read MORE...
Aiken Standard - South Carolina - January 31, 1978
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1978 - LOEW'S TOP THREE FLOORS MOSTLY DESTROYED IN FIRE.
Atlanta (AP) - Flames billowed Monday where Hollywood's spotlight's once played on the ornate facade of LOEW'S Grand Theater, the site of the glamorous 1939 premiere of "Gone With The Wind." Awed... Read MORE...
Aiken Standard - South Carolina - January 31, 1978
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1911 January 31, 1911 - Tamarack, CA, was without snow the first eight days of the month, but by the end of January had been buried under 390 inches of snow, a record monthly total for the U.S.
The Weather Channel
1949 January 31, 1949 - The temperature at San Antonio, TX, plunged to a record low of one degree below zero.
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1949 January 31, 1949 - Helena MT reached 42 degrees below zero.
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The Weather Channel
1949 January 31, 1949 - The temperature at San Antonio, TX, plunged to a record low of one degree below zero.
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1949 January 31, 1949 - Helena MT reached 42 degrees below zero.
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1949 January 31 - First TV Soap Opera Debuts. On Jan. 31, 1949, an NBC station in Chicago aired the first episode of Irna Phillips' “These Are My Children,” the first daytime soap opera on a major television network.
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1950 January 31 - President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949
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1950 January 31 - President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949
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Observation of foreign travelers to America: In America, there are "Flags everywhere. EVERYWHERE."
Quebec - Did you know? In New France, the habitant"s homes were commonly built of felled timber or of rough-hewn stone,...Read MORE...
Daily Life in New France (www.chroniclesofamerica.com/ french/ daily_life_in_new_france.htm)
Quebec - Did you know? In New France, the habitant"s homes were commonly built of felled timber or of rough-hewn stone,...Read MORE...
Daily Life in New France (www.chroniclesofamerica.com/ french/ daily_life_in_new_france.htm)
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Visit South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA!
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Dwight Memorial Art Bldg.
Mt. Holyoke College, So. Hadley, Mass.
Visit South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA!
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.

Dwight Memorial Art Bldg.
Mt. Holyoke College, So. Hadley, Mass.