Friday, January 31, 2020

1881 - January 31 - A Mother's Fatal Error

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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Elastic Stockings

Curtis & Spindell Co.
38 Wyman Block
Lynn, Mass.

The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898
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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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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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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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

Webster's International Dictionary
G. &. C. Merriam Co., Publishers
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
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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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.

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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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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...



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

Globe Corset Company, Worcester, Mass.

The Ladies' Home Journal
July 1898
Died January 31

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Thursday, January 30, 2020

1869 - It is estimated that not one-eighth of the people of the United States attend public worship on Sunday.


1876 Lighting Express
Virginia City and San Francisco train schedule
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

White Mountain Rolls - Sixteen cups of flour, half cup of sugar, cup of butter, cup of...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., October 26, 1881

Dewitt's D & C Expectorant
For Coughs Due to Colds
E. C. Dewitt & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
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
Bath, Maine, USA

1894 - Fire - BATH SUFFERED A HEAVY LOSS
About Half a Million Dollars' Damage by the Fire of Sunday.

BATH, Me., Jan. 29 - The fire in Bath yesterday was the worst the city had ever known. The heart of the business section lies in ruins.... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 30, 1894
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Old Town, Maine, USA

1898 - TRAIN WRECKED IN MAINE.
OLD TOWN, Me., Jan. 29. - The St. John Train No. 29, or what is called down here the Provincial Express, was wrecked in the cut at Orono Basin Mills at 3:45 this afternoon, and six cars, including... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 30, 1898
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Peekskill, New York, USA

1900 - DEPEW OPERA HOUSE BURNED. FIRE DESTROY'S THE SENATOR'S PROPERTY AT PEEKSKILL - LOSS, $40,000.
Peekskill, N. Y., Jan. 20. - The Depew Opera House, here, owned by Senator CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW, was destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is estimated at about $40,000.

The fire was discovered... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 30, 1900
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Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (South Deerfield)

1907 - SIGNAL WRONG; 5 KILLED. Defect in the Boston & Maine System Causes a Wreck.
DEERFIELD, Mass., Jan. 29. - Five men were killed and one seriously injured, as the result of a freight train running into the rear of a passenger train to-day, on the Fitchburg Division of the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 30, 1907
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1847  January 30 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.

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1869  Young Sears, the richest boy in America, who has been attending school at South Williamstown, Mass., was, it is said, killed on the 16th, while coasting, having slid against a rock by which his brains were dashed out.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  The Kansas Legistlature, on the 19th, indefinitely postponed the resolution allowing negroes to vote. A concurrent resolution asking Senator Ross to resign was laid over.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  The Utah Legislature had adopted a memorial to Congress for admission as a State.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  Late Arizona advices say sickness of a malignant type prevailed at Tuscon [sic]. Almost every person in the place had been attacked, and many died.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  A St. Louis dispatch of the 22d reports that General Sherman had been quite ill for several days past.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  The Merchant's Hotel at Riviere de Loup, Canada, was destroyed by fire on the morning of the 22d. Four of the inmates were burned to death and several injured.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  The county poor of Chemung, N. Y., are fed at the rate of sixty-three cents a week per head.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  California proposes to hold a World's Fair in 1870, and the Pacific railroad agrees to carry passengers at half fare.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  An attempt to poison a miller at St. Johnsbury, Vt.,was made a few days ago
by leaving a plug of tobacco in his mill, with strychine enough to kill twenty men concealed in one end of it.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  The New York Sun says: "Four hours of good hard study in the morning is as much as should be required of any child under fourteen years of age, girls especially."


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  It is estimated that not one-eighth of the people of the United States attend public worship on Sunday.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  Ladies are to be admitted to Cornell University next fall.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  A Christmas goose, sent to two prisoners in a Canada jail, was stuffed with files and steel saws. They appreciated the stuffing.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  Prussia has lent a number of farmers near Insterburg from $1,500 to $3,500 each, to enable them to improve their farms.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  More than fifteen hundred deaths occur in London every week.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

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In New France, children of fur traders and their Indian wives were known as Metis.
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Diving Horse, Lake Compounce

Foley Cathartic Tablets
Foley & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
Died January 30

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

1896 - Invasion of Crabs


Johnny's Motor Sales
196 Main St.
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

Hayfield of Joshua T. Durfee, Tiverton, R.I., which was seeded down four years ago with Hubbard's "Bone Base" Fertilizers. Last Spring it cut, first crop, over four tons of hay per acre. Remember, it was dry.
Waterville, Maine, USA

1882 - Boiler Explosion
WATERVILLE, Me., Jan. 28. - The boiler in the steam mill of the Kennebec Framing Company at Fairfield exploded this morning with terrific force. A son of ex-Warden Rice was killed, and John Avery,... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 29, 1882
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1887 - Mrs. Joseph Farrell, of Winnipeg, is famed as the first white woman married in the Canadian Northwest.
The ceremony took place at Fort Whoop-Up in 1877. It was the occasion of a big blowout on the part of the Blood and Blackfeet Indians, who turned out in great numbers in holiday garb, firing guns,... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 29, 1887
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

If you expect a friend to meet you at the end of your journey, sit near the door of the steam-boat...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
Duluth, Minnesota, USA

1888 - DULUTH'S BIG BLAZE. THE HANDSOME OPERA HOUSE A TOTAL WRECK - LOSS $250,000.
Duluth, Jan. 29. - At 1:50 o'clock a.m. fire was discovered in the opera house block.

In thirty minutes the whole building was in a blaze.

The building contained the opera house, BOYCE &... Read MORE...

Mitchell Daily Republican -  Mitchell, South Dakota -  January 29, 1888
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Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA

1896 - Invasion of Crabs
The other morning the beach for a mile or more near Old Saybrook, Conn., was covered in spots with hundreds of fine softshell crabs. The fishermen were unable to account for the phenomenon, but they... Read MORE...

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New York Herald-Tribune -  New York, New York -  January 29, 1896
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

1899 - CANDELEMAS DAY AT HAND.
Something About That Day and the Practices and Beliefs Popularly Associated with It.

The careless, everyday reader, who is too busy to trouble himself about musty historic matters and exact dates, ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 29, 1899
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Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)

1907 - BIG PUBLISHING HOUSE BURNED - Phelps Co., at Springfield, Mass., Sustain Loss Estimated at $1,000,000 - Spontaneous Combustion Started Fire.
Springfield, Mass., Jan. 28. - The entire plant of the Phelps Publishing Company, comprising four buildings and covering nearly an acre of ground, was destroyed by fire to-day, causing a loss... Read MORE...

Charlotte Daily Observer -  Charlotte, North Carolina -  January 29, 1907
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Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

1907 - MR. A. J. DRAPER'S MISHAP.
Mischievous Boys Place Big Rock in Road and Mr. Draper, Returning From Gastonia, at Night, Injures His New Machine.

Mr. A. J. Draper, secretary and treasurer of the Chadwick, Hoskins, Louise,... Read MORE...

Charlotte Daily Observer -  Charlotte, North Carolina -  January 29, 1907
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1921 January 29, 1921 - A small but intense windstorm resulted in the "Great Olympic Blowdown" in the Pacific Northwest.

Hurricane force winds, funneled along the mountains, downed vast expanses of Douglas fir trees, and the storm destroyed eight billion board feet of timber. Winds at North Head WA gusted to 113 mph.

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January 29, 1921
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Glen Cove, New York, USA

1958 - Auto Crash May Doom Career of Campanella - Dodgers' Catcher Paralyzed
GLEN COVE, N.Y., Jan. 28 (AP) - Roy Campanella's brilliant career as one of baseball's greatest catchers appeared at an end today. A grinding automobile accident broke his neck and left him... Read MORE...

Los Angeles Times -  Los Angeles, California -  January 29, 1958
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1870  Mr. David S. Draper, of Great Barrington, Mass., refuses to be qualified as Representative elect, on the ground that he was elected without his consent.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  Maine has a mail carrier, now 76 years of age, who has carried the mail daily from North Monmouth to Monmouth Centre for twenty-one years, and has missed but one trip during that time.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  At Bennington, Vt., a physician gave a man up to die, but going home he broke his leg, and his patient was the one who made him a crutch to hobble about on.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  The number of emigrants that left Switzerland for over sea in 1868 numbered 9,752, of whom 4,755 came to America.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  The practice of torturing prisoners in order to make them confess, which has been abolished by most civilized nations, still exists in Switzerland.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  We see it stated that a farmer near Waterloo, N. Y., has two hens which lay two eggs each every day, and have done so for some time past.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1886  January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885).

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1948 Thursday, January 29, 1948 - Looking Backward - 50 Years Ago
Gimlich & White are storing immense quantities of ice from Silver Lake. Twenty teams are drawing the cakes and 40 men are cutting and stacking.

The Berkshire Evening Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts

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

Quebec - Did you know? It is the old custom in French Canada (originating in Europe) to bury the dead in the church...Read MORE...



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Shawsheen River

Home of Slater Trust Company, Main St., cor. East Ave., Pawtucket, R.I.
Over 50 years Conservative Banking. Many Larger, Few Stronger. Visitors and Inquiries Welcome.
Died January 29

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

1871 - Oyster Can Explodes

Springfield, Vermont, USA

1853 - Fire at Springfield, Vermont.
SPRINGFIELD, Vt., Monday, Jan. 26. A large Grist and Saw Mill, two miles south of Centre Village, Springfield, Vt., belonging to William Gould, was destroyed by fire this morning. Insured for $2,300... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 28, 1853
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A. K. Hawkes Company glasses
found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida
Munich, Bavaria, Germany

1871 - The King of Bavaria came near drowning last December.
He was skating in the neighborhood of Munich, when the ice broke and he fell in. A private soldier who was near saved the King's life with great difficulty at the risk of his own life. The King... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 28, 1871
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Lexington, Kentucky, USA

1871 - Oyster Can Explodes
A sealed can of oysters carelessly left on the embers in a store at Lexington, Ky., the other day, exploded with tremendous force, bursting the grate to atoms, shaking the house, and severely... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 28, 1871
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Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA

1871 - Double Tragedy
A young married woman, apparently in good health, fell dead in Coatesville, Chester Co., Pa., a few days ago, while preparing dinner, and her aged mother, hastening down stairs on being summoned,... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald  -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 28, 1871
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Sharon, Pennsylvania, USA

1871  Killed by a Pencil

A Mr. Bonacher, of Sharon, Penn., recently slipped and fell, and the point of a lead pencil which he carried in his pocket penetrated his side, causing almost instant death.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 28, 1871
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Chicken Mayonnaise - Cut up some chickens and fry them nicely in butter. Let them get cold,...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., November 17, 1880
Sacramento, California, USA

1871  Sophisticated Young Criminals

In Sacramento, Cal., a band of nine boys has just been broken up, which had all the signs, passwords, etc., of an organized robber band, and within two years had committed many crimes.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 28, 1871
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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
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

1871 - Revolver Maker Leaves Large Fortune
Ethan Allen, who recently died in Worcester, Mass., at the age of sixty-four, preceded Colt in the manufacture of revolvers. One of his earliest inventions was the "pepper-box revolver," produced in... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 28, 1871
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Old Town, Maine, USA

1871 - Clock Accident
A few days ago, while the clock on the St. James Episcopal Church, in Old-town, Me., was being wound up, the chain attached to one of the wights parted, and the ponderous iron weight went crushing... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 28, 1871
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Hinsdale, Massachusetts, USA

1871  Boiler Explodes

A locomotive exploded its boiler near Hinsdale, on the Boston & Albany Railroad a few nights ago, scalding five men, two of whom, Engineer Hustard and Joseph H. Eustace, of Boston, have since died.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 28, 1871
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Never eat every morsel that is upon your plate; and surely no lady will ever scrape her plate, or...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
Burlington, Vermont, USA

1882 - WORK OF A SEVERE GALE.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 27. - At 7 o'clock this morning this city was visited by the severest gale for many years, doing great damage to property. One wall of the Burlington and Lamville Railroad... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 28, 1882
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Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, USA

1888 - In Wisconsin spirit thermometers on the 21st registered 68 degrees below zero at Chippewa Falls,
36 below at Janesville, 55 at Hudson, 52 at Dartford, 53 at Princeton, 50 at Sparta, 52 at Green Lake, and extreme cold was reported in other portions of the State. In the northern portions of... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 28, 1888
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1888  The doors of the First National Bank of Auburn, N.Y., were closed on the 23d, the result of a defalcation of $200,000 on the part of its cashier, Charles O'Brien, who had fled.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  On the 21st Oscar F. Beckwith, the Austerlitz murderer was sentenced to be hanged March 1, at Hudson, N. Y. This was the sixth time he had been sentenced.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  A portion of the Holyoke (Mass.) Envelope Company;s mill was burned on the 22d. Loss, $325,000.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  In portions of Vermont and New Hampshire the mercury registered 30 degrees below zero on the 21st.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  In Western Nebraska a coal famine existed on the 21st, and coal trains on the Union Pacific were being stopped and robbed.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  Brewere Arsendorf, who was twice tried at Sioux City, Ia., for the Haddock murder, spent a fortune. His defense cost him over $175,000 and he is now reduced to traveling for a Milwaukee concern.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  An Apache Indian at San Carlos, A. T., got drunk on the 21st, killed his wife and child, and was shot by a sergeant of the guard.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  Governor Martin, of Kansas, authorized the statement on the 23d that great distress prevailed in the extreme southwestern part of the State, owing to the failure of the crops last year and the rigor of the winter.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  A fire on the 25th in Barber & Co.'s thread-mill at Allentown, Pa., caused a loss of $250,000.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

America - Did you know? June 25, 1876 - Lt. Col. George A. Custer"s regiment is wiped out by Sioux Indians under Sitting...Read MORE...



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New High School and Wolf Memorial Gateway

The Fish Net & Twine Co.
Found at St Augustine Lighthouse, St Augustine, Florida
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Monday, January 27, 2020

1872 Advice - Never repeat to a person with whom you converse, any unpleasant speech you may have heard...

Middlefield, Massachusetts, USA

1873 - COLLISION OF FREIGHT TRAINS ON A BRIDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS - THREE LIVES LOST AND SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.
From the Springfield (Mass.) Union. Jan. 25.
A most disastrous accident occurred on the Boston and Albany Railroad last evening, a short distance beyond Middlefield. The first of the afternoon... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 27, 1873
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Murray & Lanman's Florida Water

To the rich and to the poor,
To all people of taste,
at home,
on ship board,
at the seaside,
in the mountains.

No article will afford so much pleasure or contribute so largely to comfort as Murray & Lanman's Florida Water...
Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA

1874  Earthquake

Citizens of Chelmsford, Mass. report a perceptible shock of earthquake at that place on Sunday noon, which shock shook buildings and caused considerable alarm.

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Philadelphia Inquirer -  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -  January 27, 1874
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Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

1885 - THE STATE INSANE ASYLUM ON FIRE.
Indianapolis, Jan. 27. - Fire at the insane hospital this morning was got under control after destroying the engine room, laundry and bakery, and some smaller apartments located in the rear of the... Read MORE...

Fort Wayne Sentinel -  Fort Wayne, Indiana -  January 27, 1885
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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

1895 - ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDE. THE DEATH OF TWO PERSONS, AT LEAST, BEYOND A DOUBT.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 26. - Two men were fatally and five other persons seriously injured in a collision between two electric cars near this city today. The collision occurred on a sharp curve, and ... Read MORE...

St. Paul Globe -  St. Paul, Minnesota -  January 27, 1895
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Weston, Massachusetts, USA

1908 - Boston Banker's Home At Weston Is Burned
Weston, Jan. 26, Lack of water so badly handicaped (sic) the Weston firemen in fighting a blaze on the Conant road estate of George G. McCAUSLAND, vice president of the First National Bank in Boston, ... Read MORE...

The Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  January 27, 1908
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Potato Cakes for Breakfast - Save from dinner a soup-plate of mashed potatoes, add to it a...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., April 27, 1881
Everett, Massachusetts, USA

1908 - BLOCK OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
Everett, Mass., Jan. 27. - Nearly an entire block of buildings, including the Masonic Hall, was destroyed by fire early in the day, with a loss of about $75,000. The local department was unable to... Read MORE...

Edwardsville Intelligencer  -  Edwardsville, Illinois -  January 27, 1908
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Nicoll the Tailor
9 South Illinois St.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Everett, Massachusetts, USA

1908 - PASSENGERS CUT BY GLASS AS CARS CRASH
The passengers of two outward-bound electrics were thrown into confusion as the two cars collided yesterday afternoon in Glendale square, Everett. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt, although... Read MORE...

The Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  January 27, 1908
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Long Beach, New York, USA

1922 - LONG BEACH FIRE ROUTS 100 IN HOTEL. QUICK AID FROM NEARBY TOWNS SAVES THE NASSAU FROM EARLY MORNING BLAZE. BOARDWALK IS BURNED.
SEVERAL SHOPS PREY TO FLAMES, WHICH CAUSES $50,000 DAMAGE - COLD NUMBS FIREMEN.

The Hotel Nassau, at Long Beach, was threatened by a fire which started in one of the small boardwalk shops at the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 27, 1922
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Plattsburgh, New York, USA

1929 - SIX RESCUED IN PLATTSBURG NORMAL FIRE. TEACHER DROPS PUPILS FROM WINDOW TO GROUND.
Plattsburg, Jan. 26 - Fire believed to have started in the basement as a result of an explosion of an oil burning furnace destroyed Plattsburg Normal School yesterday noon with an estimated loss of... Read MORE...

The Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  January 27, 1929
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Never repeat to a person with whom you converse, any unpleasant speech you may have heard...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
State College, Pennsylvania, USA

1953 - FOUR KILLED IN PLANE CRASH AT STATE COLLEGE.
State College (AP) - Three food executives and a 4-year-old woman, en route to the national potato chip convention in New York City, were killed yesterday when their private plane crashed in an... Read MORE...

Gazette And Bulletin -  Williamsport, Pennsylvania -  January 27, 1953
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1966 January 27, 1966 - Oswego, NY, was in the midst of a five day lake effect storm which left the town buried under 102 inches of snow.

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Fort Dodge, Iowa
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Sunday, January 26, 2020

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1861 - January 21 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
...Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, formally took leave of the Senate in a few eloquent remarks. He wished to part with his late associates with kindness and good feeling, and if at any time he had wounded ... Read MORE...

The Raleigh Register -  Raleigh, North Carolina -  January 26, 1861
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Dover, Delaware
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

1882 - LARGE FIRE IN WOONSOCKET. A DEPOT AND SEVERAL STORES DESTROYED - LOSS ABOUT $100,000.
BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 25. - A special from Woonsocket, R. I., says: "A fire broke out at 2:30 A. M. in the basement of the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company's depot, occupied by Charles W.... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 26, 1882
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New Haven, Connecticut, USA

1886 - AN EXPLOSION OF GAS.
NEW-HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 27. - People living in the lower part of the city were alarmed at noon to-day by what seemed like an earthquake shook preceded by a sharp report. Almost immediately thereafter... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 26, 1886
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Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

1896 - The First Canadian Novelist
Mr. J. M. Le Moine, the Canadian litterateur, says that "The History of Emily Montague," published in London by Dodsley, in 1769, was the earliest novel written in Canada, and Sillery, Quebec, where... Read MORE...

Worcester Daily Spy -  Worcester, Massachusetts -  January 26, 1896
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A Simple Apple Sauce
Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - Franklin County - Greenfield - Fatal Fall from a Piazza Roof
Mrs. Luke M. Thornton met with an accident yesterday morning while shaking a rug from the roof of a piazza at her home on Chapman Street and died from the injuries at 6 o'clock last evening. The roof ... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  January 26, 1900
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Athol, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - BOX FACTORY AT SOUTH ATHOL BURNED.
H. H. Rice’s box factory at South Athol was destroyed by fire at 1 o’clock yesterday morning. The fire caught near the engine-room from an unknown cause. It was first observed by a passer-by who... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  January 26, 1900
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Mohawk, Montgomery, New York, USA (Fonda)

1909 - HOTEL ROY BURNED. Fonda Landmark Destroyed - Night Porter Injured While Escaping
FONDA, Jan 26 - The most disastrous fire that has visited this village since 1899 was discovered about 2 p.m. yesterday in Hotel Roy. The fire was first discovered by Miss Agnes Miller, an employee... Read MORE...

Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  January 26, 1909
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

1911 - FAMOUS HOTEL DESTROYED TODAY.
Asbury Park, Jan. 26. - The famous West End Hotel was partly destroyed by fire today with a loss of fifty thousand dollars.

Several other famous hostelries were threatened at the time, but finally ... Read MORE...

Olean Times -  New York -  January 26, 1911
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

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Troy, New York, USA

1911 - HEAVY FIRE LOSS IN CITY OF TROY. BUSINESS STRUCTURE DESTROYED AT LOSS OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
Troy, N. Y., Jan. 26. - The Boston store and several other structures in the business section of this city were destroyed by fire early this morning, entailing a loss estimated at $300,000.

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Olean Times -  Olean, New York -  January 26, 1911
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Jackson, Michigan, USA

1914 - FIVE ARE KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH. FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAINS ON MICHIGAN CENTRAL COLLIDE AT JACKSON. THE DEATH LIST MAY BE LARGER. SEVERAL ARE MISSING AND SOME OF THE SERIOUSLY INJURED MAY DIE.
Jackson, Mich., Jan. 26. - The bodies of four persons were removed early today from the wreck of the Michigan Central passenger train No. 70 from Bay City to Jackson, which met headon with a... Read MORE...

The La Crosse Tribune -  La Crosse, Wisconsin -  January 26, 1914
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1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call,
facilitated by a newly invented vacuum tube amplifier, ceremonially inaugurated by Alexander Graham Bell in New York City and his former assistant Thomas A. Watson, in San Francisco, California.... Read MORE...

Altoona Tribune -  Altoona, Pennsylvania -  January 26, 1915
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North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

1920 - 15 DEAD IN CRASH ON CANADIAN ROAD. First Section of Vancouver Express Sleeper Telescoped by Engine of Second.
Mother and Two Sons Among the Killed, Bride and Bridegroom Among the Injured.

NORTH BAY, Ont., Jan. 25. - Fifteen persons are dead and a large number injured as the result of a collision to-day... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 26, 1920
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1889  The barge Josephine was wrecked on the 21st off Hull, Mass., and three of the crew were drowned.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

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Saturday, January 25, 2020

1880 - Chicken Mayonnaise

Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

1821 January 25, 1821 - The Hudson River was frozen solid during the midst of the coldest winter in forty-one years.

Thousands of persons crossed the ice from New York City to New Jersey, and refreshment taverns were set up in the middle of the river to warm pedestrians.

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Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1882 - HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL BURNED. ONLY THE WALLS LEFT STANDING - A LOSS OF $200,000.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 24. - The public High School was destroyed by fire early this morning, the walls only being left standing. The fire started, it is supposed, from a stove in the basement, which... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 25, 1882
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Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

1889 - Tarred by White Caps
Fall River, Mass., Jan 24. - "Sim" Sherman has been boarding at the house of Clark King on what is known as the King road, near Bliss' Four Corners, Tiverton, R. I. The attentions of Sherman to Mrs.... Read MORE...

The Inter Ocean -  Chicago, Illinois -  January 25, 1889
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Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls)

1900 - CHICOPEE. FIRE IN RINER’S CLOTHING STORE.
A fire broke out last night about 10:10 in Mendel Riner’s clothing store at 20 Springfield street, Market square. The flames started in the rear part of the store, near the stove, in which there was... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  January 25, 1900
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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Middlefield, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - MIDDLEFIELD. A CHILD DIES FROM BURNS.
Ralph Eugene Ferris, the youngest child of Charles H. Ferris, died on Saturday from the effect of burns. Mrs. Ferris was getting ready to mop the floor and turned to get some cold water to add to the ... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  January 25, 1900
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Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA (Grand Kaukaulin)

1904 - FIREMEN'S BITTER FIGHT. Kaukauna Has Blaze Sunday Morning
(Special to the Northwestern.)

Kaukauna, Wis., Jan. 25. - With the thermometer 26 degrees below zero and with face and hands frozen, brave Kaukauna firemen battled with a stubborn fire Sunday... Read MORE...

The Daily Northwestern -  Oshkosh, Wisconsin -  January 25, 1904
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Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA (Shelburne Falls)

1907 - ENGINE DERAILED ON TRESTLE
Narrow Escape From Bad Wreck on Boston and Maine Road Near Shelburne Falls.

A narrow escape from a serious accident occurred Wednesday evening on the bridge across the Deerfield river at Shelburne ... Read MORE...

Springfield Daily Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  January 25, 1907
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Ellsworth, Maine, USA

1907 - $25,000 FIRE AT ELLSWORTH.
Ellsworth, Me., Jan. 25. - Hampered by frozen hydrants and in a temperature of 25 degrees below zero the volunteer firemen of Ellsworth, battled the Masonic block, a three-story brick structure on... Read MORE...

Daily Kennebec Journal -  Maine -  January 25, 1907
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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...



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West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

1907 - Boy Recovering
WEST SPRINGFIELD.
Timothy O'Keefe, the seven-year-old boy who received bad cuts on the forehead Wednesday afternoon while sliding on the school grounds, is recovering at the home of his parents on... Read MORE...

Springfield Daily Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  January 25, 1907
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Washington, DC, USA

1907 - FIRE WRECKS THEATER. ACADEMY OF MUSIC LAID WASTE BY EARLY MORNING BLAZE. POLICE RESCUE OCCUPANTS.
FLAMES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN GUT AUDITORIUM AND STAGE, COMPLETELY DESTROYING OUTFIT OF "SECRETS OF POLICE" COMPANY, PLAYING WEEK'S ENGAGEMENT - FIREMEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE.

One of the largest fires... Read MORE...

The Washington Post -  Washington, D.C. -  January 25, 1907
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Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA (Ayers Village)

1913  Women Barbers

Haverhill, Massachusetts, master barbers, who have refused to grant the demands of the barbers' union for a $13 minimum wage, have engaged women barbers to take the places of the strikers.

The Ottawa Journal -  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -  January 25, 1913
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1919 - February 26 – Grand Canyon National Park: An act of the United States Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park.
GRAND CANYON TO BECOME PARK AFTER FIGHT OF 33 YEARS

The senate bill to make the Grand Canyon a national park was passed last Monday and sent to conference. In the area set aside are 996 square... Read MORE...

Mohave County Miner -  Kingman, Arizona -  January 25, 1919
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

1936 - Six Army Fliers Killed in Hawaiian Crash; 2 Bombers Fall in Flames After Collision
HONOLULU, Jan. 24 — Six army fliers were killed tonight when two big bombing planes collided 1,000 feet over Luke Field and plunged to the ground in flames. The victims of one of Hawaii's worst... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 25, 1936
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Waterville, Maine, USA

1936 - $35,000 BLAZE AT WATERVILLE.
Waterville, Me., Jan. 24. - Damage of about $35,000 was done to the two-story brick HAINES building on Silver street early Thursday by a fire which threatened to spread to the adjoining MORRISON... Read MORE...

Portsmouth Herald -  Portsmouth, New Hampshire -  January 25, 1936
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Marietta, Ohio, USA

1937 - MARIETTA BADLY HIT - Water 20 Feet Deep Swirls In Parts Of Business Area; 500 Homes Affected.
At Martins Ferry the Ohio [River] was at a 46 foot stage after it had dropped to 44 feet Sunday afternoon. The crest was stationary at 51 feet at Marietta but the Muskingum was rising again due to... Read MORE...

Repository -  Canton, Ohio -  January 25, 1937
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1879  A schoolmistress in Newburgh, N. Y., was arrested for whipping a boy.
She proved the boy bad, and, instead of having to pay $2,000 she secured a verdict of $25 against the boy's parents for the annoyance of arrest.

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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1917  January 25 – An anti-prostitution drive in San Francisco occurs and police close about 200 prostitution houses.

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1924  January 25 - First Olympic Winter Games



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Friday, January 24, 2020

1915 - The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the United States Congress. PLACE OF BEAUTY IS NEW NATIONAL PARK IN THE ROCKIES

1848 - January 24 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California.
Many people in California figured gold was there, but it was James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848, who saw something shiny in Sutter Creek near Coloma, California. He had discovered gold... Read MORE...

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1904 HELP WANTED ad
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Montpelier, Vermont, USA

1877  FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

MONTPELIER, Jan. 23. - Michael Dingley, of Bethel, a fireman on a freight train on the Central Vermont Railway, was killed this morning at Montpelier Junction.

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 24, 1877
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Peekskill, New York, USA

1880 - A New York dispatch says: It is believed a practically inexhaustible supply of emery ore has been discovered near Peekskill.
The discovery is regarded as one of the greatest importance, from the fact that this metal, in a sufficiently pure state to make it marketable, is found in only one place in the United States - near... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 24, 1880
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Buffalo, New York, USA

1891 - A BIG BLAZE IN BUFFALO. WARNER BROTHERS' NEW BUILDING LAID IN ASHES.
THE LOSS ON BUILDING AND STOCK IN FOUR STORES ABOUT $300,000, FULLY INSURED - TWO FIREMEN TAKEN FROM THE RUINS DEAD.

BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 23. - The new and handsome building of Warner Brothers,... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 24, 1891
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Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA

1893 - Fire in a Pennsylvania Mine.
HAZLETON, Pa., Jan. 23. - During the cold weather Evans & Co., at Beaver Meadow, placed furnaces along the stop leading to their operations to keep ice from forming on the rails and interfering with... Read MORE...

The Daily Review -  Decatur, Illinois -  January 24, 1893
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1904 ad
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St. John Daily Sun, St. John, New Brunswick - June 29, 1904
Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

1893 - Ferdinand Allard.
Ferdinand Allard has rediscovered the lost art of hardening copper. He was born at Cap Sante, Que., seventy-six years ago, and has worked at the blacksmithing trade for fifty years. He was in such... Read MORE...

The York Daily -  York, Pennsylvania -  January 24, 1893
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Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

1908 - Million Dollar Blaze this Morning at Portland, Maine
Fire Started in the City Hall, Destroying County Records for the Past One Hundred Years - the Fire Chief Badly Hurt.

Portland, Maine, Jan 24. - A conflagration visited this city early this morning ... Read MORE...

Lima Daily News -  Lima, Ohio -  January 24, 1908
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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
1915 - The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the United States Congress.
PLACE OF BEAUTY IS NEW NATIONAL PARK IN THE ROCKIES

Congress has just set aside 700 square miles of mountainous region near Denver which will hereafter be known as the Rocky Mountain National... Read MORE...

The Bismarck Tribune -  Bismarck, North Dakota -  January 24, 1915
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1908  January 24 – Start of publication of Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys in London. The book will over time sell over 100 million copies and effectively begin the worldwide Boy Scout movement.

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1935  January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company

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Eugene, Oregon
Thursday, December 18, 1917
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