Wednesday, February 19, 2020

1800s - Pig's Foot Cheese

Essex, Massachusetts, USA

1857 - CURIOUS INCIDENT.
In the snow storm on the night of the 18th, the dwelling house of Mr. William Perkins, a good-sized two-story house, located under the brow of a hill, in the town of Essex, Mass., was completely... Read MORE...

The Pittsfield Sun -  Pittsfield, Massachusetts -  February 19, 1857
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Foley Cathartic Tablets
Foley & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

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Alton, Illinois, USA

1868 - Fire in Alton, Ill.
Louisville, Ky., Tuesday,. Feb. 18. FLACKENECKER'S grocery-store, and three or four adjoining buildings in Alton, Ill., were burned on Sunday night. The loss is about $15,000. The insurance has not... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  February 19, 1868
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Pig's Foot Cheese - Boil the hocks and feet of equal quantity loose in a pot till the meat...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., March 23, 1881
Ludlow, Vermont, USA

1896 - MANY INJURED IN A RAILROAD WRECK A Vermont Central Train Leaves the Track and Goes over an Embankment.
LUDLOW, Vt., Feb. 18. - A dozen or more persons were injured by the wrecking of a passenger train on the Vermont Central Railroad a mile north of this place this morning. Those most seriously hurt... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  February 19, 1896
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Metaphen in Oil
Abbott Laboratories
Chicago, Illinois
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

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Rutland, Vermont, USA

1906 - NEARLY A MILLION Fire at Rutland Vermont, Destroys Six Blocks.
Rutland, Vt., Feb. 19. - Six large brick blocks in the business section of the city, occupied by nearly a score of firms and many smaller tenants were destroyed by fire: Loss $750,000.

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The Lima Times Democrat -  Lima, Ohio -  February 19, 1906
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Hornell, New York, USA (Hornellsville)

1913 - Page House at Hornell burned Down Today
Hornell, Feb. 19. - The Hotel Page on Main Street was destroyed by fire today. The building was owned by the Page estate. The loss to the building and contents will be about $80,000, partially... Read MORE...

Olean Evening Times -  New York -  February 19, 1913
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New Rochelle, New York, USA

1914 - Girls Fight School Fire. Oaksmere Students Also Dig Engine Out of the Snow.
Special to The New York Times.

New Rochelle, N.Y., Feb. 18.-Fifty school girls of the Oaksmere School in New Rochelle fought desperately to save their recitation hall and gymnasium when it burned... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  February 19, 1914
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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
Mechanicville, New York, USA (Mechanicsville)

1930 - MAN KILLED AS IRON PIPE FALLS
Mechanicville, N. Y., Feb. 19 - Joseph Mezerowicz, 41, was killed instantly here when a 30-foot iron stand-pipe fell on him while it was being moved in the Boston & Maine Railroad shops, where he was ... Read MORE...

Portsmouth Herald -  Portsmouth, New Hampshire -  February 19, 1930
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1870  A ship-load of Mormon emigrants, mostly from Wales, arrived at New York on the 9th, and would start overland immediately.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

1881  February 19 – Kansas becomes the first U.S. state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.

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1884 February 19, 1884 - Severe thunderstorms spawned sixty tornadoes in the southeastern U.S., killing more than 420 persons and causing three million dollars damage. Georgia and the Carolinas hardest were hit in the tornado outbreak.

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 America - Did you know? January 24, 1848 - Gold is discovered at Sutter"s Mill in California.

 Quebec - Did you know? French Canadians celebrate Dollard Day on the Monday preceding May 25. The day honors a...Read MORE...



Countries and Their Cultures - French-Canadians (www.everyculture.com)
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Junction of Hudson and Scandaga Rivers, Luzerne, N.Y.

The Computing Scale Co.
Dayton, Ohio
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

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Died February 19

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