Tuesday, March 31, 2020

1876 - THE MAD WATERS. Giving Way of the Dam at Worcester, Mass. A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF THE SCENE.


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Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA

1845 - DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CARLISLE.
We learn by a slip from the office of the Carlisle Herald, that about one o'clock on Monday morning last, a fire was discovered in the council house of the borough of Carlisle, in the basement story... Read MORE...

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Independence, Missouri, USA

1860 - EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AT INDEPENDENCE, MO. HOTELS, STORES, AND DWELLINGS CONSUMED.
Independence, Mo., Friday, March 30 - 2 A.M.
A fire broke out here at about 11 o'clock last night, which thus far has consumed nearly the whole south side of the City, and should the wind continue... Read MORE...

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Cambridge, New York, USA

1873 - SERIOUS ACCIDENT Two Men Killed and Eleven Wounded Near Cambridge, N. Y.
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.

CAMBRIDGE, N. Y., March 30. - The New York and Montreal express-train, on the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, consisting of an engine, and express... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 31, 1873
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Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

1876 - THE MAD WATERS. Giving Way of the Dam at Worcester, Mass. A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF THE SCENE.
WORCESTER, March 30. - Later advices from the broken dam are of a more assuring character. Large tree trunks, bales of hay and loads of dirt are being thrown into the gap and the rush of water is... Read MORE...

Decatur Daily Republican -  Decatur, Illinois -  March 31, 1876
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The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., March 23, 1881
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

1879 - A MADISON BLAZE. One of the Finest Blocks in the City Gutted
Soon after one o'clock this afternoon the third and upper story of the great stone building at the southwest corner of Main and Pinckney streets, and owned the Fairchild estate, was discovered to be... Read MORE...

Oshkosh Daily Northwestern -  Oshkosh, Wisconsin -  March 31, 1879
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Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA

1879 - BREWERY BURNED. Total Destruction of Horn & Schwain's Brewery.
About five o'clock Sunday morning the brewery on Duty street just south of 16th street owned by A. Horn and Leonard Schwain estate was totally destroyed by fire. It seems that a fire broke out in the ... Read MORE...

Oshkosh Daily Northwestern -  Oshkosh, Wisconsin -  March 31, 1879
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1736  March 31 - Belleuve Hospital founded in a New York City almshouse - 1st public hospital in the US

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1880  March 31 - Illuminated by Electricity
1880: Wabash, Indiana, became first incorporated community in the world to be completely illuminated by electricity.
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1888  In the Blanchard and Sandusky rivers at Findlay and Tiffin, O, high water had on the 27th driven many families from their homes.


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1890  March 31 - Saint Louis, MO, received 20 inches of snow in 24 hours.

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Sunday, March 29, 2020

1881 - Fried Pumpkin


The Sanitary Still
The Cuprigraph Co.
79 North Green Street
Chicago, Ill.

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July 1898

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Manchester, Connecticut, USA

1888 - A BAD RAILROAD ACCIDENT. BOTH THE ENGINEER AND FIREMAN KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
Hartford, Conn., March 28. - There was a bad accident on the New York and New England Railroad near Manchester at 8 o'clock this morning by which the engineer and fireman of a passenger train were... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 29, 1888
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Austin, Texas, USA

1897 - GREAT BLOW AT AUSTIN.
Part of the University Buildings Unroofed and Other Damage.

Austin, Tex., March 28. - The northern portion of the city was struck by a small sized cyclone this afternoon at 3 o'clock, which... Read MORE...

Dallas Morning News -  Dallas, Texas -  March 29, 1897
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Steele, North Dakota, USA

1902 - BLIZZARD VICTIM FOUND
STEELE, N. D., March 28. - The body of C. R. Stewart, one of the two sheep herders who were lost in the blizzard at the Chicago ranch, was found two miles from the ranch last night and was buried... Read MORE...

The Nebraska State Journal -  Lincoln, Nebraska -  March 29, 1902
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Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

1920 BRIDGE SWEPT AWAY, ONE MAN DROWNED - Flood Carries Iron Structure Down Stream at Brattleboro, Vt.
BRATTLEBORO, Vt., March 28. - The iron suspension bridge crossing the Connecticut River in this town was swept away by the swift current tonight.

Cornelius Flanagan, an aged resident of the town,... Read MORE...

The Philadelphia Inquirer -  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -  March 29, 1920
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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Toledo, Ohio, USA

1920 - Eight Known Dead.
(By Associated Press.)
TOLEDO, Mar. 29. - Eight persons are known to be dead and nearly 100 injured, some so seriously that their death is expected, in a storm of cyclonic intensity that struck... Read MORE...

The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel -  Fort Wayne, Indiana -  March 29, 1920
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A New Idea in Trunks
The Stallman Dresser Trunk
F. A. Stallman, Columbus O.

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July 1898

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Elgin, Illinois, USA

1920 - EIGHT KILLED, 100 HURT AT ELGIN IN STORM CAUSING $4,000,000 LOSS. TORNADO WRECKS BUSINESS SECTION AND DAMAGES VIRTUALLY EVERY HOME - WORSHIPPERS CRUSHED IN CHURCH - CITY PARALYZED - NOW UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Special to The New York Times.

Elgin, Ill., March 28. - Eight people are known to have been killed and a hundred were injured when a tornado swept over this city shortly after noon today. The... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 29, 1920
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Joliet, Illinois, USA

1920  Tornado

John Denver, of Joliet, Ill., was injured when his automobile was turned upside down by the wind. More than a score of barns in the neighborhood of Plainfield were demolished.

The Philadelphia Inquirer -  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -  March 29, 1920
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Manistique, Michigan, USA

1920 - MICHIGAN TOWN FLOODED. Manistique River Breaks Bounds; 50 Families Are Homeless.
MANISTIQUE, Mich. (AP) - Approximately 50 families were driven from their homes early Sunday when the Manistique river broke its bounds. Nearly a half mile of the residential and business sections... Read MORE...

The Idaho Daily Statesman -  Boise, Idaho -  March 29,1920
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Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

1922 - FAMOUS SHRINE IN RUINS. BASCILICA OF STE. ANNE DE BEAUPRE DESTROYED BY FIRE BUT STATUE AND HISTORICAL RELICS ARE SAVED.
DAMAGE SET AT $1,200,000

FLAMES BREAK OUT IN SACRISTY, SPREAD TO MONASTERY AND THEN TO BASILICA.

Apparatus Rushed From Quebec Able to Do Little to Check the Blaze -- Brothers Rush Into Blazing... Read MORE...

Lowell Sun  -  Lowell, Massachusetts -  March 29, 1922
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1848  March 29 - Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam

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Home Laundry Bucket $1

Home Laundry Bucket Co., Cortland, N.Y.

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Friday, March 27, 2020

1910 - WHEN THE EARTH BORES A HOLE THROUGH THE TAIL OF HALLEY'S COMET


Yellow Dock Root
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Claremont, New Hampshire, USA

1887 - FIRE IN A NEW-HAMPSHIRE TOWN.
CLAREMONT, N. H., March 26. - Early this morning fire was discovered in Brown's Block. The building was owned by Oscar J. Brown, and was very largely occupied by business firms, to a greater extent... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 27, 1887
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Louisville, Kentucky, USA

1890 - March 27 - A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky
The Louisville, Ky Outbreak - March 27, 1890 - At least 125 people were killed in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky, and 76 people were killed in the city of Louisville, Ky., alone - 44 of those in one ... Read MORE...

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Berlin, New Hampshire, USA (Maynesborough)

1898  Fire

BERLIN, N. H., March 26. - A fire which started in Cote's block on Main Street, about 1 o'clock this morning, partially destroyed the building, entailing a loss of $20,000; insurance, $17,000.

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 27, 1898
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1910 - Comet Halley is visible from Earth. It won't be seen again until 1986.
WHEN THE EARTH BORES A HOLE THROUGH THE TAIL OF HALLEY'S COMET
May 18, 1910 Will Be the Biggest Day in Astronomical History, When for the First Time the Coming Celestial Stranger's Eccentric Orbit... Read MORE...

Chicago Daily Tribune -  Chicago, Illinois -  March 27, 1910
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Burpee Farm Annual for 1898
The Leading American Seed Catalogue
W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelpha

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January 1898

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Sioux City, Iowa, USA

1912 - Fire Destroys Lindholm Store.
Sioux City, Iowa - Like so much tinder, the stock ad building occupied by the Lindholm Furniture company at the southwest corner of Fifth ad Douglas streets was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday... Read MORE...

The Iowa Recorder -  Greene, Iowa -  March 27, 1912
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Greeley, Colorado, USA

1937 - SECOND MAN DIES IN REFINERY BLAST. R. HOUSEWEART, 22, SUCCUMBS TO HIS BURNS. BODIES OF BOTH MEN ARE SENT TO KINDERHOOK, ILL., FOR BURIAL; GARD COLEMAN, 25, OTHER VICTIM OF SOUTH GREELEY EXPLOSION.
RAY (DOC) HOUSEWEART, 22, of Eaton and Kinderhook, Ill., died at 1:09 a.m. Saturday, slightly more than 24 hours after he had been burned in the explosion and fire which wrecked the Harry Osborn Oil... Read MORE...

Greeley Daily Tribune -  Greeley, Colorado -  March 27, 1937
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1851  March 27 – The first white men reportedly see Yosemite Valley.

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1883  Diptheria is prevalent at Nicolet, near Quebec.


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Philadelphia Botanic Co.
Pennyroyal Leaves
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Thursday, March 26, 2020

1870 - Woman Soldier

Ellsworth, Maine, USA

1870  Woman Soldier

The Ellsworth (Maine) American has had a visit from a woman in that vicinity who served in the army two years, dressed in male attire. She has resumed female habiliments, though she uses tobacco.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  March 26, 1870
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The Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hartford, Conn.

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New Lebanon, New York, USA

1870  The general term of the Supreme Court at Hudson, N. Y.,

has affirmed the decision of Judge Miller, in the noted habeas corpus case of Babour vs. Trustees of the New Lebanon Shakers, awarding the custody of a child held by the Shakers to its parents.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  March 26, 1870
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Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

1890 - CONFLAGRATIONS. Incendiarism at Bismarck, N. D.
BISMARCK, N. D., March 25. - Some one tried to burn up the town this morning. At 2 o'clock an incendiary started a blaze between two empty buildings, with the wind blowing sixty miles an hours. The... Read MORE...

The Sunday Inter Ocean -  Chicago, Illinois -  March 26, 1890
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Rockford, Illinois, USA

1890 - NARROW ESCAPE OF WORKMEN.
ROCKFORD, Ill., March 25. - Special Telegram---About 8 o'clock this morning the new factory of the Star Furniture Company collapsed, ruining it utterly. Twenty men at work on the structure barely... Read MORE...

The Sunday Inter Ocean -  Chicago, Illinois -  March 26, 1890
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A Merry Meal Makes Good Digestion
There's delight and health in a dish of Van Camp's Boston Baked Pork and Beans

Van Camp Packing Co., Indianapolis, Ind.

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January 1898

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1902 - May 20 – Cuba gains independence from the United States.
CUBA'S INDEPENDENCE
THE HOME GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CONTROL ON MAY 20TH
THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION
to take Place on that Day - The American Evacuation to Be Complete Except Military Forces in Coast... Read MORE...

The Wilmington Messenger -  Wilmington, North Carolina -  March 26, 1902
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Framingham, Massachusetts, USA (South Framingham)

1910 - MOTHER LOSES LIFE SAVES LITTLE BOY
Boston Journal Special Wire.
South Framingham, March 25. - It cost Mrs. William Tucker, 25 years old, of State street, Framingham Center, her life to protect her 3-year-old boy from a bonfire this... Read MORE...

The Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  March 26, 1910
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Milford, New Hampshire, USA

1910 Schoolhouse and Farm Buildings Are Burned
Milford, N. H., March 25. - Two forest fires that raged here simultaneously today destroyed the Shedd schoolhouse and the buildings on the Totterman estate in West Milford and the buildings on the... Read MORE...

The Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  March 26, 1910
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Storm Dresses — A lady who is obliged to go out frequently in bad weather, will find it both a...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
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam)

1910 - Gloucester Buildings Prey of Forest Fires
Boston Journal Special Wire.
Gloucester, March 25. - Grass and forest fires kept the local fire department busy most of the day. A barn on the Hovey estate at Fresh Water cove was destroyed this... Read MORE...

The Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  March 26, 1910
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1870  The iron moulders of Peekskill, N. Y., 300 in number, recently quite work on account of the determination of the owners of the foundries to reduce their wages by twenty per cent.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1872  March 26 – An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.2 strikes Lone Pine, California.

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Old Mother Hubbard she went to the cupboard and there made a find very nice. She said "with great ease Macaroni and Cheese - Van Camp's makes a meal in a trice."

Van Camp Packing Co., 302 Kentucky Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

1803 - 16 people aged 1,444 years

Westerly, Rhode Island, USA (Watch Hill) (Misquamicut)

1803 - 16 people aged 1,444 years
There are now living, in the town of Westerly, in the state of Rhode Island, sixteen persons, the amount of whose ages is, 1,444 years. The oldest being 102 years, and the youngest being 81 years.... Read MORE...

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Sendol
For Relief of Distress and Discomfort Due to Simple Aches, Pains and Colds

Sendol Co., Kansas City, Mo.
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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...



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Montgomery, Alabama, USA

1911 - Fire At Buckeye Plant.
The fire department was called to the plant of the Buckeye Cotton Seed Oil Mills on Maple Street this morning at 10:45 o'clock. The blaze originated in the seed rooms of the mill and was extinguished ... Read MORE...

The Montgomery Advertiser -  Montgomery, Alabama -  March 25, 1911
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Vinco Herb Tablets, A Laxative
Vinco Herb Company, Lafayette, Ind.

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1935  March 12-25 - Suffocating dust storms occurred frequently in southeastern Colorado between the 12th and the 25th of the month.

Six people died, and many livestock starved or suffocated. Up to six feet of dust covered the ground. Schools were closed, and many rural homes were deserted by tenants.

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March 25, 1935
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

1948 - March 25 - Tornadoes at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City
For the second time in less than a week airplanes were destroyed by a tornado at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City OK. A March 20th tornado destroyed fifty planes at Tinker AFB causing more than ten... Read MORE...

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1843  March 25 – Marc Isambard Brunel's Thames Tunnel, the first tunnel under the River Thames and the world's first bored underwater tunnel, is opened in London.

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1894  March 25 – Coxey's Army (of the unemployed), the first significant protest march in the United States, departs from Massillon, Ohio, for Washington, D.C.

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1896  Witness Missing in Aldrich-Baker Shooting Case
NEED TO FIND THIS ARTICLE

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Worcester, Massachusetts

1911  March 25 – A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City kills 146.

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In Foreground: Experimental Vineyard

Mellwood Whisky
Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co., Louisville, Kentucky

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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

1872 - Storm Dresses

Milford, Massachusetts, USA

1882 - VALUABLE MACHINERY LOST. BURNING OF THE CLINCHING-SCREW FACTORY AT MILFORD, MASS.
MILFORD, Mass., Feb. 23. - The manufactory of Estabrook & Co., was burned last evening. The fire, the cause of which is unknown, broke out in the first story of the building, occupied by the owners... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  March 24, 1882
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Elastic Stockings

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

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April 1898

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Memphis, Tennessee, USA

1907 - $65,000 LOSS AT MEMPHIS. Freight House and Twenty-Five Car Loads of Merchandise Burned.
Memphis, Tenn., March 21. - A freight house of the Illinois Central Railroad, situated at the corner of Shelby and Calhoun streets in the southern part of this city, together with twenty-five car... Read MORE...

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Northampton, Massachusetts, USA (Florence)

1907 - RUNAWAY AT NORTHAMPTON - Horses Dash Along Railroad Tracks for a Mile and Scatter People at Union Station.
A sensational runaway, in which a span of horses scattered the people standing about the union station at Northampton and ran for a mile on the railroad tracks, took place yesterday noon. The horses... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  March 24, 1907
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Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

1907 - MANY FINGERS CUT OFF. Two Accidents at Holyoke in Which These Valuable Members Were Lost.
Yesterday was a bad day for Holyoke fingers. Nine were lopped off, as reported last evening, with outlying districts to be heard from. Fred Joyall, a lad of 15, who has been employed at the Norman... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  March 24, 1907
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Webster's International Dictionary
G. &. C. Merriam Co., Publishers
Springfield, Mass.

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May 1898

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Stamford, Connecticut, USA

1908 - Saved From Fire
Stamford, Conn., March 24. - Curly is only a "husky" and until recently he trod the frozen Northwwest helping drag pack sleds. He came to Col. John I. Holly, a Stamford business man from Alaska, and... Read MORE...

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Chico, California, USA

1908  THEATER BURNS.

Chico, Cal., March 24. - The Star theater here was gutted by fire this morning. The blaze started by a moving picture machine. Several stores in the vicinity were badly damaged.

San Jose Mercury News -  San Jose, California -  March 24, 1908
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Rockford, Illinois, USA

1908  FIRE AT ROCKFORD, ILL.

ROCKFORD, Ill., March 23. - Fire early today damaged the business block occupied by the Rockford & Interurban company and the W. Clark Printing company, to the extent of $75,000.

The Duluth News Tribune -  Duluth, Minnesota -  March 24, 1908
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Omaha, Nebraska, USA

1911 - EXPLOSION WRECKS COURTHOUSE. New Million-Dollar Structure in Omaha Shattered by Blast of Unknown Origin Early This Morning.
[By Morning Journal Special Leased Wire]

Omaha, Neb., March 23. - Two explosions in the basement of the new million-dollar courthouse at Eighteenth and Farnum streets at 1 o'clock this morning... Read MORE...

The Albuquerque Morning Journal -  Albuquerque, New Mexico -  March 24, 1911
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1898  March 24 – Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, becomes the first person to buy an American-built automobile when he buys a Winton automobile that had been advertised in Scientific American.

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1900  March 24 - New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

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Sorosis Park (1910)

Globe Corset Company, Worcester, Mass.

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July 1898

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