1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)
In 1827 the first friction match was invented in England by John Walker. Walker's matches were sticks tipped with a mixture of chemicals that burst into flame when scratched against a rough... Read MORE...
Alton Evening Telegraph - Alton, Illinois - March 20, 1972
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In 1827 the first friction match was invented in England by John Walker. Walker's matches were sticks tipped with a mixture of chemicals that burst into flame when scratched against a rough... Read MORE...
Alton Evening Telegraph - Alton, Illinois - March 20, 1972
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The Dress-Shield Retainers
A. R. Reese, Davenport, Iowa
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July 1898
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Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Cote St-Michel)
1873 - THE MONTREAL HOTEL FIRE. Terrible Scenes Among the Boarders and Servants - A Woman Hangs to a Window-Frame for Half and Hour - Two Lives Lost.
The Montreal papers come filled with details of the terrible scenes connected with the partial destruction of the St. James Hotel, in that city, by fire, on Monday night. The hotel was a five story... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 20, 1873
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1873 - THE MONTREAL HOTEL FIRE. Terrible Scenes Among the Boarders and Servants - A Woman Hangs to a Window-Frame for Half and Hour - Two Lives Lost.
The Montreal papers come filled with details of the terrible scenes connected with the partial destruction of the St. James Hotel, in that city, by fire, on Monday night. The hotel was a five story... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 20, 1873
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Wallingford, Connecticut, USA
1880 - A WALLINGFORD FACTORY BURNED.
WALLINGFORD, Conn., March 19. - The shop of the Wallingford Wheel Company was found to be on fire at 8 o'clock last evening, and by 9 o'clock was burned to the ground. The fire broke out in an... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 20, 1880
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1880 - A WALLINGFORD FACTORY BURNED.
WALLINGFORD, Conn., March 19. - The shop of the Wallingford Wheel Company was found to be on fire at 8 o'clock last evening, and by 9 o'clock was burned to the ground. The fire broke out in an... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 20, 1880
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1800s Cooking Tips and RecipesHot Cross Buns - Take two cups of milk, three of sugar, two eggs, half teaspoonful soda,...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., August 25, 1880
Swan's Down Prepared Cake Flour
Makes Delicious Angel Food and Other Cakes
Costs only 2 cents a cake
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Dapartment C.
Evansville, Ind.
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June 1898
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Saint Petersburg, Russia
1886 Another Nihilistic plot having been discovered in the neighborhood of the royal palaces at St. Petersburg,
it stands the Czar in hand to have another bolt put on his door, if there is room for it, and have an additional boiler-iron counterpane spread on his bed. - Chicago News.
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - March 20, 1886
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1886 Another Nihilistic plot having been discovered in the neighborhood of the royal palaces at St. Petersburg,
it stands the Czar in hand to have another bolt put on his door, if there is room for it, and have an additional boiler-iron counterpane spread on his bed. - Chicago News.
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - March 20, 1886
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Burlington, Vermont, USA
1895 - LOSSES BY FIRE.
Burlington, Vt., March 19. - Booth's planing mill and shops, the Baldwin Refrigerator Company's factory, the Vermont Shade Roller factory, and all their storage buildings, &c., burned; loss,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 20, 1895
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1895 - LOSSES BY FIRE.
Burlington, Vt., March 19. - Booth's planing mill and shops, the Baldwin Refrigerator Company's factory, the Vermont Shade Roller factory, and all their storage buildings, &c., burned; loss,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 20, 1895
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for LadiesAt a Dinner-Party - after which all present were to attend a dance, it would be in best...Read MORE...
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Newark, New Jersey, USA
1900 - TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE. TEN PERSONS INJURED AT NEWARK, N.J., IN ACCIDENT.
Newark, N.J., March 20. - Ten passengers were severely injured last night in a rear end trolley car collision, but at a late hour no fatalities had resulted. The accident happened on Belleville... Read MORE...
Trenton Times - Trenton, New Jersey - March 20, 1900
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1900 - TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE. TEN PERSONS INJURED AT NEWARK, N.J., IN ACCIDENT.
Newark, N.J., March 20. - Ten passengers were severely injured last night in a rear end trolley car collision, but at a late hour no fatalities had resulted. The accident happened on Belleville... Read MORE...
Trenton Times - Trenton, New Jersey - March 20, 1900
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1852 March 20 – Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published in book form in Boston.
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1869 The farmers in Ireland are complaining of great losses of potatoes, by disease.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
1880 A ship canal over seven miles long is to be constructed across the Isthmus at Cohasset Narrows, in Massachusetts, at a cost of about $2,500,000.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1869 The farmers in Ireland are complaining of great losses of potatoes, by disease.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1880 A ship canal over seven miles long is to be constructed across the Isthmus at Cohasset Narrows, in Massachusetts, at a cost of about $2,500,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1899 March 20 – At Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman executed in an electric chair.
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America - Did you know? 1918-1920 - Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S.,...Read MORE...www.infoplease.com
Quebec - Did you know? To occupy their free time, the inhabitants of New France held soirées, when they would gather to...Read MORE...Virtual Museum of New France. For more information visit www.historymuseum.ca/ virtual-museum-of-new-france
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The New Pet of the Household
The Most Perfect Oil Stove Made
Automatic Blue Flame Cooker
Central Oil and gas Stove Company
210 School St., Gardner, Mass.
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April 1898
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