Friday, May 1, 2020

1874 - The Caraquet Murder. Confession of the Murderer


"My Health is My Fortune"
Ralston Health Club Breakfast Food
Breakfast for a 2 Cent Stamp
Purina Mills, St. Louis, Mo.

The Ladies' Home Journal
October 1898

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White Plains, New York, USA

1869 - Advices from Eastern New York and the New England States, on the 22d, represent the spring freshets to be the most severe since 1857.
The New York Central and Hudson River Railways were under water for miles, and travel was suspended. Great damage had been inflicted on the low lands. Two persons were drowned by the freshet near... Read MORE...

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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898
Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1874 - The Caraquet Murder. Confession of the Murderer.
BATHURST, New-Brunswick, April 30. - Gallian, who murdered Poulin in Caraquet, has made a confession. He says he was incited to the act by Poulin's wife, who importuned him to kill her husband that... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  May 1, 1874
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$9.00 Fur Colarets
E. Albrecht & Son, St. Paul, Minn.

The Ladies' Home Journal
October 1898

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

1893 - May 1 - World's Columbian Exposition
World's Columbian Exposition is held in Chicago, commemorating the 400th anniversary of European exploratory voyages to the western hemisphere. www.e-referencedesk.com/ ... Read MORE...

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May 1, 1893
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Morning Dress — The most suitable dress for breakfast, is a wrapper made to fit the figure loosely, ...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
1776  May - 10,000 British and German troops arrive in May and drive the Continental Army out of the province of Québec



1841  May 1 - 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for Calif

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1860  May 1 – A Chondrite-type meteorite falls to earth in Muskingum County, Ohio near the town of New Concord.

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1869  On the 8th inst., the snow drifts on the main streets of Vergennes, Vt., were from four to six feet.


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1884  May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.

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1894  The May Day Riots (against unemployment) break out in Cleveland, Ohio.

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1900  May 1 – An explosion of blasting powder in a coal mine in Scofield, Utah kills 200.

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 America - Did you know? In 1607, Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, was established by the...Read MORE...



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 Quebec - Did you know? In the seventeenth century most of the world went to bed at nightfall because there was nothing...Read MORE...



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Erie Station (1916)

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The Swift-Specific Company
Atlanta, Georgia
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

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