Ballston Spa, New York, USA (Ballston) (Milton)
1849 - Railroad Accident
The Rail Road train for Whitehall ran off the track this morning at a place called Tallmadge's Road, six miles South of Ballston. The train was under full headway. The locomotive ran some six rods up ... Read MORE...
Rutland County Herald - Rutland, Vermont - May 30, 1849
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1849 - Railroad Accident
The Rail Road train for Whitehall ran off the track this morning at a place called Tallmadge's Road, six miles South of Ballston. The train was under full headway. The locomotive ran some six rods up ... Read MORE...
Rutland County Herald - Rutland, Vermont - May 30, 1849
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Silver Plate
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Made only by Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., Wallingford, Conn.
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1800s Cooking Tips and RecipesAdding Fruit to Cake - Currants, raisins and citrus will not settle to the bottom of either...Read MORE...
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Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA (Housatonic)
1903 - FATAL TROLLEY ACCIDENT
A Motorman Killed, and His Wife and Child and Several Passengers Injured in Vermont.
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., May 20. - By the derailing of a trolley car on the Berkshire Street Railway at a point ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - May 30, 1903
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1903 - FATAL TROLLEY ACCIDENT
A Motorman Killed, and His Wife and Child and Several Passengers Injured in Vermont.
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., May 20. - By the derailing of a trolley car on the Berkshire Street Railway at a point ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - May 30, 1903
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May 1898
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Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
1906 - ALASKA TOWN IS DESTROYED. ONE WOMAN IS BURNED TO DEATH AT FAIRBANKS. Meager Report Leaves It to Be Inferred That Main Business Houses Are in Ashes.
Alameda, Cal. - The Northern Commercial company Wednesday received the following from its agents at Fairbanks: The entire town from Turner to Lacey street and back to Third, except, the Fairbanks... Read MORE...
The Grand Rapids Tribune - Grand Rapids, Wisconsin - May 30, 1906
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1906 - ALASKA TOWN IS DESTROYED. ONE WOMAN IS BURNED TO DEATH AT FAIRBANKS. Meager Report Leaves It to Be Inferred That Main Business Houses Are in Ashes.
Alameda, Cal. - The Northern Commercial company Wednesday received the following from its agents at Fairbanks: The entire town from Turner to Lacey street and back to Third, except, the Fairbanks... Read MORE...
The Grand Rapids Tribune - Grand Rapids, Wisconsin - May 30, 1906
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Montgomery, Alabama, USA
1908 - PASSENGERS JUMP FROM RUN AWAY CAR. Panic Among Occupants of Vehicle Returning From Ball Game In Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., May 29. - A score or more of persons were injured in a panic late today on a crowded electric car returning from the baseball park, which ran away down a steep incline east of... Read MORE...
The State - Columbia, South Carolina - May 30, 1908
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1908 - PASSENGERS JUMP FROM RUN AWAY CAR. Panic Among Occupants of Vehicle Returning From Ball Game In Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., May 29. - A score or more of persons were injured in a panic late today on a crowded electric car returning from the baseball park, which ran away down a steep incline east of... Read MORE...
The State - Columbia, South Carolina - May 30, 1908
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for LadiesStorm Dresses — A lady who is obliged to go out frequently in bad weather, will find it both a...Read MORE...
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1868 The man who now pays the largest income tax in Newburyport, Mass., began life by working in the Newburyport Herald office for two dollars and a half a week.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
1879 May 30 – New York City's Gilmore's Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt, and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
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1885 Two fishermen of Tampa, Fla., lately caputred a sawfish, said to be the largest ever caught in Tampa Bay.
It was sixteen feet three inches long, six feet wide, and weighed five hundred pounds. The saw was over four feet long.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1879 May 30 – New York City's Gilmore's Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt, and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
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1885 Two fishermen of Tampa, Fla., lately caputred a sawfish, said to be the largest ever caught in Tampa Bay.
It was sixteen feet three inches long, six feet wide, and weighed five hundred pounds. The saw was over four feet long.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1899 May 30 – Female outlaw Pearl Hart robs a stage coach 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona.
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1911 May 30 - 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run
The very first Indianapolis 500, won by Ray Harroun at an average speed of 74.59 miles per hour.
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1916 On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14.
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1911 May 30 - 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run
The very first Indianapolis 500, won by Ray Harroun at an average speed of 74.59 miles per hour.
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1916 On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14.
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America - Did you know? When the laconic President Calvin Coolidge died, columnist Dorothy Parker wrote: "How could they...Read MORE...The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996
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Oswego Falls
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Folding Bath-Tub with Heater
Diogenes Bath-Tub Co., Ionis, Mich.
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