1888 - NO END OF FUN. How the Norwich, Conn., Boys Celebrate Thanksgiving.

Fresno, California, USA

1915 - INCENDIARY FIRE IN FRESNO - Blaze Threatens Business District. Man Confesses to Starting Fire.
FRESNO. Nov. 29. - After fire wrought $30,000 damage in Frank Hickman's store and threatened to spread ruin throughout the business section early today. Arson charges were filed this afternoon... Read MORE...

Riverside Daily Press -  Riverside, California -  November 29, 1915
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The Parker Games
For Merry Winter Evenings
Parker-Brothers, Salem, Mass, USA

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November 1898

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Michigan City, Indiana, USA

1956 - TORCH SETS OFF BLAST AT SCENE OF C. & O. WRECK. 2 MORE KILLED, MAKING TOLL OF 5 FROM CROSSING CRASH.
Michigan City, Ind. (AP) -An explosion killed two more railroad men Wednesday as they began clearing the burning wreckage at a crossing where two trainmen and a gasoline truck driver had... Read MORE...

Logansport Press -  Logansport, Indiana -  November 29, 1956
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New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

1866 - A New Sect.
We see by our Eastern exchanges that a new religious sect has sprung up in New Bedford, Massachusetts. One of its most admirable peculiarities is the rule that when brethren and sisters meet, they... Read MORE...

White Cloud Kansas Chief -  White Cloud, Kansas -  November 29, 1866
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New Milford, New Jersey, USA

1943 - 2 FIREMEN ARE KILLED IN CRASH.
New Milford, N.J., Nov. 29 - A fire engine, speeding to a brush fire which later burned itself out and an Interstate bus collided in the center of this community yesterday, killing two volunteer... Read MORE...

Gettysburg Times -  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -  November 29, 1943
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Old-Fashioned Brown Betty - Sprinkle a layer of sugar between the layers of apples and...Read MORE...



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Norwich, Connecticut, USA

1888 - NO END OF FUN. How the Norwich, Conn., Boys Celebrate Thanksgiving.
They Go About the Town Gathering Barrels, and Then After the Turkey is Eaten What a Thanksgiving Bonfire They Have.

ROAST turkey and fixin's!

Phew!

Take a run around New England and ask all... Read MORE...

Painesville Telegraph -  Painesville, Ohio -  November 29, 1888
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1884  In Switzerland, you can send almost anything through the mails. Trunk, gripsack, hat-box, bag of potatoes - it is all one to the postal authorities, as long as you pay the postage.
And it is a very rare thing for anything to be tampered with or miscarry.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

 America - Did you know? May 30, 1854 - Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act, establishing the territories of Kansas and...Read MORE...



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 Quebec - Did you know? 1840s - As American factories in New England offered good jobs, thousands of French Canadians...Read MORE...



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Everett Square

The New Game
Conette
Sold Everywhere
Two Styles 25 & 50 Cts.
Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Mass.

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November 1898

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