1878 - Courting Advice

Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

1878 - Courting Advice
We are two sisters, good-looking, sociable, refined and educated, but we have no admirers. We will not talk nonsense and think, perhaps that is the cause. What is your opinion ?
Inquirers.

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Greensboro North State -  Greensboro, North Carolina -  Thurs., February 28, 1878
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1882 Massachusetts City Directory - Webster and Southbridge (MA)

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1849  February 28 – Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay.

The California leaves New York Harbor on October 6, 1848, rounds Cape Horn at the tip of South America, and arrives at San Francisco, California after the 4 month 21 day journey.

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1827 - February 28 – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
On February 28, 1827, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first U.S. railway chartered for commercial transport of passengers and freight. There were skeptics who doubted that a steam engine... Read MORE...

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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Egg Toast

Beat an egg smooth with half a teacup of rich milk. Dip slices of stale bread in this...Read MORE...



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Marietta, Ohio, USA

1906 - KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF NITRO-GLYCERINE
(By Associated Press.)

MARIETTA, O., Feb. 27. - In a terrific explosion of nitro-glycerin[sic], H. B. Kerr, an employe of the Marietta Torpedo Company, was killed, little Yondar Cross seriously... Read MORE...

The Lexington Herald -  Lexington, Kentucky -  February 28, 1906
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Monumental Works
Rockville, Conn.

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Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

1917 - 3 TROLLEY CARS CRASH. FOG CAUSES ACCIDENT ON HACKENSACK TRESTLE - MOTORMEN MAY DIE.
Hackensack, N. J., Feb. 27. - Three trolley cars met in a crash on a trestle over the Erie Railroad this morning. As a result, the three motormen are in the hospital in a serious condition.

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The New York Times -  New York, New York -  February 28, 1917
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA

1917 - MIDSHIPMEN FIGHT FIRE. Dangerous Blaze at Annapolis Prevented by Them from Spreading.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 27. - A battalion of midshipmen from the Naval Academy tonight fought a fire which started in the business section of this city. When the fire got beyond control of citizens, the ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  February 28, 1917
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA

1904 - FIRE RUINED THE CAPITOL WISCONSIN'S MAGNIFICENT CAPITOL BUILDING TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE ONE MILLION DOLLAR LOSS
LOSS IS FIXED AT $1,000,000 EXCLUSIVE OF VALUABLE RELICS BURNED
THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO INSURANCE ON THE BUILDING, THE STATE HAVING CHANGED FROM INSURANCE IN COMPANIES TO A SYSTEM OF STATE INSURANCE... Read MORE...

The Grand Forks Daily Herald -  Grand Forks, North Dakota  -  February 28, 1904
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

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1853 - Potato chips are invented (George Crum, United States)
This year is the seventy-fifth anniversary or the potato chip and a resident of Saratoga Springs advises The New Yorker that many of the older neighbors are all excited. It seems that the chip was... Read MORE...

Alton Evening Telegraph -  Alton, Illinois -  February 28, 1928
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1854  February 28 – The Republican Party (United States) is founded in Ripon, Wisconsin.

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1900 February 28, 1900 - A massive storm spreads record snows from Kansas to New York State. Snowfall totals ranged up to 43 inches at Rochester NY.

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Wm. Leonard
Dealer in
Fine Boots & Shoes
196 Essex Street, Salem

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1900 - BY A FAST EXPRESS. SIX MEMBERS OF A FAMILY ARE HURLED TO INSTANT DEATH. DISASTER OCCURRED ON A CROSSING. DIN OF A WINTER'S GALE DROWNED THE THUNDER OF THE APPROACHING TRAIN, AND THE HORSE WAS DRIVEN INTO THE VERY JAWS OF DEATH. GRUESOME FEATURES OF THE ACCIDENT.

Geneva, New York, USA

1900 - BY A FAST EXPRESS. SIX MEMBERS OF A FAMILY ARE HURLED TO INSTANT DEATH. DISASTER OCCURRED ON A CROSSING. DIN OF A WINTER'S GALE DROWNED THE THUNDER OF THE APPROACHING TRAIN, AND THE HORSE WAS DRIVEN INTO THE VERY JAWS OF DEATH
GRUESOME FEATURES OF THE ACCIDENT.

Geneva, N.Y., Feb. 26. - A carriage containing seven persons was struck by an express train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Tuttle's crossing.
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The Daily Herald -  Delphos, Ohio -  February 26, 1900
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Drawing-Room Candles
The Will & Baumer Company
Syracuse, N.Y.

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January 1898

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Jackson, Michigan, USA

1884 - THE WORK OF DEATH. FOUR LIVES LOST AT A FIRE IN JACKSON, MICHIGAN. SURROUNDED BY FLAMES THE VICTIMS JUMP FOR THEIR LIVES.
Jackson, Mich., Feb. 26. - A conflagration swept away the Union Hall block, a four-story building, costing $125,000 in 1864, and containing four stores, a bank, a hotel and a theatre, and also burned ... Read MORE...

The Evening Gazette -  Cedar Rapids, Iowa -  February 26, 1884
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Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

1934 - COLLEGE STUDENTS GAS VICTIMS WHEN FURNACE EXPLODED. NINE MEN PERISH TOGETHER WITH DOG IN FRATERNITY HOUSE AT HANOVER - ALL WERE POPULAR.
Hanover, N. H., Feb. 26. - (UP) - Nine Dartmouth college students who had gone to bed in their fraternity house early Sunday after an evening of gaiety, were dead today, suffocated in their sleep by... Read MORE...

Piqua Daily Call -  Ohio -  February 26, 1934
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February 26, 1972 - The Buffalo Creek disaster occurred in the Buffalo Creek Hollow of Logan County in West Virginia.
A coal slag dam on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek burst sending a fifty foot wall of water down a narrow valley killing 125 persons and causing 51 million dollars damage. Three days of rain atop a... Read MORE...

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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Jelly Cake

Stir together half a pound of sugar, and six ounces of butter, beat seven eggs to a...Read MORE...



The New England Cook Book, 1836

Women Know the vital importance of pure food and drink. That accounts for the success of

Blanke's Kofeko
The original malted grain coffee

C. F. Blanke & Co., St. Louis, U.S.A.

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February 1898

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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

If you are ever caught in a shower, and meet a gentleman friend who offers an umbrella, accept it,...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

1929  February 26 – The Grand Teton National Park is established by the United States Congress.

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1870  An Amsterdam (N. Y.) man has invented a patent glass coffin, which can be hermetically sealed after the air is exhausted, thus preserving bodies perfectly without embalming.


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1870  John Goold was recently released from the State Prison at Thomaston, Maine,
on account of a dying confession of a man who, years before, had committed a murder for which Goold suffered imprisonment.

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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  The Congregational church at Townsend Centre, Mass., have discontinued the use of fermented wines at their communion services, using instead the expressed juice of raisins.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  There are 226,000 children in Maine between the ages of four and twenty-one, and only fifty per cent of these attend school.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1870  At a recent celebration of the Lord's Supper, in Bradford, Mass., the silver goblets used by the church in 1730, 140 years ago, were made use of.


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Steamboat Landing

"Dueber Grand" Ladies' and Gentlemen's Riding Wheel
The Only Strictly High-Grade Bicycle Made in America
Price, $55.00 Net Cash

The Dueber Watch Works
Canton, Ohio, U.S.A.

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February 1898

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1871 - Proud of his accomplishment

Bakersfield, Vermont, USA

1870 - February 25 - Profits of the Dairy
A farmer in Bakersfield, Vermont, during the past dairy season, has made from fifteen cows 3,000 pounds of butter. He sold it for 45 cents a pound, realizing $1,350. He also raised ten calves, now... Read MORE...

Weekly Oregon Statesman -  Salem, Oregon -  February 25, 1870
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New Home Sewing Machine Co.
Orange, Mass.

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New Vineyard, Maine, USA

1882  February 25 - Mrs. Stewart was alone and unarmed when two tramps took forcible possession of her house, at New Vineyard, Me.

While they were eating and drinking in the kitchen, she whittled a stick into the shape of a pistol, blackened it with soot, then made a fierce onslaught on the rascals, who fled precipitately.

The Lafayette Adviser -  Lafayette, Louisiana -  February 25, 1882
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

A crookneck, or winter squash pudding.

Core, boil and skin a good squash, and bruise it well;...Read MORE...



Amelia Simmons’ American Cookery, 1814

The Genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills
for sale by
W. R. Peck
Chemist & Druggist
203 S. Madison St.
Peoria, Ill.

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Portland, Oregon, USA

1916 - Funeral Is Halted While 14 Months Old Boy Is Carried Home.
Nick Falotico, the 14 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Falotico, 615 Fourth Street, was possibly fatally injured by being struck by Finley & Sons' Hearse during a funeral yesterday afternoon. The ... Read MORE...

Morning Oregonian -  Portland, Oregon -  February 25, 1916
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West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

1871 - Proud of his accomplishment
An enterprising son of four years, in West Springfield, Massachusetts, told his mother in great glee the other morning that he had made a nice fire in a bureau drawer, and he had. Prompt action,... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  February 25, 1871
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

An Afternoon Tea - A card should be left for or sent to each lady receiving. No after call is...Read MORE...



The Ladies' Home Journal, May 1898

Superior, Wisconsin, USA

1925 - Workers Survive When Blast Blows Roof From Plant
Superior - George Murray and Carl Malyszeski, both of Washburn, are recovering at a Washburn hospital after a miraculous escape when the smokeless powder dryer house of the Dupont plant was blown to... Read MORE...

Sheboygan Press -  Sheboygan, Wisconsin -  February 25, 1925
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1919  February 25 – Oregon places a one cent per US gallon (0.26¢/liter) tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.

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1901  February 25 – U.S. Steel is incorporated by industrialist J. P. Morgan as the first billion-dollar corporation.

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1936  February 24th - 25th - 1936 - Vermont and New Hampshire received brown snow due to dust from storms in the Great Plains Region. A muddy rain fell across parts of northern New York State.

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1888  Charles Wingard and Annie Fox, his niece, who eloped from Monroe, Mich., and were captured an taken to Alliance O., committed suicide with pistols on the 22d.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1888  At Palmer, Mass., the Inabaug [sic] river overflowed on the 21st, flooding the town and doing great damage.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

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Rhea, Smalley & Co.,
Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of Farm Machinery
226 S. Washington and 120 Liberty Sts., Peoria, Ill.

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1896 - When Should a Man Feel Encouraged?

Washington, DC, USA

HONOR WASHINGTON Americans at Home and Abroad Observe Day. RECEPTION HELD IN PARIS Inflammatory Speech Made at a Dinner in London. MANY FUNCTIONS IN NEW YORK - Rose Bushes Planted at Portland, Ore. - Gov. Fort Addresses New Haven Audience
PARIS, February 22. - The Americans in Paris observed the holiday with traditional enthusiasm and patriotism. In the afternoon the American ambassador, Henry White, opened his new residence with a... Read MORE...

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T. C. Tanke
Cor. Main and Eagle Streets
Buffalo, N.Y.

Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1896 - When Should a Man Feel Encouraged?
The first steps toward courting a wife are taken with a certain diffidence.

A man wants to show his hand plainly from the first, that she may have no "possible, probable shadow of a doubt" about... Read MORE...

Philadelphia Inquirer -  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -  February 23, 1896
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1896 - February 23 - SHOT BY EMPLOYER. Sensational Affair at Office of Sutton Woolen Mills. ALBERT BAKER THE VICTIM.
Revolver Used by Charles T. Aldrich, Jr., the Mill Manager.

Interviews With All Parties to the Fracas - Mr. Aldrich Surrenders to Police and Placed Under Bonds.

Albert Baker, an employee at the ... Read MORE...

Worcester Daily Spy -  Worcester, Massachusetts -  February 23, 1896
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Grean Pea Soup - Shell two quarts of fresh green peas; wash the shells, and cover them with...Read MORE...



The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898

Pease Round Head Venetian Blinds
The Pease Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio

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September 1898

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Ithaca, New York, USA

1889  Walking Race

Joe Snyder, aged eighty years, and Henry Baker, aged seventy-six years, walked a four-mile race at Ithaca, N.Y., on the 19th. Snyder won, making the distance in 43 1/2 minutes.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  February 23, 1889
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

A seeming ignorance is very often a most neces
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Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.

Mount Vernon, New York, USA

1896 - A Midnight Fire at Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon, N.Y., Feb. 22.-A fire occurred this morning before daylight in the row of one-story wooden buildings fronting on Depot Place, which caused damage amounting to $3,000. It is supposed the ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  February 23, 1896
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1945  February 23 - Battle of Iwo Jima: A group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.

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1861  February 23 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C. after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland.

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1878  The latest innovation in deep-sea dredging is submarine plowing, which is now being carried on successfully in Belfast Harbor, Me.
A large Michigan plow is used, and is drawn by steam power on shore, the direction being given by a man in diver's armor.

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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1936 February 23, 1936 - A severe blizzard in the Sierra Nevada Range closed Donner Pass. It stranded 750 motorists and claimed seven lives.

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1889  A fire on the 19th destroyed the Greenwich Hotel, which had for some eighty years been one of the landmarks of the village of Greenwich, Mass.


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Toy Electric Railway

The Carlisle & Finch Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio

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December 1898

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1885 - Skating Rinks and Masquerades

F. Dickman, Butcher and Dealer in Groceries and Provisions, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco...
Cor. Smith and D Streets
Virginia City, Nevada

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Rutland, Vermont, USA

1885 - Rev T. L. Drury, of Rutland, Vt, a few weeks since preached a sermon on skating rinks and masquerades.
He said the skating rinks met with his approval as long as they did not interfere with the church and duties of Christians to attend divine worship. As long as skating rinks remain pure and moral, so ... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  February 21, 1885
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Northborough, Massachusetts, USA (Northboro)

1908 - Trolley Accident on Worcester Road.
Northboro, Mass., Feb. 21. - Thirteen persons were hurt, three of them seriously by the derailment of a trolley car bound from Worcester for Marlboro over the Worcester Consolidated street railroad... Read MORE...

St. Albans Daily Messenger -  St. Albans, Vermont -  February 21, 1908
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Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf)

1850  Canadian Cold

The Quebec Gazette says that at Portneuf, Canada, on Tuesday, the 5th day of Feb. the thermometer went down to 52 degrees below zero, and that during the entire day it was below 40!

Sun -  Maryland -  February 21, 1850
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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Northampton, Massachusetts, USA (Florence)

1823 - FIRE.
On Friday morning last, the Woolen Factory, at Northhampton, belonging to Messrs J. & C. Cook, was destroyed by fire, with all its contents, although five men slept in the building. None of the... Read MORE...

Village Register and Norfolk County Advertiser -  Dedham, Massachusetts -  February 21, 1823
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Hatch Bros., Dealers in Game, Eggs, Butter, Cheese, Family Groceries and California Produce
20 C Street
Between Union and Taylor
Virginia, Nevada

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Milford, Connecticut, USA

1850 - Train Accident
When the Express train from New York, going at the rate of 30 miles per hour, was within 100 rods of the Milford Conn. station, a young man walked deliberately to the steps of the car and jumped upon ... Read MORE...

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1948  February 21 – The stock car racing organization NASCAR is founded by Bill France, Sr.

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1848  February 21 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto (Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) in London.

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 America - Did you know? June 15, 1800 - The U.S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.

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International Hotel, (Open day and night), Corner C, Union & B Streets, Virginia, Nevada
The Best Hotel in Nevada

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1856 - St. Valentine's Day

Detroit, Michigan, USA

1892 - Advice to Actresses
Fanny Davenport says that a woman, to win her way on the stage, must have a perfect storehouse of perseverance, application, energy, tact and, besides these, talent. I have found that patience, a... Read MORE...

Detroit Free Press -  Detroit, Michigan -  Sun, February 14, 1892
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The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y.
Over Fifty Acres of Floor Space. Visitors Welcome.

The Larkin Company are the World's Largest Manufacturers of Soaps and Toilet Preparations and are important Food Specialists. The entire output of the Larkin Factories goes direct from the Factory to Family, thus saving for customers the expenses and profits of wholesalers and retailers.

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Kemptville, Ontario, Canada

1908 - FREEZES WITH HELP IN SIGHT - Terrible Experience of Man Fastened in Snow.
Kemptville, Ont. - A sad occurrence is reported from Osgoode Township, Carleton county, as a result of the recent storm and severe cold snap, during which Thomas Crawford of Reid's Mills had his feet ... Read MORE...

The Wichita Daily Eagle -  Wichita, Kansas -  February 14, 1908
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1856 - St. Valentine's Day.
This is St. Valentine's Day, and if there has not been a wonderful reform in the general mind, since February last, a great many foolish lines will be written, and a great many bad ones sent to silly ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  February 14, 1856
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San Antonio, Texas, USA

1894 - FIRE RECORD. SAN ANTONIO BLAZE.
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 13. - A destructive fire, resulting in a total loss of about $35,000 worth of property, occurred here early this morning. The flames started in the rear of the Central hotel... Read MORE...

The Dallas Morning News -  Dallas, Texas -  February 14, 1894
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C.H. Clark & Co., Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, Liquors, Crockery and Tin Ware, Lime, Plaster, Hair and Cement...
Agents for Pioneer Borax Company
No. 186 South C Street, Virginia, Nevada

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Ogdensburg, New York, USA

1947 - 150 PERSONS FLEE OGDENSBURG FIRE.
Ogdensburg, Feb. 14 (AP) - One hundred and fifty persons fled to safety when a general alarm fire gutted the New Ogdensburg hotel last night, causing damage estimated unofficially at $150,000.

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Salamanca Republican Press -  Salamanca, New York -  February 14, 1947
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Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

1899 - Segelkes Pop Factory Burns
About 11 o’clock last night the brick building on the west side occupied by George Segelke as a pop factory, caught fire by the explosion of gas in a coal stove. Nearly all the fire plugs in the... Read MORE...

The Nebraska State Journal -  Lincoln, Nebraska -  February 14, 1899
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Columbus, Georgia, USA

1900 - Electric Plant at Columbus is Under Water and Street Cars Stopped - No Electric Lights.
Columbus, Ga., February 13. (Special.) - The Chattahoochee river, after having risen several inches today, was at a standstill at 11 o'clock tonight. The rapid rise of the earlier hours today was not ... Read MORE...

The Atlanta Constitution -  Atlanta, Georgia -  February 14, 1900
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

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Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1914 - Severe Earthquake is Felt in Canada
Quebec, Feb. 14. - An earthquake shock was felt all over the city and district of Quebec at 5:40 a. m., to-day. The shock was violent enough to wake hundreds of citizens.

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Asheville Gazette-News -  Asheville, North Carolina -  February 14, 1914
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1940 February 14, 1940 - A "Saint Valentine's Day Blizzard" hit the northeastern U.S. Up to a foot and a half of snow blanketed southern New England, and whole gales accompanied the heavy snow stranding many in downtown Boston.

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1980  February 14 - 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY

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 America - Did you know? The state of Rhode Island could fit into Alaska 425 times!

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Cor. Smith and D Streets
Virginia City, Nevada

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