1800s Cooking Tips and RecipesGood Coffee - Put a sufficient quantity of coffee in the pot and pour boiling water on it;...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., July 12, 1882
Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
1917 - LEAVE BURNING SCHOOL
Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 6. - The Washington County boy's High School building here was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. A thousand pupils, trained in fire drills, left the building as it filled... Read MORE...
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - February 6, 1917
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1917 - LEAVE BURNING SCHOOL
Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 6. - The Washington County boy's High School building here was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. A thousand pupils, trained in fire drills, left the building as it filled... Read MORE...
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - February 6, 1917
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Juneau, Alaska, USA
1898 - Jail Delivery At Juneau.
Tacoma, Washington, Feb. 5. - Fire destroyed the Court House and jail at Juneau Sunday night. All records were lost. No one was injured. Fourteen prisoners had to be released and made their escape.... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 6, 1898
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1898 - Jail Delivery At Juneau.
Tacoma, Washington, Feb. 5. - Fire destroyed the Court House and jail at Juneau Sunday night. All records were lost. No one was injured. Fourteen prisoners had to be released and made their escape.... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 6, 1898
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Norwich, New York, USA (White Store)
1911 - $100,000 NORWICH FIRE DESTROYS 5 BUILDINGS; DAMAGES BANK BLOCK. FLAMES SWEEP BUSINESS SECTION - SUPREME COURT JUSTICE GLADDING LOSES VALUABLE LIBRARY - BUT HALF OF LOSS COVERED BY INSURANCE.
Norwich, Feb. 5. - Fire which started in the H. S. STARK 5 and 10-cent store in Broad street at 3 o'clock this morning destroyed that and four other wooden structures at a loss of $100,000. A brick... Read MORE...
The Post Standard - Syracuse, New York - February 6, 1911
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1911 - $100,000 NORWICH FIRE DESTROYS 5 BUILDINGS; DAMAGES BANK BLOCK. FLAMES SWEEP BUSINESS SECTION - SUPREME COURT JUSTICE GLADDING LOSES VALUABLE LIBRARY - BUT HALF OF LOSS COVERED BY INSURANCE.
Norwich, Feb. 5. - Fire which started in the H. S. STARK 5 and 10-cent store in Broad street at 3 o'clock this morning destroyed that and four other wooden structures at a loss of $100,000. A brick... Read MORE...
The Post Standard - Syracuse, New York - February 6, 1911
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Goshen, Connecticut, USA
1907 Mrs. Mary A. Hunt of Beloit, Wis. who recently reached the age of 105 years, was born at Goshen, Conn., and remembers well the War of 1812.
She has been a widow for fifty-four years, and her son, Daniel H. Hunt of Chicago, seventy-five years old, visits his mother yearly on the Fourth of July and the anniversary of her birth.
Boston Evening Transcript - Boston, Massachusetts - February 6, 1907
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1907 Mrs. Mary A. Hunt of Beloit, Wis. who recently reached the age of 105 years, was born at Goshen, Conn., and remembers well the War of 1812.
She has been a widow for fifty-four years, and her son, Daniel H. Hunt of Chicago, seventy-five years old, visits his mother yearly on the Fourth of July and the anniversary of her birth.
Boston Evening Transcript - Boston, Massachusetts - February 6, 1907
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for LadiesIf you expect a friend to meet you at the end of your journey, sit near the door of the steam-boat...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
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)
1873 - MASSACHUSETTS. A TERRIBLE FIRE RAGING---THE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN OFFICE DAMAGED.
SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 5. - A fire broke out this evening in the block occupied by the Merchants' Union Express and Massachusetts. Mutual Life Insurance Company, and in a short time the flames enveloped... Read MORE...
The Indianapolis Sentinel - Indianapolis, Indiana - February 6, 1873
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1873 - MASSACHUSETTS. A TERRIBLE FIRE RAGING---THE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN OFFICE DAMAGED.
SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 5. - A fire broke out this evening in the block occupied by the Merchants' Union Express and Massachusetts. Mutual Life Insurance Company, and in a short time the flames enveloped... Read MORE...
The Indianapolis Sentinel - Indianapolis, Indiana - February 6, 1873
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1778 February 6, 1778 - France signed the Treaty of Alliance with the United States.
1807 February 6, 1807 - It was the famous "Cold Friday" in the Midwest and South. The temperature did not rise above zero in Ohio and Kentucky.
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1869 The Congregationalists of this country have six theological seminaries,
in which are two hundred and forty-five students. Andover, Massachusetts, has the largest, and Oberlin, Ohio, the smallest.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1807 February 6, 1807 - It was the famous "Cold Friday" in the Midwest and South. The temperature did not rise above zero in Ohio and Kentucky.
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1869 The Congregationalists of this country have six theological seminaries,
in which are two hundred and forty-five students. Andover, Massachusetts, has the largest, and Oberlin, Ohio, the smallest.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1869 A stone at Methuen, Mass., is situated in two States, Massachusetts and New Hampshire,
three counties, Rockingham and Hillsborough, N. H., and Essex, Mass., and three towns, Salem and Pelham, N. H., and Methuen, Mass.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1869 Not one death occurred last year among the ninety families of West Hartford, Conn.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
three counties, Rockingham and Hillsborough, N. H., and Essex, Mass., and three towns, Salem and Pelham, N. H., and Methuen, Mass.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
1869 Not one death occurred last year among the ninety families of West Hartford, Conn.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
America - Did you know? August 15, 1914 - Panama Canal opens to traffic.
Quebec - Did you know? The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modelled on the French feudal system. It began ...Read MORE...richardjohnbr.blogspot.com/ 2010/ 10/ seigneurial-system-and-settlement.html
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