1896 - An Aeronaut Killed

Foley Cathartic Tablets
Foley & Co., Chicago, Illinois
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Watertown, New York, USA

1918 - CHILD RESCUED FROM FIRE WITH MUCH DIFFICULTY - Fireman Goes Up Three Flights for Third Time to Save Baby.
Watertown, June 29. - A fire which broke out about 10:30 this evening among the boxes in the basement of the Cooperative store, a stock concern that occupies the ground floor of the Britton block in... Read MORE...

Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  June 30, 1918
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Metaphen in Oil
Abbott Laboratories
Chicago, Illinois
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Rensselaer, New York, USA

1949 - MOTHER AND CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
Rensselaer, N.Y. - (U.P.) - A young mother and her two-year old daughter were burned to death in a fire that swept their two-story home here early today.

Police identified the victims as JEANNINE... Read MORE...

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Houston, Texas, USA

1896 - BOILER EXPLODES Disaster in a Texas Newspaper Office - Three Lives Lost
Houston, Tex., June 30 - Shortly after three o'clock Monday afternoon the boiler in the office of the Daily Age exploded, killing Engineer Henry Lyons, Miss Mattie Loeb, a stenographer in the office... Read MORE...

Evening Bulletin -  Decatur, Illinois -  June 30, 1896
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Sharon, Massachusetts, USA

1896 - FOUND WATERY GRAVES
Sharon, Mass., June 30. - What was intended to be a week’s enjoyable outing was brought to an abrupt and sad close at Lake Massapoag Monday afternoon. Assistant Pastor Rev. Joseph Maxwell, Choir... Read MORE...

Evening Bulletin -  Decatur, Illinois -  June 30, 1896
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Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

1896 - An Aeronaut Killed
Grand Rapids, Mich., June 29. - Hiram Cole, twenty-six years old, a professional aeronaut, living in Big Rapids, Mich., fell thirty feet from his balloon while making an ascension at a surburban... Read MORE...

Courier Journal -  Louisville, Kentucky -  June 30, 1896
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1897  The Prescott Electric Company
expects to get their street lamps in position in time to turn the current on and test them on Monday evening.

Weekly Journal-Miner
Prescott, Arizona

1972  June 30 - The entire state of Pennsylvania was declared a disaster area as a result of the catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Agnes, which claimed 48 lives, and caused 2.1 billion dollars damage.

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1942  June 30 - The temperature at Portland, OR, hit 102 degrees, an all-time record for that location.

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1886  June 30 - The second destructive hurricane in nine days hit the Apalachicola-Tallahassee area.

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1859  June 30 - Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope

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The A-86 Ajax Drill Sharpener
T. H. Proske, Denver, Colorado

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1897 - FINED FOR SELLING IMPURE MOLASSES

Killingly, Connecticut, USA (Danielson) (Dayville) (East Killingly)

1897 - FINED FOR SELLING IMPURE MOLASSES.
NEW LONDON, Conn., June 28. - A grocer in Danielson, Conn., has been arrested and fined $3 for selling adulterated molasses. The fine and costs amounted to about $30. The grocers are protesting... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 29, 1897
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The Idea Food Cutter
The Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co.
Southington, Conn.

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November 1898

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1864  June 29, 1864 - The worst railway disaster in Canada's history killed 99 people and injured 100 more,

when a train, which had been carrying many German and Polish immigrants, failed to stop at an open bridge (the Beloeil Bridge) and plunged into the the Richelieu River near Quebec.

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1896 - NINETY MINERS DEAD. THE ROOF FELL UPON THE MEN WHILE PROPPING IT UP. MANY LEAVE FAMILIES.
ABOUT FORTY OF THE MEN WERE ENGLISH SPEAKING AND THE REST FOREIGNERS - MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE VICTIMS WERE MARRIED - THE WATER BOY TELLS A THRILLING TALE - THINKS THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION OF GAS - ... Read MORE...

Titusville Herald -  Titusville, Pennsylvania -  June 29, 1896
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Laredo, Texas, USA

1954  June 29 - Hurricane Alice dumped as much as 27 inches of rain on the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

The Rio Grande River at Laredo reached a level 12.6 feet above its previous highest mark, and the roadway of the U.S. 90 bridge was thirty feet below the high water.

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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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Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

1865 - EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION IN JERSEY CITY - SEVERAL MANUFACTORIES BURNED DOWN - LOSS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon, a fire broke out on the fourth floor of the American Drug Mills, located on the corner of Washington and Morgan streets, Jersey City. The flames spread... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 29, 1865
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA

1910 - FIND SAILBOAT DRIFTING. Believed Midshipman and Two Others Are Drowned.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 28 - Mrs. Nellie E. Bower, widow of Joseph Bower and daughter-in-law of John M. Bower, superintendent of the naval academy, and Midshipman Grisble Thomas of Union Point, Ga., and ... Read MORE...

The Nebraska State Journal -  Lincoln, Nebraska -  June 29, 1910
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Santa Barbara, California, USA

1925 - QUAKE LEVELS BIG COAST CITY. BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED IN SANTA BARBARA AND TOWN FLOODED WHEN BIG DAM AND WATER MAINS BREAK; HOTEL SPLITS AND COLLAPSES.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED IN FAMOUS WINTER RESORT; LARGE BUSINESS BLOCKS DESTROYED BY TEMBLORS THAT ROCK ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SHOCKS SWAY EDIFICES IN LOS ANGELES.

TEN MILLION LOSS.
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The Bismarck Tribune -  Bismarck, North Dakota -  June 29, 1925
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

1877 - THE ST. JOHN DISASTER. CITY IMPROVEMENTS UNDER CONSIDERATION - WIDER STREETS AND FIRE-PROOF BUILDINGS - RELIEF FOR THE DESTITUTE.
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.

ST. JOHN, N. B., June 28. - Business is now proceeding as usual, and there is little to record except the constant receipt of money and provisions and the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 29, 1877
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1928  June 29 - The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York both opened.

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1863  June 29 - Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa

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Highest Award World's Fair Skates
Barney & Berry, Springfield, Mass.

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December 1898

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1893 - COWS MILKED BY FISH

Alburgh, Vermont, USA (Alburg)

1868 - Accident on the Vermont Central Railroad.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Saturday, June 27. Last night a hand-car containing four men ran off an open draw-bridge on the Vermont Central Railroad at Alburg Springs. Three men jumped off the car. One, named... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 28, 1868
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"Cuticura soap, manufactured by the Potter Drug and Chemical company, is an antibacterial medicated soap in use since 1865. Noted Boston philanthropist George Robert White (1847-1922) was once the president and owner of Potter Drug and Chemical. Cuticura contains triclocarban instead of the more usual triclosan. These two antibacterial agents have very similar molecularity. By themselves they kill 99.99% of bacteria and microbes (like fungus spores) on contact. Cuticura soap has been in use, and is relatively unchanged, since 1865." wikipedia

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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

1898 - Open Air Courtship
With the coming of summer in New York the open air courtships begin. There is hardly the shadow of a friendly tree without a pair of lovers under it, and there is certainly not a bench in the park on ... Read MORE...

Plain Dealer -  Cleveland, Ohio -  June 28, 1898
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1893 - COWS MILKED BY FISH
A New Hope, Bucks county, dispatch says: The discovery that a German carp drinks milk, has averted what threatened to be wholesale suits for theft. Michael Tiernan for several months, or ever since... Read MORE...

The Allentown Democrat -  Allentown, Pennsylvania -  June 28, 1893
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Decatur, Michigan, USA

1893 - THEIR GREAT MATRIMONIAL SCORE.
Lysander Morse and Phoebe Macomber, of Decatur, Michigan, were married sixty-five years ago. It was a love match that won the envy of all their neighbors by its promise of happiness. The couple lived ... Read MORE...

The Allentown Democrat -  Allentown, Pennsylvania -  June 28, 1893
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The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., May 11, 1881

The Fish Net & Twine Co.
Found at St Augustine Lighthouse, St Augustine, Florida

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Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

1936 - Hurricane Hits Coastline Near Corpus Christi - Refinery Is Badly Damaged At Ingleside
70-Mile Wind Blows
Surprise Storm Causes No Loss of Life

Corpus Christi, June 27 (AP) - A small but intense tropical disturbance struck the south Texas coast without warning Saturday, moving... Read MORE...

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1924  June 28 – A tornado touches down in Lorain, Ohio and kills 78 people.

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1832 June 28, 1832: Cholera epidemic began in N.Y.C.

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1776  June 28 - Charleston, SC repulses British sea attack

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1770  June 28 - Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia

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1983  June 28 - Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3

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Smith Bros. Cough Drops

"William Wallace Smith I (1830–1913) and Andrew Smith (1836–1895) were the sons of James Smith (c1800-1866) of Poughkeepsie, New York. James' family had emigrated from Fife, Scotland, to Canada in 1831, and James from St. Armand, Quebec, to the U.S. in 1847.

In New York, James opened an ice cream shop called "James Smith and Son." James Smith bought a cough drop recipe from a journeyman peddler named Sly Hawkins and in 1852 made his first batch of "Smith Brothers Cough Drops"." wikipedia

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1868 - Interesting Marriage

1889 - FRIGHTFUL WRECKS. Two Freight Trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad Reduced to Debris. A Large Number of Train-Hands and Passengers Killed and Wounded.
PITTSBURGH, PA., June 26. - At 2:20 a.m. today west-bound freight No. 1313 telescoped the extra west-bound freight No. 308 at Monastery Coke-works, near Latrobe station on the Pennsylvania railroad.... Read MORE...

Daily Republican -  Decatur, Illinois -  June 27, 1889
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Dr. Price's Delicious Flavoring Extract of True Vanilla

Price Flavoring Extract Co.

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Bolton, Massachusetts, USA

1885  The fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Samuel Brown Hayes and Miss Rebecca Hosmer was celebrated at their residence in Bolton, Mass.,

lately, where they have lived fifty years. Mrs. Hayes was the fourth daughter of the late Nathan David Hosmer, of Acton, and is the fourth child in the family who has celebrated a golden wedding.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  June 27, 1885
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Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1868 - Interesting Marriage
The Salem (Mass.) Gazette says: "On Tuesday of last week Mr. Wm. Blodgett, a resident of Topsfield, who severed creditably in the army in the late war, and is looking for a pension for support,... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  June 27, 1868
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Indian Slap Jacks

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Howland Photographer
74 Fountain Square
Cincinnati, O.

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Spooner, Wisconsin, USA

1908 - FIRE AT SPOONER, WIS. Loss of Fifteen Thousand Dollars by Early Morning Blaze.
SPOONER, Wis., June 26. - Fire broke out in Tnen & Idean's saloon at 2 o'clock this morning, consuming the building and entire contents, as well as two adjoining buildings occupied by Charles Yep as... Read MORE...

The Duluth News-Tribune -  Duluth, Minnesota -  June 27, 1908
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1901  June 27 - There was a rain of fish from the sky at Tiller's Ferry, SC. Hundreds of fish were swimming between cotton rows after a heavy shower.

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1967  June 27 - Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)

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1833  June 27 - Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn

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 America - Did you know? July 26, 1908 - Bureau of Investigation, forerunner of the FBI, is established.

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M. E. Church

Wash Away Fat and Years of Age
with La-Mar Reducing Soap
La-Mar Laboratories
556-B Beckman Building, Cleveland, O.

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1881 - Green Corn Pudding

Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, USA

1910 - ENGINE KILLS TWO IN AUTO. Men on Rear Seat of Machine Escape Injury in Crossing Crash.
New Brunswick, N. J., June 22. - Two automobiles were killed today when a locomotive struck their automobile near Woodbridge, N. J. They were Thomas Gilfeather, and automobile salesman, of... Read MORE...

The Washington Post -  Washington, DC -  June 23, 1910
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Photographic Artist
Racine, Wisconsin

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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

1883 - Bound to Get Away
BOSTON, June 22. - J. P. Olds was arrested at Southbridge to-day on a charge of stealing large quantities of gold from the American Optical Company. Olds had been a respected citizen, and has had... Read MORE...

Dunkirk Evening Observer -  Dunkirk, New York -  June 23, 1883
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Montague, Massachusetts, USA (Millers Falls) (Turners Falls)

1907 - TOURING CAR WAS UPSET. Man and Three Women Pinned in Wreckage at Montague - One woman Has Arm Broken.
A touring party passing through Montague had quite a serious accident yesterday. While climbing the Mill river hill there was not sufficient power, and the machine began to slip back. The driver lost ... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  June 23, 1907
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North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA

1907 - TWO DAVIS BOYS DROWNED.
Arthur and Wilbur, Aged 11 and 15, Lose Lives in North Brookfield.

Two sons of Noah Davis were drowned in the ice pond of J. D. Merrill at Waite Corner in North Brookfield yesterday afternoon at... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  June 23, 1907
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The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., September 28, 1881

Passaic, New Jersey, USA

1873 - Destructive Conflagration In Passaic-Loss, $6,000-Two Men Burned To Death.
The most disastrous conflagration that has ever occurred in Passaic, N.J., began just before midnight Saturday. At 11:10 p.m. flames were first seen issuing from the roof of Henry Yearance’s livery... Read MORE...

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A.B. Cross
Photographic Studio
256 1/2 Essex St.
Salem, Mass.

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New Britain, Connecticut, USA

1907 - NEW BRITAIN TROLLIES CRASH. Many Seriously Injured But No Fatalities.
A bad head-on trolly{sic} accident, which probably will result fatally, occurred last night on a grade near White Oak park, a summer resort between New Britain, Ct., and Plainville. Nearly a dozen... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  June 23, 1907
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Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1908 - FIRE RAKES A CANADIAN TOWN - Million Dollars' Damage Done In Three Rivers, Quebec.
OTHER CITIES AIDED

But Flames Are Not Stayed Before the Whole Business Section Has Been Paralyzed.

THREE RIVERS, Que., June 23. - Fanned by a high wind a fire which broke out shortly before... Read MORE...

Warren Evening Mirror -  Warren, Pennsylvania -  June 23, 1908
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North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

1907 - PANIC IN THEATER AUDIENCE - EXPLOSION AT NORTH ADAMS.
Many Rush for the Doors at Empire Theater When Picture Machine Takes Fire - One Woman Trampled on and Others Hysterical - Fire Quickly Put Out.

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Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  June 23, 1907
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

Orthography, or spelling well, is so absolutely necessary for a man of letters or a gentleman ,...Read MORE...



Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.

1887  June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

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1880  Torrential Rains
BERLIN, June 22 - In the district of Lauban near Breslau, Prussia, torrential rains have killed 56 persons and destroyed 105 houses.
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Memorial Hall

Playmates Brand
Redlands Fruit Ass'n.

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1914 - MILLIONAIRE CRUSHED BY BOULDER IS DEAD

1882 - Thief
John Timmerman, the Bel Air clerk who absconded recently with about $300, has written from Chicago to his wife and Mr. Kernochan declined to intercept the letter. It comes to light that Timmerman,... Read MORE...

The Berkshire County Eagle -  Pittsfield, Massachusetts -  June 22, 1882
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The Computing Scale Co.
Dayton, Ohio
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Lubbock, Texas, USA

1981 - June 22 - A young woman from Lubbock, TX, was struck by lightning.
The bolt of lightning struck just above her right shoulder near her neck, and passed right to left through her body, tearing her warm-ups, causing her tennis shoes to explode, and lifting her two... Read MORE...

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA

1898 - SERIOUS ACCIDENT. William Fernald Felled by a Falling Electric Light Pole
The North end was the scene of another terrible accident this morning when William Fernald of Eliot, received injuries that will likely prove fatal.

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Portsmouth Herald -  Portsmouth, New Hampshire -  June 22, 1898
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California Cake

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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

1932 - CORONER'S JURY PROBES FATAL DAM EXPLOSION
LAS VEGAS, Nev., June 23 - (UP) - A dynamite explosion which claimed the lives of two men and injured three others late Saturday night, near the site of Boulder dam, was scheduled for investigation... Read MORE...

Ogden Standard Examiner -  Ogden, Utah -  June 22, 1931
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The A-86 Ajax Drill Sharpener
T. H. Proske, Denver, Colorado

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San Bernadino, California, USA

1914 - MILLIONAIRE CRUSHED BY BOULDER IS DEAD
San Bernadino June 22. - George A. Ralphs, millionaire grocer of Los Angeles, died here several hours after a three-ton boulder had crushed his leg. The accident occurred in the San Bernadino... Read MORE...

The Evening News -  San Jose, California -  June 22, 1914
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Richford, Vermont, USA

1892 - Disastrous Flood in Vermont.
RICHFORD, Vt., June 21. - The most disastrous flood since 1869 has visited this section. The booms in the Mississquoi River broke early this morning and thousands of logs belonging to the Richford... Read MORE...

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Richmond, Virginia, USA

1910 - KILLED BY LIVE WIRE.
Richmond Lineman Touched 3,000-Voltage Current With Ungloved Hand.

Special to The Washington Post.
Richmond, Va., June 21. - In sight of fellow-workmen Grover C. Weber, 25 years old, a lineman,... Read MORE...

The Washington Post -  Washington, D.C. -  June 22, 1910
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

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Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

1875 - Burning of French Catholic Church
The sad disaster caused by the burning of the French Catholic church at Holyoke, Massachusetts, still causes great gloom in that part of the country. The deaths number about 80. A considerable number ... Read MORE...

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1918  June 22 – Suspects in the Chicago Restaurant Poisonings are arrested, and more than 100 waiters are taken into custody, for poisoning restaurant customers with a lethal powder called Mickey Finn.

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1870  June 22 - The U.S. Congress creates the United States Department of Justice.

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The New City Hall

1888 Colt's Lightning Magazine Rifles
Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Connecticut

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