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The Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898
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Galveston, Texas, USA
1900 - More than 6,000 die after storm washes over Galveston
The nation's deadliest natural disaster, the storm struck with little warning late on Sept. 8. Storm tides of 8 to 15 feet inundated Galveston Island and portions of the nearby Texas coast. The tides ... Read MORE...
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Sun Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale, Florida - September 8, 1900
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1900 - More than 6,000 die after storm washes over Galveston
The nation's deadliest natural disaster, the storm struck with little warning late on Sept. 8. Storm tides of 8 to 15 feet inundated Galveston Island and portions of the nearby Texas coast. The tides ... Read MORE...
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Sun Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale, Florida - September 8, 1900
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St Augustine, Florida, USA
1565 - September 8 - Oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla, established by Spanish Expedition
On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed on the shore of what is now called Matanzas Bay and began the founding of the Presidio of San Agustin. Later the settlement would be called St.... Read MORE...
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1565 - September 8 - Oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla, established by Spanish Expedition
On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed on the shore of what is now called Matanzas Bay and began the founding of the Presidio of San Agustin. Later the settlement would be called St.... Read MORE...
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September 8, 1565
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1800s Cooking Tips and RecipesRice Waffles - Beat together a pint of milk, the yolks of three eggs, two ounces of butter...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., January 5, 1881
Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
1949 - PLANT DESTROYED
BELOIT, Wis., (AP) - Fire swept through the main plant of an ice cream manufacturing plant late Wednesday night causing damage estimated by a company official at $500,000.
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The Walla Walla Union Bulletin - Walla Walla, Washington - September 8, 1949
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1949 - PLANT DESTROYED
BELOIT, Wis., (AP) - Fire swept through the main plant of an ice cream manufacturing plant late Wednesday night causing damage estimated by a company official at $500,000.
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The Walla Walla Union Bulletin - Walla Walla, Washington - September 8, 1949
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The Ladies' Home Journal
January 1898
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Batavia, New York, USA
1925 - FOUR KILLED IN WRECK AT R. R. CROSSING. BUFFALO FAMILIES WERE ON WAY TO PICNIC. MORE IN CAR SURVIVE.
Car Rolled Down Bank 300 Feet Two Women Carried With Wreckage.
Batavia, N. Y., Sept. 7 (A.P.) - Four Buffalo persons were killed shortly before one o'clock today when a west bound New York Central ... Read MORE...
Plattsburgh Sentinel - Plattsburgh, New York - September 8, 1925
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1925 - FOUR KILLED IN WRECK AT R. R. CROSSING. BUFFALO FAMILIES WERE ON WAY TO PICNIC. MORE IN CAR SURVIVE.
Car Rolled Down Bank 300 Feet Two Women Carried With Wreckage.
Batavia, N. Y., Sept. 7 (A.P.) - Four Buffalo persons were killed shortly before one o'clock today when a west bound New York Central ... Read MORE...
Plattsburgh Sentinel - Plattsburgh, New York - September 8, 1925
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
1887 - Two Freights Collide.
ANN ARBOR, Sept. 7. - This morning a freight train going west on the Central drawn by engine No. 219, crashed into the rear end of a freight train standing on the main track about twenty rods east of ... Read MORE...
Saginaw News - Saginaw, Michigan - September 8, 1887
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1887 - Two Freights Collide.
ANN ARBOR, Sept. 7. - This morning a freight train going west on the Central drawn by engine No. 219, crashed into the rear end of a freight train standing on the main track about twenty rods east of ... Read MORE...
Saginaw News - Saginaw, Michigan - September 8, 1887
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Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
1890 - TRAIN OF ILL-OMEN.
South Norwalk, Conn., Sept. 8 - The express train due here from Boston at 5:20 Saturday evening ran into a Danbury and Norwalk railway commuters' train at the junction in this city.
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Evening Gazette - Sterling, Illinois - September 8, 1890
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1890 - TRAIN OF ILL-OMEN.
South Norwalk, Conn., Sept. 8 - The express train due here from Boston at 5:20 Saturday evening ran into a Danbury and Norwalk railway commuters' train at the junction in this city.
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Evening Gazette - Sterling, Illinois - September 8, 1890
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for MenThe person should be accurately clean; the teeth,
hands, and nails, should be particularly so: a...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
Chester, Massachusetts, USA
1893 - A TRAIN'S FATAL PLUNGE IT GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS
The Locomotive Got Across Safely, But Four Wagner Cars Plunged Into the Stream - Many Persons Killed or Injured - The Scene at the Wreck.
The Chicago limited express train for Boston broke through ... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - September 8, 1893
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1893 - A TRAIN'S FATAL PLUNGE IT GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS
The Locomotive Got Across Safely, But Four Wagner Cars Plunged Into the Stream - Many Persons Killed or Injured - The Scene at the Wreck.
The Chicago limited express train for Boston broke through ... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - September 8, 1893
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1727 September 8 - A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
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1934 September 8 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner S.S. Morro Castle kills 134 people.
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1888 Colonel George L. Perkins, aged one hundred years and one month, died in Groton, Conn., on the 5th of old age. He was treasurer of the Norwich & Worcester railroad for fifty years.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1934 September 8 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner S.S. Morro Castle kills 134 people.
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1888 Colonel George L. Perkins, aged one hundred years and one month, died in Groton, Conn., on the 5th of old age. He was treasurer of the Norwich & Worcester railroad for fifty years.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
America - Did you know? June 15, 1800 - The U.S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.
Quebec - Did you know? Quebec was almost an independent country. In 1995, a referendum was held to separate Quebec from...Read MORE...weleaf.nl
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