1938 - October 30 – Orson Welles' radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds is broadcast, causing panic in various parts of the United States.
Martian Men Attack U.S.! Thousands Flee in Panic!! But Twas Only Wells and Welles
By Charles A. Grumich
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (AP) - A horrible fantasy of war waged on the United States by fearsome,... Read MORE...
The Delta Democrat-Times - Greenville, Mississippi - October 31, 1938
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Martian Men Attack U.S.! Thousands Flee in Panic!! But Twas Only Wells and Welles
By Charles A. Grumich
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (AP) - A horrible fantasy of war waged on the United States by fearsome,... Read MORE...
The Delta Democrat-Times - Greenville, Mississippi - October 31, 1938
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Wa-Hoo Blood and Nerve Tonic
Made in Detroit, MI
The label boasts it to be "a positive cure for blood rheumatism, blood disorders, stomach troubles, liver and kidney complaint, sick headache, malaria, indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, catarrah of the stomach, nervousness, skin diseases, salt rheum, scrofula and neuralgia."
The label also says, "Also female weakness and irregularities are promptly relieved and permanently cured." http://newsok.com/article/2134619
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1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated.
MANY STATES TO DEDICATE HIGHWAY
New Route Across Continent Will Be Inaugurated With Many Celebrations in Towns Touched by It.
New York, Oct. 31. - Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the new direct... Read MORE...
El Paso Herald - El Paso, Texas - October 31, 1913
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MANY STATES TO DEDICATE HIGHWAY
New Route Across Continent Will Be Inaugurated With Many Celebrations in Towns Touched by It.
New York, Oct. 31. - Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the new direct... Read MORE...
El Paso Herald - El Paso, Texas - October 31, 1913
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Watertown, New York, USA
1868 - A Watertown, N. Y., dispatch, October 21st says:
An extensive fraud is being perpetrated throughout the country, and especially in the West, by negotiating forged drafts purporting to be drawn by the banking house of Howard & Baker, of Watertown,... Read MORE...
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - October 31, 1868
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1868 - A Watertown, N. Y., dispatch, October 21st says:
An extensive fraud is being perpetrated throughout the country, and especially in the West, by negotiating forged drafts purporting to be drawn by the banking house of Howard & Baker, of Watertown,... Read MORE...
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - October 31, 1868
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1800s Cooking Tips and RecipesCelery on Toast - Trim the roots and cut to the same length (about six inches) three heads...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., February 1, 1882
St. Andrews Wine of Life Root, Female Regulator for Women
Made in Bristol, TN
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1902 - BIG FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 30. - Fire to-night destroyed the six-story building occupied by the Minneapolis Paper Company and owned by J. C. Oswald & Co. The stock of the paper company, known also as Wright,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 31, 1902
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1902 - BIG FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 30. - Fire to-night destroyed the six-story building occupied by the Minneapolis Paper Company and owned by J. C. Oswald & Co. The stock of the paper company, known also as Wright,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 31, 1902
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Savannah, Georgia, USA
1891- Brick Works Burned.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 28.- The Liberty Manufacturing Company's brick works, forty-eight miles from here on the Savannah, Florida and Western railroad burned the day before yesterday. Loss $40,000; insurance ... Read MORE...
The Macon Telegraph - Macon, Georgia - October 31, 1891
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1891- Brick Works Burned.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 28.- The Liberty Manufacturing Company's brick works, forty-eight miles from here on the Savannah, Florida and Western railroad burned the day before yesterday. Loss $40,000; insurance ... Read MORE...
The Macon Telegraph - Macon, Georgia - October 31, 1891
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Birmingham, Alabama, USA
1891 - Mangled to Death.
BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 29. - At the State Fair grounds today S. E. Gambee jumped from a dummy before it stopped. He slipped and fell between the car and the platform and was mangled to death in the... Read MORE...
The Macon Telegraph - Macon, Georgia - October 31, 1891
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1891 - Mangled to Death.
BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 29. - At the State Fair grounds today S. E. Gambee jumped from a dummy before it stopped. He slipped and fell between the car and the platform and was mangled to death in the... Read MORE...
The Macon Telegraph - Macon, Georgia - October 31, 1891
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for LadiesAvoid affectation; it is the sure test of a deceitful, vulgar mind. The best cure is to try to have ...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
New Milford, Connecticut, USA
1893 - Fire
NEW-MILFORD, Conn., Oct. 30. - A large barn in Washington, owned by William Wadsworth of New York, was burned last night, with a ton of tobacco, farming tools, and hay. Loss, $3,000; building... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 31, 1893
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1893 - Fire
NEW-MILFORD, Conn., Oct. 30. - A large barn in Washington, owned by William Wadsworth of New York, was burned last night, with a ton of tobacco, farming tools, and hay. Loss, $3,000; building... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 31, 1893
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1918 October 31 – The Hungarian government terminates the personal union with Austria, officially dissolving the Austro-Hungarian empire.
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1892 October 31 – The first collection of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories from The Strand Magazine, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, is published in London.
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1868 Hans Christian Andersen, the celebrated Danish poet, says he has never had an income of more than six hundred dollars a year.
So limited is the sale of books in Denmark that even the most successful works pay but little profit to their authors.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1892 October 31 – The first collection of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories from The Strand Magazine, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, is published in London.
www.wikipedia.org
1868 Hans Christian Andersen, the celebrated Danish poet, says he has never had an income of more than six hundred dollars a year.
So limited is the sale of books in Denmark that even the most successful works pay but little profit to their authors.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
America - Did you know? October 16, 1859 - Abolitionist John Brown and 21 followers capture federal arsenal at Harpers...Read MORE...www.infoplease.com
Quebec - Did you know? To occupy their free time, the inhabitants of New France held soirées, when they would gather to...Read MORE...Virtual Museum of New France. For more information visit www.historymuseum.ca/ virtual-museum-of-new-france
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Made in Lynn, MA
Lydia Estes Pinkham (February 9, 1819 – May 17, 1883) was an iconic concocter and shrewd marketer of a commercially successful herbal-alcoholic "women's tonic" meant to relieve menstrual and menopausal pains. Although Pinkham's Vegetable Compound sold well to the general public, it was regarded by health experts as quackery... wikipedia
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