1890 - Three Miles to Go - Then the Central Pacific Railroad will be Clear if the Falling Snow does not Block it Again.

Reno, Nevada, USA

1890 - Three Miles to Go - Then the Central Pacific Railroad will be Clear if the Falling Snow does not Block it Again.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Jan. 30. The following despatch was received from Truckee this morning:

Cascade Cut was opened yesterday morning by five hundred snow shovellers, raising the blockade from... Read MORE...

Boston Evening Transcript -  Boston, Massachusetts -  January 30, 1890
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Phone 4508-3
Wolcott, Conn.

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Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA

1909 - Engineer Warner Killed - Meets Instant Death in Head End Freight Collision Wednesday Afternoon.
Horace O. Warner of this city was instantly killed in a head-end collision between a southbound work train and a northbound coal special at Oshkosh at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Warner was... Read MORE...

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The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., August 25, 1880

Sands' Patent Triple Motion White Mountain Freezers
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

The person should be accurately clean; the teeth,
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Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.

1847  January 30 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.

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1869  More than fifteen hundred deaths occur in London every week.


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1869  Prussia has lent a number of farmers near Insterburg from $1,500 to $3,500 each, to enable them to improve their farms.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  A Christmas goose, sent to two prisoners in a Canada jail, was stuffed with files and steel saws. They appreciated the stuffing.


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1869  Ladies are to be admitted to Cornell University next fall.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  It is estimated that not one-eighth of the people of the United States attend public worship on Sunday.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  The New York Sun says: "Four hours of good hard study in the morning is as much as should be required of any child under fourteen years of age, girls especially."


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  An attempt to poison a miller at St. Johnsbury, Vt.,was made a few days ago
by leaving a plug of tobacco in his mill, with strychine enough to kill twenty men concealed in one end of it.

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 America - Did you know? Observation of foreign travelers to America: In America, there are "Flags everywhere. EVERYWHERE."

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Twelve Bags Rogers & Hubbard's Corn Manure (No other manure) Used on this Field

Field of Wm. Wilder's, Norwell, Mass., which the neighbors say "largest that they ever saw." This field has not been cultivated for over 15 years and some of the ears weighted two pounds apiece at the time of harvest.

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1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1903 - Benefit Basket Ball
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Jackson, Michigan, USA

1914 - FIVE ARE KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH. FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAINS ON MICHIGAN CENTRAL COLLIDE AT JACKSON. THE DEATH LIST MAY BE LARGER. SEVERAL ARE MISSING AND SOME OF THE SERIOUSLY INJURED MAY DIE.
Jackson, Mich., Jan. 26. - The bodies of four persons were removed early today from the wreck of the Michigan Central passenger train No. 70 from Bay City to Jackson, which met headon with a... Read MORE...

The La Crosse Tribune -  La Crosse, Wisconsin -  January 26, 1914
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1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call,
facilitated by a newly invented vacuum tube amplifier, ceremonially inaugurated by Alexander Graham Bell in New York City and his former assistant Thomas A. Watson, in San Francisco, California.... Read MORE...

Altoona Tribune -  Altoona, Pennsylvania -  January 26, 1915
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1861 - January 21 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
...Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, formally took leave of the Senate in a few eloquent remarks. He wished to part with his late associates with kindness and good feeling, and if at any time he had wounded ... Read MORE...

The Raleigh Register -  Raleigh, North Carolina -  January 26, 1861
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Troy, New York, USA

1911 - HEAVY FIRE LOSS IN CITY OF TROY. BUSINESS STRUCTURE DESTROYED AT LOSS OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
Troy, N. Y., Jan. 26. - The Boston store and several other structures in the business section of this city were destroyed by fire early this morning, entailing a loss estimated at $300,000.

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Olean Times -  Olean, New York -  January 26, 1911
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Reno, Nevada

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Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

1911 - FAMOUS HOTEL DESTROYED TODAY.
Asbury Park, Jan. 26. - The famous West End Hotel was partly destroyed by fire today with a loss of fifty thousand dollars.

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North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

1920 - 15 DEAD IN CRASH ON CANADIAN ROAD. First Section of Vancouver Express Sleeper Telescoped by Engine of Second.
Mother and Two Sons Among the Killed, Bride and Bridegroom Among the Injured.

NORTH BAY, Ont., Jan. 25. - Fifteen persons are dead and a large number injured as the result of a collision to-day... Read MORE...

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Athol, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - BOX FACTORY AT SOUTH ATHOL BURNED.
H. H. Rice’s box factory at South Athol was destroyed by fire at 1 o’clock yesterday morning. The fire caught near the engine-room from an unknown cause. It was first observed by a passer-by who... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  January 26, 1900
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Aged People Should Eat Very Little Meat

Mohawk, Montgomery, New York, USA (Fonda)

1909 - HOTEL ROY BURNED. Fonda Landmark Destroyed - Night Porter Injured While Escaping
FONDA, Jan 26 - The most disastrous fire that has visited this village since 1899 was discovered about 2 p.m. yesterday in Hotel Roy. The fire was first discovered by Miss Agnes Miller, an employee... Read MORE...

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1889  The barge Josephine was wrecked on the 21st off Hull, Mass., and three of the crew were drowned.


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Rockaway Beach, N.Y.

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1880 - German Trifle

Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

1893 - Ferdinand Allard.
Ferdinand Allard has rediscovered the lost art of hardening copper. He was born at Cap Sante, Que., seventy-six years ago, and has worked at the blacksmithing trade for fifty years. He was in such... Read MORE...

The York Daily -  York, Pennsylvania -  January 24, 1893
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1920 Ad for Geo. Gordon & Co., Limited
Manufactures of Red and White Pine Lumber

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1915 - The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the United States Congress.
PLACE OF BEAUTY IS NEW NATIONAL PARK IN THE ROCKIES

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The Bismarck Tribune -  Bismarck, North Dakota -  January 24, 1915
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1848 - January 24 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California.
Many people in California figured gold was there, but it was James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848, who saw something shiny in Sutter Creek near Coloma, California. He had discovered gold... Read MORE...

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German Trifle

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Chester, Massachusetts, USA

1880 - A New York dispatch says: It is believed a practically inexhaustible supply of emery ore has been discovered near Peekskill.
The discovery is regarded as one of the greatest importance, from the fact that this metal, in a sufficiently pure state to make it marketable, is found in only one place in the United States - near... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 24, 1880
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Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA

1893 - Fire in a Pennsylvania Mine.
HAZLETON, Pa., Jan. 23. - During the cold weather Evans & Co., at Beaver Meadow, placed furnaces along the stop leading to their operations to keep ice from forming on the rails and interfering with... Read MORE...

The Daily Review -  Decatur, Illinois -  January 24, 1893
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Buffalo, New York, USA

1891 - A BIG BLAZE IN BUFFALO. WARNER BROTHERS' NEW BUILDING LAID IN ASHES.
THE LOSS ON BUILDING AND STOCK IN FOUR STORES ABOUT $300,000, FULLY INSURED - TWO FIREMEN TAKEN FROM THE RUINS DEAD.

BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 23. - The new and handsome building of Warner Brothers,... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 24, 1891
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Storm Dresses — A lady who is obliged to go out frequently in bad weather, will find it both a...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

Montpelier, Vermont, USA

1877  FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

MONTPELIER, Jan. 23. - Michael Dingley, of Bethel, a fireman on a freight train on the Central Vermont Railway, was killed this morning at Montpelier Junction.

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1935  January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company

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1908  January 24 – Start of publication of Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys in London. The book will over time sell over 100 million copies and effectively begin the worldwide Boy Scout movement.

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Smith & Alford,
Dry Good, Boots and Shoes

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1851 - January 23 – The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in the Oregon Territory is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning.

1964 - January 23 - The 24th Amendment Ended the Poll Tax
"Imagine that you are finally old enough to vote in your first election. But, do you have enough money? Money, to vote? Not long ago, citizens in some states had to pay a fee to vote in a national... Read MORE...

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Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

1926 - ELEVEN DEAD AND 7 MISSING IN HOTEL FIRE AT ALLENTOWN.
Allentown, Pa., Jan. 23 - Eleven persons are known to be dead, from five to seven other victims are believed buried in the ruins and fourteen guests were injured, when a fire swept through the five... Read MORE...

Pittston Gazette -  Pittston, Pennsylvania -  January 23, 1926
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Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA

1911  FIRE DESTROYS DEPOT AND FREIGHT HOUSE. MILWAUKEE ROAD SUFFERS $200,000 LOSS AT ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA.

Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 23. - Division headquarters and local freight houses and passenger station of the Milwaukee railroad were burned here today. The loss is $200,000.

Waterloo Reporter -  Waterloo, Iowa -  January 23, 1911
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Portland, Oregon, USA

1851 - January 23 – The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in the Oregon Territory is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning.
"By 1843, two New Englanders—Asa Lovejoy of Boston, Massachusetts, and Francis Pettygrove of Portland, Maine—had established a land claim approximately fourteen miles upriver from the confluence of... Read MORE...

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January 23, 1851
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To make a Cheshire Pork Pie for Sea.

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

January 23, 1780 - The coldest day of the coldest month of record in the northeastern U.S.
A British Army thermometer in New York City registered a reading of 16 degrees below zero. During that infamous hard winter the harbor was frozen solid for five weeks, and the port was cut off from... Read MORE...

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January 23, 1780
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

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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

1855  January 23 - The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota,

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1849  January 23 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York, thus becoming the United States' first woman doctor.

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1869  A Woonsocket (R.I.) man offers $100 reward for the detection of the poisoner of his three pet kittens.


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1869  An unknown benefactor in Oswego, N. Y., has directed the distribution of 3,000 loaves of bread to the poor.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

1869  Salem and South Danvers (Mass.) Oil Company gave each of their seven workmen a New Year's gift of $100.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan

 America - Did you know? In 1565, Saint Augustine, Florida, settled by the Spanish, became the first permanent European...Read MORE...



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1876 - Business Maxims

1876 - Business Maxims
1. After the feast the giver shakes his head.

2. The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

3. Creditors have excellent memories.

4. Caution is the father of security.

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The Osage City Free Press -  Osage City, Kansas -  Sat., January 22, 1876
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1870 - A Hudson, N.Y., paper holds out an inducement to the young men of that town to enlist in the temperance ranks as follows:
The handsomest girl in the village belongs to the Sons of Temperance. As she intends to have a member of the Order for a husband, and she has not yet made her choice, here is a fine opportunity for... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 22, 1870
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1673 - January 22 - Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated
"In 1673, Governor Francis Lovelace of New York set up a monthly post between New York and Boston. The service was short-lived, but the post rider’s trail became known as the Old Boston Post Road,... Read MORE...

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STOP Thumb Sucking!
Thumb sucking can be immediately corrected with the Baby Alice Thumb Guard
Guard Mfg. Co. 9 West 74th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1906 - BUILDING INSPECTORS BLAMED FOR PHILADELPHIA CHURCH HORROR. EIGHTEEN DEAD AND MORE THAN SIXTY INJURED IN PANIC FOLLOWING DISCOVERY OF FIRE IN CHURCH - DISASTER ACCOMPANIED BY MOST HORRIBLE SCENES.
By Publishers Press Direct Wire.
Philadelphia, Jan. 22. - The building inspectors are blamed for the panic at St. Paul's African Baptist Church, at Eighth Street and Girard Avenue, in which eighteen ... Read MORE...

Trenton Times -  Trenton, New Jersey -  January 22, 1906
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

1904 - STUDENTS ESCAPE FLAMES.
Greensboro, N. C., Jan. 22. - Three hundred and fifty young women students were forced to flee in their night clothing as a result of a fire which destroyed the main dining room, dormitory, and... Read MORE...

The Cedar Rapids Evening -  Cedar Rapids, Iowa -  January 22, 1904
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Omaha, Nebraska, USA

1890 - COLLISION OF TRAINS. ONE MAN INSTANTLY KILLED AND OTHERS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Omaha, Jan. 22. - There was a collision of trains on the Belt Line division of the Missouri Pacific, within the city limits.

WILLIAM BOYLE, a local Democratic politician, was killed instantly.
J. ... Read MORE...

Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  January 22, 1890
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Children rejoice in noise. They appear to take a pleasure, both in noise itself and in the act of...Read MORE...



Advice for Ladies - The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, December 25, 1885

St Paul, Minnesota, USA

1889 - AN OPERA HOUSE BURNED. ST. PAUL LOSES ITS CHIEF PLACE OF AMUSEMENT - LOSS $200,000.
St. Paul, Jan. 21. - At 7 o'clock this morning fire broke out in the coat room of the Grand Opera House. The place caught fire during the absence of the caretaker at breakfast. The Grand Opera House... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 22, 1889
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1901  January 22 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.

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1943 January 22, 1943 - Chinook winds during the early morning hours caused the temperature at Spearfish SD to rise from 4 below zero to 45 above in just two minutes, the most dramatic temperature rise in world weather records.
An hour and a half later the mercury plunged from 54 above to 4 below zero in twenty-seven minutes.
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 America - Did you know? April 22, 1889 - Oklahoma is opened to settlers.

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THE HERCULES CLUB CO., Room 12, 16 South St., Boston, Mass.
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1909 - FIRE WIPES OUT A LANDMARK.

The New Pet of the Household
The Most Perfect Oil Stove Made

Automatic Blue Flame Cooker
Central Oil and gas Stove Company
210 School St., Gardner, Mass.

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April 1898

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Southwick, Massachusetts, USA

1872 - OLD APPLE TREES. - The New England Homestead says:
An old apple tree, more than a hundred years old, is standing on the farm of L. A. Lamson, Southwick, which produced apples for more than seven barrels of cider, last year. This tree is fifteen feet... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 20, 1872
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

1909 - FIRE WIPES OUT A LANDMARK.
Parkinson's in Whitehall Street Destroyed and Several Persons Burned.

An aged scrubwoman was seriously burned and three men, one a fireman, were slightly injured yesterday in a fire which... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 20, 1909
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1864 - A LONG ABSENCE
Nathaniel Woodell, of Westport, Massachusetts, who mysteriously disappeared in 1816, has returned after an absence of forty seven and a half years looking hale and rugged though more than eighty... Read MORE...

Semi-Weekly Wisconsin -  Milwaukee, Wisconsin -  January 20, 1864
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1885 - Men of Brains - Some of the Distinguished American Inventors
Elias Howe, inventor of the modern sewing machine; born at Spencer, Massachusetts, in 1819; died in 1867; machinist; sewing machine patented in 1846. From that time to 1854 his priority was... Read MORE...

The Daily Republican -  Monogahela, Pennsylvania -  January 20, 1885
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Corn Breakfast Cake

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The Willimantic Journal, Willimantic, Connecticut, December 19, 1862

5% Nickel Steel Tubing is found only in Columbia Bicycles
Pope Mfg. Co, Hartford, Conn.

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April 1898

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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

The constant care of children is a serious tax upon our time, our nerves, and our temper; yet we...Read MORE...



Advice for Ladies - The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, December 25, 1885

1954 January 20, 1954 - The temperature at Rogers Pass, MT, plunged to 70 degrees below zero to establish a new record for the continental U.S.

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Ithaca Conservatory of Music
Ithaca, N.Y.

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July 1898

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