Thursday, May 12, 2022

1724 - A pottile py


Nestle Food
New York, NY

Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida

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

1936 - May 12 – The Santa Fe railroad in the United States inaugurates the all-Pullman Super Chief passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.
NEW SANTA FE DIESEL 'CHIEF' TO START RUN

Limited Begins 39-Hour Dash to Los Angeles From Chicago On Trip Tonight

Operating on a schedule of 39 hours and 45 minutes, the Santa Fe's new Super... Read MORE...

The San Bernadino County Sun -  San Bernadino, California -  May 12, 1936
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Amarillo, Texas, USA

1929 - FIVE DEAD IN AMARILLO FIRE. SCORE ARE HURT WHEN OLD HOTEL IS DESTROYED IN EARLY MORNING BLAZE. ALL AVENUES OF ESCAPE ARE CUT OFF AND MANY ARE FORCED TO LEAP FROM THIRD STORY WINDOWS.
(By The Associated Press.)
Amarillo, May 11. - Trapped by flames which destroyed the Tourist hotel here early today, five men were burned to death, or killed when they jumped to the pavement from... Read MORE...

Abilene Morning Reporter-News -  Abilene, Texas -  May 12, 1929
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

A pottile py

Take as many pottates as you pleas and put them in boiling water let them boil till ...Read MORE...



Jean Brown’s Paistry Book 1724
Marietta, Ohio, USA

1905 - LIGHTNING STRUCK CIRCUS. One Man Killed and a Hundred Spectators Were Stunned.
Special to the Washington Post
Wheeling, W. Va., May 11 - In the midst of the performance of WALLACE'S circus at Marietta, Ohio this afternoon, lightning struck the main pole of the side show tent,... Read MORE...

The Washington Post -  Washington, D.C. -  May 12, 1905
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Palmer's Skin-Success Soap
Made in New York, NY

Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida

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Paterson, New Jersey, USA

1869 - Great Fire in Paterson.
Mr. Michael Morris's warehouse, Paterson, and adjacent buildings were burned on Monday. The warehouse owned by Mr. Morris was used as a waste house. - The flames communicated with the Murray Mill, a... Read MORE...

Daily State Gazette -  Trenton, New Jersey -  May 12, 1869
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Wilton, Connecticut, USA

1853 - Fire at Wilton.
We learn from the Lowell News that on the 3d inst., a fire broke out in a building belonging to Dea. Fiske, and used for a cider mill and storage purposes. The building was entirely destroyed,... Read MORE...

The Farmers' Cabinet -  Amherst, New Hampshire -  May 12, 1853
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Norwalk, Connecticut, USA

1853 - Awful Railroad Accident. FIFTY PERSONS KILLED!
NORWALK (CT) May 6. The 8 o'clock train for New York, ran off the draw-bridge into the river, near this place. One car was completely submerged and two others completely demolished. There has been a... Read MORE...

The Farmers' Cabinet -  Amherst, New Hampshire -  May 12, 1853
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

As to matters of little comparative moment – as to what shall be for dinner – as to how the house...Read MORE...



The Young Husband’s Book, 1837
Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

1853 - ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Saturday afternoon, as we learn from the Gazette, at half past two o'clock, as the New Bedford and Taunton train was about one mile and a half below Taunton, the axletree of the tender gave out,... Read MORE...

The Farmers' Cabinet -  Amherst, New Hampshire -  May 12, 1853
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1780  May 12 - British capture Charleston, SC



1922  May 12 – A 20-ton meteorite lands near Blackstone, Virginia, USA.

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1888  Chatham, Mass., May 10. - A heavy forest fire is raging in South Brewster and oding much damage to valuable wood land, also threatening small settlements lying in its track.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

 America - Did you know? The last shot of the Civil War was fired in the remote region of the Bering Sea. The Confederate...Read MORE...



The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996


 Quebec - Did you know? In the mid 1800s, New France had a population of about 4 million. 1/ 2 were Catholic. 1/ 2 were...Read MORE...



Canada: A People"s History (www.cbc.ca/ history/)
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Oregon Short Line Passenger Depot, Boise, Idaho

Hemaboloids Arseniated
Made by The Palisade Manufacturing Company, Yonkers, NY

Hemaboloids arseniated (with strychnia) was a patent medicine used to treat people with anaemia (low red blood cell count). It contained 17% alcohol, and small amounts of arsenious acid (which contained arsenic) and strychnia (also known as strychnine), both of which were highly toxic in larger doses.
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Died May 12

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