Webster, Massachusetts, USA
1913 - Does Anyone Know William Marcik? Instance of How at Least Two New Editors Bit in Going After Story.
William Marcik, who probably never existed, killed himself fictitiously near Webster, Mass., last Saturday and at least two Illinois cities are claiming to have been his early home. Also, thereby, a... Read MORE...
Journal Gazette - Mattoon, Illinois - July 28, 1913
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1913 - Does Anyone Know William Marcik? Instance of How at Least Two New Editors Bit in Going After Story.
William Marcik, who probably never existed, killed himself fictitiously near Webster, Mass., last Saturday and at least two Illinois cities are claiming to have been his early home. Also, thereby, a... Read MORE...
Journal Gazette - Mattoon, Illinois - July 28, 1913
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Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.
The Ladies' Home Journal
July 1898
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
1899 - NEW COTTON BALE PLANT. An Industry to Cost $2,000,000 Near Tuscaloosa, Ala.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., July 21. - A. R. Nininger, president of the Huntsville Cotton Mill company, has closed a deal with Hon. Frank S. Moody, president of the Tuscaloosa Land company, for six lots on the ... Read MORE...
The Asheville Register - Asheville, North Carolina - July 28, 1899
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1899 - NEW COTTON BALE PLANT. An Industry to Cost $2,000,000 Near Tuscaloosa, Ala.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., July 21. - A. R. Nininger, president of the Huntsville Cotton Mill company, has closed a deal with Hon. Frank S. Moody, president of the Tuscaloosa Land company, for six lots on the ... Read MORE...
The Asheville Register - Asheville, North Carolina - July 28, 1899
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1800s Cooking Tips and RecipesBrown Bread
Three cups of Indian Meal, one cup of rye, half cup of molasses, one teaspoonful of...Read MORE...
The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, April 18, 1873
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The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898
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Oneonta, New York, USA
1881 - A GREAT FIRE IN A SMALL TOWN. ONEONTA'S PRINCIPAL BUSINESS HOUSES DESTROYED - THE LOSS $50,000.
ONEONTA, N. Y., July 27. - The largest conflagration which has been seen in Oneonta for years broke out at 3:45 this morning in the drug store of N. J. Ford, at No. 162 Main-street. A prompt alarm... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - July 28, 1881
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1881 - A GREAT FIRE IN A SMALL TOWN. ONEONTA'S PRINCIPAL BUSINESS HOUSES DESTROYED - THE LOSS $50,000.
ONEONTA, N. Y., July 27. - The largest conflagration which has been seen in Oneonta for years broke out at 3:45 this morning in the drug store of N. J. Ford, at No. 162 Main-street. A prompt alarm... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - July 28, 1881
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
1869 - Alcohol from Soap Grease and Garbage
A company has been formed in Chicago, and will soon be in operation, for distilling alcohol and extracting soap grease from ordinary city garbage. It is estimated that each barrel of garbage will... Read MORE...
Harrisburg Telegraph - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - July 28, 1869
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1869 - Alcohol from Soap Grease and Garbage
A company has been formed in Chicago, and will soon be in operation, for distilling alcohol and extracting soap grease from ordinary city garbage. It is estimated that each barrel of garbage will... Read MORE...
Harrisburg Telegraph - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - July 28, 1869
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Covington, Kentucky, USA
1920 - Brothers' Greetings Bring Death to Both!
Train Lurch Finds Men On Car Off Guard and They Fall Under Wheels.
Special to The Courier-Journal dated Wednesday morning, July 28, 1920
Covington, Ky., July 27 - The exchange of greetings... Read MORE...
The Courier-Journal - Kentucky - July 28, 1920
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1920 - Brothers' Greetings Bring Death to Both!
Train Lurch Finds Men On Car Off Guard and They Fall Under Wheels.
Special to The Courier-Journal dated Wednesday morning, July 28, 1920
Covington, Ky., July 27 - The exchange of greetings... Read MORE...
The Courier-Journal - Kentucky - July 28, 1920
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for LadiesAvoid making any noise in eating, even if each meal is eaten in solitary state. It is a disgusting...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
1886 - July 28 - CENT'L DIST. COURT - Woodward, J.
Tuesday, July 27th. - Frances Poland, an herb doctress, was in court for committing an assault on Mrs. Jane Baker in Sutton. The defendant, who is quite a wanderer, is now living in Sutton. A few... Read MORE...
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Worcester Daily Spy - Worcester, Massachusetts - July 28, 1886
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Tuesday, July 27th. - Frances Poland, an herb doctress, was in court for committing an assault on Mrs. Jane Baker in Sutton. The defendant, who is quite a wanderer, is now living in Sutton. A few... Read MORE...
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Worcester Daily Spy - Worcester, Massachusetts - July 28, 1886
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1854 July 28 - Joseph Emery, lately the Postmaster at New Vineyard, has been sentenced to the State prison for ten years, for purloining letters from the mail.
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1888 Four saloon-keepers at Trenton, N. J., were sent to jail for six months each on the 25th for selling liquor on Sunday.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1888 The wife, daughter and two grandchildren of W. B. Jones were drowned by the upsetting of a boat on the 21st on a pond at Brookfield, Mass.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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Athens, Tennessee
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1888 Four saloon-keepers at Trenton, N. J., were sent to jail for six months each on the 25th for selling liquor on Sunday.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1888 The wife, daughter and two grandchildren of W. B. Jones were drowned by the upsetting of a boat on the 21st on a pond at Brookfield, Mass.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1945 July 28, 1945: A U.S. bomber flying through thick fog at about 200 mph crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing 14 people
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America - Did you know? President Abraham Lincoln created the Secret Service on the very day of his assassination,
Quebec - Did you know? The Loup-GarouA staple of Quebecois folklore, the story of the loup-garou AKA werewolf goes...Read MORE...
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May 1898
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