Monday, July 25, 2022

1893 - Two Sisters Struck and Killed by Lightning

Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada (Rockland)

1893 - Two Sisters Struck and Killed by Lightning
Ottawa, July 25. - ...Word has reached the city of a shocking fatality at Clarence Creek, back in Russell county, in Saturday's thundertorm, by lightning striking the house of J. B. Landry and... Read MORE...

The Daily Telegraph -  Quebec, Canada -  Tuesday, July 25, 1893
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January 1898

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Savannah, Georgia, USA

1890 - FALLING WALLS. A SAVANNAH BOARDING HOUSE EITHER BLOWN UP OR COLLAPSED - THREE KILLED AND SIX INJURED.
Savannah, Ga., July 24. - W. J. Bullard's three-story brick boarding house, 203 Congress Street, was blown up early this morning. Three people were killed and six injured. There were twelve... Read MORE...

The Decatur Herald -  Decatur, Illinois -  July 25, 1890
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Gorham, Maine, USA

1828 - Shocking Accident.
An explosion took place in one of the Powder Mills in Gorham, July 19th which occasioned the death of six of the workmen, viz: Wm. Moses, Noah Babb and James Green, of Standish - Josiah Clark, Jr.,... Read MORE...

American Advocate -  Hallowell, Maine -  July 25, 1828
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Pig's Foot Cheese - Boil the hocks and feet of equal quantity loose in a pot till the meat...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., March 23, 1881

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Detroit, Mich., U.S.A.

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1892 - THE EXPLOSION. ONLY ONE MAN ESCAPED TO TELL THE STORY. THE TERRIBLE CALAMITY AT THE YORK COLLIERY - THE DEAD NOW NUMBER FIFTEEN PEOPLE - A SHOT FROM THE BATTERY CAUSED THE ACCIDENT - A FULL AND COMPLETE LIST OF THE VICTIMS.
Pottsville, Pa., July 25. - The list of victims of Saturday's explosion of gas at York Farm colliery has increased to fifteen dead and one momentarily expected to breathe his last. Thus not one of... Read MORE...

Hamilton Daily Republican -  Ohio -  July 25, 1892
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Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

1956  July 25 - The Andrea Doria sank in dense fog near Nantucket Lightship, MA.

The ship was rammed by the Swedish-American liner, Stockholm, forty-five miles off the coast of Massachusetts. Fifty-two persons drowned, or were killed by the impact.

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July 25, 1956
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Elmira, New York, USA

1885 - Mrs. Loper, aged ninety-seven years, is still living at Elmira, N. Y.
When she first settled in that vicinity the county contained only six families, and animals indigenous to that part of the United States were found there in countless numbers. Mrs. Loper is a... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  July 25, 1885
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

When you are in company, talk often, but never long; in that case, if you do not please,
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Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
1722  July 25 - The Three Years War begins along the Maine and Massachusetts border.

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1946  July 25 - At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.

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1888  July 25 – Frank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, purportedly the only person using touch typing at this time, wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used now.
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1868  Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., has 1,700 members; the First Church of Oberlin, Ohio, has 1,400 members -
the two largest Congregational churches in the country.

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 America - Did you know? The California grizzly bear is the state’s official animal. However, in 1953 when it was named, it...Read MORE...



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 Quebec - Did you know? It is said that on the stroke of midnight, farm animals acquired the marvellous and unusual gift of ...Read MORE...



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1898 Free Fairy Calendar

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January 1898

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