Friday, September 23, 2022

1891 - A Turtle Dropped from the Clouds

1891 - A Turtle Dropped from the Clouds
There is much curiosity manifested in Genoa, Mich., about the starting point of a five-inch turtle, which dropped from the clouds about that place during a recent thunder storm. It landed upon its... Read MORE...

The Topeka Daily Capital -  Topeka, Kansas -  Wed, September 23, 1891
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Carpets by Mail
The Russell Carpet Co.
Chicago, Ill.

The Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898

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Topeka, Kansas, USA

1891 - Training the Young - The Science of Running
TRAINING THE YOUNG
Mortimer Remington on the Science of Running

Only a small percentage of the boys of the present day make any effort to develop their athletic ability.

There are some boys... Read MORE...

The Topeka Daily Capital -  Topeka, Kansas -  Wed, September 23, 1891
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Racine, Wisconsin, USA

1886 - STORM AT RACINE. HAIL DOES CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN THE BELLE CITY
Racine, Wis., Sept. 23. - A heavy hail storm prevailed here yesterday afternoon. Little damage was done, as there was no wind at the time. Some of the hail stones measured an inch and a half in... Read MORE...

Oshkosh Daily Northwestern -  Oshkosh, Wisconsin -  September 23, 1886
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Maple Icing - For maple icing boil together half a cup of cream, one cup scraped maple sugar ...Read MORE...



The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898
Norwich, New York, USA (White Store)

1913 - BOY HIT BY CAKE OF ICE HAS LOCKJAW
Norwich, Sept. 23. - Walter Tansey, aged 17 years, who was almost fatally injured while at work at the W. R. C. Home near his home at Oxford, just below here during the afternoon of July 10th, when... Read MORE...

Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  September 23, 1913
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Hardwood Floors
Smooth as Glass
"Old English" Floor Wax
Barron, Boyle & Co., Cincinnati, O.

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January 1898

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Ithaca, New York, USA

1913 - ENGINEER, KNOCKED FROM ENGINE, NARROWLY MISSES DEATH UNDER OWN TRAIN.
Ithaca, Sept. 23. - Knocked from the running board of his engine while the train was running through the Lehigh Valley yards at a rate of about twenty miles an hour, DAVID E. WALLACE, engineer on... Read MORE...

The Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  September 23, 1913
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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

1913 - REVIVE GRAND TRUNK WORK. Construction of Southern New England Line to be Resumed.
Special to the New York Times.

SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 22 - Work is to be resumed immediately on the Southern New England Railway, the Grand Trunk subsidiary planned to connect the Canadian... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  September 23, 1913
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1815  September 23 - One of the greatest hurricanes to strike New England made landfall at Long Island and crossed Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
It was the worst tempest in nearly two hundred years.
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 America - Did you know? The National anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, was written by Francis Scott Key during the War of...Read MORE...



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 Quebec - Did you know? Throughout the 17th century, France tamed and populated its new colonies across the ocean with the...Read MORE...



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Scoville Mfg. Co., Waterbury, Conn.
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Witch Hazel Leaves
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Detroit, Mich., U.S.A.

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Died September 23

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