1919 - October 28 – Prohibition in the United States is authorized

George H. Hartwell
Druggist and Apothecary
Cor. Main and Central Sts., Southbridge, Mass.

Built in 1867, George H. Hartwell operated an apothecary from this premises, at 98 Main Street and 1 Central Street.
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1919 - October 28 – Prohibition in the United States is authorized:
The United States Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. (Wikipedia)

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The Cincinnati Enquirer -  Cincinnati, Ohio -  October 28, 1919
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Butte County, California, USA

1875  The Butte (Cal.) Mercury tells of a band of sheep being brought down from the mountains and turned into a wheat field.

Over one hundred head died in one night from eating wheat and drinking water. The wheat swelled to such an extent that the stomach was completely torn apart.

Fayetteville Observer -  Fayetteville, Tennessee -  October 28, 1875
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Newark, New Jersey, USA

1905 - FIVE WOMEN BADLY BURNED. TWO OF THEM MAY DIE FROM THEIR INJURIES.
Newark, N.J., Oct. 28. - Five women were badly burned, two of them probably fatally, in a fire which destroyed the hardware factory of M. Gould Sons & Co. at night.

The injured are:
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Daily Telegram -  Eau Claire, Wisconsin -  October 28, 1905
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Hyde Manufacturing Co., Southbridge, Mass.

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Great Falls, Montana, USA

1891 - FOUR KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Oct. 27. - A party who arrived in town from the end of the Pacific extension of the Great Northern brought the news of an accident there, the result of which is appalling. Four... Read MORE...

The Daily Inter Ocean -  Chicago, Illinois -  October 28, 1891
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Eastport, Maine, USA

1864 - Disastrous Fire at Eastport, Me.
A fire broke out at half past 1, Sunday morning, on Union wharf, Eastport, Me., and continued until 8, consuming all the business part of the town. About fifty places of business were destroyed,... Read MORE...

The Vermont Phoenix -  Brattleboro, Vermont -  October 28, 1864
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Lexington, Kentucky, USA

1905 - TWELVE PERSONS ARE INJURED. RAILROAD TRAIN HURLED FROM A BRIDGE INTO A CREEK.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 28 - Passengers on the Louisville Southern train No. 9, due here at 7 p.m., had a narrow escape when the train was hurled from a bridge seven miles from here into a creek forty... Read MORE...

Daily Telegram -  Eau Claire, Wisconsin -  October 28, 1905
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Bristol, Connecticut, USA

1887 - A FATAL EXPLOSION
Three Men Killed, Two Wounded, and a Building Set on Fire.

E. C. WILSDON left his japan oven, at SESSIONS & SONS foundry, Bristol, Conn., in the room where a dozen men and boys were at work, to go ... Read MORE...

The Cranbury Press -  New Jersey -  October 28, 1887
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1726  October 28 - "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift is published by Benjamin Motte in London

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1868  October 28 – Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

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1858  October 28 – Macy's department store, founded by R.H. Macy, opens for business in New York.
Rowland H. Macy opened R.H. Macy & Co. as a dry goods store in New York City. First-day sales totaled $11.06.
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The Flying Squadron

E. D. Reynolds & Co.
Dealers in Men's, Youths' and Boys' Ready-Made Clothing,
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes and Gent's Furnishing Goods.
Also, Trunks, Bags, Valises and Lap Robes.
Children's Clothing a Specialty.

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1825 - October 26 - Erie Canal completed

1825 - October 26 - Erie Canal completed
The work completed. - This is the day, and 10 o'clock the hour, when the first boat from Lake Erie enters the Grand Canal and proceeded to the city of New York; a distance of 500 miles. - All doubts, ... Read MORE...

The Evening Post -  New York, New York -  October 26, 1825
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King of Malaria
Chill Tonic
Made in Chicago, IL

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1888 - September 4 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film.
Wannamaker's
Philadelphia, Friday, October 26, 1888.
The Kodak Camera is the latest photographic novelty; 100 pictures without a stop. Anybody can do it. To-morrow (Saturday) from 2 to 5 P.M. we... Read MORE...

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1861 - October 26 – The Pony Express announces its closure.
ATCHISON - Oct. 19. - Orders have to-day been issued by the President of the Pike's Peak Express Company at this place to stop the running of the Pony Express as soon as the California line is... Read MORE...

Daily Nashville Patriot -  Nashville, Tennesee -  October 26, 1861
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Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham)

1916 - HOSPITAL FIRE FATAL TO ELEVEN. ST. ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL AT FARNHAM, QUEBEC, DESTROYED. FIRE ESCAPES INADEQUATE.
INVESTIGATION WILL START IMMEDIATELY TO DETERMINE RESPONSIBILITY - TWENTY-FIVE CHILDREN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN LEAPING FROM THE BUILDING.

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Burlington, Vermont, USA

1852 - Fire at Burlington, Vt.
BURLINGTON, Monday, Oct. 25. A fire broke out here at 12 o'clock last night, destroying Weaver's clothing store, Barrow's dry goods store, Stephens & Durkee's drug store, and S. M. Weed's dwelling.... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  October 26, 1852
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666 Malarial Preparation
Made in Jacksonville, FL

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Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville)

1853 - Steam-Boiler Explosion - Two Lives Lost, Several Wounded.
Special Correspondence of the N. Y. Daily Times.

PROVIDENCE, Tuesday, Oct. 25.- The steam-boiler in SCHROEDER'S Print Works, in Smithfield, burst about 8 o'clock this morning, with a terrible... Read MORE...

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Milford, New Hampshire, USA

1865 - Drowning
Mr. Ephraim Crosby, a son of Rufus Crosby of Milford, was drowned last week. He was subject to fits, and having gone out for chestnuts, stopped at a brook, and probably in a fit fell in and was... Read MORE...

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1884 - Mr. P. Sexton, of Elmira, N.Y., will soon have a new eyelid.

1940 - Engine House Interior is Being Redecorated
E. C. Feige of Clement street, who was given the contract for painting both the exterior and the interior of the engine house on State street, is decorating the entire interior. Yesterday both pieces ... Read MORE...

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"My Health is My Fortune"
Ralston Health Club Breakfast Food
Breakfast for a 2 Cent Stamp
Purina Mills, St. Louis, Mo.

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Elmira, New York, USA

1884 - Mr. P. Sexton, of Elmira, N.Y., will soon have a new eyelid.
Mr. Sexton, as will be remembered, was the engineer of the train that rain through a sea of burning oil near Bradford, Pa., last January. He was severely burned. Parts of his nose and ears are gone,... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  October 25, 1884
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Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill)

1842 - COPPER MINE IN RHODE ISLAND
A rich Copper Mine has been opened at Cumberland, R. I. - Within the last week fifteen tons of ore have been shipped for Boston, from the mine, commenced this season, and worked by four men only. The ... Read MORE...

The Evening Post -  New York, New York -  October 25, 1842
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

1906 - SEVEN DEAD, TWO INJURED. EXPLOSION IN COAL MINE OF CAMBRIA STEEL CO. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES GAS WAS FIRED BY THE SETTING OFF OF A BLAST.
Johnstown, Pa., Oct. 25. - An explosion occurred in the Cambria Steel Co.'s coal mine here, in which seven men were killed and two severely injured.

The management of the company says in an... Read MORE...

Daily Free Press -  Carbondale, Illinois -  October 25, 1906
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The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898

Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

1960 - BLAST TOPPLES WALL OF STORE; SIX ARE KILLED.
Windsor, Ont. - AP - Six persons were reported killed and at least 50 injured in an explosion that collapsed a department store in downtown Windsor today.

One rescuer said, "There's lots of bodies ... Read MORE...

The Modesto Bee and News-Herald -  Modesto, California -  October 25, 1960
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$9.00 Fur Colarets
E. Albrecht & Son, St. Paul, Minn.

The Ladies' Home Journal
October 1898

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Pepperell, Massachusetts, USA

1890 - EAST PEPPERELLS BIG FIRE. A SHOE FACTORY AND A NUMBER OF SMALLER BUILDINGS BURNED.
EAST PEPPERELL, Mass., Oct.24. - A big fire was discovered this morning at 2 o'clock in the shoe factory of Leighton Brothers, and soon the whole building was ablaze. A high wind was blowing and the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  October 25, 1890
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Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA*

1895 - RAILROAD WRECKS. FOUR MEN WERE KILLED AND MANY INJURED.
The Engineer Responsible For the N. Y. N. H. and H. Road Accident - A Broken Axle Causes the Wreck on the Pennsylvania Road.

Hyde Park, Mass., Oct. 25 - A rear end collision occurred here on the... Read MORE...

Ticonderoga Sentinel  -  New York -  October 25, 1895
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Westport Island, Maine, USA (Westport) (Jeremysquam)

A reporter visits Westport in 1900 investigating the Jessie Cobb murder
Westport lies between Bath and Boothbay Harbor, and is the
first stopping place out of the former city. When the little
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Lewiston Evening Journal -  Lewiston, Maine -  October 25, 1900
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Providence, Rhode Island, USA

1905 - PIRATE DRUGGED HIM. Arrested Shipmate Tells Strange Story of Sloop Dorado.
Special to The New York Times.

NEWPORT, Oct. 24. - The arrest of Otto Steifel in Providence to-day proved of great importance in clearing up the mystery about the sloop Dorado and the plunder... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  October 25, 1905
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1868  Kerosene Explosion
Mary Cannon and a daughter of John Eagan, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, were burned to death on the 15th by the explosion of kerosene.

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Klok-Lax
The Swift-Specific Company
Atlanta, Georgia
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1904 - Town Stricken With Diphtheria

Hargraves Mfg. Co., Soap Makers, Fall River, Mass.

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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

1904 - Town Stricken With Diphtheria
Southbridge, Mass., Oct. 24. - An epidemic of diphtheria prevails in Southbridge to an extent that alarms the members of the board of health, who will appeal to the state board for help in stamping... Read MORE...

Pittston Gazette -  Pittston, Pennsylvania -  October 24, 1904
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Bird's Nest Pudding

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The New England Cook Book, 1836

Buy your boots & shoes of Preble Bros., 77 Pleasant and 23 So. Main St., Fall River, Mass.

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Waterville, Maine, USA

1889 - EXPLOSION. Gas Works Destroyed in Maine. A FATAL EXPLOSION. A Gashouse Explodes at Waterville, Maine, This Morning.
WATERVILLE (Me.), Oct. 24. - At 7 o'clock this morning the gashouse of the Lockwood Cotton Mills exploded lifting the roof from the building, which took fire.

Henry E. Washburn, aged 30 years, a... Read MORE...

The Evening News -  San Jose, California -  October 24, 1889
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Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

1877 - President Hayes Endorsed
President Hayes was endorsed at Holyoke, Massachusetts, on Thursday evening, by an immense assembly of citizens, and in the exercises leading republicans equally shared. The soul of the great... Read MORE...

The Atlanta Constitution -  Atlanta, Georgia -  October 24, 1877
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Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) (Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

1866 - A Canadian Duel
A Montreal paper gives an account of a duel that recently took place between a lieutenant in a Montreal militia corps and a clerk residing at St. Hyacinthe. It appears that the clerk and some of his... Read MORE...

Semi-Weekly Wisconsin -  Milwaukee, Wisconsin -  October 24, 1866
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

A sensible woman, to preserve the peace and secure the affections of her husband, will often...Read MORE...



Letters to Young Ladies on Their Entrance into the World, by Elizabeth Lanfear, 1824

Waterville, Maine, USA

1917 - SPECTACULAR FIRE THREATENS WHOLE NORTH END WATERVILLE
900 Canoes and Two Large Ice Houses Burn Two Dwellings Damaged by Flames Two Alarms Sounded and Firemen Have Hard Fight

Waterville, Me., Oct 23. – Fire which was discovered at 4:25 Tuesday... Read MORE...

Daily Kennebec Journal -  Augusta, Maine -  October 24, 1917
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1931  October 24 – The George Washington Bridge across the Hudson River in the United States is dedicated; it opens to traffic the following day. At 3,500 feet (1,100 m), it nearly doubles the previous record for the longest main span in the world.

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1938  October 24 - The minimum wage is established by law in the United States.
The Fair Labor Standards Act establishes minimum wage without regard to sex.
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1901  October 24 – Michigan schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives.

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1836  October 24 – The earliest United States patent for a phosphorus friction match is granted to Alonzo Dwight Phillips of Springfield, Massachusetts.

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1939  October 24 – Nylon stockings go on sale for the first time anywhere in Wilmington, Delaware.

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1877 - Musings

Gorham, Maine, USA

1855 - VIOLENT TORNADO IN GORHAM, MAINE.
From the Portland Advertiser.
A violent tornado was experienced in Gorham on Sunday night. The dwelling house of MR. NILES, a frame building, one and a half stories in height, was moved from its... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  October 18, 1855
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Parmelee Bros. Pasteurized Light Cream, Bethlehem, Conn.

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Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA

1897 - FOREST FIRES IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Bradford, Pa., Oct. 18. - Forest fires are raging all around this city and last night Bradford was enveloped in a cloud of smoke, the woods surrounding the town being in flames. At Rice Brook, in the ... Read MORE...

Evening Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  October 18, 1897
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Losanteville)

1889 - FATAL TRAIN WRECK Most Appalling Accident of its Kind Ever Known
Cincinnati, Oct. 15. - Ten persons are reported killed by the breaking loose of a car on the Auburn incline plane. The rope broke just as the car reached the top and it went crashing down and ran... Read MORE...

Daily Enquirer -  Utah -  October 18, 1889
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The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., December 7, 1881

Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

1897 - BIG FIRE IN WINDSOR, N.S. - Territory a Mile Square Swept by Flames and Barely Half a Dozen Buildings Left Standing.
LOSS ESTIMATED AT $3,000,000

Practically All the Inhabitants of the Town Homeless - Conflagration Started at 3 o'Clock in the Morning.

WINDSOR, N. S., Oct. 17. - Historic Windsor, one of the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  October 18, 1897
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Syracuse, New York, USA

1890 - FATAL HOTEL FIRE.
SYRACUSE, Oct. 15. - The Leland hotel, the finest in the city, was totally destroyed by fire last night and it is feared there has been loss of life.

TWENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST.
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Aspen Weekly Times -  Aspen, Colorado -  October 18, 1890
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Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - FIRE DESTROYS THE SUMMIT HOUSE ATOP MOUNT TOM.
Holyoke, Mass., Oct. 18 - The Summit House on the peak of Mount Tom, near Holyoke, Mass., was totally destroyed by a blaze that could be seen for many miles throughout the valley.

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The News-Democrat  -  Uhrichsville, Ohio -  October 18, 1900
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Newport, Rhode Island, USA

1877 - Musings
An old lady at Newport, Rhode Island, talking of old times, told the following of a former belle of Newport, Miss Sally Champlin: 'She was a great beauty. She had rejected a great many fine offers,... Read MORE...

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1931  October 18 - Thomas Edison dies in West Orange, New Jersey, USA



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1930  October 18 - A big early season lake effect snowburst on the lee shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario produced 47 inches at Gouverneur NY and 48 inches just south of Buffalo.

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 America - Did you know? 1971 - No Pig Greasing in Contests

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In 1869, the Connecticut General Assembly passed an act giving the town of Norwich and the county of New London power to combine to erect a building for town, city and county purposes. This building would include a courthouse and would be financed by the town of Norwich and New London County. After almost three years of construction, a portion of the building was opened in 1873 when the first session of the Superior Court was held on November 11th.

The building stood at the junction of Broadway and Union Streets, facing Otis Square... The total cost for the building was approximately $350,000. jud.ct.gov

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1868 - Concerning a monster vine which is growing near Santa Barbara, on the southern coast of California...

D. H. Lamberson
Fishing Tackle,
Pocket Cutlery and Sporting Goods of All Kinds
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Central Music Hall Block
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1868 - Concerning a monster vine which is growing near Santa Barbara, on the southern coast of California, the story is substantially as follows:
A Spanish girl, having ridden her mule a day's journey with a grape cane for a switch, took a fancy on her arrival home to stick it into the ground to see if it would grow. It did grow, and was... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  October 17, 1868
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Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

1912 - Damage at Corpus Christi.
Special To The News.

Corpus Christi, Tex., Oct. 16. - The hurricane flag which was raised in this city this morning by the local weather bureau was lowered tonight and no unusually great damage... Read MORE...

Dallas Morning News -  Dallas, Texas -  October 17, 1912
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Denver, Colorado, USA

1919 - SEVEN HURT IN COLLISION. HEAVY FIRE TRUCKS SMASH TOGETHER RACING TO FIRE. WRECK UNAVOIDABLE. WORST ACCIDENT OF ITS KIND IN DENVER IN MANY YEARS.
Denver, Colo. 11. - One young woman was probably fatally injured, six firemen were hurt, one seriously, and scores of bystanders had their lives endangered when two automobile fire trucks, traveling... Read MORE...

Casa Grande Dispatch -  Arizona -  October 17, 1919
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and
Gents Furnisher
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Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

1875 - FIRE IN WOONSOCKET, R. I.
About 1 o'clock yesterday morning an attempt was made to burn the mansion of George C. Bolton, in Woonsocket, R. I. A wood-box saturated with kerosene-oil was set on fire, but the smoke awakened a... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  October 17, 1875
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Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1866 - THE QUEBEC FIRE. Twenty-three Hundred Buildings Destroyed - Six Persons Known to Have Been Burned to Death - Public Meeting in Quebec - Contributions Solicited.
QUEBEC, Tuesday, Oct. 16. The Mayor of Quebec issued a proclamation yesterday morning for a meeting to be held last evening, to devise means to assist the sufferers by the great fire. A more numerous ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  October 17, 1866
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1882  Sojourner Truth, who is at least 108 years old, lectured in Decatur, Michigan, the other evening, and devoted the proceeds to aid the woman suffrage campaign in Nebraska.
Her voice is weak, but her sentences are full of life and vigor.

The Wellsboro Gazette
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1933  October 17 – Scientist Albert Einstein arrives in the United States where he settles permanently as a refugee from Nazi Germany and takes up a position at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.

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1777  October 17 - British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY

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Bethany, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Christ Church

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