Friday, November 11, 2022

1926 - November 11 – U.S. Route 66 is established.

Detroit, Michigan, USA

1898 - SLAIN BY A FALLING ROOF - Its Collapse on a New Theatre In Detroit Buries Workmen. - OVER HALF A SCORE KILLED.
Nearly Twenty Men Are Injured – The Roof Fell Without Warning and Buried the Workmen Beneath the Ruins – Not a Man Escaped Unwounded – The Building Was Uncompleted.

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The Cranbury Press -  New Jersey -  November 11, 1898
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The Clinton Safety Pin
The Oakville Company
Waterbury, Conn.

The Ladies' Home Journal
May 1898

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Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

1912 - CHAMPION LOUIS CYR DIES AT MONTREAL
By International News Service
MONTREAL, Nov. 10. - Louis Cyr, aged forty-nine, born at St. Cyprien, Quebec, the world's champion weight lifter, died here today at his daughter's residence after a... Read MORE...

The Salt Lake Tribune -  Salt Lake City, Utah -  November 11, 1912
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1926 - November 11 – U.S. Route 66 is established.
U.S. Route 66, also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System. US 66 was established on November ... Read MORE...

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November 11, 1926
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

German Puffs - One pint of milk, four eggs; five spoonful of flour; bake in cups fifteen or...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., March 3, 1880

Folding Bath-Tub with Heater
Diogenes Bath-Tub Co., Ionis, Mich.

The Ladies' Home Journal
June 1898

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Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill)

1976 - Century-old twins
CUMBERLAND, R.I. (AP) - Emmanuel and Samuel Lussier's relatives are planning a centennial celebration of their own next year when the twin brothers reach a landmark birthday.

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The Portsmouth Herald -  Portsmouth, New Hampshire -  November 11, 1976
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Marlow, New Hampshire, USA

1885 - Runaway
Marlow.

A few days since, as William L. Abbott was driving in his lumber wagon on the Symondsville road, he was overtaken and run into by a runaway team. He was thrown under the body of his wagon, ... Read MORE...

New-Hampshire Sentinel -  Keene, New Hampshire -  November 11, 1885
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North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

1908 - STEAMER BLOWS UP; 5 DEAD. DISASTROUS ACCIDENT TO THE TEMISKAMING AT NORTH BAY, ONTARIO.
North Bay, Ontario, Nov. 10. - The steamer TEMISKAMING was approaching the landing at Temiskaming at 6 o'clock to-night when the boiler exploded, wrecking the steamer and causing the death of at... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  November 11, 1908
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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
Auburn, New York, USA

1854  Convicts and Religion

Examinations made at Auburn, New York, showed that out of nine hundred convicts, only forty-seven had ever been in a Sabbath School, and that of these only seventeen had been regular scholars.

Daily Free Democrat -  Milwaukee, Wisconsin -  November 11, 1854
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1933  November 11 – Dust Bowl: In South Dakota, a very strong dust storm strips topsoil from desiccated farmlands

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1911  November 11 - Oklahoma City established a record high of 83 degrees and record low of 17 degrees that same day.

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1871  The town of Ashfield, Mass., was recently obliged to pay $19,135.81 to a lady who was injured by falling through a defective bridge.
Before the commencement of the suit the lady offered to settle for $1,000; but the Selectmen of the town were obstinate and preferred the suit.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

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 America - Did you know? The term “O.K.” is credited to Martin Van Buren, raised in Kinderhook, New York. After he went into ...Read MORE...



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 Quebec - Did you know? In New France, a seigneur's home was sometimes built of timber but more often of stone, with...Read MORE...



Daily Life in New France (www.chroniclesofamerica.com/ french/ daily_life_in_new_france.htm)
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Hotel Fairfax, Norfolk, Virginia

Rich's Patent
Julia Marlowe Shoes
The Most Perfect Fitting Foot Wear Ever Made

The Rich Shoe Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898

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Died November 11

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