1942 - November 28 - Cocoanut Grove fire: A fire in the Cocoanut Grove night club in Boston, Massachusetts, kills 491.

Perry Davis' cough medicine
New York, New York
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1895 - BURIED UNDER A HUNDRED TONS OF ROCK.
Brewster, N.Y., Nov. 29 - This afternoon about thirty men were at work on the 400-foot level breaking ore and loading the cars sent down by the cable. About 3:30 o'clock the entire northwest wall,... Read MORE...

The Sun -  New York -  November 30, 1895
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Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

1889 - Accidentally Shot Dead
LYNN, Mass., Nov. 27. - William F. Sartelle, of Worcester, Massachusetts, a performer in a dime museum here, was shot dead last night. He was performing a trick with a rifle, which he apparently... Read MORE...

Tyrone Daily Herald -  Tyrone, Pennsylvania -  November 30, 1889
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1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
Really a Capital Production!
The celebrity of Gayett's Medicated Paper for the water-closet is rapidly being extended throughout the United States. It is one of the best articles ever put before the ... Read MORE...

The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer -  Wheeling, West Virginia -  November 30, 1858
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1942 - November 28 - Cocoanut Grove fire: A fire in the Cocoanut Grove night club in Boston, Massachusetts, kills 491.
DEATH TOLL JUMPS TO 477 IN COCOANUT GROVE DISASTER. BOSTON HOLOCAUST ONE OF NATION'S WORST FIRES - MORE THAN 300 OF THE DEAD NOW IDENTIFIED.

Boston, Nov. 30 (AP) - A tiny match flame in the hands... Read MORE...

Lowell Sun -  Lowell, Massachusetts -  November 30, 1942
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Cider Cake - One cup sugar, half a cup of butter, one egg well beaten, one large cup of...Read MORE...



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

Truro, Massachusetts, USA

1898 - THE PORTLAND SUNK; 118 LIVES LOST. STEAMER FROM BOSTON WRECKED SUNDAY OFF CAPE COD. WENT DOWN IN THE STORM.
THIRTY-FOUR BODIES OF PASSENGERS SO FAR RECOVERED.
NEWS TAKEN TO BOSTON BY A SPECIAL COURIER, TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BEING IMPOSSIBLE.

Boston, Mass., Nov. 29. - The steamer Portland, bound... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  November 30, 1898
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Valerian
put up by Allaire-Woodward & Co., Peoria, Ill.
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

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Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

1860 - DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LOWELL.
A portion of Whipple's Mill, Lowell, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night. The fire broke out in the card room of of Messers. A. & J. Cowley, manufactures of cotton and woolen goods, and the... Read MORE...

The Farmers' Cabinet -  Amherst, New Hampshire -  November 30, 1860
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Concord, New Hampshire, USA

1920 - $150,000 FIRE AT CONCORD, N.H.
WHITE'S OPERA HOUSE BLOCK PRACTICALLY DESTROYED THIS MORNING.

BULK OF LOSS FELL UPON E. J. GALLAGHER, PUBLISHER OF CONCORD DAILY PATRIOT.

Concord, N. H., Nov. 30. - Fire early this morning,... Read MORE...

Lowell Sun -  Lowell, Massachusetts -  November 30, 1920
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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

1894 - DEADLY RAILROAD CROSSING. TWO KILLED OUTRIGHT AND MANY ARE INJURED.
WORCESTER HAS ANOTHER ARGUMENT AGAINST THE GRADE CROSSING.

Worcester, Mass., Nov. 30. - The most horrible accident which ever occurred in Southbridge happened there yesterday morning, and turned... Read MORE...

Lowell Sun  -  Lowell, Massachusetts -  November 30, 1894
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Never eat every morsel that is upon your plate; and surely no lady will ever scrape her plate, or...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

Meriden, Connecticut, USA

1906 - Train Wreck
MERIDEN, Conn., Nov. 29.- Two light coupled engines, north-bound from New Haven on the main line of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, crashed into a stalled freight train above Yalesville... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  November 30, 1906
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1896  November 30 - 'St. Augustine Monster': A large carcass, later postulated to be the remains of a gigantic octopus, is found washed ashore near St. Augustine, Florida.

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 America - Did you know? 1831 - Nat Turner, an enslaved African American preacher, leads the most significant slave uprising ...Read MORE...



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 Quebec - Did you know? In New France, the vast majority of newcomers were either soldiers or indentured workers. Before...Read MORE...



History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.

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Casca-Laxative
H. K. Mulford Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 1907

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