Wednesday, December 7, 2022

1900 - FELL ON MOLTEN GLASS. Scores Killed and Injured by the Collapse of a Roof. SEVERAL ROASTED TO DEATH.

1900 - Water
Boiled water or distilled water should not be used either by grown people or children unless there is danger from contamination from the water in ordinary use. Pure cold water Is preferable. A child... Read MORE...

Amador Ledger -  Jackson, California -  Fri., December 7, 1900
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Smith & Alford,
Dry Good, Boots and Shoes

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Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1930  December 7 – The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers.

This broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for the I. J. Fox Furriers company which sponsored the telecast.

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December 7, 1930
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1941 - December 7 - Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World... Read MORE...

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December 7, 1941
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The Dalles, Oregon, USA

1901 - ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN. NARROW ESCAPE OF PASSENGERS ON O. R. & N. NEAR THE DALLES. NUTS PLACED ON RAILS SEND ENGINE AND MAIL CAR FROM TRACK - ENGINEER AND FIREMAN INJURED - PASSENGERS ARE UNHURT.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 6. - The eastbound passenger train, No. 2, on the Oregon Railway & Navigation, which left this city at 9 a.m., was wrecked 12 miles east of The Dalles this afternoon.

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Anaconda Standard -  Montana -  December 7, 1901
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Vermicelli Pudding

Two ounces of vermicelli, three-quarters of a pint of milk, quarter of a pint ...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Connecticut, November 9, 1881
Hagerstown, Maryland, USA

1871 - MARYLAND. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE RAGING IN HAGERSTOWN.
HAGERSTOWN, Dec. 7 1 A. M. — Last evening at ten o’clock a fire broke out in the business house of Rollins & Burbank, agricultural implement dealers, Antietam street, opposite the Baltimore and Ohio... Read MORE...

Boston Daily Advertiser -  Boston, Massachusetts -  December 7, 1871
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San Francisco, California, USA

1900 - FELL ON MOLTEN GLASS. Scores Killed and Injured by the Collapse of a Roof. SEVERAL ROASTED TO DEATH.
Disaster Occurred at a Football Game in San Francisco - Victims Were Hurled on a Red Hot Furnace - Bodies Drawn From the Retorts With Pokers - The Dead and Injured.

San Francisco (Special). - By... Read MORE...

The Cranbury Press -  New Jersey -  December 7, 1900
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Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

1907 - CLINTON'S TOWN HALL DESTROYED BY FIRE.
LOSS OF $100,000 - PROBABLY DUE TO CIGARETTE STUB LEFT BY SOMEONE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL DANCE - TOWN RECORDS SAFE, AND NO OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED.

Clinton, Mass., Dec. 7. - This town was visited by one ... Read MORE...

The Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  December 7, 1907
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Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, USA

1940 - 4 AIR OFFICERS, SCHOOL BOY DIE; TWELVE ESCAPE.
Lancaster, Cal., Dec. 7 - (I.P.) - The toll of a collision between a school bus and an army station wagon rose to five today with the death in Community hospital of 14-year-old HOWARD... Read MORE...

The Times -  San Mateo, California -  December 7, 1940
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Never criticise a companion's dress, or indeed make any remark whatever upon it. If a near friend,...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
Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

1876 - THE HOLOCAUST. The Story as it Stood at Two O'clock This Afternoon. AN UNPRECEDENTED HORROR. EVERY HOUR ADDING TO THE LIST OF THE DEAD. THE CALAMITY NOT YET MEASURED.
A Hundred Bodies Recovered from the Ruins and a Hundred More Visible.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE DISASTER.

Every hour since the fire in the theatre was extinguished has brought fresh and saddening... Read MORE...

The Brooklyn Eagle  -  New York, New York -  December 7, 1876
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1935  December 7 - Severe flooding hit parts of the Houston, TX, area. Eight persons were killed as one hundred city blocks were inundated.

The Weather Channel

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 America - Did you know? Observation of foreign travelers to America: "Why is bread in the USA so sweet? Sandwich bread,...Read MORE...



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 Quebec - Did you know? Quebec “unofficially” got rid of Slavery in 1798, 35 years before it was abolished because the...Read MORE...



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Visit Rochester, New York, USA!

Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.


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1884 Grover Cleveland campaign poster

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Died December 7

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