Sunday, April 30, 2023

1895 - Deadly Knockout Drops. The Gentle Art of Drugging as Practiced in New York's "Tenderloin."

Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

1910  TEN PERISH IN HOTEL FIRE. $250,000 Property Loss In Cornwall, Ont., Thought Due to Careless Smoker.

CORNWALL, Ontario, April 29. - Ten lives and a property loss of $250,000 was the toll paid in a fire which destroyed the Rossmore Hotel and damaged several adjoining buildings here early to-day. The dead are C. J. Gray, manager of the Ives Modern Bed Company, his wife, and two children; Benjamin

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  April 30, 1910
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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

1902  Would Rival Mr Carnegie - Massachusetts Millionaire Goes the Scotchman About Two Better

Boston has a multimillionaire who is a rival of Andrew Carnegie in regard, at least, to one of the famous Scotchman's offers of public libraries in Massachusetts towns. Jacob Edwards, who is one of Boston's richest manufactures, goes Mr Carnegie about two better on a library offer to the town of

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1895  Deadly Knockout Drops. The Gentle Art of Drugging as Practiced in New York's "Tenderloin."

“The term knockout drops is used to designate a solution of chloral that persons of evil intent place in the liquor or good natured, half drunken men in order to render the latter sleepy and helpless, so as to rifle their pockets the easier,” said Police Captain Pickett of the Tenderloin precinct to

Warren Ledger -  Warren, Pennsylvania -  April 30, 1895
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St Louis, Missouri, USA

1904  April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1).

Ice-cream cones were first served in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition world's fair in St. Louis. Also, at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the ice cream cone was invented. An ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to hold ice cream.

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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Apple Omelet - Separate four eggs; beat the whites to a very stiff froth; then add the yolks and beat again, adding gradually two tablespooonfuls of powdered sugar. have read and omelet-pan, in

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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Finger Nails - if they are inclined to be stiff and brittle, should be annointed each night with a little vaseline. This will make them stronger and firmer.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1885  ON THE WARPATH - The Edmonton People Panic-stricken, Many of Them Seeking Safety in Flight.

...Dispatches from Edmonton, via Calgary, received here to-day, indicate that affairs there are not on an encouraging state. The settlers are thoroughly alarmed, because of the overbearing conduct of the Indians and half-breeds, who threaten to RISE AN BURN THE TOWN. Scouts have been sent out

The Inter Ocean -  Chicago, Illinois -  April 30, 1885
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1945  April 30 – Death of Adolf Hitler: Adolf Hitler and his wife of one day, Eva Braun, commit suicide as the Red Army approaches the Führerbunker in Berlin.

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1870  C. D. Warner, while grading his grounds at Red Bank, N. J., recently found a quantity of stone implements,
consisting of an ax, pestle, oyster knife, etc., undoubtedly the relics of a now extinct race.

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1870  Miss Anna L. Coffin, who was chosen on the Newbury (Mass.) School Committee, declined to serve, as she could not attend to the duties if she would, and would not if she could.


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1870  The house of Mrs. Martha Kean, in East Mansfield, Mass., was burned on the 25th, and a young man named Frederick Ames perished.


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1870  They make three Yankee clocks every minute during working hours at Bristol, Conn.


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Friday, April 28, 2023

1851 - Serious Love Affair

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

1851  Serious Love Affair

Pittsburg, 27th. A duel took place today between two students of Jefferson College, Wm. G. Ready, of Baltimore and A. L. Snowden of Cumberland Valley, Pa. A young lady was the origination of the affair. Mr. Snowden was challenged by the former gentlemen, and chose rifles at 40 paces. Mr. J. W. Polk

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Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby)

1869 THE DISASTER AT GRANBY - A BRIDGE SWEPT AWAY BY THE FLOOD - ELEVEN LIVES LOST.

To the Editor of the Montreal Daily Witness: At 7:40 this evening the writer and others were standing on the bridge at Granby, watching the high state of the river, and also the cars slowly passing the embankment to the depot. Just as I passed along the bridge from the south side, and was going o

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1882  RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

The wires last night announced the death of Ralph Waldo Emmerson, one of this country's most distinguished thinkers and writers, which took place at his residence in Boston after a brief illness. He was born in Boston, May 25th, 1803. He obtained his primary education in the public grammar schools,

Daily Charlotte Observer -  Charlotte, North Carolina -  April 28, 1882
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Feather Cake One cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, one egg, one cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, one teaspoonful of cream-tartar, one-half as much soda.

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Norman, Oklahoma, USA

1893  SIXTY-TWO ARE KILLED. FRIGHTFUL RESULT OF THE CYCLONE IN OKLAHOMA. PROPERTY DAMAGE INESTIMABLE.

ONE CYCLONE JOINS ANOTHER, AND WITH THEIR COMBINED STRENGTH THEY SWEEP DOWN UPON DEFENSELESS TOWNS AND LEAVE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION BEHIND. Oklahoma City, April 27. - The half has not been told concerning the awful storm which swept this country. Two distinct cyclones, a terrific hail storm, and a

The Daily Review -  Decatur, Illinois -  April 28, 1893
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Newport News, Virginia, USA

1897  BIG CONFLAGRATION. THE BURNING OF VESSELS IN PORT AT NEWPORT NEWS.

SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED. DAMAGE OF OVER $2,000,000 WAS DONE TO THE SHIPPING IN THE HARBOR, TWO STEAMERS AND A GERMAN SHIP BEING DESTROYED. Newport News, Va., April 28. - Fire broke out in the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad company's pier No. 5, and before the flames were checked damage to the exte

Trenton Evening Times -  Trenton, New Jersey -  April 28, 1897
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Union, Connecticut, USA

1931  Mayor's Stepson Killed When Roadster Overturns On Curve At Union, Conn.

Ulric E. Duval, 33-year-old motion picture operator of Worcester and step-son of Mayor Joseph N. Carriere, was killed in an automobile accident at Union, Conn., yesterday afternoon when his roadster overturned, presumably after a front tire had blown out. Mr. Duval was pinned beneath the machine

Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  April 28, 1931
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

A second marriage in the woman is more gross than in the man, argues greater deficiency in that delicacy, that innate modesty, which, after all, is the great charm, the charm of charms, in the female
1938  April 28 – The towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, and Prescott in Massachusetts are disincorporated to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir.

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1924  April 28 – An explosion in a mine at the Wheeling Steel Corporation in Benwood, West Virginia kills 119 men.

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1888  The busting of a water pipe on the 25th caused a sewer ditch at Yonkers, N. Y.,
to cave in on the workmen, six of whom lost their lives.

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Saint Joseph, Michigan

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1896  Ice Bridge Gives Way
The Cap Rouge ice bridge, near Montreal, gave way yesterday morning, and the last barrier to navigation on the St. Lawrence river was removed.

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Springfield, Massachusetts

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

1888 - Gold Rings in a Bird's Nest

1888 - Gold Rings in a Bird's Nest
FINDLEY, Ohio, April 18 - This morning three or four boys were plaving on the Toledo, Columbus and Southern Railroad bridge when they discovered a bird's nest in the roof of the bridge, which they... Read MORE...

Shenandoah Herald -  Woodstock, Virginia -  Fri., April 27, 1888
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Pillsbury's Soy Golden Bake Mix

Exciting Muffin with SOY!

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Burrillville, Rhode Island, USA (Harrisville) (Pascoag) (Mapleville) (Oakland)

1900 - Fire Leaves Fourteen Families Homeless.
WOONSOCKET, R. I., April 26. - Fire at Harrisville to-day left fourteen families homeless, burned out five stores and a society hall, destroying in all fourteen buildings, with a total loss of... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  April 27, 1900
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1866 - May 16 – The United States Congress approves the minting of a nickel 5-cent coin (nickel), eliminating its predecessor, the half dime.
FIVE CENT COIN.
In the House of Representatives, a few days ago, the following proceedings took place.

Mr. Kasson - The Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures have instructed me to report... Read MORE...

The Lincoln County Herald -  Troy, Missouri -  April 27, 1866
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Wilna, New York, USA (Carthage)

1931 - Eight Killed in Two Auto Mishaps
Carthage, N. Y., April 27 (AP). - St. Regis Canal, at "Skinny" Bridge three miles west of here, was being drained today in an effort to recover the bodies of four men, who lost their lives in one of... Read MORE...

Kingston Daily Freeman -  Kingston, New York -  April 27, 1931
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

White Mountain Rolls - Sixteen cups of flour, half cup of sugar, cup of butter, cup of...Read MORE...



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Buffalo, New York, USA

1911 - $250,000 FIRE IN BUFFALO FACTORY. FIREMEN BATTERED AND BURNED IN FIGHTING TO AVERT BIG EXPLOSION. TWO WOMEN RESCUED.
THICK SMOKE OVERCOMES DWELLERS IN ADJACENT HOUSE, WHO ARE CARRIED TO SAFETY - SCORE OF FIREMEN BLOWN ACROSS STREET - FLAMES KEPT FROM TURPENTINE.

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The Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  April 27, 1911
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WWII ad for Camel cigarettes

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Pittsfield, Massachusetts
March 14, 1944

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Groveland, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - WORST IN YEARS.
Haverhill, April 26. - The R. H. Page building, at Groveland, where the town offices were located, was burned to the ground this morning. Before the fire was gotten under control damage aggregating... Read MORE...

Boston Morning Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1900
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Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA

1931 - Wind Blows Silo Down
Special to The Sentinel
LUNENBURG, April 27. - The heavy wind this forenoon blew over the silo at Sherman Sanderman's place on Oak Street.

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Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1931
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

GLEANINGS

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Ware, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - Two Miles of Flame at Ware.
A forest fire which started near the Charles Gould farm at the foot of Warren hill in Ware, about noon yesterday, spread in a few hours to such an extent that the entire hill south of the town was in ... Read MORE...

Springfield Daily Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  April 27, 1900
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1908  April 27–October 31 – The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London.

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1967 April 27, 1967: Expo '67 was officially opened in Montreal, Quebec, by Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

1913 - CHILD RISES FROM COFFIN. Shock of Temporary Resuscitation Kills Aged Grandmother.

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

1898 - A Hint To Husbands
A Nashville man was taken with cramps a few days ago while assisting his wife to lay a carpet, and his agony was so great that it was feared he would not recover, according to the News of that place... Read MORE...

Detroit Free Press -  Detroit, Michigan -  Tues., April 26, 1898
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Smith Bros. Cough Drops

"William Wallace Smith I (1830–1913) and Andrew Smith (1836–1895) were the sons of James Smith (c1800-1866) of Poughkeepsie, New York. James' family had emigrated from Fife, Scotland, to Canada in 1831, and James from St. Armand, Quebec, to the U.S. in 1847.

In New York, James opened an ice cream shop called "James Smith and Son." James Smith bought a cough drop recipe from a journeyman peddler named Sly Hawkins and in 1852 made his first batch of "Smith Brothers Cough Drops"." wikipedia

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Stanbridge, Québec, Canada (Stanbridge East)

1889 - A BIG FIRE AT STANBRIDGE.
ST. ALBANS, Vt., April 25. - Stanbridge, Providence of Quebec, just across the Canadian line, was visited by a disastrous fire about 2:30 o'clock this morning, resulting in the destruction of the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  April 26, 1889
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Butte County, California, USA

1913 - CHILD RISES FROM COFFIN. Shock of Temporary Resuscitation Kills Aged Grandmother.
Butte, Ca., April 25. - While members of the family and relatives were grouped about the open coffin of Mrs. J. R. Burney's 3-year-old son yesterday listening to the funeral service, the body moved... Read MORE...

The Washington Post -  Washington, District of Columbia -  April 26, 1913
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Clinton, Dutchess, New York, USA

1879 - Madison University
In 1818, thirteen men gathered together, thirteen prayers were said, and thirteen dollars subscribed for the establishment of a place of learning for Baptists. To-day Madison University, at Clinton,... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  April 26, 1879
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Ginger Drops - One half cup of butter, one cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, one cup of...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., December 10, 1879
Naperville, Illinois, USA

1946 - TRAIN WRECK DEATH TOLL AT 43. ENGINEER CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.
Naperville, Ill., (AP) - Weary rescue workers Friday counted at least 43 dead in a terrific rear-end collision of the Burlington railroad's westbound fast Exposition Flyer and Advance Flyer... Read MORE...

Mason City Globe-Gazette -  Iowa -  April 26, 1946
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"Commercial wooden boatbuilding thrived in St. Augustine with the advent of the shrimping industry in the 1920s and over the following decades expanded exponentially with the success of commercial boatbuilding outfits such as DESCO and St. Augustine Trawlers. DESCO (Diesel Engine Sales Company), in particular, built trawlers in such prodigious quantities for the world market that their motto became "The Sun Never Sets on a DESCO Boat." " www.lampmaritime.org/ LAMP/ Hertiage_Boatbuilding/ Boatbuilding_History


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Middletown, Rhode Island, USA (Green's End)

1919 - A Bad Accident
MIDDLETOWN

As Mr. Russell Morgan Peckham, accompanied by Mr. Lewis Plummer, Miss Ethel Plummer and the Misses Helen and Katherine Bronson, was driving his Dodge touring car from Wyatt Road on to... Read MORE...

Newport Mercury -  Newport, Rhode Island -  April 26, 1919
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New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)

1915 - HISTORIC THEATRE BURNS. Grand Opera House in New Haven Destroyed, with Loss of $80,000.
NEW HAVEN, April 25.- The Grand Opera House in Crown Street, the oldest playhouse in New Haven, was destroyed by fire early today, and the entire fire-fighting force of the city had a hard time to... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  April 26, 1915
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1921 April 26, 1921: First U.S. weather report broadcast, by WEW in St. Louis, Missouri

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Alkalol
Alkalol is a nasal wash and oral rinse. Alkalol dissolves mucus, cleans and moisturizes the nasal airways, and provides relief to agitated sinus, nasal passage and throat tissue. It is an alkaline saline solution that includes a mix of menthol, camphor, eucalyptol, thymol, benzoin, and oils of wintergreen, spearmint, pine, and cinnamon, as well as potassium and sodium salts. First formulated by James P. Whitters in 1896 in a small laboratory above the A.J. Barker pharmacy in Taunton, Massachusetts, Alkalol is one of the oldest over-the-counter pharmaceutical products sold in the United States.
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Saturday, April 22, 2023

1910 - Mark Twain World's Greatest Humorist Passes Into The Great Beyond

Canaan, New Hampshire, USA

1880 - Sad Accident.
A little child four years of age, of Mr. Webster of Canaan, was fatally scalded last Friday, by falling into a pail of boiling water, which its mother had prepared for washing the floor. The family... Read MORE...

The People and New Hampshire Patriot -  Concord, New Hampshire -  April 22, 1880
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Armstrong Brothers

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1910 - Mark Twain World's Greatest Humorist Passes Into The Great Beyond
End of Brilliant Career Came Peacefully - Biographical Sketch.

By Associated Press.
Redding, Conn., April 22. - Samuel Langhorn Clemens, (Mark Twain), died painlessly at 6:30 o'clock last night... Read MORE...

The Charlotte News -  Charlotte, North Carolina -  April 22, 1910
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1970 - April 22 - The First Earth Day
Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin was disturbed that an issue as important as our environment was not addressed in politics or by the media, so he created the first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970. An ... Read MORE...

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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Apple Fritters.

Pare some apples and cut them in thin slices - put them in a bowl, with a glass...Read MORE...



The Virginia Housewife or Methodical Cook, 1828
St Paul, Minnesota, USA

1868 - ST. PAUL. Disastrous Fire
St. Paul, Minn., April 21

Early this morning the McKibben Block, a four-story stone building, together with Mrs. Johnson's brick boarding-house and three frame buildings burned down. The origin of ... Read MORE...

Morning Herald -  Titusville, Pennsylvania -  April 22, 1868
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1880 - DESTRUCTION AND DEATH - A FRESH HORROR FURNISHED IN NEW YORK CITY.
FALL OF THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - THE BUILDING FILLED WITH PEOPLE IN AID OF A CHARITY - SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AND MANY MORE INJURED.

New York, April 21. - An accident of a fatal character and... Read MORE...

Daily Globe -  St. Paul, Minnesota -  April 22, 1880
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1895  A farmer near Kemptville, Ont., killed a lynx that weighed 1000 pounds.


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1889  April 22 – At high noon in Oklahoma Territory, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed, with populations of at least 10,000.

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Friday, April 21, 2023

1900 - NEW BORN BABE FOUND. People of Stamford Again Shocked by Sensational Discovery.

Stamford, Vermont, USA

1900 - NEW BORN BABE FOUND. People of Stamford Again Shocked by Sensational Discovery.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Bennington, April 21. - The town of Stamford in this county furnishes another sensation. Thursday morning a young lad, while walking on the river bank found the body of a ... Read MORE...

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Smith Bros. Cough Drops

"William Wallace Smith I (1830–1913) and Andrew Smith (1836–1895) were the sons of James Smith (c1800-1866) of Poughkeepsie, New York. James' family had emigrated from Fife, Scotland, to Canada in 1831, and James from St. Armand, Quebec, to the U.S. in 1847.

In New York, James opened an ice cream shop called "James Smith and Son." James Smith bought a cough drop recipe from a journeyman peddler named Sly Hawkins and in 1852 made his first batch of "Smith Brothers Cough Drops"." wikipedia

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Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

1937 - FOR SALE
FOR SALE—Road Restaurant for sale or to let the oldest established biggest, best patronised, best equipped, in a word, the cream of road estaurants, all completely equipped; chance for one who wishes ... Read MORE...

Plattsburgh Daily Press -  Plattsburgh, New York -  April 21, 1937
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1836 - The Alamo and Texas Declaration of Independence
In 1836, a small band of Texans fought the Mexican Army from inside an old mission chapel known as the Alamo. Texans fighting for independence from Mexico had seized the structure and sent Mexican... Read MORE...

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Lubbock, Texas, USA

1926 - Lubbock man Is Killed by Lightning Bolt
Special to The News.

Lubbock, Texas, April 20,- J.H. BURROUGHS, 60 years old, pioneer pure seed breeder and director of both the State and local Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association, was struck by ... Read MORE...

Dallas Morning News -  Dallas, Texas -  April 21, 1926
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Olean, New York, USA

1881 - Wagon Shop Fire
At a little past 8 o'clock Tuesday morning there was an alarm of fire and a hurrying to and fro, as it was announced that in Conlkin's wagon shop was on fire. The Fountain and Citizens hose companies ... Read MORE...

The Democrat -  Olean, New York -  April 21, 1881
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SLAPJACK

Take flour, little sugar and water,
mix with or without a little yeast, the latter...Read MORE...



The Old Confederacy Receipt Book of 1863
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

1856 - Tornado
AT WILMINGTON, DEL.
Considerable damage was done by the heavy wind. One half of the roof was blown off the public school house in Washington street, and other buildings partly unroofed. The roof on... Read MORE...

The Adams Sentinel -  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -  April 21, 1856
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"Commercial wooden boatbuilding thrived in St. Augustine with the advent of the shrimping industry in the 1920s and over the following decades expanded exponentially with the success of commercial boatbuilding outfits such as DESCO and St. Augustine Trawlers. DESCO (Diesel Engine Sales Company), in particular, built trawlers in such prodigious quantities for the world market that their motto became "The Sun Never Sets on a DESCO Boat." " www.lampmaritime.org/ LAMP/ Hertiage_Boatbuilding/ Boatbuilding_History


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Lee, Massachusetts, USA

1886 - A Raging Flood
BOSTON, MASS. April 20. - A special dispatch, received about noon from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, states that the great dam at Lee, ten miles below there, which furnished power for some dozen huge... Read MORE...

Review -  Decatur, Illinois -  April 21, 1886
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York, Pennsylvania, USA (Yorktown)

1856 - Tornado
Further Particulars. - The storm of Saturday night was quite serious at York, Pa. The Gazette says:

It lifted the sheet iron roof from the large warehouse of P. A. & S. Small, in the rear of their ... Read MORE...

The Adams Sentinel -  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -  April 21, 1856
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1962  April 21 - Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens

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The Old and The New No. 9 Engine
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Alkalol
Alkalol is a nasal wash and oral rinse. Alkalol dissolves mucus, cleans and moisturizes the nasal airways, and provides relief to agitated sinus, nasal passage and throat tissue. It is an alkaline saline solution that includes a mix of menthol, camphor, eucalyptol, thymol, benzoin, and oils of wintergreen, spearmint, pine, and cinnamon, as well as potassium and sodium salts. First formulated by James P. Whitters in 1896 in a small laboratory above the A.J. Barker pharmacy in Taunton, Massachusetts, Alkalol is one of the oldest over-the-counter pharmaceutical products sold in the United States.
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