North Haven, Connecticut, USA
1896 - EIGHT RIDERS ARRESTED. Wheelmen Compelled to Observe the Sidewalk Law in North Haven. LEFT THEIR WATCHES AS SECURITY. Two Cyclists From This City, Three From Hartford and Three From Meriden Taken Into Custoday Sunday
A Claim That the Notice Was Not Posted in a Conspicuous Place - Trial This Evening.
The town bicycle law for riding on the sidewalks was, for the first time enforced yesterday in North Haven.... Read MORE...
The New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - May 11, 1896
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1896 - EIGHT RIDERS ARRESTED. Wheelmen Compelled to Observe the Sidewalk Law in North Haven. LEFT THEIR WATCHES AS SECURITY. Two Cyclists From This City, Three From Hartford and Three From Meriden Taken Into Custoday Sunday
A Claim That the Notice Was Not Posted in a Conspicuous Place - Trial This Evening.
The town bicycle law for riding on the sidewalks was, for the first time enforced yesterday in North Haven.... Read MORE...
The New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - May 11, 1896
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1869 - May 10 - The Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory and forged the destiny of a nation. (Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah)
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Last Rail Land and the Last Spike Driven.
San Francisco and New York Linked to Each Other.
Celebration of the Event Throughout the United States.
Official Announcement ... Read MORE...
The New York Herald - New York, New York - May 11, 1869
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THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Last Rail Land and the Last Spike Driven.
San Francisco and New York Linked to Each Other.
Celebration of the Event Throughout the United States.
Official Announcement ... Read MORE...
The New York Herald - New York, New York - May 11, 1869
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Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill)
1877 - Diamond Hill Quarry Company
The Woonsocket Patriot says that the Diamond Hill Quarry Company of Cumberland, have made a contract with the Poughkeepsie Bridge Company to furnish all the stone for the abutments and piers of that... Read MORE...
Newport Daily News - Newport, Rhode Island - May 11, 1877
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1877 - Diamond Hill Quarry Company
The Woonsocket Patriot says that the Diamond Hill Quarry Company of Cumberland, have made a contract with the Poughkeepsie Bridge Company to furnish all the stone for the abutments and piers of that... Read MORE...
Newport Daily News - Newport, Rhode Island - May 11, 1877
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1800s Cooking Tips and RecipesA pottile py
Take as many pottates as you pleas and put them in boiling water let them boil till ...Read MORE...
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Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
1916 - HISTORIC OLD HOTEL WRECKED BY FIRE. THE TOURETTE, AT BAYONNE, N. J., BADLY DAMAGED AND LODGERS LOSE VALUABLES. CUPOLA CRASHES DOWN.
PARTS OF THE STRUCTURE DATE BACK TO REVOLUTIONARY DAYS - DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $10,000.
The ancient Hotel La. Tourette at Bayonne Point, Bayonne, N. J., fronting the waters of the Kill van Kull,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - May 11, 1916
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1916 - HISTORIC OLD HOTEL WRECKED BY FIRE. THE TOURETTE, AT BAYONNE, N. J., BADLY DAMAGED AND LODGERS LOSE VALUABLES. CUPOLA CRASHES DOWN.
PARTS OF THE STRUCTURE DATE BACK TO REVOLUTIONARY DAYS - DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $10,000.
The ancient Hotel La. Tourette at Bayonne Point, Bayonne, N. J., fronting the waters of the Kill van Kull,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - May 11, 1916
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Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
1887 - A TOWN SWEPT BY FIRE. EIGHTY BUILDINGS BURNED, INVOLVING A LOSS OF $300,000.
HANOVER, N. H., May 10. - The most destructive fire that Northern New Hampshire has ever known occurred in Lebanon this morning, breaking out in Mead, Mason & Co.'s furniture factory at 1 o'clock.... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - May 11, 1887
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1887 - A TOWN SWEPT BY FIRE. EIGHTY BUILDINGS BURNED, INVOLVING A LOSS OF $300,000.
HANOVER, N. H., May 10. - The most destructive fire that Northern New Hampshire has ever known occurred in Lebanon this morning, breaking out in Mead, Mason & Co.'s furniture factory at 1 o'clock.... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - May 11, 1887
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Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
1895 - FIVE WERE DROWNED. SAD ACCIDENT NEAR FORT COLLINS.
A Party of Young People Lose Their Lives While Fishing by the Capsizing of a Boat - Father and One Child Escaped.
Denver, May 6. - A special to Fort Collins to the Republican gives details of a... Read MORE...
New Castle News - Colorado - May 11, 1895
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1895 - FIVE WERE DROWNED. SAD ACCIDENT NEAR FORT COLLINS.
A Party of Young People Lose Their Lives While Fishing by the Capsizing of a Boat - Father and One Child Escaped.
Denver, May 6. - A special to Fort Collins to the Republican gives details of a... Read MORE...
New Castle News - Colorado - May 11, 1895
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Millville, Massachusetts, USA
1896 - TWO BRIDGES DESTROYED BY FIRE. Narrow Escape of a Freight Train on a Massachusetts Railroad.
WOONSOCKET, R. I., May 10. - Two adjoining bridges across the Blackstone River about one mile south of Millville, Mass., on the main line of the New-England and Worcester Division of the New-York,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - May 11, 1896
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1896 - TWO BRIDGES DESTROYED BY FIRE. Narrow Escape of a Freight Train on a Massachusetts Railroad.
WOONSOCKET, R. I., May 10. - Two adjoining bridges across the Blackstone River about one mile south of Millville, Mass., on the main line of the New-England and Worcester Division of the New-York,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - May 11, 1896
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for MenWhatever business you have, do it the first moment you can; never by halves, but finish it with out ...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
1751 Founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond, Pennsylvania Hospital was the first hospital in the United States.
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1752 May 11 - 1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
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1865 The milkmen of Syracuse, New York, have astonished the city by voluntarily reducing the price of milk to six cents a quart.
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Lowell, Massachusetts
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1752 May 11 - 1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
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1865 The milkmen of Syracuse, New York, have astonished the city by voluntarily reducing the price of milk to six cents a quart.
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Lowell, Massachusetts
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America - Did you know? May 30, 1854 - Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act, establishing the territories of Kansas and...Read MORE...www.infoplease.com
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