Welcome to our blog, where we embark on a captivating journey through time, exploring the rich tapestry of history and genealogy.
In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated June 4, unearthing stories that resonate with genealogists and history enthusiasts alike.
From local happenings to global events, we'll uncover the stories that shaped the lives of our ancestors, providing valuable insights for those on a quest to discover their roots.
So, grab your magnifying glass and step into the past as we unravel the June 4 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Incline Village, Nevada, USA (Crystal Bay)
Incline Village on the north shore of beautiful Lake Tahoe, once a thriving lumber town that faded into a ghost town, today is again mushrooming and flourishing with modern-day living.
FOREFATHERS of some of the residents populated the community over 80 years ago. They settled and built log cabins, grazed their oxen and built a tram railway 4,000 feet long on the side of a mountain 1,400 feet about the blue waters of Lake Tahoe.
Up the tramway went countless timbers and endless cords of... Read MORE...
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Las Vegas, Nevada - June 4, 1967
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1967 - WAS ONCE A GHOST TOWN. Incline Village Flourishing
Incline Village on the north shore of beautiful Lake Tahoe, once a thriving lumber town that faded into a ghost town, today is again mushrooming and flourishing with modern-day living.
FOREFATHERS of some of the residents populated the community over 80 years ago. They settled and built log cabins, grazed their oxen and built a tram railway 4,000 feet long on the side of a mountain 1,400 feet about the blue waters of Lake Tahoe.
Up the tramway went countless timbers and endless cords of... Read MORE...
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Las Vegas, Nevada - June 4, 1967
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Lewiston, Maine, USA
During the breakfast hour at the Lewiston police station, Monday, J. J. McKenney, jr., told Officer Tuttle that he wanted to telephone friends to get him out. Mr. Tuttle, who is always obliging, took McKenna into the machine room.
But McKenna didn't stop to telephone. He made a dash thru the Park street door and was soon out of sight. Officer Tuttle started in pursuit. Deputy Marshal Pettengill came out of his office and sent two officers up Lisbon street to head McKenna off.
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Lewiston Evening Journal - Lewiston, Maine - June 4, 1909
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1909 - Prisoner Escaped.
During the breakfast hour at the Lewiston police station, Monday, J. J. McKenney, jr., told Officer Tuttle that he wanted to telephone friends to get him out. Mr. Tuttle, who is always obliging, took McKenna into the machine room.
But McKenna didn't stop to telephone. He made a dash thru the Park street door and was soon out of sight. Officer Tuttle started in pursuit. Deputy Marshal Pettengill came out of his office and sent two officers up Lisbon street to head McKenna off.
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Lewiston Evening Journal - Lewiston, Maine - June 4, 1909
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Lewiston, Maine, USA
Now the bicycle is accused of responsibility for a lot of hard times in various lines of business. The theatrical man stands in front of his showhouse and swears as he sees the men and maidens wheeling by. The confectioner stands in his doorway and looks into his window full of unsold candy and says the bicycles are ruining his business. The clothier says he can't sell half as many fine clothes as he did because people wear bicycle suits more than half the time. The cigar man says his trade is ... Read MORE...
Lewiston Daily Sun - Lewiston, Maine - June 4, 1896
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1896 - Bicycles and Business. Hard Times Attributed in Part to the Wheeling Craze.
Now the bicycle is accused of responsibility for a lot of hard times in various lines of business. The theatrical man stands in front of his showhouse and swears as he sees the men and maidens wheeling by. The confectioner stands in his doorway and looks into his window full of unsold candy and says the bicycles are ruining his business. The clothier says he can't sell half as many fine clothes as he did because people wear bicycle suits more than half the time. The cigar man says his trade is ... Read MORE...
Lewiston Daily Sun - Lewiston, Maine - June 4, 1896
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Tavern Biscuit To one pound of flour, add half a pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, some mace and nutmeg powdered, and a glass of brandy or wine; wet it with milk, and when well kneaded, roll it thin, cut it in shapes, and bake it quickly.
1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
Whatever business you have, do it the first moment you can; never by halves, but finish it with out interruption, if possible.
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Special to The New York Times.
Newport, R. I., June 3. - A vestibule car of the Newport & Fall River division of the Old Colony Street Railway Company, leaving Fall River at 6:10 o'clock this evening with eleven passengers, bound for points between that city and Newport, turned turtle thirty minutes later in Portsmouth. Spreading rails caused the accident.
MRS. GEORGE T. DOUGLASS, 40 years old, a trained nurse, was taken from the car suffering from a depressed fracture of a rib. In a... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 4, 1910
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1910 - OVERTURNED CAR TRAPS 11. ONE WOMAN SEVERELY HURT; OTHERS FAINT IN NEWPORT TROLLEY ACCIDENT.
Special to The New York Times.
Newport, R. I., June 3. - A vestibule car of the Newport & Fall River division of the Old Colony Street Railway Company, leaving Fall River at 6:10 o'clock this evening with eleven passengers, bound for points between that city and Newport, turned turtle thirty minutes later in Portsmouth. Spreading rails caused the accident.
MRS. GEORGE T. DOUGLASS, 40 years old, a trained nurse, was taken from the car suffering from a depressed fracture of a rib. In a... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 4, 1910
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Mount Vernon, New York, USA
COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERS FLEE
There Automobiles Imperilled by the Fire, Hotel Keeper to the Rescue—Company Sends an Old Car to Do Duty at a Depot, Decorated with Chalk Sign Writing.
Mount Vernon, N. Y., June 4.—The station of the Harlem River branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad at Baychester, Borough fo the Bronx, was wrecked yesterday by an explosion which set it on fire, and the agent Edward Whitehead was carried out of the ruins very badly burned.
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New Haven Register - New Haven, Connecticut - June 4, 1900
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1900 - EXPLOSION AT MOUNT VERNON - Station Destroyed by Flames Which Follow, and Station Agent Injured.
COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERS FLEE
There Automobiles Imperilled by the Fire, Hotel Keeper to the Rescue—Company Sends an Old Car to Do Duty at a Depot, Decorated with Chalk Sign Writing.
Mount Vernon, N. Y., June 4.—The station of the Harlem River branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad at Baychester, Borough fo the Bronx, was wrecked yesterday by an explosion which set it on fire, and the agent Edward Whitehead was carried out of the ruins very badly burned.
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New Haven Register - New Haven, Connecticut - June 4, 1900
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Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
(International News Service) Hagerstown, Md., June 4. – Samuel ABRECHT, 21, a reporter of the News-Post of Frederick, was instantly killed when struck by lightning in a garage at Ridgeville, Md., during the storm yesterday afternoon. ABRECHT who was returning from an automobile trip to Washington, sought protection from the storm in the garage. The bolt struck a tree nearby and entered the garage killing ABRECHT instantly.
Several houses and barns were burned to the ground together with all... Read MORE...
New Castle News - New Castle, Pennsylvania - June 4, 1923
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1923 - Hagerstown, Md., Struck By Lightning. Jun. 1923 - Reporter Struck By Lightning And Instantly Killed
(International News Service) Hagerstown, Md., June 4. – Samuel ABRECHT, 21, a reporter of the News-Post of Frederick, was instantly killed when struck by lightning in a garage at Ridgeville, Md., during the storm yesterday afternoon. ABRECHT who was returning from an automobile trip to Washington, sought protection from the storm in the garage. The bolt struck a tree nearby and entered the garage killing ABRECHT instantly.
Several houses and barns were burned to the ground together with all... Read MORE...
New Castle News - New Castle, Pennsylvania - June 4, 1923
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Norwalk, Connecticut, USA (Rowayton) (South Norwalk) (East Norwalk)
NORWALK, June 3. (Special to the Telegram) - Flame shooting high into the air which could be sen(sic) many miles along Long Island sound, totally destroyed the summer home of H. A. Scofield, an official of the Shorehaven Realty Development Co. located on the Sprights Island in Norwalk harbor today. There is but one other house on the island. As far as could be learned there was no one on the island at the time the fire broke out.
Several people in boats left Calf Pasture beach and other... Read MORE...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, Connecticut - June 4, 1923
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1923 - FLAMES TOTALLY DESTROY NORWALK ISLAND RESIDENCE
NORWALK, June 3. (Special to the Telegram) - Flame shooting high into the air which could be sen(sic) many miles along Long Island sound, totally destroyed the summer home of H. A. Scofield, an official of the Shorehaven Realty Development Co. located on the Sprights Island in Norwalk harbor today. There is but one other house on the island. As far as could be learned there was no one on the island at the time the fire broke out.
Several people in boats left Calf Pasture beach and other... Read MORE...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, Connecticut - June 4, 1923
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Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA (Foxboro)
By Associated Press to The Sun.
Taunton, Mass., June 4. - A special from Foxboro, says:
This town is today dazed and panic-stricken. The town hall was burned probably by an incendiary this morning and though it was early in the morning, yet it has resulted in the death of one citizen, the fatal injury of another and the serious injury of two others. The loss is $40,000 and the scholars in the high, grammar and three intermediate grades are now without a place to attend school.
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Lowell Sun - Lowell, Massachusetts - June 4, 1900
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1900 - ONE MAN KILLED. SEVERAL SERIOUSLY INJURED IN FOXBORO FIRE.
By Associated Press to The Sun.
Taunton, Mass., June 4. - A special from Foxboro, says:
This town is today dazed and panic-stricken. The town hall was burned probably by an incendiary this morning and though it was early in the morning, yet it has resulted in the death of one citizen, the fatal injury of another and the serious injury of two others. The loss is $40,000 and the scholars in the high, grammar and three intermediate grades are now without a place to attend school.
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Lowell Sun - Lowell, Massachusetts - June 4, 1900
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Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA
The town of Sheffield was visited on Sunday afternoon with a terrific hail storm, commencing about 3 o'clock and raging with great fury for nearly three-quarters of an hour, breaking windows, leveling fences and uprooting trees. From 100 to 150 panes of glass were broken in several houses, and hail-stones fell measuring 2 1-2 inches in circumference. It passed from west to east over the north and central parts of the town and in width about 3 1-2 miles. In the south part of the town, but little ... Read MORE...
The Berkshire County Eagle - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - June 4, 1863
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1863 - GREAT HAIL STORM IN SHEFFIELD.
The town of Sheffield was visited on Sunday afternoon with a terrific hail storm, commencing about 3 o'clock and raging with great fury for nearly three-quarters of an hour, breaking windows, leveling fences and uprooting trees. From 100 to 150 panes of glass were broken in several houses, and hail-stones fell measuring 2 1-2 inches in circumference. It passed from west to east over the north and central parts of the town and in width about 3 1-2 miles. In the south part of the town, but little ... Read MORE...
The Berkshire County Eagle - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - June 4, 1863
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Berea, Ohio, USA
It Starts in a Photograph Gallery and Creates a Panic at the High School Commencement.
What threatened to be a disastrous fire broke out in Sommers’ photograph gallery in Berea about 8:30 o’clock last night. The flames communicated to a row of frame buildings adjoining but the fire was under control before serious damage was done. The high school commencement exercises were being held in Hulet hall adjoining the buildings and the pupils and audience became panic stricken and started in a... Read MORE...
Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio - June 4, 1892
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1892 - BEREA’S BIG BLAZE.
It Starts in a Photograph Gallery and Creates a Panic at the High School Commencement.
What threatened to be a disastrous fire broke out in Sommers’ photograph gallery in Berea about 8:30 o’clock last night. The flames communicated to a row of frame buildings adjoining but the fire was under control before serious damage was done. The high school commencement exercises were being held in Hulet hall adjoining the buildings and the pupils and audience became panic stricken and started in a... Read MORE...
Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio - June 4, 1892
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Springfield, Vermont, USA
SPRINGFIELD, Vt.., June 4. - Three men were drowned in the Connecticut river here late last night after their automobile had gone through a fence and down a 60-foot embankment into the water. They were GEORGE ROARK, H. G. HANSON and his son, IVAN HANSON, 16 years old, all of East Barre.
A fourth occupant of the car, E. L. Blanchard, was thrown out on the river bank and escaped injury. The bodies of Roark and the Hanson boy were recovered early today six feet from shore at a point where the... Read MORE...
The Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg, Massachusetts - June 4, 1923
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1923 - THREE AUTOISTS DROWNED IN RIVER
SPRINGFIELD, Vt.., June 4. - Three men were drowned in the Connecticut river here late last night after their automobile had gone through a fence and down a 60-foot embankment into the water. They were GEORGE ROARK, H. G. HANSON and his son, IVAN HANSON, 16 years old, all of East Barre.
A fourth occupant of the car, E. L. Blanchard, was thrown out on the river bank and escaped injury. The bodies of Roark and the Hanson boy were recovered early today six feet from shore at a point where the... Read MORE...
The Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg, Massachusetts - June 4, 1923
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Salem, Massachusetts, USA
The Cotton Factory, situate near Watertown Bridge, on Thursday morning last, about half past 7 o'clock, was, in the short space of about two hours, almost wholly destroyed. The fire originated in the garret, and probably is another instance of spontaneous combustion, from the cotton litter and sweeping of the Factory. The loss is extremely heavy, being estimated from 20 to 22,000 dollars, and falls principally upon Messrs. Wiswall & Hunting. The only insurance upon this property was effected in ... Read MORE...
The Salem Gazette - Salem, Massachusetts - June 4, 1822
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1822 - Fire
The Cotton Factory, situate near Watertown Bridge, on Thursday morning last, about half past 7 o'clock, was, in the short space of about two hours, almost wholly destroyed. The fire originated in the garret, and probably is another instance of spontaneous combustion, from the cotton litter and sweeping of the Factory. The loss is extremely heavy, being estimated from 20 to 22,000 dollars, and falls principally upon Messrs. Wiswall & Hunting. The only insurance upon this property was effected in ... Read MORE...
The Salem Gazette - Salem, Massachusetts - June 4, 1822
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1896 June 4 – The Ford Quadricycle, the first Ford vehicle ever developed, is completed, eventually leading Henry Ford to build the empire that "put America on wheels".
At approximately 4:00 a.m. on June 4, 1896, in the shed behind his home on Bagley Avenue in Detroit, Henry Ford unveils the "Quadricycle," the first automobile he ever designed or drove.
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June 4, 1896
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1860 June 4 - Iowa's Commanche Tornado , with wind speeds estimated in excess of 300 mph, was unquestionably one of the worst experienced by early settlers, with nearly a million dollars damage.
The Weather Channel
June 4, 1860
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1870 The King of Sweden intends to make a journey round the world.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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At approximately 4:00 a.m. on June 4, 1896, in the shed behind his home on Bagley Avenue in Detroit, Henry Ford unveils the "Quadricycle," the first automobile he ever designed or drove.
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June 4, 1896
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1860 June 4 - Iowa's Commanche Tornado , with wind speeds estimated in excess of 300 mph, was unquestionably one of the worst experienced by early settlers, with nearly a million dollars damage.
The Weather Channel
June 4, 1860
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1870 The King of Sweden intends to make a journey round the world.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1870 The British House of Lords has officially decided that a man cannot marry his widow's sister.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1870 A sexton in Middlesex, England, while digging a grave, found twenty-five silver coins, dating back to the Stuart period.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1870 Twenty four thousand emigrants left Germany during the first four months of the present year.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1870 A sexton in Middlesex, England, while digging a grave, found twenty-five silver coins, dating back to the Stuart period.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1870 Twenty four thousand emigrants left Germany during the first four months of the present year.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1870 The hair dressers' shops of Madrid are crowded with girls anxious to sell their hair - so much misery there is in Spain.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1887 The story of Ireland is best told by the following figures furnished by Mulhall, one of the most reliable statisticians of the day.
He says that during Victoria's reign there have died of starvation in Ireland 1,255,000 people; there have been evicted for non-payment of rent, 3,365,000; and there emigrated, 4,185,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1887
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1870 A Malone, N. Y., dispatch of the 29th says the Fenian movement there had collapsed.
General Gleason, Dr. Donnelly, Colonel Cullen, and Captain Mannox, of the Fenian army, had been arrested by United States Marshal Quimby. About fifteen hundred Fenians were scattered all over the city and in camp, awaiting transportation.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1887 The story of Ireland is best told by the following figures furnished by Mulhall, one of the most reliable statisticians of the day.
He says that during Victoria's reign there have died of starvation in Ireland 1,255,000 people; there have been evicted for non-payment of rent, 3,365,000; and there emigrated, 4,185,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1887
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1870 A Malone, N. Y., dispatch of the 29th says the Fenian movement there had collapsed.
General Gleason, Dr. Donnelly, Colonel Cullen, and Captain Mannox, of the Fenian army, had been arrested by United States Marshal Quimby. About fifteen hundred Fenians were scattered all over the city and in camp, awaiting transportation.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1870 Interesting Marriage
A clergyman of Putnam, Conn., recently married a couple on the cars, without the other passengers having any knowledge or suspicion of the transaction.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1892 June 4 - Oil City & Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die
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June 4, 1892
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1876 June 4 - An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.
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June 4, 1876
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A clergyman of Putnam, Conn., recently married a couple on the cars, without the other passengers having any knowledge or suspicion of the transaction.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1892 June 4 - Oil City & Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die
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June 4, 1892
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1876 June 4 - An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.
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June 4, 1876
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1857 The Kiss as an Elevator
In a German tale, published some time since, is a description of 'The First Kiss' in the following sensation style - 'Am I really dear to you, Sophia?' I whispered, and pressed my burning lips to her rosy mouth. She did not say yes; she did not say no; but she returned my kiss, an the earth went from under my feet; my soul was no longer in the body; I touched the starts; I knew the happiness of the seraphim!'
Pittsfield Sun
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
June 4, 1857
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1925 LIGHTNING KILLS FARMER
Butler, June 4. - Chester Curry, a farmer, was killed by lightning late Wednesday. Fire resulting from lightning destroyed a 5000 barrel steel oil tank with an estimated loss of $25.000.
The Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
June 4, 1925
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In a German tale, published some time since, is a description of 'The First Kiss' in the following sensation style - 'Am I really dear to you, Sophia?' I whispered, and pressed my burning lips to her rosy mouth. She did not say yes; she did not say no; but she returned my kiss, an the earth went from under my feet; my soul was no longer in the body; I touched the starts; I knew the happiness of the seraphim!'
Pittsfield Sun
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
June 4, 1857
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1925 LIGHTNING KILLS FARMER
Butler, June 4. - Chester Curry, a farmer, was killed by lightning late Wednesday. Fire resulting from lightning destroyed a 5000 barrel steel oil tank with an estimated loss of $25.000.
The Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
June 4, 1925
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America - Did you know?
The last person to receive a Civil War pension from the United States government was Irene Tripplett, who got a $73 monthly check until her death at 90 in June of 2020. Triplett’s father Moses, deserted the Confederate army and joined the Union...Read MORE...legendsofamerica.com
Quebec - Did you know?
Canada produces about 70% of the world’s pure maple syrup. Out of that 70% about 90% is from the province of Quebec.
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