Tuesday, August 29, 2023

1903 - Had To Leave School - The Pitiable Story of a Young Girl. Every Mother of a Growing Girl Will be Interested in the Story as Told by the Young Lady.

Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

1908 - Little Boy Played "Buffalo Bill"
A shooting accident that came near resulting fatally occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Coats at Mallets Bay Tuesday, when Gardner Bartholomew, aged 10 years, shot William Coats, Jr., a... Read MORE...

St Albans Daily Messenger -  St Albans, Vermont -  August 29, 1908
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Nestle Food
New York, NY

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Cabot, Vermont, USA

1908 - High School Opened at Cabot.
A high school was opened at Cabot Monday, August 21, with twenty-four students. There had been no plan for a formal opening, but thirty-six people interested in seeing the new school start, were... Read MORE...

St Albans Daily Messenger -  St Albans, Vermont -  August 29, 1908
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Stamford, Vermont, USA

1908 - A Town Without Officers.
It is aid that owning to neglect of an official the town of Stamford will be without officers for two years unless they are appointed by the governor. The neglect was in not filing a customary legal... Read MORE...

St Albans Daily Messenger -  St Albans, Vermont -  August 29, 1908
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Hyde Park, Vermont, USA (Hydepark)

1908 - Lost an Eye
While playing with a rifle Isadore Whitcomb, the thirteen-year-old daughter of Charles Whitcomb, of Hyde Park, received a shot in the right eye, inflicting a wound so severe that it was necessary to... Read MORE...

St Albans Daily Messenger -  St Albans, Vermont -  August 29, 1908
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Barton, Vermont, USA (Orleans) (Barton Landing)

1908  Vermont Baseball Championship

Barton claims to have won the baseball championship of Vermont by defeating Woodstock in a game at Woodstock by a score of 6 to 4. The umpire's decision brought out strong protests from Woodstock.

St Albans Daily Messenger -  St Albans, Vermont -  August 29, 1908
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Fried Egg Plant - elect the large purple kind and one which feels firm; cut it crosswise...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., October 12, 1881
Derby, Vermont, USA (Derby Line)

1908  Accidental Poisoning

Mrs. Lewis Twine, of Derby, who took a poison tablet which she mistook for a headache tablet, has been seriously ill, but homes are now entertained of her recovery.

St Albans Daily Messenger -  St Albans, Vermont -  August 29, 1908
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Palmer's Skin-Success Soap
Made in New York, NY

Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida

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Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

1903 - Had To Leave School - The Pitiable Story of a Young Girl. Every Mother of a Growing Girl Will be Interested in the Story as Told by the Young Lady.
Miss Laura Dumontier is the daughter of a well-to-do farmer in St. Cuthbert, Quebec. The circumstances under which she was forced to discontinue her studies and leave school will be of interest to... Read MORE...

The Ottawa Journal -  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -  August 29, 1903
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1965  August 29 - A national record for the month of August was established when 2.5 inches of snow fell atop Mount Washington NH.

Temperatures in New England dipped to 39 degrees at Nantucket MA, and to 25 degrees in Vermont. For many locations it was the earliest freeze of record.

WeatherForYou.com
August 29, 1965
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

Make yourself absolute master of your temper and your countenance; so far, at least, as that no...Read MORE...



Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
1907  August 29 – The partially completed superstructure of the Quebec Bridge collapses entirely, claiming the lives of 76 workers.

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1885  Ex-Governor Reuben E. Fenton died suddenly Tuesday while sitting at his desk in the First National Bank at Jamestown, N. Y.


St. Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

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 America - Did you know? Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon; everyone knows that. But did you know that he was...Read MORE...



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 Quebec - Did you know? The life of the French-Canadians in Quebec was largely agrarian. It was a system where each...Read MORE...



French-Canadian Culture (www.woonsocket.org)
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"The Maples," East Sullivan, Maine

Hemaboloids Arseniated
Made by The Palisade Manufacturing Company, Yonkers, NY

Hemaboloids arseniated (with strychnia) was a patent medicine used to treat people with anaemia (low red blood cell count). It contained 17% alcohol, and small amounts of arsenious acid (which contained arsenic) and strychnia (also known as strychnine), both of which were highly toxic in larger doses.
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Died August 29

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