1893 - MOST PECULIAR CASE. Stray Bullet Thought to Have Ended Life of Seigfred Alder.

Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA (Housatonic)

1893 - MOST PECULIAR CASE. Stray Bullet Thought to Have Ended Life of Seigfred Alder.
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., Sept. 5 - The most peculiar case of violent death which has occurred in Great Barrington in years was discovered yesterday when Charles Kellogg found lying at the rear... Read MORE...

Worcester Daily Spy -  Worcester, Massachusetts -  September 6, 1893
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Taylax - Relief of Constipation

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Wentworth, New Hampshire, USA

1921 - BIG FIRE AT WENTWORTH, N. H.
Wentworth, N. H., Sept. 6. -- Two stores and seven houses in the center of town were destroyed by a fire which started here early today. The fire threatened to spread to other buildings and help was... Read MORE...

Lowell Sun -  Lowell, Massachusetts -  September 6, 1921
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Jamaica, New York, USA

1865 - Train Wreck
A collision occurred on the Long Island Railroad, near Jamaica, between the two engines, General Grant and General Sherman, attached to their respective trains. The trains were badly wrecked, the... Read MORE...

The Daily Phoenix -  Columbia, South Carolina -  September 6, 1865
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Arcadia, California, USA

1945 - 4 Dead, Scores Hurt in Wreck
ARCADIA, Sept. 5 - Failure of the engineer on the California limited's lead locomotive to obey speed orders was blamed today by Santa Fe officials for a wreck that killed four persons and injured... Read MORE...

San Diego Union -  San Diego, California -  September 6, 1945
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1881  September 6 - Forest fires in Michigan and Ontario resulted in 'Yellow Day' in the northeastern U.S.

Twenty villages in Michigan burned, and a total of 500 persons were killed. Fires caused 2.3 million dollars in losses near Lake Huron. Candles were needed at the noon hour.

WeatherForYou.com
September 6, 1881
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 1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Queen Cakes

Mix a pound of dried flour, the same of sifted sugar, and of washed clean currants. ...Read MORE...



Maria Eliza Rundell, ‘A New System of Domestic Economy’, 1822

Acidine
Health Laboratories Inc, Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Binghamton, New York, USA

1933 - 14 KILLED, 100 HURT AS ERIE MILK TRAIN SMASHES REAR OF TRAIN NO. 8 AT BINGHAMTON.
FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND RAILROAD OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE FIRST ERIE WRECK CLAIMING LIVES IN YEARS - WOODRUFF DECLARES ENGINEER KING OF FREIGHT ADMITS KNOWING TRACK NOT CLEAR - WOODEN COACH... Read MORE...

Salamanca Republican Press -  Salamanca, New York -  September 6, 1933
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Omaha, Nebraska, USA

1878 - HOTEL FIRE.
The Grand Central Hotel in Omaha, the finest hotel between Chicago and San Francisco, was totally destroyed by fire on the 4th inst.

Three persons were killed and eight seriously injured.

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The Marion Daily Star -  Marion, Ohio -  September 6, 1878
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)

1877 - Cure for Opium Habit
A resident of Thompson, Connecticut, publishes a cure for the "opium habit" that seems very simple. It is done by tapering off - diminishing the dose every day, which can be done without suffering,... Read MORE...

Alton Telegraph -  Alton, Illinois -  September 6, 1877
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 1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

A lady will always dress plainly when traveling. A gay dress, or finery of any sort, when in a...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

Canandaigua, New York, USA

1907 - DOCTOR AND 3 WOMEN DIE IN AUTO CRASH. Motor Car, Driven by Rochester Physician, Hit by Trolley. COLLISION OCCURS AT CROSSING.
Accident Happened on Steep Grade and Passengers Say the Car Was Going at a Rate of Fifty Miles an Hour.

Canandaigua, N. Y. - DR. GEORGE WALDRON, a venerable physician of Rochester, took three of... Read MORE...

The Cranbury Press -  New Jersey -  September 6, 1907
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1884  Secretary of the Treasury, Chas J. Folger, died suddenly in Geneva, N. Y., on Thursday, in the 67th year of his age. He had been in ill-health for sometime.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan

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 America - Did you know? Mind your Ps and Qs.

Inns were places where people stayed during their travels and gathered to...Read MORE...



Mormon Station State Historic Park. Genoa, Nevada

 Quebec - Did you know? In New France, a seigneur's home was sometimes built of timber but more often of stone, with...Read MORE...



Daily Life in New France (www.chroniclesofamerica.com/ french/ daily_life_in_new_france.htm)

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Southwest corner of Euclid and East 9th Street

Reno Brewing Company, Inc.
Reno, Nevada

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Died September 6

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