Saturday, September 2, 2023

1898 - September 2 - NOTCH GANG of Counterfeiters in the Mountains of Maine.

Worcester, Vermont, USA

1898 - Fatal Bicycle Accident.
RUTLAND, Vt., Sept.1. - Philip Buck, aged fifteen, of Worcester, Vt., met with an accident yesterday morning that cost him his life. He was a novice at bicycle riding. While he was crossing a bridge... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  September 2, 1898
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William Jennings Bryan Campaign Poster (1900)

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Ware, Massachusetts, USA

1898 - TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. FIVE PERSONS WERE KILLED AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS WOUNDED, SOME FATALLY - ENGINE STRUCK A WAGON.
Ware, Mass., Aug. 27. - Five persons were killed this evening at Whiting's Crossing on the Boston and Maine Railroad by a collision between a train and a wagon containing a pleasure party of eleven... Read MORE...

The Weekly Advertiser -  Montgomery, Alabama -  September 2, 1898
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New Vineyard, Maine, USA

1898 - September 2 - NOTCH GANG of Counterfeiters in the Mountains of Maine.
[Lewiston (Maine) Journal.]

"I see by the papers that the famous Notch Gang of New Vineyard is again rampant," said a Farmington man who came out of the dining hall of the Victoria Hotel in... Read MORE...

The Cincinnati Enquirer -  Cincinnati, Ohio -  September 2, 1898
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1945 - September 2 - World War II ends
WORLD IS AT PEACE
Japan Surrenders Formally, Unconditionally to Allies in Short Ritual; V-J Day Today

Truman Lauds Day of Victory Over Tyranny
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The Sunday News and Tribune -  Jefferson City, Missouri -  September 2, 1945
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William McKinley Campaign Poster (1900)

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Los Angeles, California, USA

1935 - EXPRESS PLANE CRASHES, KILLS CREW OF THREE. WESTERN AIR EXPRESS FALLS, BURNS ONLY MILE FROM LOS ANGELES AIRPORT.
Los Angeles, Sept. 2. (U.P.) - A Western Air express plane crashed and burst into flames shortly before midnight, burning its crew of two men and a woman to death.

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The Star -  Anniston, Alabama -  September 2, 1935
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Waterbury, Connecticut, USA (Waterville)

1910 - "BUGS" RAYMOND IN WRECK.
Ball Player Bruised in Crash on the New Haven.

WATERBURY, Conn., Sept. 1. - A passenger train running from Bridgeport to Winsted on the New Haven Railroad crashed into several freight cars south... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  September 2, 1910
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1901  September 2 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.

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1969  September 2 - The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York.

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 America - Did you know? Boulder City, Nevada, is one of the few places left in the state where gambling is illegal. The...Read MORE...



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 Quebec - Did you know? Canada produces about 70% of the world’s pure maple syrup. Out of that 70% about 90% is from the...Read MORE...



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