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Galveston, Texas, USA
1900 - More than 6,000 die after storm washes over Galveston
The nation's deadliest natural disaster, the storm struck with little warning late on Sept. 8. Storm tides of 8 to 15 feet inundated Galveston Island and portions of the nearby Texas coast. The tides ... Read MORE...
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Sun Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale, Florida - September 8, 1900
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1900 - More than 6,000 die after storm washes over Galveston
The nation's deadliest natural disaster, the storm struck with little warning late on Sept. 8. Storm tides of 8 to 15 feet inundated Galveston Island and portions of the nearby Texas coast. The tides ... Read MORE...
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Sun Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale, Florida - September 8, 1900
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St Augustine, Florida, USA
1565 - September 8 - Oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla, established by Spanish Expedition
On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed on the shore of what is now called Matanzas Bay and began the founding of the Presidio of San Agustin. Later the settlement would be called St.... Read MORE...
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September 8, 1565
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1565 - September 8 - Oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla, established by Spanish Expedition
On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed on the shore of what is now called Matanzas Bay and began the founding of the Presidio of San Agustin. Later the settlement would be called St.... Read MORE...
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September 8, 1565
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1800s Cooking Tips and RecipesCream of Corn Soup - Score down the grains and press out the pulp from six good-sized ears...Read MORE...
The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898
Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
1949 - PLANT DESTROYED
BELOIT, Wis., (AP) - Fire swept through the main plant of an ice cream manufacturing plant late Wednesday night causing damage estimated by a company official at $500,000.
The two story brick... Read MORE...
The Walla Walla Union Bulletin - Walla Walla, Washington - September 8, 1949
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1949 - PLANT DESTROYED
BELOIT, Wis., (AP) - Fire swept through the main plant of an ice cream manufacturing plant late Wednesday night causing damage estimated by a company official at $500,000.
The two story brick... Read MORE...
The Walla Walla Union Bulletin - Walla Walla, Washington - September 8, 1949
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Batavia, New York, USA
1925 - FOUR KILLED IN WRECK AT R. R. CROSSING. BUFFALO FAMILIES WERE ON WAY TO PICNIC. MORE IN CAR SURVIVE.
Car Rolled Down Bank 300 Feet Two Women Carried With Wreckage.
Batavia, N. Y., Sept. 7 (A.P.) - Four Buffalo persons were killed shortly before one o'clock today when a west bound New York Central ... Read MORE...
Plattsburgh Sentinel - Plattsburgh, New York - September 8, 1925
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1925 - FOUR KILLED IN WRECK AT R. R. CROSSING. BUFFALO FAMILIES WERE ON WAY TO PICNIC. MORE IN CAR SURVIVE.
Car Rolled Down Bank 300 Feet Two Women Carried With Wreckage.
Batavia, N. Y., Sept. 7 (A.P.) - Four Buffalo persons were killed shortly before one o'clock today when a west bound New York Central ... Read MORE...
Plattsburgh Sentinel - Plattsburgh, New York - September 8, 1925
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
1887 - Two Freights Collide.
ANN ARBOR, Sept. 7. - This morning a freight train going west on the Central drawn by engine No. 219, crashed into the rear end of a freight train standing on the main track about twenty rods east of ... Read MORE...
Saginaw News - Saginaw, Michigan - September 8, 1887
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1887 - Two Freights Collide.
ANN ARBOR, Sept. 7. - This morning a freight train going west on the Central drawn by engine No. 219, crashed into the rear end of a freight train standing on the main track about twenty rods east of ... Read MORE...
Saginaw News - Saginaw, Michigan - September 8, 1887
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Norwalk, Connecticut, USA (Rowayton) (South Norwalk) (East Norwalk)
1890 - TRAIN OF ILL-OMEN.
South Norwalk, Conn., Sept. 8 - The express train due here from Boston at 5:20 Saturday evening ran into a Danbury and Norwalk railway commuters' train at the junction in this city.
About thirty... Read MORE...
Evening Gazette - Sterling, Illinois - September 8, 1890
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1890 - TRAIN OF ILL-OMEN.
South Norwalk, Conn., Sept. 8 - The express train due here from Boston at 5:20 Saturday evening ran into a Danbury and Norwalk railway commuters' train at the junction in this city.
About thirty... Read MORE...
Evening Gazette - Sterling, Illinois - September 8, 1890
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for MenWhatever language a person uses, he should speak it in its greatest purity , and according to the...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
Chester, Massachusetts, USA
1893 - A TRAIN'S FATAL PLUNGE IT GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS
The Locomotive Got Across Safely, But Four Wagner Cars Plunged Into the Stream - Many Persons Killed or Injured - The Scene at the Wreck.
The Chicago limited express train for Boston broke through ... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - September 8, 1893
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1893 - A TRAIN'S FATAL PLUNGE IT GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS
The Locomotive Got Across Safely, But Four Wagner Cars Plunged Into the Stream - Many Persons Killed or Injured - The Scene at the Wreck.
The Chicago limited express train for Boston broke through ... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - September 8, 1893
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1727 September 8 - A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
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1934 September 8 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner S.S. Morro Castle kills 134 people.
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1888 Colonel George L. Perkins, aged one hundred years and one month, died in Groton, Conn., on the 5th of old age. He was treasurer of the Norwich & Worcester railroad for fifty years.
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1934 September 8 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner S.S. Morro Castle kills 134 people.
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1888 Colonel George L. Perkins, aged one hundred years and one month, died in Groton, Conn., on the 5th of old age. He was treasurer of the Norwich & Worcester railroad for fifty years.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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America - Did you know? The National anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, was written by Francis Scott Key during the War of...Read MORE...legendsofamerica.com
Quebec - Did you know? Between 1714 and 1754, approximately 4,500 immigrants settled in New France. They included...Read MORE...History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.
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POINTE DU LAC, QUE.
On Montreal-Quebec Highway, 9 miles west of Three Rivers.
Sandy bathing beach. Wonderful view on St. Peter's Lake. Fresh dairy and farm products.
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