Stamford, Vermont, USA
(Special to The Messenger.)
Bennington, April 21. - The town of Stamford in this county furnishes another sensation. Thursday morning a young lad, while walking on the river bank found the body of a new born babe on its edge. It was entirely naked and from appearance had been thrown into the stream during the night. It was in a perfect condition. The officials have the matter in charge and are trying their best to find out the criminals. No one in town is suspected and it is thought that the... Read MORE...
St Albans Messenger - St - April 21, 1900
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1900 - NEW BORN BABE FOUND. People of Stamford Again Shocked by Sensational Discovery.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Bennington, April 21. - The town of Stamford in this county furnishes another sensation. Thursday morning a young lad, while walking on the river bank found the body of a new born babe on its edge. It was entirely naked and from appearance had been thrown into the stream during the night. It was in a perfect condition. The officials have the matter in charge and are trying their best to find out the criminals. No one in town is suspected and it is thought that the... Read MORE...
St Albans Messenger - St - April 21, 1900
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Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)
FOR SALE—Road Restaurant for sale or to let the oldest established biggest, best patronised, best equipped, in a word, the cream of road estaurants, all completely equipped; chance for one who wishes to start in sure business. Apply Pine Grove Restaurant, Lavaltrie, Que., Canada.
Plattsburgh Daily Press - Plattsburgh, New York - April 21, 1937
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1937 FOR SALE
FOR SALE—Road Restaurant for sale or to let the oldest established biggest, best patronised, best equipped, in a word, the cream of road estaurants, all completely equipped; chance for one who wishes to start in sure business. Apply Pine Grove Restaurant, Lavaltrie, Que., Canada.
Plattsburgh Daily Press - Plattsburgh, New York - April 21, 1937
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1836 - The Alamo and Texas Declaration of Independence
In 1836, a small band of Texans fought the Mexican Army from inside an old mission chapel known as the Alamo. Texans fighting for independence from Mexico had seized the structure and sent Mexican troops away from San Antonio the previous December. Colonel James Bowie and Colonel William B. Travis commanded the small force defending the Alamo, including the famous backwoodsman Davy Crockett.
The Mexican army, led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna had been ordered to recapture the Alamo ... Read MORE...
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Lubbock, Texas, USA
Special to The News.
Lubbock, Texas, April 20,- J.H. BURROUGHS, 60 years old, pioneer pure seed breeder and director of both the State and local Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association, was struck by lightning early Tuesday morning and instantly killed at his home, about twelve miles west of Lubbock.
The bolt is thought to have hit the top of his head and passed through his body to his right heel, as the top of his cap was burned out and the heel of his right shoe was knocked off. BURROUGHS... Read MORE...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas, Texas - April 21, 1926
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1926 - Lubbock man Is Killed by Lightning Bolt
Special to The News.
Lubbock, Texas, April 20,- J.H. BURROUGHS, 60 years old, pioneer pure seed breeder and director of both the State and local Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association, was struck by lightning early Tuesday morning and instantly killed at his home, about twelve miles west of Lubbock.
The bolt is thought to have hit the top of his head and passed through his body to his right heel, as the top of his cap was burned out and the heel of his right shoe was knocked off. BURROUGHS... Read MORE...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas, Texas - April 21, 1926
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Olean, New York, USA
At a little past 8 o'clock Tuesday morning there was an alarm of fire and a hurrying to and fro, as it was announced that in Conlkin's wagon shop was on fire. The Fountain and Citizens hose companies were prompt to respond, but the H. & L. company had been up all night at the dance and many of them were enjoying repose when the alarm was given. However, there was little cause for anxiety, as the fire, such as there was, was quickly extinguished by those present. The whole excitement was caused... Read MORE...
The Democrat - Olean, New York - April 21, 1881
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1881 - Wagon Shop Fire
At a little past 8 o'clock Tuesday morning there was an alarm of fire and a hurrying to and fro, as it was announced that in Conlkin's wagon shop was on fire. The Fountain and Citizens hose companies were prompt to respond, but the H. & L. company had been up all night at the dance and many of them were enjoying repose when the alarm was given. However, there was little cause for anxiety, as the fire, such as there was, was quickly extinguished by those present. The whole excitement was caused... Read MORE...
The Democrat - Olean, New York - April 21, 1881
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Beef Olives
Cut slices from a fat rump of beef six inches long and half an inch thick, beat them well with a pestle, make a forcemeat of bread crumbs, fat bacon chopped, parsley a little onion, some shred suet, pounded mace, pepper and salt; mix...Read MORE...
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
AT WILMINGTON, DEL.
Considerable damage was done by the heavy wind. One half of the roof was blown off the public school house in Washington street, and other buildings partly unroofed. The roof on the southern side of Asbury M. E. Church, some twelve feet in breadth, was stripped off from the eaves to the comb; nearly sixty feet of the roof of the railroad bridge over the Brandywine was demolished, and other damage was done to chimnies [sic], fences &c. If the gale extended to the river and... Read MORE...
The Adams Sentinel - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - April 21, 1856
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1856 - Tornado
AT WILMINGTON, DEL.
Considerable damage was done by the heavy wind. One half of the roof was blown off the public school house in Washington street, and other buildings partly unroofed. The roof on the southern side of Asbury M. E. Church, some twelve feet in breadth, was stripped off from the eaves to the comb; nearly sixty feet of the roof of the railroad bridge over the Brandywine was demolished, and other damage was done to chimnies [sic], fences &c. If the gale extended to the river and... Read MORE...
The Adams Sentinel - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - April 21, 1856
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Lee, Massachusetts, USA
BOSTON, MASS. April 20. - A special dispatch, received about noon from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, states that the great dam at Lee, ten miles below there, which furnished power for some dozen huge mills, gave way without warning at an early hour and almost swept the town out of existence. The noise of the explosion sounded like and earthquake, and the houses were swept away while their inmates were still in bed... Melting snow upon the mountains caused the freshet which did the damage... Relief ... Read MORE...
Review - Decatur, Illinois - April 21, 1886
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1886 - A Raging Flood
BOSTON, MASS. April 20. - A special dispatch, received about noon from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, states that the great dam at Lee, ten miles below there, which furnished power for some dozen huge mills, gave way without warning at an early hour and almost swept the town out of existence. The noise of the explosion sounded like and earthquake, and the houses were swept away while their inmates were still in bed... Melting snow upon the mountains caused the freshet which did the damage... Relief ... Read MORE...
Review - Decatur, Illinois - April 21, 1886
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York, Pennsylvania, USA (Yorktown)
Further Particulars. - The storm of Saturday night was quite serious at York, Pa. The Gazette says:
It lifted the sheet iron roof from the large warehouse of P. A. & S. Small, in the rear of their store, carrying one end across the alley into an adjoining lot, whilst the other end hung to the building. The roof was also blown from the engine house of Messrs. Small & Smyser's foundery, whilst trees were uprooted and fences carried away in different parts of the borough and its vicinity. The... Read MORE...
The Adams Sentinel - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - April 21, 1856
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1856 - Tornado
Further Particulars. - The storm of Saturday night was quite serious at York, Pa. The Gazette says:
It lifted the sheet iron roof from the large warehouse of P. A. & S. Small, in the rear of their store, carrying one end across the alley into an adjoining lot, whilst the other end hung to the building. The roof was also blown from the engine house of Messrs. Small & Smyser's foundery, whilst trees were uprooted and fences carried away in different parts of the borough and its vicinity. The... Read MORE...
The Adams Sentinel - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - April 21, 1856
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