Bolton, Vermont, USA
Patrick F. McCabe, formerly station agent at Bolton, who is under suspicion of attempting to wreck the New England States Limited the evening of January 26, has again mysteriously disappeared. There is a rumour, however, that he is on his way back to this city. It will be remembered that McCabe skipped from this city Wednesday evening going to St. Armand, Que., in James E. Handleys hack. Last night Duputy Sheriff Charles Jacques was left to watch McCabe, but during the night McCabe was spirited ... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - February 23, 1906
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1906 - McCABE DISAPPEARS AGAIN, Rumor That Bolton Man Will Return Here and Will Face Charges - Has Left St. Armand
Patrick F. McCabe, formerly station agent at Bolton, who is under suspicion of attempting to wreck the New England States Limited the evening of January 26, has again mysteriously disappeared. There is a rumour, however, that he is on his way back to this city. It will be remembered that McCabe skipped from this city Wednesday evening going to St. Armand, Que., in James E. Handleys hack. Last night Duputy Sheriff Charles Jacques was left to watch McCabe, but during the night McCabe was spirited ... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - February 23, 1906
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Washington, DC, USA
PARIS, February 22. - The Americans in Paris observed the holiday with traditional enthusiasm and patriotism. In the afternoon the American ambassador, Henry White, opened his new residence with a brilliant reception to the American colony. This evening the American Club gave a dinner at the New Astoria Hotel. Col. Theodore A. Dodge, president of the club, presided.
The American ambassador being indisposed, . the American consul general, Frank H. Mason, spoke on behalf of the United States. ... Read MORE...
The Sunday Star - Washington, D.C. - February 23, 1908
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HONOR WASHINGTON Americans at Home and Abroad Observe Day. RECEPTION HELD IN PARIS Inflammatory Speech Made at a Dinner in London. MANY FUNCTIONS IN NEW YORK - Rose Bushes Planted at Portland, Ore. - Gov. Fort Addresses New Haven Audience
PARIS, February 22. - The Americans in Paris observed the holiday with traditional enthusiasm and patriotism. In the afternoon the American ambassador, Henry White, opened his new residence with a brilliant reception to the American colony. This evening the American Club gave a dinner at the New Astoria Hotel. Col. Theodore A. Dodge, president of the club, presided.
The American ambassador being indisposed, . the American consul general, Frank H. Mason, spoke on behalf of the United States. ... Read MORE...
The Sunday Star - Washington, D.C. - February 23, 1908
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
The first steps toward courting a wife are taken with a certain diffidence.
A man wants to show his hand plainly from the first, that she may have no "possible, probable shadow of a doubt" about his intentions. He shows her, as well as he knows how - which is not always by any means very well, poor creature! - and he supposes she understands.
In nine cases out of ten she probable does; in the other, she doesn't, though he never would believe that, but it doesn't matter.
Now, courtship, ... Read MORE...
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - February 23, 1896
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1896 - When Should a Man Feel Encouraged?
The first steps toward courting a wife are taken with a certain diffidence.
A man wants to show his hand plainly from the first, that she may have no "possible, probable shadow of a doubt" about his intentions. He shows her, as well as he knows how - which is not always by any means very well, poor creature! - and he supposes she understands.
In nine cases out of ten she probable does; in the other, she doesn't, though he never would believe that, but it doesn't matter.
Now, courtship, ... Read MORE...
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - February 23, 1896
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1896 - February 23 - SHOT BY EMPLOYER. Sensational Affair at Office of Sutton Woolen Mills. ALBERT BAKER THE VICTIM.
Revolver Used by Charles T. Aldrich, Jr., the Mill Manager.
Interviews With All Parties to the Fracas - Mr. Aldrich Surrenders to Police and Placed Under Bonds.
Albert Baker, an employee at the Sutton woolen mills, in Woodbury Village, was shot, Saturday afternoon, by Charles T. Aldrich, Jr., the manager of the mill. Five shots were fired from the revolver, of which only one took effect. The 38-calibre ball first tore through Baker's left hand and passed nearly through his body at the... Read MORE...
Worcester Daily Spy - Worcester, Massachusetts - February 23, 1896
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Dauphinoise Potatoes
INGREDIENTS
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 8 ounces Gruyère cheese
• 2 1/ 2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Never repeat to a person with whom you converse, any unpleasant speech you may have heard concerning her. If you can give her pleasure by the repetition of a delicate compliment, or token of approval shown by a mutual friend, tell her the pleasant...Read MORE...
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Bronx, New York, USA
New York. - Sixteen passengers were killed outright, four others had died of their injuries in the wreck of the White Plains & Brewster express on the Harlem division of the New York Central & Hudson River railroad near Woodlawn road in the Bronx borough of Greater New York Saturday night.
A sheet of electric flame that signaled the disaster enveloped the rear car and for a moment threatened to roast the victims pinioned in the debris. The flames did not, however, spread, and the horror of a ... Read MORE...
Summit County Journal - Colorado - February 23, 1907
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1907 - ELECTRIC TRAIN WRECK. Twenty Killed and Over Fifty Injured in New York City.
New York. - Sixteen passengers were killed outright, four others had died of their injuries in the wreck of the White Plains & Brewster express on the Harlem division of the New York Central & Hudson River railroad near Woodlawn road in the Bronx borough of Greater New York Saturday night.
A sheet of electric flame that signaled the disaster enveloped the rear car and for a moment threatened to roast the victims pinioned in the debris. The flames did not, however, spread, and the horror of a ... Read MORE...
Summit County Journal - Colorado - February 23, 1907
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Topeka, Kansas, USA
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 22. - Special Telegram - This city was this morning, visited by the most destructive fire in its history. The George W. Crane Publishing House, the largest printing establishment west of St. Louis, was totally destroyed, the aggregate loss exceeding a quarter of a million. the fire was discovered by the engineer at 5:30 o'clock, and before the fire department arrived the building was enveloped in flames. A bitterly cold gale was blowing at the time, the thermometer being six... Read MORE...
The Daily Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - February 23, 1889
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1889 - BIG BLAZE AT TOPEKA. Property Worth About $275,000 Destroyed - Small Firms at Other Points.
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 22. - Special Telegram - This city was this morning, visited by the most destructive fire in its history. The George W. Crane Publishing House, the largest printing establishment west of St. Louis, was totally destroyed, the aggregate loss exceeding a quarter of a million. the fire was discovered by the engineer at 5:30 o'clock, and before the fire department arrived the building was enveloped in flames. A bitterly cold gale was blowing at the time, the thermometer being six... Read MORE...
The Daily Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - February 23, 1889
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Milford, Connecticut, USA
Flagman Meets Death While Waving Signal to Stop Oncoming Train - Ill Fated Engineer, Rounding Curve at Fast Clip, Fails to See Sign.
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 23 - An investigation to ascertain the cause of the train wreck near Milford, in which nine persons were killed and scores injured, was begun by the Connecticut public utilities commission.
MR. ELWELL said that he was confident of finding out the cause and whose was the responsibility despite the fact that the engineer, the fireman and ... Read MORE...
Potsdam Herald Recorder - Potsdam, New York - February 23, 1916
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1916 - PROBE BEGUN IN MILFORD WRECK NINE DEAD, OVER FIFTY PERSONS INJURED. LOCAL RUNS INTO EXPRESS.
Flagman Meets Death While Waving Signal to Stop Oncoming Train - Ill Fated Engineer, Rounding Curve at Fast Clip, Fails to See Sign.
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 23 - An investigation to ascertain the cause of the train wreck near Milford, in which nine persons were killed and scores injured, was begun by the Connecticut public utilities commission.
MR. ELWELL said that he was confident of finding out the cause and whose was the responsibility despite the fact that the engineer, the fireman and ... Read MORE...
Potsdam Herald Recorder - Potsdam, New York - February 23, 1916
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Pownal, Vermont, USA
A shocking catastrophe occurred lately on the banks of the Hoosic River, in the town of Pownal, Vermont. A party of six persons, consisting of a gentleman and his wife and two children, a young lady about 18, sister of the married lady, and a young gentleman, a lawyer, from Enfield, Conn., while travelling in a two horse pleasure wagon, were precipitated from a precipice 50 feet high into the torrent below, and 3 of the number killed !!
The two ladies and child were killed instantly, and the ... Read MORE...
Adams Sentinel - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - February 23, 1835
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1835 - FRIGHTFUL DISASTER.
A shocking catastrophe occurred lately on the banks of the Hoosic River, in the town of Pownal, Vermont. A party of six persons, consisting of a gentleman and his wife and two children, a young lady about 18, sister of the married lady, and a young gentleman, a lawyer, from Enfield, Conn., while travelling in a two horse pleasure wagon, were precipitated from a precipice 50 feet high into the torrent below, and 3 of the number killed !!
The two ladies and child were killed instantly, and the ... Read MORE...
Adams Sentinel - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - February 23, 1835
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Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 22.-A terrific boiler explosion-the third fatal one here this year-occurred to-day. Henry Myer, an old German, has been conducting a soap factory in the eastern part of Louisville for many years. Mr. Myer’s only assistants were his four sons. This morning about 7 o’clock Mr. Myer and his sons went to work as usual, intending to boil up some soap. William, the second son, who has been acting as engineer for the past two months, built a fire in the furnace about 8 o’clock,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 23, 1881
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1881 - Killed By A Boiler Explosion. Disaster In A Louisville Soap Factory-One Man Fatally Hurt And One Seriously.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 22.-A terrific boiler explosion-the third fatal one here this year-occurred to-day. Henry Myer, an old German, has been conducting a soap factory in the eastern part of Louisville for many years. Mr. Myer’s only assistants were his four sons. This morning about 7 o’clock Mr. Myer and his sons went to work as usual, intending to boil up some soap. William, the second son, who has been acting as engineer for the past two months, built a fire in the furnace about 8 o’clock,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 23, 1881
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Shelton, Connecticut, USA (Huntington)
EXPLOSION AND FIRE FROM GASOLINE ADDS TO CASUALTY LIST -- 5-GALLON CAN CARRIED IN FRONT VESTIBULE OF CAR -- FOUR OF VICTIMS CHILDREN.
Shelton, Conn., Feb. 22. - Eight persons were burned to death and 25 injured this afternoon when two trolley cars collided head-on on the Bridgeport - Shelton line near High Bridge, in the southern part of this town.
The Dead:
MILTON CHERITREE of Shelton, motorman of the Bridgeport bound car.
EDITH WILKINSON, four years old, of Shelton.
NANCY WILKINSON,... Read MORE...
Daily Kennebec Journal - Maine - February 23, 1921
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1921 - EIGHT DEAD; 25 HURT IN CAR CRASH. TROLLEYS MEET HEAD ON NEAR HIGHBRIDGE, CONN.
EXPLOSION AND FIRE FROM GASOLINE ADDS TO CASUALTY LIST -- 5-GALLON CAN CARRIED IN FRONT VESTIBULE OF CAR -- FOUR OF VICTIMS CHILDREN.
Shelton, Conn., Feb. 22. - Eight persons were burned to death and 25 injured this afternoon when two trolley cars collided head-on on the Bridgeport - Shelton line near High Bridge, in the southern part of this town.
The Dead:
MILTON CHERITREE of Shelton, motorman of the Bridgeport bound car.
EDITH WILKINSON, four years old, of Shelton.
NANCY WILKINSON,... Read MORE...
Daily Kennebec Journal - Maine - February 23, 1921
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1861 February 23 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C. after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland.
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1878 The latest innovation in deep-sea dredging is submarine plowing, which is now being carried on successfully in Belfast Harbor, Me.
A large Michigan plow is used, and is drawn by steam power on shore, the direction being given by a man in diver's armor.
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February 23, 1878
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1861 February 23 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C. after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland.
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1878 The latest innovation in deep-sea dredging is submarine plowing, which is now being carried on successfully in Belfast Harbor, Me.
A large Michigan plow is used, and is drawn by steam power on shore, the direction being given by a man in diver's armor.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 23, 1878
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1936 February 23, 1936 - A severe blizzard in the Sierra Nevada Range closed Donner Pass. It stranded 750 motorists and claimed seven lives.
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1889 A fire on the 19th destroyed the Greenwich Hotel, which had for some eighty years been one of the landmarks of the village of Greenwich, Mass.
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February 23, 1889
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1889 Walking Race
Joe Snyder, aged eighty years, and Henry Baker, aged seventy-six years, walked a four-mile race at Ithaca, N.Y., on the 19th. Snyder won, making the distance in 43 1/2 minutes.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 23, 1889
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1889 A fire on the 19th destroyed the Greenwich Hotel, which had for some eighty years been one of the landmarks of the village of Greenwich, Mass.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 23, 1889
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1889 Walking Race
Joe Snyder, aged eighty years, and Henry Baker, aged seventy-six years, walked a four-mile race at Ithaca, N.Y., on the 19th. Snyder won, making the distance in 43 1/2 minutes.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 23, 1889
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1896 A Midnight Fire at Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon, N.Y., Feb. 22.-A fire occurred this morning before daylight in the row of one-story wooden buildings fronting on Depot Place, which caused damage amounting to $3,000. It is supposed the fire was of incendiary origin. Max Jacobs of 80 Chrystie Street, New-York City, was arrested and held for a hearing Monday. Jacobs was arrested soon after the fire was discovered, while on his way to Harlem Railroad station. Jacobs said he arrived in Mount Vernon on the New-York, New-Haven and...
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New York, New York
February 23, 1896
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1879 100 Pet Cats
Miss Mary Jane Wadleigh, of Sutton, Massachusetts, has one hundred pet cats, and when one of them dies she has it buried in its grave marked by a neat monument.
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Atlanta, Georgia
February 23, 1879
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1839 Murder in Canada
The body of a Mr. Tasche, the seigneur of Kamouraska, was found a little below Quebec, with a bullet hole through the head, on the 3d inst. It seems that he received his death wound at the hands of a Dr. Holmes, of Sorel, with whom his wife had been engaged in maintaining a guilty connexion [sic]. Dr. Holmes fled to Burlington, Vt., where he stated that he had killed Tasche in a duel, which he (Holmes) Had endeavored to avoid, but which Tasche had forced him to fight. The Doctor has been...
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February 23, 1839
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Mount Vernon, N.Y., Feb. 22.-A fire occurred this morning before daylight in the row of one-story wooden buildings fronting on Depot Place, which caused damage amounting to $3,000. It is supposed the fire was of incendiary origin. Max Jacobs of 80 Chrystie Street, New-York City, was arrested and held for a hearing Monday. Jacobs was arrested soon after the fire was discovered, while on his way to Harlem Railroad station. Jacobs said he arrived in Mount Vernon on the New-York, New-Haven and...
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New York, New York
February 23, 1896
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1879 100 Pet Cats
Miss Mary Jane Wadleigh, of Sutton, Massachusetts, has one hundred pet cats, and when one of them dies she has it buried in its grave marked by a neat monument.
The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
February 23, 1879
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1839 Murder in Canada
The body of a Mr. Tasche, the seigneur of Kamouraska, was found a little below Quebec, with a bullet hole through the head, on the 3d inst. It seems that he received his death wound at the hands of a Dr. Holmes, of Sorel, with whom his wife had been engaged in maintaining a guilty connexion [sic]. Dr. Holmes fled to Burlington, Vt., where he stated that he had killed Tasche in a duel, which he (Holmes) Had endeavored to avoid, but which Tasche had forced him to fight. The Doctor has been...
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February 23, 1839
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1852 Fire at Middlebury, Vt.
MIDDLEBURY, Saturday, Feb. 21. - This morning, a fire broke out in the building occupied by James M. Slade & Co., dry goods dealers, and in the upper stories by Barber & Bushnell and Lindsay & Beckwith, lawyers, and also by the Register of Deeds and Probate. The stock of Messrs. Slade, and the books and papers of the other tenants, were all destroyed. Loss not known. Building insured for $3,500.
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New York, New York
February 23, 1852
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1802 Fatal Accident
As Mr. William Burlingham, of Smithfield, State of Rhodeisland, was attempting to pass from one hay mow to another, across a temporary loft in the barn, formed with loose rails, by a fatal incident he fell through upon the threshing floor, and fractured his skull in so shocking a manner it put an immediate period to his existence. He was a very promising young man, and a highly useful member of society, in which he was justly held in great esteem.
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Vermont Journal
Vermont
February 23, 1802
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1835 Fall River vs. Tiverton
A new survey of the line between the town of Fall River, in this State, and Tiverton, in Rhode Island, places the boundary line much further south than it has heretofore been supposed to be; so far, at least, as to include the whole of the village at Fall River in this State.
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New Bedford Gazette
New Bedford, Massachusetts
February 23, 1835
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MIDDLEBURY, Saturday, Feb. 21. - This morning, a fire broke out in the building occupied by James M. Slade & Co., dry goods dealers, and in the upper stories by Barber & Bushnell and Lindsay & Beckwith, lawyers, and also by the Register of Deeds and Probate. The stock of Messrs. Slade, and the books and papers of the other tenants, were all destroyed. Loss not known. Building insured for $3,500.
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New York, New York
February 23, 1852
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1802 Fatal Accident
As Mr. William Burlingham, of Smithfield, State of Rhodeisland, was attempting to pass from one hay mow to another, across a temporary loft in the barn, formed with loose rails, by a fatal incident he fell through upon the threshing floor, and fractured his skull in so shocking a manner it put an immediate period to his existence. He was a very promising young man, and a highly useful member of society, in which he was justly held in great esteem.
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Vermont Journal
Vermont
February 23, 1802
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1835 Fall River vs. Tiverton
A new survey of the line between the town of Fall River, in this State, and Tiverton, in Rhode Island, places the boundary line much further south than it has heretofore been supposed to be; so far, at least, as to include the whole of the village at Fall River in this State.
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New Bedford Gazette
New Bedford, Massachusetts
February 23, 1835
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1884 Some genius is manufacturing a new gun, at Norwalk, Conn., which is 28 feet long. It is loaded with compressed air, and is expected to throw a ball three miles.
If a fellow within a half mile of it should happen to get in front of one of the balls, he'd feel awfully bored.
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Texas Siftings
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February 23, 1884
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If a fellow within a half mile of it should happen to get in front of one of the balls, he'd feel awfully bored.
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Texas Siftings
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February 23, 1884
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America - Did you know?
It is illegal to build, maintain, or use a nuclear weapon within Chico, California city limits. A law that began in the '80s as a serious anti-nuke statement has taken on a second life as an Internet joke, mainly due to the purported consequences -...Read MORE...rd.com
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In Canada, there is a belief that on Christmas Eve, the dead rise up from their graves and kneel at the foot of the cemetery cross where they are awaited by the previous parish priest wearing a white surplice and golden stole. The priest says the...Read MORE...www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca
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