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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated February 5, unearthing stories that resonate with genealogists and history enthusiasts alike.
From local happenings to global events, we'll uncover the stories that shaped the lives of our ancestors, providing valuable insights for those on a quest to discover their roots.
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The writer was personally cognizant of the history of this horrible railway disaster. He visited the scent of the wreck about day light on the morning of the accident; visited and conversed with the survivors from the ill-fated train, from time to time, during their convalescence; observed the reprehensible conduct of the officials of the Central railroad, in their premature attempts to effect settlements with the mangled, tortured survivors of that holocaust. Justice, humanity and decency were ... Read MORE...
February 5, 1887
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1887 - THE HARTFORD DISASTER, FEB. 5, 1887
The writer was personally cognizant of the history of this horrible railway disaster. He visited the scent of the wreck about day light on the morning of the accident; visited and conversed with the survivors from the ill-fated train, from time to time, during their convalescence; observed the reprehensible conduct of the officials of the Central railroad, in their premature attempts to effect settlements with the mangled, tortured survivors of that holocaust. Justice, humanity and decency were ... Read MORE...
February 5, 1887
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Carson City, Nevada, USA
...Sam Brown, of Nevada, killed sixteen men in his time, and was journeying toward Esmeralda to kill a seventeenth, who had stopped the breath of a friend of his, when a party of law-abiding citizens waylaid him, and slaughtered him with shot-guns. Mourners were exceedingly scarce at his funeral. It is said that Sam Brown called for a drink at the bar of the Slaughter House, in Carson City, one morning (a saloon so nicknamed because so many men had been killed in it), and invited a stranger up... Read MORE...
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - February 5, 1870
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1870 - California Roughs. By Mark Twain.
...Sam Brown, of Nevada, killed sixteen men in his time, and was journeying toward Esmeralda to kill a seventeenth, who had stopped the breath of a friend of his, when a party of law-abiding citizens waylaid him, and slaughtered him with shot-guns. Mourners were exceedingly scarce at his funeral. It is said that Sam Brown called for a drink at the bar of the Slaughter House, in Carson City, one morning (a saloon so nicknamed because so many men had been killed in it), and invited a stranger up... Read MORE...
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - February 5, 1870
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Worcester, Mass., Feb. 4. - Charles H. Huntington, a prominent farmer in Sturbridge, living about two miles east of the village, became a convert of the religious body known as the Holy Jumpers, a short time ago, and became so enthusiastic over his conversion that he decided to turn his property over to the society and go to Wisconsin to join the Holy Jumpers sect there.
Mr. Huntington owned two farms of about one hundred acres each, one occupied by himself and the other by his daughter and... Read MORE...
The Wichita Daily Eagle - Wichita, Kansas - February 5, 1908
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1908 - HOLY JUMPERS GET FARMS. Farmer Gives Away Entire Holding to Religious Sect.
Worcester, Mass., Feb. 4. - Charles H. Huntington, a prominent farmer in Sturbridge, living about two miles east of the village, became a convert of the religious body known as the Holy Jumpers, a short time ago, and became so enthusiastic over his conversion that he decided to turn his property over to the society and go to Wisconsin to join the Holy Jumpers sect there.
Mr. Huntington owned two farms of about one hundred acres each, one occupied by himself and the other by his daughter and... Read MORE...
The Wichita Daily Eagle - Wichita, Kansas - February 5, 1908
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Nashville, Tenn. (AP) - Four men working 700 feet above the ground were hurled to their deaths yesterday when a nearly completed, giant television tower buckled and crumbled to the ground.
The tower broke in the middle and both sections collapsed in a heavily populated residential area but miraculously did not strike any houses.
The new 1,262-foot broadcasting tower, which was to have been 1,379 feet when topped with the antenna, was being built for station WSM-TV by the John F. Beasley... Read MORE...
Chester Times - Chester, Pennsylvania - February 5, 1957
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1957 - 4 HURTLE 700 FEET TO DEATHS AS GIANT TOWER COLLAPSES.
Nashville, Tenn. (AP) - Four men working 700 feet above the ground were hurled to their deaths yesterday when a nearly completed, giant television tower buckled and crumbled to the ground.
The tower broke in the middle and both sections collapsed in a heavily populated residential area but miraculously did not strike any houses.
The new 1,262-foot broadcasting tower, which was to have been 1,379 feet when topped with the antenna, was being built for station WSM-TV by the John F. Beasley... Read MORE...
Chester Times - Chester, Pennsylvania - February 5, 1957
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Toledo, Ohio, USA
WOMAN CARETAKER AND HUSBAND ARE KILLED, AND WOMAN ASSISTANT IS SEVERELY BURNED.
Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 5 (AP) - Two persons were killed and a third seriously injured early today in an explosion and fire that destroyed the First Congregational Church and adjacent parish property.
The dead are:
MR. and MRS. CLYDE E. WILT.
MRS. WILT was caretaker of the church.
MRS. MARY FITZGERALD, assistant caretaker was taken to a hospital.
Cause of the explosion was not definitely determined. Fireman ... Read MORE...
Emporia Gazette - Emporia, Kansas - February 5, 1927
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1927 - PARISH HOUSE IS WRECKED BY BLAST. BOMB MAY HAVE DESTROYED TOLEDO CONGREGATIONAL STRUCTURE - TWO LOSE LIVES. VICTIMS ARE REMOVED.
WOMAN CARETAKER AND HUSBAND ARE KILLED, AND WOMAN ASSISTANT IS SEVERELY BURNED.
Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 5 (AP) - Two persons were killed and a third seriously injured early today in an explosion and fire that destroyed the First Congregational Church and adjacent parish property.
The dead are:
MR. and MRS. CLYDE E. WILT.
MRS. WILT was caretaker of the church.
MRS. MARY FITZGERALD, assistant caretaker was taken to a hospital.
Cause of the explosion was not definitely determined. Fireman ... Read MORE...
Emporia Gazette - Emporia, Kansas - February 5, 1927
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Niagara Falls, New York, USA
THEY ATTEMPTED TO CROSS ICE BRIDGE, WHEN THE MASS BROKE AND THEY WERE CARRIED AWAY ON CAKES OF ICE.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., Feb. 5. - One woman and two men, who had ventured to cross the Niagara River near the falls on the ice bridge, were drowned in the whirlpool rapids, two miles below the falls, to which point they had drifted on the ice in full view of thousands who were helpless to render aid, though every effort was made.
Their names are MR. and MRS. ELDREDGE STANTON, of Toronto, Ont., ... Read MORE...
Gettysburg Times - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - February 5, 1912
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1912 - DRIFT TO DEATH ON FLOATING ICE. WOMAN AND TWO MEN DROWN IN NIAGARA RAPIDS. IN VIEW OF THOUSANDS.
THEY ATTEMPTED TO CROSS ICE BRIDGE, WHEN THE MASS BROKE AND THEY WERE CARRIED AWAY ON CAKES OF ICE.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., Feb. 5. - One woman and two men, who had ventured to cross the Niagara River near the falls on the ice bridge, were drowned in the whirlpool rapids, two miles below the falls, to which point they had drifted on the ice in full view of thousands who were helpless to render aid, though every effort was made.
Their names are MR. and MRS. ELDREDGE STANTON, of Toronto, Ont., ... Read MORE...
Gettysburg Times - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - February 5, 1912
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Binghamton, New York, USA
HOWARD R. WHALEY, 23 years old, of 507 South Wilbur avenue, died at the Hospital of the Good Shepherd at [illegible] o'clock this morning of injuries received by falling from an engine in the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad yards at Binghamton on Monday. Whaley, who was employed by the company as locomotive fireman, lost his balance and struck one of the pits where the engines are dumped. He sustained a concussion of the brain and bruises over his left eye. He was brought to this city... Read MORE...
Syracuse Herald - Syracuse, New York - February 5, 1910
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1910 - INJURIES PROVED FATAL Howard R. Whaley, D., L. & W. Fireman Died at Hospital of the Good Shepherd.
HOWARD R. WHALEY, 23 years old, of 507 South Wilbur avenue, died at the Hospital of the Good Shepherd at [illegible] o'clock this morning of injuries received by falling from an engine in the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad yards at Binghamton on Monday. Whaley, who was employed by the company as locomotive fireman, lost his balance and struck one of the pits where the engines are dumped. He sustained a concussion of the brain and bruises over his left eye. He was brought to this city... Read MORE...
Syracuse Herald - Syracuse, New York - February 5, 1910
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Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
JAMES ARMSTRONG, BUT 12 YEARS OLD, GOES INTO THE HERO CLASS ON HIS MERITS.
Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 5 - The Haskell Memorial Home, the property on the Seventh Day Adventists, an orphanage, located near the western boundary of this city, was destroyed by fire today.
Three of the thirty-seven little inmates of the orphanage are missing, and it is believed they perished in the flames. The missing are:
LENA McFERNEY, aged fourteen.
CECIL QUOTENT, aged thirteen.
GEORGE GOODENOW, aged eight ... Read MORE...
Olean Times - New York - February 5, 1909
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1909 - LITTLE ONES PERISH. AN ORPHANAGE AT BATTLE CREEK, MICH., DESTROYED BY FIRE AND THREE OF THE YOUNG INMATES LOST THEIR LIVES. SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS JUMPED FROM THIRD STORY WINDOWS
JAMES ARMSTRONG, BUT 12 YEARS OLD, GOES INTO THE HERO CLASS ON HIS MERITS.
Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 5 - The Haskell Memorial Home, the property on the Seventh Day Adventists, an orphanage, located near the western boundary of this city, was destroyed by fire today.
Three of the thirty-seven little inmates of the orphanage are missing, and it is believed they perished in the flames. The missing are:
LENA McFERNEY, aged fourteen.
CECIL QUOTENT, aged thirteen.
GEORGE GOODENOW, aged eight ... Read MORE...
Olean Times - New York - February 5, 1909
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Des Moines, Ia., Feb. 4. - Seven miners were killed to-night, and a dozen were injured in the wreck of a coal train on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway near Des Moines. The dead:
PETER PILSTRUM.
PETER EXNER.
OLAF ANDERSON.
ALBERT OLSON.
CARL ANDERSON.
SAMUEL DREW.
ANDREW LUNDQUIST.
A car in the middle of the train left the track and ditched the cars behind it. The train carried about thirty miners, scattered in groups on different coal cars. Several passengers were in the caboose.... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, D.C. - February 5, 1907
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1907 - SEVEN KILLED IN WRECK. COAL TRAIN ON CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN DITCHED IN IOWA.
Des Moines, Ia., Feb. 4. - Seven miners were killed to-night, and a dozen were injured in the wreck of a coal train on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway near Des Moines. The dead:
PETER PILSTRUM.
PETER EXNER.
OLAF ANDERSON.
ALBERT OLSON.
CARL ANDERSON.
SAMUEL DREW.
ANDREW LUNDQUIST.
A car in the middle of the train left the track and ditched the cars behind it. The train carried about thirty miners, scattered in groups on different coal cars. Several passengers were in the caboose.... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, D.C. - February 5, 1907
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San Jose, California, USA
An accident occurred at the Gay Rock Quarry just south of Oak Hill Cemetery about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon which by the most miraculous circumstances did not prove fatal.
Marshall Cantua and Percy A. Holloway were engaged in loading a wagon with rock at one of the bins of the quarry. Suddenly while the rock was running out of the chute into the wagon the side of the bin gave away above and the whole mass of stone fell upon the two men and their wagons. So sudden was the accident that... Read MORE...
The Evening News - San Jose, California - February 5, 1898
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1898 - Buried Under Falling Rock. Almost a Fatal Accident at the Gay Quarry. Marshall Cantua and Percy A. Holloway Crushed Under a Mass of Broken Rock.
An accident occurred at the Gay Rock Quarry just south of Oak Hill Cemetery about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon which by the most miraculous circumstances did not prove fatal.
Marshall Cantua and Percy A. Holloway were engaged in loading a wagon with rock at one of the bins of the quarry. Suddenly while the rock was running out of the chute into the wagon the side of the bin gave away above and the whole mass of stone fell upon the two men and their wagons. So sudden was the accident that... Read MORE...
The Evening News - San Jose, California - February 5, 1898
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White Plains, New York, USA
Volunteers Ignored Danger of Falling Wall and Crash Caught Them - Crowd Saw Accident.
White Plains was in mourning yesterday for three volunteer firemen who were killed as a result of a fire which destroyed a business block Sunday night. A fourth is dying. They were caught under a falling cornice after checking the fire.
As told in yesterday's TIMES, the fire started in the rear of the store floor of the Mead Building, on Railroad Avenue, the main street of the town. The Mead Building was ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 5, 1907
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1907 - WHITE PLAINS MOURNS VAMPS KILLED AT FIRE. Three Dead, One Dying as a Result of Sunday Night's Blaze. WARNED, BUT WORKED ON.
Volunteers Ignored Danger of Falling Wall and Crash Caught Them - Crowd Saw Accident.
White Plains was in mourning yesterday for three volunteer firemen who were killed as a result of a fire which destroyed a business block Sunday night. A fourth is dying. They were caught under a falling cornice after checking the fire.
As told in yesterday's TIMES, the fire started in the rear of the store floor of the Mead Building, on Railroad Avenue, the main street of the town. The Mead Building was ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 5, 1907
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Stamford, Connecticut, USA (Springdale)
Fire for a Time Threatened Business Section of the City.
Special to The New York Times.
STAMFORD, Conn., Feb. 4. - The Town Hall, one of the finest buildings of its kind in the State, was totally destroyed by a fire to-night, which for a time threatened to spread throughout the entire business portion of the city. The hall, with its contents, was worth about $150,000. The fire made a brilliant spectacle, and could be seen for miles around. There was practically no water pressure, because... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 5, 1904
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1904 - STAMFORD TOWN HALL BURNED
Fire for a Time Threatened Business Section of the City.
Special to The New York Times.
STAMFORD, Conn., Feb. 4. - The Town Hall, one of the finest buildings of its kind in the State, was totally destroyed by a fire to-night, which for a time threatened to spread throughout the entire business portion of the city. The hall, with its contents, was worth about $150,000. The fire made a brilliant spectacle, and could be seen for miles around. There was practically no water pressure, because... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 5, 1904
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Berlin, New Hampshire, USA (Maynesborough)
Berlin, N. H., Feb. 5. - With the thermometer at 20 degrees below zero, eight buildings in the heart of the business district of this city were destroyed last night, causing a loss roughly estimated at about $400,000. The fire was not declared under control until it had practically burned itself out after burning for five hours.
The blaze started in the four-story brick Green block, the largest structure of its kind in the city. The Berlin fire department was utterly unable to cope with the... Read MORE...
The Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg, Massachusetts - February 5, 1908
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1908 - FIRE LOSS OF $400,000 Blaze at Berlin, N. H., Wipes Out Eight Business Buildings
Berlin, N. H., Feb. 5. - With the thermometer at 20 degrees below zero, eight buildings in the heart of the business district of this city were destroyed last night, causing a loss roughly estimated at about $400,000. The fire was not declared under control until it had practically burned itself out after burning for five hours.
The blaze started in the four-story brick Green block, the largest structure of its kind in the city. The Berlin fire department was utterly unable to cope with the... Read MORE...
The Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg, Massachusetts - February 5, 1908
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Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA
We have some further details relative to the accident in the coal mines at Carbondale, of which we gave a short account on Wednesday. The Wayne Co. Herald, published in the immediate vicinity, says:
On Monday an immense mass of slate, about seven acres in extent, fell from the roof of one of the mines of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, at Carbondale, upon the workmen below.
The spot where the slate fell, was a mile from the mouth of the mine. Three persons were taken out seriously... Read MORE...
Milwaukee Daily Sentinel And Gazette - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - February 5, 1846
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1846 - THE ACCIDENT AT CARBONDALE.
We have some further details relative to the accident in the coal mines at Carbondale, of which we gave a short account on Wednesday. The Wayne Co. Herald, published in the immediate vicinity, says:
On Monday an immense mass of slate, about seven acres in extent, fell from the roof of one of the mines of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, at Carbondale, upon the workmen below.
The spot where the slate fell, was a mile from the mouth of the mine. Three persons were taken out seriously... Read MORE...
Milwaukee Daily Sentinel And Gazette - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - February 5, 1846
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Providence, Rhode Island, USA
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Feb. 4 - A boiler exploded at the icehouses of Earl, Carpenter & Sons, at Mashapang Pond this morning. Four men were killed and sixteen other injured.
The Dead.
The dead are:
DARY, MICHAEL, aged twenty-one
HEHIR, JOHN, aged thirty-five; leaves a wife and three children
HEHIR, PATRICK, aged fifty; leaves a wife and nine children
MORTON, WILLIE, a boy; died at hospital.
At the time of the explosion there were 100 men standing about the engine house waiting for... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 5, 1895
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1895 - KILLED BY A BOILER EXPLOSION - The Accident Occurs Just as a Crowd of Rhode Island Ice Harvesters Begin Work on Mashapang Pond.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Feb. 4 - A boiler exploded at the icehouses of Earl, Carpenter & Sons, at Mashapang Pond this morning. Four men were killed and sixteen other injured.
The Dead.
The dead are:
DARY, MICHAEL, aged twenty-one
HEHIR, JOHN, aged thirty-five; leaves a wife and three children
HEHIR, PATRICK, aged fifty; leaves a wife and nine children
MORTON, WILLIE, a boy; died at hospital.
At the time of the explosion there were 100 men standing about the engine house waiting for... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 5, 1895
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)
Berkshire Brewing Association votes to brew beer no longer, but turn to soft drinks because of prohibition. Officers President David J Gimlich, vice president and secretary John A. White, treasurer George H White, directors, George H White, John A White, Karl O Cyrus, D J Gimlich. John White and Jacob Gimlich bought the plant of Michael Benson (1868). The daily output was then six barrels. The business grew to a capacity of 75,000 barrels a year. Sixty hands were employed and the product was... Read MORE...
The Berkshire Evening Eagle - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - February 5, 1946
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Tuesday, February 5, 1946 - 25 years ago
Berkshire Brewing Association votes to brew beer no longer, but turn to soft drinks because of prohibition. Officers President David J Gimlich, vice president and secretary John A. White, treasurer George H White, directors, George H White, John A White, Karl O Cyrus, D J Gimlich. John White and Jacob Gimlich bought the plant of Michael Benson (1868). The daily output was then six barrels. The business grew to a capacity of 75,000 barrels a year. Sixty hands were employed and the product was... Read MORE...
The Berkshire Evening Eagle - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - February 5, 1946
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1952 February 5 - The first “Don’t Walk” sign was installed in New York City. The installation of this sign was inspired by the growing number of deaths resulting from pedestrian accidents.
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1887 The great international bridge to be erected next summer of the rapids of Sault Ste. Marie will be 2,500 feet in length with 350 feet spans. It is to be ready for trains to pass over Jan. 1, 1888.
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1870 Samuel Richmond, of Randolph, Vt., gathered six hundred bushels of apples from his orchard last fall, and one tree of natural fruit yielded seventy-bushels. The same tree has averaged thirty-two bushels for the past three years.
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1846 FIRE AT VERGENNES VERMONT.
The stores of MESSRS. B. & D. B. HOLCOMB and MESSRS, HUNTINGTON, with several offices in the same building, were destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock on the morning of the 20th inst., with most of the contents.
MESSRS. HOLCOMB saved nothing; and in addition to their large stock of goods consumed there were $12,000 in bank notes, drawn from the Bank of Vergennes, on the day previous, with which one of the partners was about to start for Boston. The most of this money was in notes of that...
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There is a bed of coal near Portsmouth, Rhode Island, which is estimated to contain about forty millions of tons, and the opening of the new railroad to Newport will be likely to bring much activity to the mines and throw the coal into market, where what is now got out commands the remunerative price of $7.50 per ton. About seventy-five tons are now sent to Taunton every day.
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1848 Justice?
A few days since, Edwin Austen, of Chester, Mass, ran away with the wife and two children of Edwin Wilcox, of the same place. The injured husband pursued the parties to New York, and had the satisfaction of arresting Austen for running off with a horse and wagon.
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The stores of MESSRS. B. & D. B. HOLCOMB and MESSRS, HUNTINGTON, with several offices in the same building, were destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock on the morning of the 20th inst., with most of the contents.
MESSRS. HOLCOMB saved nothing; and in addition to their large stock of goods consumed there were $12,000 in bank notes, drawn from the Bank of Vergennes, on the day previous, with which one of the partners was about to start for Boston. The most of this money was in notes of that...
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1864 Tons of Coal
There is a bed of coal near Portsmouth, Rhode Island, which is estimated to contain about forty millions of tons, and the opening of the new railroad to Newport will be likely to bring much activity to the mines and throw the coal into market, where what is now got out commands the remunerative price of $7.50 per ton. About seventy-five tons are now sent to Taunton every day.
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1848 Justice?
A few days since, Edwin Austen, of Chester, Mass, ran away with the wife and two children of Edwin Wilcox, of the same place. The injured husband pursued the parties to New York, and had the satisfaction of arresting Austen for running off with a horse and wagon.
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June 15, 1846 - Oregon Treaty fixes U.S.-Canadian border at 49th parallel; U.S. acquires Oregon territory.
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