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How Dear Abby column started at The Chronicle
TODAY'S EXTRA: Her column of sage advice started at The Chronicle
By Peter Hartlaub Published 4:00 am, Saturday, January 24, 2009
Pauline Phillips walked into the Chronicle building 53 years ago this month with almost no chance of getting the advice column job she was seeking. The newspaper already had the position filled, and Phillips had recently been rejected by the San Mateo Times, a much smaller paper.
But editor Stanleigh Arnold... Read MORE...
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/How-Dear-Abby-column-started-at-The-Chronicle-3175255.ph
January 9, 1956
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1956 - January 9 - First "Dear Abby" column appears in San Francisco Chronicle
How Dear Abby column started at The Chronicle
TODAY'S EXTRA: Her column of sage advice started at The Chronicle
By Peter Hartlaub Published 4:00 am, Saturday, January 24, 2009
Pauline Phillips walked into the Chronicle building 53 years ago this month with almost no chance of getting the advice column job she was seeking. The newspaper already had the position filled, and Phillips had recently been rejected by the San Mateo Times, a much smaller paper.
But editor Stanleigh Arnold... Read MORE...
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/How-Dear-Abby-column-started-at-The-Chronicle-3175255.ph
January 9, 1956
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The Folding Pocket Kodak
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Huntington, West Virginia, USA
C. & O. Freight Train Plunges Through Temporary Bridge at Huntington, W. Va. - Many Hurt
Huntington, W. Va. Jan. 3 - The Chesapeake & Ohio railroad had one of the greatest disasters in its history of fifty years when an engine of the heaviest type, pulling west-bound freight No. 99, plunged through a temporary bridge spanning Guyan river at Guyandotte, on the eastern edge of this city Wednesday. Seven men were hurled to death and six seriously hurt.
The dead are:
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The Tribune - Hicksville, Ohio - January 9, 1913
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1913 - SEVEN MEN HURLED TO DEATH
C. & O. Freight Train Plunges Through Temporary Bridge at Huntington, W. Va. - Many Hurt
Huntington, W. Va. Jan. 3 - The Chesapeake & Ohio railroad had one of the greatest disasters in its history of fifty years when an engine of the heaviest type, pulling west-bound freight No. 99, plunged through a temporary bridge spanning Guyan river at Guyandotte, on the eastern edge of this city Wednesday. Seven men were hurled to death and six seriously hurt.
The dead are:
F.E. Weber, engineer,... Read MORE...
The Tribune - Hicksville, Ohio - January 9, 1913
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
To make a Pork Pie.
Take a loin, neck, or any nice part, an equal quantity of fat and lean pork, cut it into pieces the size of a crown piece; shred some onion and apple not very small, season the meat with Cayenne, white pepper, salt, and dried...Read MORE...
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Canaan, Connecticut, USA (Falls Village)
Narrow Escape of Four Railroad Men Last Night.
Canaan, Conn., Jan. 9. - Word was received here this noon that the crew of the West End local freight train on the Philadelphia, Reading and New England Road, running between this place and may brook, N. Y, the western terminus of the road, had narrow escapes from death at that place early this morning. The men, four in number, have a coach fitted up for sleeping purposes, with bunks on each side and a stove in one end. A rousing fire was built... Read MORE...
The New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - January 9, 1896
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1896 - IN A BURNING CAR.
Narrow Escape of Four Railroad Men Last Night.
Canaan, Conn., Jan. 9. - Word was received here this noon that the crew of the West End local freight train on the Philadelphia, Reading and New England Road, running between this place and may brook, N. Y, the western terminus of the road, had narrow escapes from death at that place early this morning. The men, four in number, have a coach fitted up for sleeping purposes, with bunks on each side and a stove in one end. A rousing fire was built... Read MORE...
The New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - January 9, 1896
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Waterbury, Connecticut, USA (Waterville)
Waterbury, Jan. 9. - There was a $20,000 to $30,000 fire to-day at the brass goods factory of Holmes, Booth & Hayden. The fiee started at 11:45 in a small wooden building on the south side of the plant, used as a dipping and plating room.
The cause was an explosion created by an overheated lacquer. The employes[sic] had to flee for their lives. The company's private fire department and the city department responded and in an hour the flames were subdued.
Only a small portion of the plant... Read MORE...
The New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - January 9, 1896
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1896 - FLED FOR THEIR LIVES. Disastrous Fire in a Waterbury Factory To-day.
Waterbury, Jan. 9. - There was a $20,000 to $30,000 fire to-day at the brass goods factory of Holmes, Booth & Hayden. The fiee started at 11:45 in a small wooden building on the south side of the plant, used as a dipping and plating room.
The cause was an explosion created by an overheated lacquer. The employes[sic] had to flee for their lives. The company's private fire department and the city department responded and in an hour the flames were subdued.
Only a small portion of the plant... Read MORE...
The New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - January 9, 1896
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Rochester, New York, USA
TWENTY-SIX OF THEM CHILDREN.
FRIGHTFUL SCENE WHEN THE FIREMEN ARRIVED - WINDOWS FULL OF SHRIEKING LITTLE ONES - DEATH ROLL.
Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 9. - Twenty-eight dead bodies lie at the morgue, and twelve others more or less injured lie at the different hospitals in the city as a result of the terrible holocaust which occurred early yesterday morning at the Rochester Orphan Asylum. Of the dead twenty-six are children of both sexes, ranging in age from 2 to 14 years, while the remaining... Read MORE...
Logansport Pharos - Logansport, Indiana - January 9, 1901
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1901 - ROCHESTER'S HORROR. TOTAL DEATHS IN THE ORPHAN ASYLUM DISASTER NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT.
TWENTY-SIX OF THEM CHILDREN.
FRIGHTFUL SCENE WHEN THE FIREMEN ARRIVED - WINDOWS FULL OF SHRIEKING LITTLE ONES - DEATH ROLL.
Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 9. - Twenty-eight dead bodies lie at the morgue, and twelve others more or less injured lie at the different hospitals in the city as a result of the terrible holocaust which occurred early yesterday morning at the Rochester Orphan Asylum. Of the dead twenty-six are children of both sexes, ranging in age from 2 to 14 years, while the remaining... Read MORE...
Logansport Pharos - Logansport, Indiana - January 9, 1901
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
DOVER, N. H., Jan. 6. The Union Block on Central square, in this city, was found on fire this morning. The following stores and offices were burned out or injured by water; Levi Brown's store; Dr. P. A. Stackpole, dentist; Daniel H. Wendall, harness and trunk store; A. Frazier, tailor; Earl & Plummer, shoe store; Moses Lord, oyster saloon; M. Byrne, millinery goods; D. Lothrop & Co., apothecaries; G. S. Woodman, grocer; Drs. Thompson and Lindsey; F. F. Roman, oyster saloon, and E. T. Brigham,... Read MORE...
The Farmers' Cabinet - Amherst, New Hampshire - January 9, 1862
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Union Block Fire - 1862
DOVER, N. H., Jan. 6. The Union Block on Central square, in this city, was found on fire this morning. The following stores and offices were burned out or injured by water; Levi Brown's store; Dr. P. A. Stackpole, dentist; Daniel H. Wendall, harness and trunk store; A. Frazier, tailor; Earl & Plummer, shoe store; Moses Lord, oyster saloon; M. Byrne, millinery goods; D. Lothrop & Co., apothecaries; G. S. Woodman, grocer; Drs. Thompson and Lindsey; F. F. Roman, oyster saloon, and E. T. Brigham,... Read MORE...
The Farmers' Cabinet - Amherst, New Hampshire - January 9, 1862
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1899 After Five-Year Shutdown,
Millbury, Mass., Jan. 9. - The big woolen factory at Blackstone, known as No. 1 mill, is resuming business after a shutdown of five years and will soon be in full operation. The mill is one of the largest and most important in the Blackstone valley, and gives employment to 500 hands. The stock for the mill has already arrived, and some of the employees are at work. The property was bought last March by Charles Fletcher of Providence, and has since been thoroughly repaired.
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1920 January 9 – Thousands of onlookers watch as "The Human Fly" George Polley climbs the Woolworth Building in New York City. He reaches the 30th floor before being arrested.
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1918 January 9 – U.S troops engage Yaqui Indian warriors in the Battle of Bear Valley in Arizona, a minor skirmish and the last battle between the United States and American Indians. The very end of the American Indian Wars.
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Millbury, Mass., Jan. 9. - The big woolen factory at Blackstone, known as No. 1 mill, is resuming business after a shutdown of five years and will soon be in full operation. The mill is one of the largest and most important in the Blackstone valley, and gives employment to 500 hands. The stock for the mill has already arrived, and some of the employees are at work. The property was bought last March by Charles Fletcher of Providence, and has since been thoroughly repaired.
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1920 January 9 – Thousands of onlookers watch as "The Human Fly" George Polley climbs the Woolworth Building in New York City. He reaches the 30th floor before being arrested.
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1918 January 9 – U.S troops engage Yaqui Indian warriors in the Battle of Bear Valley in Arizona, a minor skirmish and the last battle between the United States and American Indians. The very end of the American Indian Wars.
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1857 January 9 – Fort Tejon earthquake: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 strikes near Parkfield, California.
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1888 January 9, 1888 - Severe cold gripped much of the western U.S. At Portland OR the Columbia River was frozen for two weeks, and in southern California temperatures dipped below freezing in some of the citrus growing areas.
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1869 A large six-horse wagon containing thirteen persons, returning on the night of the 30th ult. from a festival at Pelham to Lawrence, Mass., upset and severely injured five of the passengers, two it was feared fatally.
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1888 January 9, 1888 - Severe cold gripped much of the western U.S. At Portland OR the Columbia River was frozen for two weeks, and in southern California temperatures dipped below freezing in some of the citrus growing areas.
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1869 A large six-horse wagon containing thirteen persons, returning on the night of the 30th ult. from a festival at Pelham to Lawrence, Mass., upset and severely injured five of the passengers, two it was feared fatally.
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1793 January 9 - 1st hot-air balloon flight in the US lifts off in Philadelphia, piloted by Jean Pierre Blanchard
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1886 A HOTEL FIRE. DESTRUCTION OF THE ST. JAMES IN BATAVIA - SEVERAL PERSONS HURT.
Batavia, N. Y., Jan. 8. - At 2 o'clock this morning the St. James Hotel, the leading hotel in town, a large four-story brick building containing 80 rooms, was discovered to be in flames. The fire had started from a pipe from the furnace which ran to the roof alongside an elevator shaft, and had broken out and spread almost simultaneously on all the floors. The fire alarm was promptly sounded, and the firemen rendered assistance to the occupants of the building, of whom there were 33. J. H....
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1886 A HOTEL FIRE. DESTRUCTION OF THE ST. JAMES IN BATAVIA - SEVERAL PERSONS HURT.
Batavia, N. Y., Jan. 8. - At 2 o'clock this morning the St. James Hotel, the leading hotel in town, a large four-story brick building containing 80 rooms, was discovered to be in flames. The fire had started from a pipe from the furnace which ran to the roof alongside an elevator shaft, and had broken out and spread almost simultaneously on all the floors. The fire alarm was promptly sounded, and the firemen rendered assistance to the occupants of the building, of whom there were 33. J. H....
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The host normally offers first toast. Wait until everyone is served wine and a toast is proposed before drinking. It is acceptable for women to propose a toast. Wine is normally served with meals in Quebec.
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