Welcome to our blog, where we embark on a captivating journey through time, exploring the rich tapestry of history and genealogy.
In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated June 3, 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.
So, grab your magnifying glass and step into the past as we unravel the June 3 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Canaan, New Hampshire, USA
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT., June 2--Two men were burned to death, another was probably fatally burned and a woman is missing in a fire which practically wiped out the village of Canaan, N. H., 18 miles from here, late today, according to reports to railroad officials here.
The fire started, according to latest reports, in a barn in the center of the village near the railroad. Children playing with matches were believed to have started the blaze. The first buildings to go were the freight and... Read MORE...
Middletown Daily Herald - Middletown, New York - June 3, 1923
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1923 - FORTY HOMES AND STORES IN RUINS Children Playing With Matches Believed to Have Caused Conflagration -- Aid rushed to Stricken Village From Surrounding Country
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT., June 2--Two men were burned to death, another was probably fatally burned and a woman is missing in a fire which practically wiped out the village of Canaan, N. H., 18 miles from here, late today, according to reports to railroad officials here.
The fire started, according to latest reports, in a barn in the center of the village near the railroad. Children playing with matches were believed to have started the blaze. The first buildings to go were the freight and... Read MORE...
Middletown Daily Herald - Middletown, New York - June 3, 1923
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Wolcott, Conn.
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Rockingham, Vermont, USA (Bellows Falls) (Saxton's River)
(Special to The Messenger.)
Bellows Falls, June 3. - A shifting engine, Bristol No. 1, of the Rutland railroad, when going around the curve near the toll bridge across the falls of the Connecticut river, struck a broken rail, and went off the track and just escaped going off the steep embankment on to the rocks in the river below.
Brakeman John Keefe and Yardmaster W. W. Dodge jumped, but the engineer, David Keefe and the fireman, George Lavallee, hadn't time. None of the men were... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - June 3, 1901
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1901 - ON THE VERY EDGE Rutland Shifter Just Escaped a Bad Fall JUMPED TRACK AT BELLOWS FALLS Crew All Uninjured but Death Was but a Few Feet Distant- An Elopement at Rutland.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Bellows Falls, June 3. - A shifting engine, Bristol No. 1, of the Rutland railroad, when going around the curve near the toll bridge across the falls of the Connecticut river, struck a broken rail, and went off the track and just escaped going off the steep embankment on to the rocks in the river below.
Brakeman John Keefe and Yardmaster W. W. Dodge jumped, but the engineer, David Keefe and the fireman, George Lavallee, hadn't time. None of the men were... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - June 3, 1901
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Long Beach, California, USA
Blast Rocks Long Beach, Previous Sufferer From Earthquake, and Is Felt 30 Miles Away.
LONG BEACH, Cal., June 2 (AP). - Seven persons were burned to death, nineteen were treated at hospitals for injuries and ten others are missing following a terrific explosion Friday in the Meader absorption plant of the Richfield Oil Company in the Signal Hill field near here.
The blast, which rocked the city and destroyed homes in the immediate vicinity of the refinery, was felt for thirty miles around... Read MORE...
The Dallas Morning News - Dallas, Texas - June 3, 1933
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1933 - 7 Are Dead, 19 Missing In Refinery Explosion In Signal Hills Field
Blast Rocks Long Beach, Previous Sufferer From Earthquake, and Is Felt 30 Miles Away.
LONG BEACH, Cal., June 2 (AP). - Seven persons were burned to death, nineteen were treated at hospitals for injuries and ten others are missing following a terrific explosion Friday in the Meader absorption plant of the Richfield Oil Company in the Signal Hill field near here.
The blast, which rocked the city and destroyed homes in the immediate vicinity of the refinery, was felt for thirty miles around... Read MORE...
The Dallas Morning News - Dallas, Texas - June 3, 1933
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1917 - June 5 – WWI: Conscription begins in the United States.
AVERAGE MAN HAS A 20 TO 1 CHANCE OF BEING DRAFTED
But He Must Register on Tuesday or Go to Jail
WAY OF "SLACKER" IS HARD
Eagle Bureau, 901 Colorado Building.
Washington, June 2 - As a betting proposition, the odds are 20 to 1 against the chance of the average American getting into the selective draft army of 500,000 men, to be assembled as the first unit under the new military act. If you are anxious to wear a uniform, the surest way is to go and volunteer in the Regular Army, the... Read MORE...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn, New York - June 3, 1917
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Cream of Corn Soup - Score down the grains and press out the pulp from six good-sized ears of corn; add to this in a double boiler one quart of milk, a teasponnful of grated onion, not more than one-eighth of a teaspoonful of ground mace,...Read MORE...
The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898
Sands' Patent Triple Motion White Mountain Freezers
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
South Fork Dam burst, town of Johnstown destroyed, over 2000 deaths
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The Johnstown disaster occurred, the worst flood tragedy in U.S. history. Heavy rains collapsed the South Fork Dam sending a thirty foot wall of water rushing down the already flooded Conemaugh Valley. The wall of water, traveling as fast as twenty-two feet per second, swept away all structures, objects and people. 2100 persons perished in the flood.... Read MORE...
The Newark Daily Advocate - Ohio - June 3, 1889
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1889 - May 31 - Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn
South Fork Dam burst, town of Johnstown destroyed, over 2000 deaths
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The Johnstown disaster occurred, the worst flood tragedy in U.S. history. Heavy rains collapsed the South Fork Dam sending a thirty foot wall of water rushing down the already flooded Conemaugh Valley. The wall of water, traveling as fast as twenty-two feet per second, swept away all structures, objects and people. 2100 persons perished in the flood.... Read MORE...
The Newark Daily Advocate - Ohio - June 3, 1889
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Be careful always that the details of your dress are perfectly finished in every point. The small articles of a wardrobe require constant care to keep in perfect order, yet they will wofully revenge themselves if...Read MORE...
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: A Complete Handbook for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society... by Florence Hartley, January 1, 1872
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Columbia, S. C., June 2. - A few minutes after 1 P.M. fire was discovered in the laundry of the State Insane Asylum, where nearly 1,000 patients are confined. The local appliances were unequal to cope with the flames, and a general alarm was rung in. The flames had gained much headway, before the arrival of the engines, however, and the laundry, electric, and heating plants were all lost, the main building being saved only by heroic efforts. Meanwhile the attendants had a horrible experience... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 3, 1897
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1897 - FIRE IN AN INSANE ASYLUM. ATTENDANTS AT COLUMBIA, S. C., AT FIRST REFUSED TO ADMIT FIREMEN TO THE BURNING BUILDING.
Columbia, S. C., June 2. - A few minutes after 1 P.M. fire was discovered in the laundry of the State Insane Asylum, where nearly 1,000 patients are confined. The local appliances were unequal to cope with the flames, and a general alarm was rung in. The flames had gained much headway, before the arrival of the engines, however, and the laundry, electric, and heating plants were all lost, the main building being saved only by heroic efforts. Meanwhile the attendants had a horrible experience... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 3, 1897
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Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Special to The State
Charleston, June 2 - Train No. 52 of the Atlantic Coast Line bound for Columbia, sideswiped freight No. 350 en route to Charleston at the Ashley Junction this morning shortly after 6 o'clock, resulting in the engine of No. 52 and four cars of the freight train being ditched and engineer J. B. Hammond and fireman R. Buckley of the passenger train being slightly injured. The freight train had taken to the siding when the passenger train came along with the result that the... Read MORE...
The State - Columbia, South Carolina - June 3, 1910
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1910 - TRAIN WRECK AT CHARLESTON - Engineer Hammond and Fireman Buckley Slightly Injured in Smashup on Coast Line
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Charleston, June 2 - Train No. 52 of the Atlantic Coast Line bound for Columbia, sideswiped freight No. 350 en route to Charleston at the Ashley Junction this morning shortly after 6 o'clock, resulting in the engine of No. 52 and four cars of the freight train being ditched and engineer J. B. Hammond and fireman R. Buckley of the passenger train being slightly injured. The freight train had taken to the siding when the passenger train came along with the result that the... Read MORE...
The State - Columbia, South Carolina - June 3, 1910
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Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
Altoona, Pa., May 28. - Last night as the fast line west was nearing Kittanning Point the wheel of a car on a train cast burst and the car crashed into two passenger coaches with terrible effect, killing instantly four men and injuring many others. Telegrams were immediately sent to this city for physicians and all that could be procured hurried to the wreck.
The killed are as follows:
D. GRAHAM, son of ex-speaker Graham, Allegheny, Pa.
J. H. STAUFFER, of Lewisville, O.
WYMER SNYDER, a... Read MORE...
The Iola Register - Kansas - June 3, 1887
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1887 - SINGULAR ACCIDENT. THE BREAKING OF A CAR WHEEL ON THE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD RESULTS IN THE KILLING OF FOUR PASSENGERS.
Altoona, Pa., May 28. - Last night as the fast line west was nearing Kittanning Point the wheel of a car on a train cast burst and the car crashed into two passenger coaches with terrible effect, killing instantly four men and injuring many others. Telegrams were immediately sent to this city for physicians and all that could be procured hurried to the wreck.
The killed are as follows:
D. GRAHAM, son of ex-speaker Graham, Allegheny, Pa.
J. H. STAUFFER, of Lewisville, O.
WYMER SNYDER, a... Read MORE...
The Iola Register - Kansas - June 3, 1887
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
Apparently traveling at a high rate of speed, one man was killed and five others injured when a Chevrolet automobile in which they were riding crashed into a telephone pole, on Webster's Hill, on the Old National Pike, a short distance from Braddock Heights, between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning. The body of the dead man was placed in charge of M. R. Etchison and Son, undertakers, and the five injured were rushed to the Frederick City Hospital.
The victims are:
Killed, FREDERICK HOLLIS, 23, ... Read MORE...
Frederick News Post - Frederick, Maryland - June 3, 1929
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1929 - ONE KILLED, FIVE HURT IN CRASH NEAR HEIGHTS. MARTINSBURG, W. VA., CAR HITS TELEPHONE POLE AND OVERTURNS.
Apparently traveling at a high rate of speed, one man was killed and five others injured when a Chevrolet automobile in which they were riding crashed into a telephone pole, on Webster's Hill, on the Old National Pike, a short distance from Braddock Heights, between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning. The body of the dead man was placed in charge of M. R. Etchison and Son, undertakers, and the five injured were rushed to the Frederick City Hospital.
The victims are:
Killed, FREDERICK HOLLIS, 23, ... Read MORE...
Frederick News Post - Frederick, Maryland - June 3, 1929
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Augusta, Georgia, USA
Trees Uprooted, Roofs Blown Off and Wires Damaged.
Augusta, Ga., June 3. — As a result of a tornado here last night which reached a velocity of sixty-two miles an hour and lasted for sixteen minutes, the city today is strewn with uprooted trees, broken limbs, portions of roofs, telephone and telegraph poles and damaging wires. Mrs. Riddle was badly injured by the caving in of the roof of her home. Her husband and five children, all of whom were in bed escaped. A boy was blown away near the... Read MORE...
Beaumont Journal - Beaumont, Texas - June 3, 1910
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1910 - TORNADO BLOWS AWAY SMALL BOY. AUGUSTA, GA., IS VISITED BY WIND, WHICH RAGES 62 MILES AN HOUR. ONE WOMAN BADLY HURT.
Trees Uprooted, Roofs Blown Off and Wires Damaged.
Augusta, Ga., June 3. — As a result of a tornado here last night which reached a velocity of sixty-two miles an hour and lasted for sixteen minutes, the city today is strewn with uprooted trees, broken limbs, portions of roofs, telephone and telegraph poles and damaging wires. Mrs. Riddle was badly injured by the caving in of the roof of her home. Her husband and five children, all of whom were in bed escaped. A boy was blown away near the... Read MORE...
Beaumont Journal - Beaumont, Texas - June 3, 1910
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)
The celebration of the hundreth birthday of a venerable citizen named Melatiah Mason, of Thompson, Connecticut, took place on the 30th ultimo. A sermon was preached on the occasion, and a collection of 840 made for his benefit. He has been a member of the church for 70 years, was a mason by trade, as well as by name; always worked hard, lived temperately, possessed an almost undisturbed cheerfulness and equanimity of mind; and lives to see around him, 6 children, 53 grand-children, 150 great... Read MORE...
Weekly Raleigh Register - Raleigh, North Carolina - June 3, 1830
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1830 - 100th Birthday
The celebration of the hundreth birthday of a venerable citizen named Melatiah Mason, of Thompson, Connecticut, took place on the 30th ultimo. A sermon was preached on the occasion, and a collection of 840 made for his benefit. He has been a member of the church for 70 years, was a mason by trade, as well as by name; always worked hard, lived temperately, possessed an almost undisturbed cheerfulness and equanimity of mind; and lives to see around him, 6 children, 53 grand-children, 150 great... Read MORE...
Weekly Raleigh Register - Raleigh, North Carolina - June 3, 1830
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Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Southport) (Greenfield Hill)
Fairfield Man Is Taken to Hospital after Accident Here.
Four persons were injured last night when a joy ride abruptly ended as the large automobile in which they were riding was nearly demolished when it struck a telephone pole on the Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield. One of the victims is a patient at St. Vincent's hospital where his condition is considered serious. He is Alex Kuhn, thirty-four, corner of Black Rock turnpike and Tunxis Hill, Fairfield. The other members of the party who... Read MORE...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, Connecticut - June 3, 1927
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1927 - FOUR HURT WHEN CAR STRIKES POLE
Fairfield Man Is Taken to Hospital after Accident Here.
Four persons were injured last night when a joy ride abruptly ended as the large automobile in which they were riding was nearly demolished when it struck a telephone pole on the Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield. One of the victims is a patient at St. Vincent's hospital where his condition is considered serious. He is Alex Kuhn, thirty-four, corner of Black Rock turnpike and Tunxis Hill, Fairfield. The other members of the party who... Read MORE...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, Connecticut - June 3, 1927
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Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Struck by Truck, While Riding Bicycle, Boy May Recover.
DANBURY June 2 - (By Special Correspondent) - Chances for recovery of thirteen year old John Swanson 20 Spring street Danbury, who yesterday was struck and knocked down by a coal truck here were reported as good at Danbury hospital tonight.
The Swanson boy was hit by the truck while riding his bicycle Edward L. Smith City Hamlet Danbury the truck driver who was arrested on a charge of reckless driving was released today in bonds of... Read MORE...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, Connecticut - June 3, 1927
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1927 - DANBURY BOY MAY LIVE AFTER CRASH
Struck by Truck, While Riding Bicycle, Boy May Recover.
DANBURY June 2 - (By Special Correspondent) - Chances for recovery of thirteen year old John Swanson 20 Spring street Danbury, who yesterday was struck and knocked down by a coal truck here were reported as good at Danbury hospital tonight.
The Swanson boy was hit by the truck while riding his bicycle Edward L. Smith City Hamlet Danbury the truck driver who was arrested on a charge of reckless driving was released today in bonds of... Read MORE...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, Connecticut - June 3, 1927
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Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
WOONSOCKET, Wednesday, June 2. The most extensive fire that ever occurred in this village took place last evening at Elliott's Mills, breaking out in the room occupied by W. E. Hubbard, carpenter and builder, about 9 o'clock. The whole range of buildings, with a large amount of valuable lumber and manufactured stock are entirely consumed, with much machinery, and the fire is still burning in the lumber. The buildings all belonged to Nathaniel Elliot, and were occupied as follows: One large room ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 3, 1869
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1869 - Extensive Fire in Woonsocket, R. I., - Estimated Loss $100,000.
WOONSOCKET, Wednesday, June 2. The most extensive fire that ever occurred in this village took place last evening at Elliott's Mills, breaking out in the room occupied by W. E. Hubbard, carpenter and builder, about 9 o'clock. The whole range of buildings, with a large amount of valuable lumber and manufactured stock are entirely consumed, with much machinery, and the fire is still burning in the lumber. The buildings all belonged to Nathaniel Elliot, and were occupied as follows: One large room ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 3, 1869
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1889 June 3 – The first long distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
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June 3, 1889
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1921 June 3 - A cloudburst near Pikes Peak CO killed 120 people. Pueblo CO was flooded by a twenty-five foot crest of the Arkansas River, killing 70 persons.
Fourteen inches of rain was reported at Boggs Flat, where a hard surface road through nearly level country was washed out to a depth of seven feet.
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June 3, 1921
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1869 The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity have elected Chief Justice Chase and James Russell Lowell to deliver the oration and poem before their next convention,
which will be held in 1870, at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 3, 1869
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June 3, 1889
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1921 June 3 - A cloudburst near Pikes Peak CO killed 120 people. Pueblo CO was flooded by a twenty-five foot crest of the Arkansas River, killing 70 persons.
Fourteen inches of rain was reported at Boggs Flat, where a hard surface road through nearly level country was washed out to a depth of seven feet.
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June 3, 1921
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1869 The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity have elected Chief Justice Chase and James Russell Lowell to deliver the oration and poem before their next convention,
which will be held in 1870, at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 3, 1869
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1943 June 3 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots.
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June 3, 1943
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1927 MAN FALLS FROM TOP OF CHIMNEY; IS KILLED
CORTLAND, N.Y., June 2. - (By Associated Press) Joseph Foley of Lackawanna, fell from the top of a chimney to the roof of St. Mary's church, sixty feet below, and was instantly killed. Frank Coquine fractured three ribs while lowering Foley's body to the ground.
The Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut
June 3, 1927
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1897 Thrown From His Wagon and Killed
Meriden, Conn., June 3. - Laughlin Stretch, employed by W. C. Twiss, lumber dealer, was killed in a runaway accident. Stretch was driving down a hill when lumber slipped upon the horse's hind quarters and caused the animal to run. Stretch was thrown out and his skull fractured.
Lebanon Daily News
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
June 3, 1897
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June 3, 1943
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1927 MAN FALLS FROM TOP OF CHIMNEY; IS KILLED
CORTLAND, N.Y., June 2. - (By Associated Press) Joseph Foley of Lackawanna, fell from the top of a chimney to the roof of St. Mary's church, sixty feet below, and was instantly killed. Frank Coquine fractured three ribs while lowering Foley's body to the ground.
The Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut
June 3, 1927
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1897 Thrown From His Wagon and Killed
Meriden, Conn., June 3. - Laughlin Stretch, employed by W. C. Twiss, lumber dealer, was killed in a runaway accident. Stretch was driving down a hill when lumber slipped upon the horse's hind quarters and caused the animal to run. Stretch was thrown out and his skull fractured.
Lebanon Daily News
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
June 3, 1897
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1927 $75,000 BLAZE SWEEPS BAY STATE CHAIR SHOP
STERLING, Mass., June 2 - (By Associated Press) - Fire starting in the finishing room in the E R Buck Chair shop today caused damage estimated at about $75,000. At noon the plant was destroyed and firemen from Sterling, Leominster, Lancaster Clinton and Princeton were making every effort to save the Sterling cider mill. Joseph H. Miller, thirty-eight of 109 Eden Glen, Leominster attached to a fire company, was seriously injured when he fell from a fire truck while on the way to the fire.
The Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut
June 3, 1927
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1848 Arose from the Dead
At Rochester, New York, on Thursday, a man was taken from the canal who was thought to be drowned. The coroner was sent for, who proceeded to call a jury and ascertain the facts in the case; but, before the inquest was fairly commenced, the person supposed to be deceased arose upon his feet and walked away. A grave question arises in this case: whether the coroner is entitled to his fee.
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Trenton State Gazette
Trenton, New Jersey
June 3, 1848
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1879 The oldest ex-representative of congress living is Mr. Austin Hale, of Bridgewater, Mass., who is ninety-six years old.
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Kalamazoo Gazette
Kalamazoo, Michigan
June 3, 1879
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STERLING, Mass., June 2 - (By Associated Press) - Fire starting in the finishing room in the E R Buck Chair shop today caused damage estimated at about $75,000. At noon the plant was destroyed and firemen from Sterling, Leominster, Lancaster Clinton and Princeton were making every effort to save the Sterling cider mill. Joseph H. Miller, thirty-eight of 109 Eden Glen, Leominster attached to a fire company, was seriously injured when he fell from a fire truck while on the way to the fire.
The Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut
June 3, 1927
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1848 Arose from the Dead
At Rochester, New York, on Thursday, a man was taken from the canal who was thought to be drowned. The coroner was sent for, who proceeded to call a jury and ascertain the facts in the case; but, before the inquest was fairly commenced, the person supposed to be deceased arose upon his feet and walked away. A grave question arises in this case: whether the coroner is entitled to his fee.
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Trenton State Gazette
Trenton, New Jersey
June 3, 1848
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1879 The oldest ex-representative of congress living is Mr. Austin Hale, of Bridgewater, Mass., who is ninety-six years old.
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Kalamazoo Gazette
Kalamazoo, Michigan
June 3, 1879
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America - Did you know?
February 3, 1870 - Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, giving blacks the right to vote.
Quebec - Did you know?
The seigneur was endowed with his rank and estate to the sole end that he should become an active agent in making the colony grow. He was expected to live on his land, to level the forest, to clear fields, and to make two blades of grass grow where...Read MORE...The Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New-World Feudalism [Vol. 5 of "The Chronicles of Canada"] by William Bennett Munro; Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Company, 1922
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Field of Wm. Wilder's, Norwell, Mass., which the neighbors say "largest that they ever saw." This field has not been cultivated for over 15 years and some of the ears weighted two pounds apiece at the time of harvest.
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