Dallas, Texas, USA
Dallas, March 22. (AP) - Four men, two of them cripples were trapped in their rooms and burned to death early today when fire swept the Elm Hotel, a small second story establishment in the downtown district. Five others were injured.
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The dead were identified as:
W. H. BODENHEIMER,... Read MORE...
Abilene Daily Reporter - Abilene, Texas - March 22, 1932
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1932 - FOUR PERISH, FIVE HURT IN DALLAS HOTEL FIRE. ALARM SOUNDED BY GIRL SAVES MANY LIVES. VICTIMS TRAPPED WHILE ASLEEP IN SMALL SECOND STORY DOWNTOWN HOTEL.
Dallas, March 22. (AP) - Four men, two of them cripples were trapped in their rooms and burned to death early today when fire swept the Elm Hotel, a small second story establishment in the downtown district. Five others were injured.
The Dead.
The dead were identified as:
W. H. BODENHEIMER,... Read MORE...
Abilene Daily Reporter - Abilene, Texas - March 22, 1932
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Atlanta, Georgia
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Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill)
Cumberland Hill, R. I. (UP) - Fire early today destroyed the hilltop Cistercian monastery of Our Lady of the Valley, built by the patient hands of Trappist monks.
The blaze apparently broke out in the infirmary of the massive granite structure, driving 110 monks and 20 guests from the four... Read MORE...
Dunkirk Evening Observer - Dunkirk, New York - March 22, 1950
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1950 - Monastery in Rhode Island Is Destroyed
Cumberland Hill, R. I. (UP) - Fire early today destroyed the hilltop Cistercian monastery of Our Lady of the Valley, built by the patient hands of Trappist monks.
The blaze apparently broke out in the infirmary of the massive granite structure, driving 110 monks and 20 guests from the four... Read MORE...
Dunkirk Evening Observer - Dunkirk, New York - March 22, 1950
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Forcemeat Balls
Take half a pound of veal, and half pound of suet cut fine and beat in a marble mortar or wooden bowl; add a few sweet herbs shred fine, a little mace pounded fine, a small nutmeg grated, a little lemon peel, some pepper and salt, ...Read MORE...
Mary Randolph, The Virginia Housewife, 1824
Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA
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Oil City, Pa., March 21.-Flood waters are rapidly rising here. A flood stage of twenty-five feet and six inches of was reached by the Allegheny River late tonight and the water is still rising.
Franklin, Pa., March 21.-The Big Rock Bridge at Franklin, spanning the Allegheny River,... Read MORE...
Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio - March 22, 1926
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1926 - Ice Smashes Allegheny River Bridge Flood Advances on Oil City as Packs Shift.
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Oil City, Pa., March 21.-Flood waters are rapidly rising here. A flood stage of twenty-five feet and six inches of was reached by the Allegheny River late tonight and the water is still rising.
Franklin, Pa., March 21.-The Big Rock Bridge at Franklin, spanning the Allegheny River,... Read MORE...
Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio - March 22, 1926
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Rexall Acid-Dyspesia Tablets
United Drug Company, Boston - St. Louis, USA
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Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Fire which started about 3 o’clock this morning in the rear of a grocery store owned by C.C. Price, 1258 Kansas Avenue, Kansas side, destroyed the store and two adjacent buildings. The loss was $10,000.
The high wind fanned the flames which gained great headway before the firemen arrived. Sparks ... Read MORE...
Kansas City Star - Kansas City, Missori - March 22, 1916
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1916 - Wind Fans A $10,000 Fire. Three Buildings Destroyed on Kansas Side Early This Morning.
Fire which started about 3 o’clock this morning in the rear of a grocery store owned by C.C. Price, 1258 Kansas Avenue, Kansas side, destroyed the store and two adjacent buildings. The loss was $10,000.
The high wind fanned the flames which gained great headway before the firemen arrived. Sparks ... Read MORE...
Kansas City Star - Kansas City, Missori - March 22, 1916
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Peoria, Illinois, USA
Peoria, Ill. - (AP) - Fire destroyed the Peoria Market, a four-story brick building in the heart of the business district, early today. Three persons were missing and at least two of them were believed to have been killed when the building collapsed. Damage was estimated at $1,000,000.
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Sterling Daily Gazette - Illinois - March 22, 1929
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1929 - THREE MISSING IN PEORIA FIRE. WATCHMAN AND TWO FIREMEN BELIEVED DEAD IN RUINS OF PEORIA MARKET.
Peoria, Ill. - (AP) - Fire destroyed the Peoria Market, a four-story brick building in the heart of the business district, early today. Three persons were missing and at least two of them were believed to have been killed when the building collapsed. Damage was estimated at $1,000,000.
Firemen... Read MORE...
Sterling Daily Gazette - Illinois - March 22, 1929
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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
Denver, Colorado, USA
The Union Depot at Denver was burned down the morning of the 18th . The fire started shortly after midnight.
The origin of the fire is supposed to be from a detached live electric wire. Early in the evening two of the wires in the ladies waiting room suddenly broke, letting the arc lights to the ... Read MORE...
Fairplay Flume - Fairplay, Colorado - March 22, 1894
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1894 - The Union Depot Completely Destroyed by Fire.
The Union Depot at Denver was burned down the morning of the 18th . The fire started shortly after midnight.
The origin of the fire is supposed to be from a detached live electric wire. Early in the evening two of the wires in the ladies waiting room suddenly broke, letting the arc lights to the ... Read MORE...
Fairplay Flume - Fairplay, Colorado - March 22, 1894
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1941 March 22 – Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
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1935 March 22 – The world's first television program is transmitted from the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany
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1907 March 22 – The first taxicabs with taxi meters begin operating in London.
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1907 DIES UNDER CAR WHEELS.
DAVENPORT, Iowa, March 21. - P. J. Kiley, of Boston, Mass., was run over by a train here today and killed. With his wife, he was returning to Boston from St. Elmo, Calif. As their train came to a stop here they alighted for a few moments. When the train started up Mrs. Kiley boarded the train...
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DAVENPORT, Iowa, March 21. - P. J. Kiley, of Boston, Mass., was run over by a train here today and killed. With his wife, he was returning to Boston from St. Elmo, Calif. As their train came to a stop here they alighted for a few moments. When the train started up Mrs. Kiley boarded the train...
The Duluth News Tribune
Duluth, Minnesota
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America - Did you know?
1898 - Spanish-American War: USS Maine is blown up in Havana harbor (Feb. 15), prompting U.S. to declare war on Spain (April 25).
Quebec - Did you know?
The surrounding regions of Quebec are “missing” gravity. This area has the lowest gravity on Earth.
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Pickwick Arms Hotel
New England's most beautiful family and transient hotel. Twenty-eight miles from New York. Open all year. Under ownership-management.
Rexpirin Brand Tablets
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