December 8 News - 1842 - Inmates Publish Newspaper

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Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA

1902 - Flames Cause Serious Losses In Peterborough

Peterborough. N. H., Dec. 7.---Tarbell’s block, a three story granite building owned by A. B. Tarbell, was gutted by fire early today, causing a loss of $15,000 on the building and $20,000 on personal property.

The building, which was one of the most important in town, contained six stores, five of which were occupied, four offices and three tenements.

The principal losers are Henry S. Peabody, a dealer in small wares, over $7000, Mrs. F. K. Langley, milliner, $5000, and Frank E. Russell, ... Read MORE...

Portsmouth Herald -  Portsmouth, New Hampshire -  December 8, 1902
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1859 - The Public Pulse

We copy a few throbs of the public pulse on John Brown's death as indicating the general public feeling on the subject. The first is the simple announcement from Charlestown.

CHARLESTOWN, Dec. 2 - Noon.
Brown was taken from the jail about 11 o'clock in a furniture wagon. He conversed freely with the soldiers around him. The execution took place at a quarter past 11 o'clock. He died apparently very easy. His body was taken down after being suspended thirty-five minutes, and will be sent to... Read MORE...

Berlin City Courant -  Berlin, Wisconsin -  December 8, 1859
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Lewiston, Maine, USA

1903 - HILL TRAGEDY. The Son is Alive and Resting Comfortably - An Operation Will be Performed. THE OLD FATHER BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INSANE.

The Details of the Sad Affair Which Caused a Sensation Yesterday Morning.

A most shocking double tragedy occurred in Barkerville yester-day morning at 6.35, when Daniel W. Hill shot his son and then turned the weapon on himself and sent a bullet crashing through his brain resulting in instant death. The son, Daniel Hill, will probably live, although his condition is very critical.

Daniel Hill, the son is fifty-two years of age and has a milk route in Lewiston. He was at the breakfast... Read MORE...

The Lewiston Daily Sun -  Lewiston, Maine -  Tuesday, December 8, 1903
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

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The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., August 25, 1880

"The Woodbury Soap Company is an American manufacturer of personal care products such as cold cream, facial cream, facial powder, after-shave talc and ear swabs. Founded in Albany, New York in 1870, the company was sponsor to popular radio programs in the 1930s and 1940s.

The John H. Woodbury company was established in 1870 in Albany, New York by a dermatologist. The company was still in New York in 1901, making and retailing soap, when the Andrew Jergens Company (now a subsidiary of Kao) purchased the company which owned the soap brand, and moved the headquarters to Cincinnati, Ohio." wikipedia

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Bakersfield, California, USA

1906 - SIX BURIED IN A TUNNEL. ENTOMBED IN KERN RIVER POWER CO.'S SHAFT. FOURTEEN SECTIONS COLLAPSED LIKE CARDS AND BODIES ARE FAR BEYOND REACH.

Bakersfield, Dec. 7. - Six miners were entombed this morning by the caving of a shaft leading to the big steel pipe conduit which passes through a mountain 2000 feet at a high angle in the Kern river canyon, at Camp No. 1, of the Edison Power company plants, eighteen miles from this city.
The names of the miners are:
G. ANDERSON.
C. D. ROBLES.
GEORGE WARNER.
H. FARRIS.
L. D. HICKS.
JOHN WHIBLE.

Reports as to the seriousness of the accident are conflicting and from the office of GLASS... Read MORE...

The Fresno Morning Republican -  Fresno, California -  December 8, 1906
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Ithaca, New York, USA

1906 - SEVEN DIE IN CORNELL FIRE. MRS. FISKE'S BEAUTIFUL CHAPTER MANSION BURNED. THREE FIREMEN VOLUNTEERS CRUSHED UNDER WALLS - STUDENTS ENTRAPPED.

Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 7. - Seven persons met death this morning in the worst disaster that ever befell Cornell university. Three of the victims were volunteer firemen and four were students. The firemen were all prominent in this city.

They were:
A. S. ROBINSON, attorney.
JOHN RUMSEY, hardware merchant.
ESTY LANDON, salesman.

The students were:
O. L. SCHMAUCH of Hanover, Pa.
G. W. GRELLE of South Orange, N. J.
W. F. NICHOLS of Chicago.
J. M. M'CUTCHEON of Pittsburg.

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The Fresno Morning Republican -  Fresno, California -  December 8, 1906
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

Time is precious, life short, and consequently not a single moment should be lost . Sensible men know how to make the most of time, and put out their whole sum either to interest or pleasure : they are never idle , but continually employed either in ...Read MORE...



Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.

1902  Overheated Stove Causes Damage.
The Weirs, N. H., Dec.7. - The large pail factory, together with the adjoining buildings owned by the Brown Lumber company, in Whitefield was burned last night, entailing a loss of $25,000, fully covered by insurance. The fire started from an overheated stove.

Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
December 8, 1902

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1941  December 8 - WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "Infamy Speech"
President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "Infamy Speech" to a Joint session of the United States Congress at 12:30 p.m. EST (17.30 GMT). Transmitted live over all four major national networks it attracts the largest audience ever for an American radio broadcast, over 81% of homes. Within an hour, Congress agrees to the President's request for a United States declaration of war upon Japan and he signs it at 4:10 p.m.
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December 8, 1941

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1889  THRUST THROUGH WITH A RED HOT IRON.
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 8. - THOMAS HOTCHKISS, a "rougher" in Roeblings' rolling mill, met a shocking death today. He was stepping down to repair a break when a red hot iron rod from the rolls ran into his bowels, passing out above his waist. He lived only a few minutes after the accident. HOTCHKISS came here from Worcester, Mass.

Logansport Journal
Logansport, Indiana
December 8, 1889

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1902  GUILFORD MEETS MISFORTUNE. The Principal Block Of The Town Destroyed By Fire.
Guilford, Me., Dec. 7. - Fire early today destroyed Guilford's principal business block, caused a financial loss of fully $22,000 and left five secret societies without a meeting place in this town. The building was owned by Henry Douglas and Good Cheer lodge of Odd Fellows. A defective chimney is believed to have been the cause of the fire.

Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
December 8, 1902

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1879  NO BLACK FEVER IN SILLERY
QUEBEC, Dec. 7. - There is no truth to the rumors of a plague at Sillery. The deaths referred to in last night's dispatches were from typhoid fever.

New York Herald-Tribune
New York, New York
December 8, 1879

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1842  Inmates Publish Newspaper
The inmates of the Insane Asylum at Brattleboro, Vermont, have commenced the publication of a weekly newspaper, called the Asylum Journal. - They have got out a 'crazy man's ticket' - the candidates selected, are from each of the great political parties. The Journal says, 'if we can unite the crazy ones of both parties we shall elect our candidates.'
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Jamestown Journal
New York
December 8, 1842

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America - Did you know?

 Thanksgiving Myth: Pilgrims wore buckled hats. NOT TRUE.

 

Quebec - Did you know?

 During the 17th century, Irish inhabitants of France were sent to Quebec to help populate the area. Historians estimate that about 40% of the population in Quebec is of Irish descent.

 

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A. K. Hawkes Company glasses
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December 7 News - 1876 - THE HOLOCAUST. The Story as it Stood at Two O'clock This Afternoon. AN UNPRECEDENTED HORROR. EVERY HOUR ADDING TO THE LIST OF THE DEAD. THE CALAMITY NOT YET MEASURED.

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1918 advertisement

Bridgeport Horse Auction

The Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut
June 27, 1918

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1941 - December 7 - Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 p.m. PST (19.26 GMT). (Wikipedia)


On December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy," Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii... Read MORE...

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December 7, 1941
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Spring Bean Succotash

Take two quarts of beans, string, cut fine; boil two hours with water enough to cover without boiling dry; cut the corn from six ears and boil with beans twenty minutes; season with butter, pepper and salt; just before...Read MORE...



The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Connecticut, August 11, 1880

The Dalles, Oregon, USA

1901 - ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN. NARROW ESCAPE OF PASSENGERS ON O. R. & N. NEAR THE DALLES. NUTS PLACED ON RAILS SEND ENGINE AND MAIL CAR FROM TRACK - ENGINEER AND FIREMAN INJURED - PASSENGERS ARE UNHURT.

Portland, Ore., Dec. 6. - The eastbound passenger train, No. 2, on the Oregon Railway & Navigation, which left this city at 9 a.m., was wrecked 12 miles east of The Dalles this afternoon.

The engine turned completely over and the mail car left the track, but turned only partially over. The composite sleeper and diner left the track, but remained upright. The other cars, including a private car containing Col. R. C. CLOWRY, general superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and... Read MORE...

Anaconda Standard -  Montana -  December 7, 1901
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1908 advertisement

M. A. Baker & Co. Manufacturers
Seamless Turpentine Stills
Pensacola, Fla.

The Pensacola Journal
Pensacola, Florida
July 4, 1908

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Hagerstown, Maryland, USA

1871 - MARYLAND. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE RAGING IN HAGERSTOWN.

HAGERSTOWN, Dec. 7 1 A. M. — Last evening at ten o’clock a fire broke out in the business house of Rollins & Burbank, agricultural implement dealers, Antietam street, opposite the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and rapidly spread to the adjacent buildings. The Episcopal Church and court-house were burned to the ground. All the public records were saved. Several lives were lost by the falling of the court-house dome, and a number of other persons severely injured. The fire is still raging with a... Read MORE...

Boston Daily Advertiser -  Boston, Massachusetts -  December 7, 1871
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San Francisco, California, USA

1900 - FELL ON MOLTEN GLASS. Scores Killed and Injured by the Collapse of a Roof. SEVERAL ROASTED TO DEATH.

Disaster Occurred at a Football Game in San Francisco - Victims Were Hurled on a Red Hot Furnace - Bodies Drawn From the Retorts With Pokers - The Dead and Injured.

San Francisco (Special). - By the collapse of the roof of the Pacific Glass Works while it was crowded with men and boys who were watching a football game between the Stanford and University of California teams, fifteen persons were killed. More than 100 persons fell into the furnace of the factory upon ovens and retorts... Read MORE...

The Cranbury Press -  New Jersey -  December 7, 1900
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Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

1907 - CLINTON'S TOWN HALL DESTROYED BY FIRE.

LOSS OF $100,000 - PROBABLY DUE TO CIGARETTE STUB LEFT BY SOMEONE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL DANCE - TOWN RECORDS SAFE, AND NO OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED.

Clinton, Mass., Dec. 7. - This town was visited by one of the most disastrous fires in its history, this morning, when at 5:30 flames were seen breaking from the front end of the town hall located at the corner of Church and Walnut streets. In an hour and a half, the building, the biggest and most valuable municipal structure in town, was a mass of... Read MORE...

The Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  December 7, 1907
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

If muscles and nerves are over-strained, learn to shirk, somewhat judiciously, but surely. Let reason come to your aid, and compel yourself to take a rest, even in a change of work. The acquiescence and approval of the mind is necessary to rest...Read MORE...



Advice for Ladies - The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, December 25, 1885

Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, USA

1940 - 4 AIR OFFICERS, SCHOOL BOY DIE; TWELVE ESCAPE.

Lancaster, Cal., Dec. 7 - (I.P.) - The toll of a collision between a school bus and an army station wagon rose to five today with the death in Community hospital of 14-year-old HOWARD McCALEB.

Young McCALEB was the first to die of 12 students involved in the accident. The four other victims were inspectors attached to the army air corps at Riverside, Cal., and an enlisted army man. Two students are seriously injured.

Girl Summons Help.

It was HOWARD McCALEB'S elder sister, ALVERDA, who ... Read MORE...

The Times -  San Mateo, California -  December 7, 1940
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Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

1876 - THE HOLOCAUST. The Story as it Stood at Two O'clock This Afternoon. AN UNPRECEDENTED HORROR. EVERY HOUR ADDING TO THE LIST OF THE DEAD. THE CALAMITY NOT YET MEASURED.

A Hundred Bodies Recovered from the Ruins and a Hundred More Visible.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE DISASTER.

Every hour since the fire in the theatre was extinguished has brought fresh and saddening evidence of the extent of the horror.

At first it was believed that few, if any, lives had been lost. About 7 o'clock it was known that at least twenty persons had been burned to death or smothred. By 9 o'clock the list of deaths had risen to seventy. At 11 o'clock ninety victims were counted, and ... Read MORE...

The Brooklyn Eagle  -  New York, New York -  December 7, 1876
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1905  Mrs. Ira Whittemore on going to her room Monday forenoon found it full of smoke...
On investigation it was found that the bed and bed clothes were nearly consumed. Mrs. Whittemore things it must have caught from a lighted candle which the little girl used in going to bed.

St Albans Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
December 7, 1905

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1900  Water
Boiled water or distilled water should not be used either by grown people or children unless there is danger from contamination from the water in ordinary use. Pure cold water Is preferable. A child may be given a glass of cool (never ice) water the first thing in the morning - say half an hour before breakfast, and may also take a glass on retiring.

Amador Ledger
Jackson, California
Fri., December 7, 1900

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1930  December 7 – The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers.
This broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for the I. J. Fox Furriers company which sponsored the telecast.
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December 7, 1930

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1935  December 7 - Severe flooding hit parts of the Houston, TX, area. Eight persons were killed as one hundred city blocks were inundated.

The Weather Channel
December 7, 1935

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America - Did you know?

 Pioneer Remedies - Crick in the neck Go down to the hog pen and find where the hog has rubbed his neck against the fence, then rub your neck in the same spot and the crick will be gone.

 

Quebec - Did you know?

 The Quebec Winter Carnival Festival known as “Carnaval” is the largest winter festival in the world.

 

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1908 ad

Fords Sensational Car
3000 Ford Model T Touring Cars Sold in 48 Hours
Price only $850.00 F.O.B. Factory
Conrad Bros.
No. 245 Wyoing Ave.
No. 318-20 Linden Street.
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The Scranton Truth
Scranton, Pennsylvania
September 15, 1908

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December 6 News - 1884 - Reverend Arrested

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Alkalol
Alkalol is a nasal wash and oral rinse. Alkalol dissolves mucus, cleans and moisturizes the nasal airways, and provides relief to agitated sinus, nasal passage and throat tissue. It is an alkaline saline solution that includes a mix of menthol, camphor, eucalyptol, thymol, benzoin, and oils of wintergreen, spearmint, pine, and cinnamon, as well as potassium and sodium salts. First formulated by James P. Whitters in 1896 in a small laboratory above the A.J. Barker pharmacy in Taunton, Massachusetts, Alkalol is one of the oldest over-the-counter pharmaceutical products sold in the United States.
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1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition.

Obey Rum Law, F.D.R. Urges
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (AP) - President Roosevelt late today signed a proclamation declaring the prohibition amendment had been repealed.

In the proclamation, the president called upon all citizens to co-operate with the government in efforts to restore "greater respect for law and order" by confining purchases of alcoholic beverages to dealers or agencies licensed by the state or federal governments.

He asked the wholehearted co-operation of all citizens to the... Read MORE...

The Scranton Republican -  Scranton, Pennsylvania -  December 6, 1933
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1907 - December 6 – Monongah Mining disaster: A coal mine explosion kills 362 workers in Monongah, West Virginia

On December 6, 1907, the Monongah Mining disaster shook the small town of Monongah, West Virginia, and reverberated across the nation as one of the deadliest industrial accidents in American history. The tragedy unfolded when an underground explosion ripped through the Fairmont Coal Company's No. 6 and No. 8 mines, instantly claiming the lives of 362 miners, many of whom were immigrants from Europe. The exact cause of the explosion was never definitively determined, but it was likely ignited by ... Read MORE...

December 6, 1907
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Washington, DC, USA

1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date.

On December 6, 1884, a significant moment in American history occurred with the completion of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. This iconic obelisk stands as a tribute to George Washington, the first President of the United States and a founding father of the nation. Designed by architect Robert Mills, the monument's construction began in 1848 but faced numerous delays due to financial difficulties and the Civil War. However, on this day, the structure was finally completed, standing... Read MORE...

December 6, 1884
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

1945 - NAVY REPORTS 5 PLANES LOST OVER ATLANTIC. SEARCH UNDER WAY OFF FLORIDA COAST; 10 CREWMEN ABOARD.

Miami, Fla. (UP) - A flight of five navy torpedo bombers disappeared off the southeast Florida coast last night, and today a full-scale search aided by aircraft carrier was launched over a wide area.
The escort carrier Solomons, with 25 or 30 planes which could scour the Atlantic region was called into the search by the navy here. Planes from the carrier were joined by all available coast guard, navy and army aircraft and rescue vessels.

Navy officials here said only that the Solomons... Read MORE...

Charleston Daily Mail -  Charleston, West Virginia -  December 6, 1945
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Ham Balls - Take cold-boiled or baked ham, chop fine, add as many eggs as there are persons to eat, and a little flour beaten together and make into balls. Fry brown in hot butter or dripping.

Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

1954 - FIVE TRAPPED CHILDREN DIE DURING FIRE. PERISH IN FARM HOUSE BEDROOM; FATHER SAVES MOTHER AND YOUNGEST INFANT.

Franklin, Mass., (AP) - Five helpless children, trapped in their bedroom by flames, died a few minutes before midnight in a roaring farmhouse fire.

Their father, REGINALD DE BAGGIS, 30, a polisher at the Attleboro plant of Swank Jewelry Co., rescued his wife MAUREEN, 29, and their youngest child, DIANE, 6 months.
The dead were SHIRLEY, 7; DONALD, 6; MARGARET, 4; JOANNE, 3; and REGINA, 2.

Dr. Walter Crowley, medical examiner, said they apparently suffocated although some of the bodies... Read MORE...

The News -  Frederick, Maryland -  December 6, 1954
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Dr. A. Boschee's German Syrup
Made in Woodbury, New Jersey

Boschee’s German Syrup was a common remedy for coughs, colds and consumption. It was most popular for its claim to "cure" consumption and any disease of the throat and lungs. http://www.herbmuseum.ca

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1892  A TOWN IN FLAMES. Large Portion of Raymond, N. H., May Be reduced to Ashes.
Portsmouth, N. H. Dec. 6 - The town of Raymond, a small place about twenty miles from this city, is in flames. The fire first broke out about 11 o’clock last night in Pythian hall, over J. H. Watts’ drugstore. The post office and telephone office were burned out. A message asking for assistance from the fire departments was sent to Manchester and Portsmouth, and both responded, but owing to the headway which the fire had gained it is doubtful if much can be saved.

The Fitchburg Sentinel
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
December 6, 1892

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1884  Reverend Arrested
MONTREAL, December 6, - Rev. F. R. Pepin, of St. Antoine Abbe parish, who is charged with indecently assaulting young girls attending confession in his church, has been arrested on criminal warrants, and will be brought here for trial.

Dunkirk Evening Observer
Dunkirk, New York
December 6, 1884

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1868  The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)
... In 1867 Mr. C. Latham Sholes, a printer and editor; Mr. Samuel W. Soule, a printer, and Mr. Carlos Glidden, a retired merchant, all residents of Milwaukee, inspired by an article of the London Engineering, descriptive of "the prototype" invented by John Pratt, of Centre, Ala., projected the Type-writer. It was completed after six years of the persistent application indispensable to all great enterprises. Practically, the first instrument was made by E. Remington & Sons, in 1878, who are...
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National Republican
Washington, DC
December 6, 1884

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America - Did you know?

 February 4, 1789 - George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States in a vote by state electors.

 

Quebec - Did you know?

 The Montmorency Falls is located on the Montmorency River in Montmorency Park. It is roughly 7.5 miles from Old Quebec. Here is the fun fact: the falls are about 270 feet tall which makes it about 100 feet taller than Niagara Falls.

 

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Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic
Made in Paris, Tennessee

Edwin Wiley Grove (1850–1927) was a self-made millionaire most famous for his "Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic." In this chill tonic, which came out 1878, Grove found a way to bottle a quinine mixture that would eliminate the bitter taste. The tasteless chill tonic, which some claimed was not all that tasteless, was an improvement over taking straight quinine for fevers and chills caused by malaria. A sweet syrup and lemon flavor was added to Quinine, cinchonine and cinchonidine, which were the main ingredients in crystal form in the tonic. Some sources claim that by 1890 more bottles of Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic were sold than bottles of Coca-Cola. wikipedia

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December 5 News - 1891 - FOUR TRAINS SMASHED UP - DISASTROUS ACCIDENT ON THE NEW-ENGLAND ROAD.

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Obituary

Mrs. A. E. Denison

The death of Mrs. A. E. Denison, a former resident of Williamstown, took place Thursday at her home in East Orange, N.J. She was born in Copake, N.Y., 64 years ago. Twelve years ago she moved to East Orange, N.J. She is survived by her husband, two sons, George A. of Pittsfield, and Charles H. of East Orange; one daughter, Miss Etta May Denis of East Orange; six grandchildren, Jessie and Louise Denison of East Orange, Etta May, Dorothy, Virginia and George Rogers Denison... Read MORE...

The North Adams Transcript -  North Adams, Massachusetts -  Mon., December 5, 1910
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1880s
Crown Sewing Machines and Florence Oil Stoves
The Florence Machine Co.
Florence, Mass.

Just prior to the Civil War, Leander Langdon invented and patented a sewing machine. Just five years later, the Florence Sewing Machine Company produced 20,000 sewing machines a year. By the 1870s, it was also producing stoves, becoming the Florence Machine Company... historic-northampton.org

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Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

1889 - $10,000,000 FIRE! A CITY GOES UP IN FLAMES. Lynn, Mass. Desolated. - Boston Subscribes Nearly a Million Dollars For the Sufferers.

Lynn, Mass, the city of shoes, was visited Tuesday afternoon by the greatest fire in its history and with two exceptions the conflagration is the most disastrous which ever visited New England. The exceptions are the great Boston fire of 1872, which destroyed between three and four hundred millions of dollars worth of property, and the Portland fire of 1866, which caused a loss of between ten and twelve millions. The fire started at 11.55 A. M. and raged over eight hours

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The Carthage Blade -  Carthage, North Carolina -  December 5, 1889
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Baked Eggs - Beat up six eggs, one tablespoon flour, six of sweet milk; melt a piece of butter in the frying pan; when hot turn the whole in and bake in a very hot oven; to be served as soon as done.

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

1919 - NEW ORLEANS' FRENCH OPERA HOUSE BURNED. FAMOUS STRUCTURE, BUILT IN 1859, IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE.

New Orleans, Dec. 5. - (United Press). - The Old French opera house, a landmark of old New Orleans, was burned to the ground Thursday in a fire which originated in the rear of the restaurant Cafe de L'Opera. The opera house was built it 1859.

ADELAID PATTI made her American debut in the old playhouse. MISS DeRESZKE and JENNY LIND, also graced the stage.

The loss is estimated at $47,000. Insurance was carried to the amount of $45,000. The entire set of costumes and scenery of the New... Read MORE...

The Star -  Anniston, Alabama -  December 5, 1919
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1880s
Vacuum Harness Oil
M. Haberbush
Lancaster, PA

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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

Upon all occasions avoid speaking of yourself, if it be possible. Some abruptly speak advantageously of themselves, without either pretence or provocation. This is downright impudence.

1941  December 5 - The temperature at Enosburg Falls soared to 72 degrees to establish a state record for Vermont for the month of December.

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December 5, 1941

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1868  Slight shocks of earthquake were felt at Middleboro, Mass., a few days ago.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
December 5, 1868

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1889  The Whole Party Drowned.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Wellington Hart, of North Smithfield, and R. A. Smith of Monegan, well known farmer, each sixty years of age, started to drive home from Woonsocket about nightfall, on Saturday, in Smith's wagon, after spending the day in town. The barway leading from the road at the turn was open and the horse evidently entered it without their knowledge. The day following the horse was found dead in a small pond near the North Smithfield line and the wagon capsized with the two old men...
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Carthage, North Carolina
December 5, 1889

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1890  WORKMEN SLAIN. COLLAPSE OF A BIG BLAST FURNACE AT JOLIET, ILL. NINE MEN KILLED AND MANY HURT. THE VICTIMS CRUSHED TO DEATH BY PONDEROUS MASSES OR IRON.
Joliet, Ill., Dec. 5. - One of the most distressing calamities that have ever befallen Joliet occurred at the works of the Joliet Steel Company in this city at noon Thursday, resulting in the death of nine men and the wounding of nine others. The cause was the giving way of the columns which support the huge blast furnace known as No. 2, and the consequent collapsing of the great 200-ton retort. The blast had been blown out, and the men were at work on the inside taking out the brick lining...
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Logansport Reporter
Logansport, Indiana
December 5, 1890

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1908  SCHOOL FOR HELPLESS CHILDREN IS BURNED BUT ALL ESCAPED.
Boise, Idaho, Dec. 4. - The Central school building, temporarily occupied by the Idaho State School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, was partially destroyed by fire early this morning. Forty children, inmates of the institution, were being marched to breakfast when the alarm was given and they were taken out of the building in perfect order. The loss is $10,000.

The Fresno Morning Republican
Fresno, California
December 5, 1908

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1853  Sad Occurrence
Mrs. Mary Whiting, an aged lady of nearly 90 years, was burned to death in Sutton, Massachusetts, on Sabbath evening. She was alone in the house, the other members of the family being absent at an evening meeting.

The Adams Sentinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
December 5, 1853

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1891  FOUR TRAINS SMASHED UP - DISASTROUS ACCIDENT ON THE NEW-ENGLAND ROAD.

The New York Times
New York, New York
December 5, 1891

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America - Did you know?

 Boulder City, Nevada, is one of the few places left in the state where gambling is illegal. The government did not want workers on the Hoover Dam to gamble their money away.

 

Quebec - Did you know?

 The surrounding regions of Quebec are “missing” gravity. This area has the lowest gravity on Earth.

 

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1880s
Glenwood Range
W. W. Keene & Son.
Damariscotta, ME

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December 4 News - 1875 - Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then to Spain.

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Troy, Vermont, USA (North Troy) (Missisquoi)

1905 - An Amusing Episode in Horse Jockeying - Attempts to "Get Even"

NORTH TROY.

An amusing episode in horse trading occurred here Sunday, November 25. A young man from Montgomery named Manosh, visiting in town, had a good work horse for which he wished to trade for a free driver. Blacksmith Allen informed Manosh that he had one that would fit the bill, and, hitching up a worthless old mare, owned by George Brooks, stimulated for the occasion, succeeded in trading even, afterward boasting that he had made $100. Manosh soon found that head had been cheated,... Read MORE...

St Albans Daily Messenger -  St Albans, Vermont -  December 4, 1906
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Horton Manufacturing Co.
Fort Wayne, Ind.


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Stark, New Hampshire, USA (Percy)

1854 - Accident on the Grand Trunk Railroad - Several Persons Badly Injured.

From the State of Maine, Dec. 2. As the Island Pond Train for Portland on the Grand Trunk Railroad, was near Thompson's Mills, in the town of Stark, yesterday morning, the snow plow got off the track, which brought the train to a stand still. While in this situation a freight train approached, coming in the same direction, running into the passenger cars, smashing them up and injuring some eight or ten persons very severely, but causing no deaths so far as we can learn. In the confusion two of... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  December 4, 1854
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1945 - December 4 - U.S. joins United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded on October 24, 1945, after World War II, by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting social progress, better living standards, and human rights. The U.S. played a significant role in the formation of the UN, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt being a key proponent. The decision to join the UN on December 4, 1945, marked America's commitment ... Read MORE...

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1875 - December 4 – Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then to Spain.

On December 4, 1875, William M. “Boss” Tweed, notorious leader of New York City’s Democratic political machine, escaped from the Ludlow Street jail where he was being held and went into hiding in New York, while a civil case against him for misuse of city funds went forward. After Tweed was found guilty in absentia, he fled to Spain, where he was quickly captured and returned to New York City to serve out his sentence.

Tweed, a former bookkeeper, businessman, and member of several fraternal... Read MORE...

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December 4, 1875
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

The Best Orange Pudding that ever was tasted

PARE the Yellow Rind of two fair Sevil- Oranges, so very thin that no part of the White comes with it; shred and beat it extremely small in a large Stone Mortar; add to it when very fine, half a pound...Read MORE...



‘A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery.’ Kettilby, 1719

Van Houtens Cocoa
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Largest Sale in the World


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Sharon, Pennsylvania, USA

1902 - BURIED IN MOLTEN STEEL. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT AT SOUTH SHARON IRON WORKS.

Sharon, Pa., Dec. 4. - Two men are dead, two are not expected to recover and one other is in a serious condition as the result of one of the worst accidents in the history of the South Sharon works of the Union Steel company. Among the injured is JAMES LLOYD, superintendent of the open hearth department. He was badly burned, but physicians state that he will recover.

Two of the victims are lingering between life and death, and the attending physicians say they cannot survive more than a few... Read MORE...

The Daily Times -  New Brunswick, New Jersey -  December 4, 1902
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La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA (LaCrosse)

1897 - FIRE AT LACROSSE. OPERA HOUSE AND ANOTHER BULDING BURNED - LOSS $200,000.

LaCrosse, Wis., Dec. 3. - The worst fire that has visited this city for years occurred about midnight last night. Of the old "Brick Pomeroy" block and the McMillan Opera House block, this morning only the tottering walls remain. The lower floors of the burned buildings were occupied by H. HEIL & Sons, shoes; ALLEN'S news depot; LANGSTAD & WATERS, musical instruments; S. BOWLBY, branch of the W. W. Kimball company; the Drummon company, jewlers; and MILLER Brothers
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Logansport Journal -  Logansport, Indiana -  December 4, 1897
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Morning Dress — The most suitable dress for breakfast, is a wrapper made to fit the figure loosely, and tho material, excepting when the winter weather requires woolen goods, should be of chintz, gingham, brilliante, or muslin. A lady who has...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

New Bern, North Carolina, USA (Newbern)

1922 - WORST FIRE IN HISTORY OF NEW BERN. 500 RESIDENCES AND BUSINESS HOUSES DESTROYED AND 1,800 PERSONS RENDERED HOMELESS - LOSS OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS - FIRE SWEPT 8 BLOCKS FROM ONE TO FIVE BLOCKS WIDE.

An Associated Press dispatch gives the following:
New Bern, Dec. 1. - An army of grimy chimneys, standing as grim sentinels amidst an area of smouldering ruins which extends for half a mile from the western boundary of the city to Neuse river, tonight, marked the course of New Bern's two million dollar fire, the worst in the city's history.

When interviewed at 10:30 o'clock tonight Mayor CLARK stated that so far as he could judge, five hundred residences and business houses had been totally ... Read MORE...

Robesonian -  Lumberton, North Carolina  -  December 4, 1922
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Brunswick, Maine, USA

1907 - AWFUL EXPLOSION KILLS TWO AND INJURES MANY. PRETTY LITTLE RAILROAD STATION IN BRUNSWICK WRECKED BY BOILER EXPLOSION.

The handsome little station of the Maine Central railroad at Brunswick, was badly demolished at midnight Saturday by an explosion, caused by the blowing up of one portion of the steam heating plant. Two people were killed and several others injured, while the damage to the building will amount to nearly $5000.

The dead are WILLIAM B. WOODWARD, custodian of the building and night baggagemaster and WALTER W. HARRIS, a night car inspector. The injured are EDMUND TARRIER, a coal heaver, who had... Read MORE...

Bath Independent And Enterprise -  Bath, Maine -  December 4, 1907
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Schenectady, New York, USA

1922 - SCHENECTADY FIRE LOSS WILL REACH $250,000.

Schenectady, Dec. 3. - Schenectady's entire fire department battled hours yesterday afternoon and last night against flames which destroyed two of the four stories on the fround floor of the New Vendome hotel building at State and South Center streets, Schenectady, the heart of the business district. Loss to buildings and stock is estimated at a quarter of a million dollars.

All the lodgers were forced from their rooms in the hotel quarters which occupied the second story on the State street ... Read MORE...

Oneonta Daily Star -  Oneonta, New York -  December 4, 1922
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1869  A miserly merchant, named Lyman Allen, was found dead in his bed at Taylor's hotel, Jersey City, the other morning.
He had lived there five years, took only one meal daily, was worth $600,000, and his wardrobe, at the time of his death, was valued at twenty-five cents. Friends in Newtown, Conn., got his money.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
December 4, 1869

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1869  An echo as good as any on record is to be heard on any clear day on Zeri Smith's farm, in the Great river district of Deerfield, Mass.
Standing about sixty yards west of his barn, it will return to the speaker a sentence of ten or a dozen words with entire distinctness, and with a curiously varied intonation.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
December 4, 1869

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1869  Wore suit for more than 50 years
An old man in Canterbury, Conn., seventy-five years of age, died recently and was buried in a suit of clothes which he procured when a young man, and had worn constantly as a Sunday suit for more than half a century. He had been married four times, and on each of those occasions wore the same suit.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
December 4, 1869

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America - Did you know?

 Wild monkeys completely inhabit an island with no human residents located off the coast of South Carolina.

 

Quebec - Did you know?

 The inhabitants of Quebec do not only canoe in the summer, but also in the winter. Originally, ice canoeing was a practical way to move across the ice of the Saint-Lawrence River. Today it is a sport with an official competition and the most famous...Read MORE...



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Train Station, Centerdale

E. J. Cushman
Fine Carriages a Specialty
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December 3 News - 1889 - ANOTHER HORROR. A WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN ROASTED TO DEATH WHILE ASLEEP.

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1989 - December 3 - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush, declare the Cold War over

The end of the Cold War, marked by the declaration on December 3, 1989, by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush, was a significant moment in history. It symbolized the conclusion of decades of ideological, political, and military rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.

This declaration came at a time of immense change in Eastern Europe. Throughout 1989, a series of peaceful revolutions swept through the Eastern Bloc, leading to the fall of... Read MORE...

December 3, 1989
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1890s
The Woolson Spice Co.
Toledo, O.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1889 - ANOTHER HORROR. A WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN ROASTED TO DEATH WHILE ASLEEP.

Philadelphia, Dec. 3. - Fire in GUSTAV GROSS' bakery and dwelling, northeast corner Second and Huntingdon Streets, early yesterday morning destroyed the shop and dwelling, and one woman and four children were burned to death. Three others were seriously burned. The flames broke out in the cellar of the building and spread so rapidly that the victims, who were asleep in the upper stories, were suffocated before aid could reach them.

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Salem Daily News -  Salem, Ohio -  December 3, 1889
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1870  A few mornings ago, a coal bin in Plymouth, Conn, was burned. On searching the ruins, the remains of two men were found. It is supposed the men had been drinking on Thanksgiving, and had entered the bin to sleep.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
December 3, 1870

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America - Did you know?

 It costs the government 1.7 Cents to mint a penny.

 

Quebec - Did you know?

 Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! in Quebec, Canada, is the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

 

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Webb House

"The 1752 Joseph Webb House, a National Historic Landmark, is one of three beautifully preserved 18th century houses owned by the Museum in the center of Connecticut’s largest historic district.

The house served as George Washington’s headquarters in May 1781...

The house was built in 1752 by Joseph Webb following his marriage to Mehitabel Nott in 1749. A young and successful merchant, he hired Judah Wright to frame a stylish three-and-a-half story house and shop with a massive gambrel roof that provided greater upper-floor storage for Joseph’s trade goods. It was also probably used as the sleeping quarters for the household’s enslaved Africans."

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1890s
Horsfords Acid Phosphate
Rumford Chemical Works
Providence, R.I.

George Francis Wilson was a school teacher and principal of the Chicago Academy in Illinois who had a desire to enter industry. He moved back to his native town of Uxbridge, MA, in 1854. That same year he entered into business in Providence with J. B. Duggan and Eben Horsford selling chemicals. In 1858 he and Horsford moved the business to Seekonk, MA (now East Providence, RI) renaming the company the Rumford Chemical Works in honor of Horsford, a chemist, who occupied the Count Rumford Chair of Physics at Harvard University.... ephist.org

The Rumford Chemical Works established its presence in East Providence (moving from Providence) c. 1857, and eventually built an extensive complex of buildings centered on the junction of Newman and Greenwood Avenues with North Broadway... map.roadtrippers.com

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