Anniversaries and Birthdays from 1900s Era Highlights
A compact list notes Dorothea Lynde Dix born in Hampden Maine and died in 1887, Linus Yale born in Salisbury New Jersey, Lawrence Barrett Paterson New Jersey, Louis K. Liggett Detroit, Raymond S. Mebain Washington D C, Steve Hannagan Lafayette Indiana. Today in History recalls missions to Hawaii, steamship Sirius, and other 19th and 20th century milestones with births and notable events.
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Dorothea Lynde Dix
New England
Hampden
Trenton
N. J
Ages
Linus Yale
Salisbury
W. J
New York
Igus—Lawrence Barrett
Paterson
Louis K. Liggett
United Brug Co
Detroit
Raymond S. Mebain
National Guard
Washington Do
Washington, D. C
Cork
Ireland
America
William H. Harrison
Richard Burton Dean Simmons
Boston
Navy
Akron
New J Jersey
U. S. Senate
Vermont’s Starvation Year 1815 Frostridden Farms Fail
Vermont suffered an 1815 starvation year with frosts every month and widespread crop failures leading hundreds of families to sell farms and move westward.
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Vermont
Oil Portrait of Campbell Completes Bowie Display
The oil portrait of John B. Campbell, late racing secretary and handicapper, by J Baskerville of New York, was completed and placed in Bowie Clubhouse for the week. It will go to the National Museum of Racing in Saratoga after the John B. Campbell Memorial Handicap's second running at Bowie. Donald Liltis to present, Walter Jeffords to accept on Saratoga’s behalf. The Campbell Memorial is Maryland’s richest handicap, highlighting Bowie's 23 day meet from March 9 to April 16.
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John B. Campbell
Bowie Race Course
National Museum of Racing
Saratoga
Bowie i
Donald C. Liltis
Bowie
U. S
Claim plane shot down over Fukien near Formosa
A radio broadcast heard in Tokyo reported that a Chinese Nationalist warplane was shot down yesterday over Fukien Frog inve opposite Formosa. A second plane was damaged. The report, aired from Peiping, was received today in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Fukien Froginve
Formosa
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Know
United States
Washington
Robert £. Sherwood
New Rochelle
N. Y
Nathan M. Pusey
Harvard University
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Pierre Monteux
Hancock
Maine
Pacis
Frank L. Mott
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Keokuk Co
Arthur Murray
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Sheboygan
Wis
North Court ST
Mee Tee
Damascus MD
Robert Taylor
Eleanor Parker
Apache River
Technicolo
Joyce Rolden
Harvey Lembeck
Dailey’s Funeral Home
N. Market St
Berger
Frederick
Sylvania Admiral
RCA Victor
Dorsey F
Shipley
North Market
Campbell
J. H. Blanbdford Clinton
Joseph H. Blandford
Maryland
la Plata
Mid
Blandford
Ay State
Pit and Marketing Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration Aaa
Clinton
Charles County
Dorothy Morgan
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Sieberling Tires
Philco
Motorola
Sunbeam
LEWYT
Melvin M. Engle
N. Carroll St
Marlon Brando
Eva Marie Saint -Naseen
Sam Spierel
Walt Disney
Eee
South
Jefferson St
Walter Snow
Optometrist
North Market St
Prescription
Pearre
Madam Kay Reader
Pullman Trailer
Hghny
Rose's Tavern
Aiahayworth FE If
Sterrin
Pe Ea, Ae
John Wayne
Sjscoins Invorntaan
Nicodemus Ice Cream
Sh Sparton
Corbint
Sparton
Orl
Routzahn & Sons
South Market St
Monument
North End
7Th St
Military Road
Jefferson
Jefferson, Md
Col. Patrick & Market Streets
Western Maryland Trust Company
Frederick, MD
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
River
Rex Reason
William Talman
Anthony Steel
Sheila Sim
Norge
Norge Washer & Dryer
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