Linda A Cowdrick
Vincenzo Nino Sentenced to Death
This week, 127 years ago, Vincenzo Nino is set to be executed at Sing Sing Prison after his plea of insanity was not believed. Vincenzo...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Aug 10, 2022
- 1 min
382nd Anniversary of Edward Howell Celebration
The Edward Howell Family Association Celebrates the 382nd Anniversary of Edward Howell to Southampton, the first English Settlement in...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jan 20, 2022
- 2 min
Jane S Britton - A Coed's Death
Jane Sanders Britton, daughter of Radcliffe College Vice President Joseph Boyd Britton and his wife Ruth Gertrude, was born on May 17,...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
Wading River Men of the 1940's
Boenig's General Store in downtown Wading River, circa 1946 - submitted by Frank Boenig Jr. on Ancestry.com In the 1940s three men,...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
The Murder of Louis Penella
In 1925, Hempstead taxi owner and driver Louis Penella was murdered by Philip K. Knapp with a .45 caliber gun. Penella was found on July...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Women Slayers
It is July in New York, 1889 and 3 men dubbed "The Three Women Slayers" are set to be hanged on August 23. They are Patrick Packenham,...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
Lagreen, the Stonebreaker
On July 8, 1892 a Buffalo headline about a murder makes the East Hampton Star news. Fred Lagreen, an actor at the Maron's Theatre on...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jul 4, 2021
- 2 min
700 Presumed Dead on July 4
It is 1904 on July 4 and it is reported in London that over 700 Danish and Norwegian immigrants, out of 800 total, bound for New York...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jun 30, 2021
- 1 min
Havana Tragedy, 1887
19th Century View of Havana On June 30, 1887 it was reported in the newspapers that a husband and wife with their 8 children tragically...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
Wading River and the Long Island Railroad
At the turn of the 19th century when the railroad began expanding to areas of Long Island that may have only been previously seen...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- May 22, 2021
- 1 min
Carrotkraut - 1941
Nothing says a war era like brining some vegetables! This Carrotkraut recipe was submitted by Mrs. J.C. Utzinger of Elmira, NY in 1941....
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jan 12, 2021
- 1 min
Marshall Field Dies
On this day, in 1906 The New York Press wrote the grave news that Marshal Field's physicians, including Dr. Walter B. James, feared the...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
Nathaniel Smith Lives to be Over 100
100 years is a long time to live. Today we see a few people here and there. But in 1891 it was almost unheard of. So when Nathaniel...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Dec 28, 2020
- 2 min
Young Love in Northport
On this day, 123 years ago in 1897, the locals of Northport, Long Island discovered that Robert B. Fox and Laura A. Wood, the son and...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Typhoid Fever and Ice Blocks
Raise your hand if you've seen the movie Frozen! Watching the men cut ice into ice blocks in that movie was so fascinating to me even as...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
Go, Lever, go!
Hand washing is not a new concept. Here is a 1922 ad from Lifebuoy promoting their Health Soap. It is interesting to me that the ad is...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
An American Presidency and Our Nation
In the summer of 1844, future President Zachary Taylor married Miss Gardner. The White House welcomed the happy couple and visitors to...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jun 16, 2020
- 2 min
The Emancipation of James Hamlet
In 1850, the N.Y Journal of Commerce raised $3,900 to emancipate 40 slaves, 39 of which were sent to Liberia. James Hamlet, was born in...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
Birth Control - A US History
The birth control pill is 60 years old this year. Let's look back on birth control in US history. 1908 - There is a decrease in birth...
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Linda A Cowdrick
- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company of Ridgewood, Queens and located at 85 Clinton St was incorporated in 1896 after taking over the Long...
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