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Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Greendale) (Quinsigamond Village) (Tatnuck) (Vernon Hill)
Home of the Valentine.
In 1906, Miss Esther A. Howland of Worcester, Mass., was the first person in this country to manufacture valentines.
Worcester includes: Washington Square, West Tatnuck, Westwood Hills, Barber's Station, Barmardville, Blithewood, Bloomingdale, Bradley Station, Cambridge Street, College Hill, Columbus Park, Fairmount, Greendale, Hammond Street, Hopeville, Indian Hill, Jamesville, Lakemont, Lake View, Leesville, Lincoln Square, Morningside, Mount Saint James, Neighborly Newton, Northville, Quinsigamond Village, Summit, Tallawanda, Tatnuck, and Trowbridgeville.
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Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

1890s C. G. Conn
Wonder Band Instruments
Worcester, Mass.
Elkhart, Ind.
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Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Globe Corset Company, Worcester, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
July 1898
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J. J. Newberry Co. newly enlarged super store. 10-20 Front Street Worcester, Mass.
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Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

J. W. Bishop Company General Contractors
Offices
345 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
683 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass.
417 Butler Exchange, Providence, R. I.
107-109 Foster Street, Worcester, Mass.
MILLS AT WORCESTER, MASS.
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Howard Bros. Mfg. Co.
Manufacturers of Card Clothing
Nos. 44 and 46 Vine Street, Worcester, Mass.
New Bedford ... directory : of the inhabitants, business firms, institutions, streets, societies (1908) Author: W.A. Greenough & Co Volume: 1908... Read MORE...
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Aerial Navigation is Thrilling and Interesting
N. E. Fair, September 5 to 8, 1910
Four Days - Two Nights
Captain Baldwin just starting out on one of his daily flights in Worcester, Mass.
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Park Congregational Church
(First Children's Church Organized in America)
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Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Worcester Memorial Auditorium and Central Congregational Church
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History and News of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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1673 - Worcester is settled
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1684 - Worcester is incorporated
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General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights,... Read MORE...
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1789 - First American Novel
The first American novel, William Hill Brown's The Power of Sympathy,
published in... Read MORE...
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History of Worcester, Massachusetts
History of Worcester, Massachusetts (www.youtube.com) 1838 - Fire at Worcester.
A fire broke out in the vicinity of School street, in Worcester, about 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning, which destroyed a large block of dwellings,... Read MORE...
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1839 - December 28 - The third storm in two weeks hit the northeastern U.S. It brought two more feet of snow to Hartford, CT, and Worcester, MA. Whole gales swept the coast causing many wrecks.
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1840 - Typewriter Invented
The typewriter was invented by Charles Thurber in Worcester.
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1845 - WORCESTER. [Pop. 7,497. Inc. 1684.]
Worcester was called Quinsigamond by the Indians, who joined with Philip against the colonists in the bloody war of 1675.
In 1701,... Read MORE...
1845 - A Horrible Death
We learn from the Worcester (Mass.) Transcript, that Mr. ASA MASON, manufacturer of tacks and brads, while adjusting his machinery, was caught by the ... Read MORE...
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1848 - Worcester
WORCESTER was incorporated in 1684, but in consequence of Indian hostilities the first town meeting was not held till 1722. This part of the country... Read MORE...
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1848 - Worcester is incorporated as a city
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1850 - Women's Rights Convention
First National Women's Rights Convention held in Worcester
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1853 - January 21 - Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass
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1854 - Worcester
Worcester, a city and seat of justice of Worcester county, Massachusetts, is delightfully situated in the centre of one of the richest and most... Read MORE...
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1854 - March 17 - 1st park land purchased by a US city, Worcester, Mass
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1855 - October 9 - Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope
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1855 - CATASTROPHE BY FIRE.
The Cordasville Manufactory, near Worcester, Massachusetts, was burned on the 1st inst. There were between eighty and one hundred operatives in the... Read MORE...
1871 - Revolver Maker Leaves Large Fortune
Ethan Allen, who recently died in Worcester, Mass., at the age of sixty-four, preceded Colt in the manufacture of revolvers. One of his earliest... Read MORE...
1871 - Mary's Little Lamb
The Worcester Gazette has become nauseated by the many recent effusions concerning "Mary's Little Lamb," and disposes of the animal in this... Read MORE...
1872 - A Singular Law Suit.
The proprietors of the Rural Cemetery at Worcester, Massachusetts, have brought suit against a company engaged in the manufacture of chemicals, about ... Read MORE...
1876 - THE MAD WATERS. Giving Way of the Dam at Worcester, Mass. A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF THE SCENE.
WORCESTER, March 30. - Later advices from the broken dam are of a more assuring character. Large tree trunks, bales of hay and loads of dirt are... Read MORE...
1884 - Horse Led to Chapel
Some students in the Industrial institute at Worcester, Massachusetts, recently led a horse up two flights of stairs to the chapel. Twenty-eight... Read MORE...
1889 - A NARROW ESCAPE.
Fred Shaw, the swan boat man, had a narrow escape from drowning at the lake yesterday. He went out after lilies, and, while busily engaged in his... Read MORE...
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Worcester Massachusetts, 1890
WORCESTER, the capital of Worcester County, is an enterprising mercantile and manufacturing city 44 miles west-by-southwest of Boston, 43 miles... Read MORE...
1892 - It is stated that the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company, of Worcester, Massachusetts, is making absolutely perfect diamond dies producing copper wire as fine as two one-thousandths of an inch, by a special process.
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February 12, 1892
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1895 - Worcester
Worcester, a city and one of the capitals of Worcester co., Mass., on Blackstone River, in lat. 42° 16' 17" N., lon. 71° 48' 13" W., and on several... Read MORE...
1896 - Train Accident
BODY IDENTIFIED.
Remains of Man Killed at Southgate Crossing Friday Those of H. Lyons.
The body of the man who was killed at the Southgate crossing ... Read MORE...
1900 - A Millionaire of Worchester, Massachusetts Is Missing.
New York, May 16. - Chas. A Richardson, a millionaire manufacturer of Worcester, Massachusetts has been missing for five weeks. The police have... Read MORE...
1901 - TROLLEY DEAL IN CONNECTICUT: New Haven Road Purchases the Webster and Worcester System.
NEW HAVEN, Jan. 12 - The New Haven Road has just purchased through the People's Tramway Company of Danielson, Conn., the Webster and Worcester... Read MORE...
1902 - A Massachusetts Man's Big Luck - Gate Tender on a Railroad to Get a Large Slice.
The Times Special Service.
WORCESTER, Mass., Saturday, June 7. - Family records expected daily from the parish priest at Lanoraie in Quebec are... Read MORE...
1904 - Fireworks Explode in Store - Panic-Stricken Women and Children Rescued from Cellar of Burning Building
Special to The New York Times.
WORCESTER, Mass., July 2. — Accidentally stepping on a bomb-jack, a large torpedo, Albert Childs, a clerk of the... Read MORE...
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1906
Worcester, a city and one of the capitals of Worcester co., Mass., near the Blackstone River, 44 miles W. by S. of Boston, on the Boston and Albany,... Read MORE...
1906 - Origin of the U.S. Valentine
Miss Esther A. Howland of Worcester, Mass., was the first person in this country to manufacture valentines. Before she began in 1840, all these... Read MORE...
GIANT ROCKET SOON READY FOR TEST
Professor Robert Goddard's Rocket, Which is Expected to Travel 70 Miles in Air, is Ready
WORCHESTER, Mass., - An actual test of Professor Robert... Read MORE...
1923 - "Wooster Ain't Manchester"
Diners in a Harrisburg restaurant last evening were treated to a real comedy. A gentleman, presumably from out-of-town, went to the telephone to put... Read MORE...
1944 - HURRICANE HITS NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND COASTS. HIGH WINDS LASH JERSEY, LONG ISLAND.
...Worcester In Center.
The following advisory was issued by the Boston weather bureau at 10 p.m.:
"Latest reports from the vicinity of the... Read MORE...
1953 - 80 DEAD AND 700 INJURED IN WORCESTER TORNADO.
THOUSANDS OF HOMES WRECKED; PROPERTY LOSS IN MILLIONS.
"MINOR" TWISTER HITS FRANKLIN AND WRENTHAM SECTOR; EXETER, N. H. SLAMMED.
Worcester,... Read MORE...
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1954 - The birth control pill was invented in Worcester in 1954
Researchers at Clark University were influenced by the work of Margaret Sanger, who campaigned for the development of a contraceptive for poor women... Read MORE...
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1954 - Hurricane Carol - HURRICANE ROARS ACROSS LONG ISLAND. FIVE KILLED BY STORM IN NEW ENGLAND.
...A businessman was blown to his death by a 70-mile-an-hour gust in Worcester, Mass., from a 10-story downtown building...
The Times Record Troy... Read MORE...
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1962 - October 27 - Worcester MA received a record 4.7 inches of snow.
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2001 - ACT, based in Worcester, created human embryo clone
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Genealogy Resources for Worcester
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, MA1929 Massachusetts City Directory - Worcester
Polk's Worcester (Worcester County, Mass.) City Directory 1942. Boston Massachusetts: R. L. Polk & Co., 1942.
Polk's Worcester (Worcester County, Mass.) City Directory 1946. Boston Massachusetts: R. L. Polk & Co., 1946
The Worcester Directory Massachusetts For the Year Ending February, 1932 The Worcester Directory Massachusetts For the Year Ending February, 1933 . Worcester Massachusetts: Sampson & Murdock Co., 1932.
The Worcester Directory Massachusetts 1929
Worcester Daily Spy, Worcester, Massachusetts
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