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12-20-19

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HOMETOWN History Dec. 20, 2019

HOMETOWN History Dec. 20, 2019 150 Years Ago Miscellaneous: It is authoritatively stated that the loss of life by kerosene is greater than by railroad and steamboat accidents combined. A German astronomer says that we are soon to have another moon, and that it will be nearer the Earth than our present satellite. Some of the Syracuse papers now call the Cardiff humbug the “Exposed Giant” The Rochester Chronicle thinks the term ought to have been adopted in the first…

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