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A Good Cow Electrocuted in Baltimore (1901)

Posted on April 6, 2011 by atomictv

Scott’s note: Mary Nickel was my great-great-great grandmother, the first of the Nickels to come to Baltimore from Bavaria. She operated a dairy farm near Dundalk. My mother Mary Jacqueline was named after her. Good Cow Electrocuted (9/24/1901) A valuable cow, … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Balloon Aeronaut’s Deadly Final Performance (1905)

Posted on April 5, 2011 by atomictv

By George Gipe (The Baltimore Sun, 10/14/1973) An Afternoon’s Diversion in the Good Old Days John August, balloon acrobat, gives a memorable final performance Sunday, September 9, 1905: A half mile above the row houses of East Baltimore, 25-year-old John … Continue reading →

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Bum on “The Block” Named “Big Ed” Fights Over Bottle of Natty Boh, Stabbed to Death With It (1975)

Posted on April 4, 2011 by atomictv

Man stabbed to death during fight on The Block over bottle of beer (The Baltimore Sun, 6/5/1975) A man police could identify only as “Big Ed” was stabbed to death with a broken beer bottle yesterday afternoon during a fight … Continue reading →

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Michael Phelps Sells Subliminal Subway Sex

Posted on April 1, 2011 by atomictv

Via Subliminal Messages in Advertising: “In this banner taken from SUBWAY restaurants official website you can see that the steam ascending from the sandwich spells SEX. The word SEX is also etched several times on the sandwich and on Phelps’ … Continue reading →

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