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July 7
-- 1849 - The first Jamestown-bound shipment of postage stamps departed Washington, D.C., including 1,300 five-cent and 700 ten-cent stamps.
-- 1924 - Speeding fines in Jamestown were increased to one dollar.
--1956 - A Navy AD6 Skyraider crashed in Chautauqua Lake.
July 8
-- 1881 - A young woman nearly drowned after being trapped by a turtle in Chautauqua Lake.
July 9
-- 1872 - A six-foot, 120-pound mystery fish--largest ever recorded--was caught in Chautauqua Lake.
-- 1898 - Midway Park officially opened.
1903 - The Waldemere Hotel in Lakewood was destroyed by fire.
1989 - Snow fell in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania.