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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated November 24, unearthing stories that resonate with genealogists and history enthusiasts alike.
From local happenings to global events, we'll uncover the stories that shaped the lives of our ancestors, providing valuable insights for those on a quest to discover their roots.
So, grab your magnifying glass and step into the past as we unravel the November 24 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Goff's Angora Braid
D. Goff & Sons, Pawtucket, R.I.
The Ladies' Home Journal
September 1898
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Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA
A Journal dispatch gives the particulars of the disastrous fire at Peterborough, by which the machine shop of Granville P. Felt with the storehouse connected therewith, were entirely consumed at 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning. It appears that the fire was discovered by Mr. Felt at 5 minutes before 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, and had made such headway that he was unable to start his force-pump, but gave the alarm and directed his energies to saving his books and papers, in which he succeeded.... Read MORE...
The New Hampshire Patriot - Concord, New Hampshire - November 24, 1875
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1875 - THE PETERBOROUGH FIRE
A Journal dispatch gives the particulars of the disastrous fire at Peterborough, by which the machine shop of Granville P. Felt with the storehouse connected therewith, were entirely consumed at 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning. It appears that the fire was discovered by Mr. Felt at 5 minutes before 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, and had made such headway that he was unable to start his force-pump, but gave the alarm and directed his energies to saving his books and papers, in which he succeeded.... Read MORE...
The New Hampshire Patriot - Concord, New Hampshire - November 24, 1875
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
A crookneck, or winter squash pudding.
Core, boil and skin a good squash, and bruise it well; take six large apples, pared, cored, and stewed tender, mix together; and six or seven spoonfuls of dry bread or buiscuit, rendered fine meal, one pint...Read MORE...
Amelia Simmons’ American Cookery, 1814
For Christmas Nothing More Appropriate Than Our Brilliant Cut Glass
S.C. Johnson Manufacturer, Racine Junction, Wis.
The Ladies' Home Journal
December 1898
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Jamestown, New York, USA
Jamestown, N. Y., Nov. 23 - Three women and a boy were burned to death between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning in a fire which gutted the Old Homestead Hotel, at Third and Pine Streets. They were MRS. BUCHANAN, pastry cook, aged fifty; her son, aged seven; MRS. CARRIE MARSH, dishwasher, and MAGGIE WILSON, aged nineteen, waitress. Other servants and boarders escaped in their night clothes.
Those women occupied a room on the third floor. GRACE HARTWELL, whose mother lives in Buffalo, tells the... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - November 24, 1891
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1891 - A FATAL HOTEL FIRE. THREE WOMEN AND A LITTLE BOY BURNED TO DEATH.
Jamestown, N. Y., Nov. 23 - Three women and a boy were burned to death between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning in a fire which gutted the Old Homestead Hotel, at Third and Pine Streets. They were MRS. BUCHANAN, pastry cook, aged fifty; her son, aged seven; MRS. CARRIE MARSH, dishwasher, and MAGGIE WILSON, aged nineteen, waitress. Other servants and boarders escaped in their night clothes.
Those women occupied a room on the third floor. GRACE HARTWELL, whose mother lives in Buffalo, tells the... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - November 24, 1891
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Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
We stop the press to announce a frightful accident that occurred near this city, on the Central Railroad, about 1 - o'clock this afternoon, on Drew & Hopkins gravel train.
JOHN G GOTHAM, a young man in this city had been had been up on the gravel train a little ways to see about getting work. The gravel train was going, and he and two others were in the rear dump car, and behind it was a car of tools. The pin was pulled to leave the tool car, when the train was in motion, and when taken out... Read MORE...
New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette - Concord, New Hampshire - November 24, 1858
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1858 - TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
We stop the press to announce a frightful accident that occurred near this city, on the Central Railroad, about 1 - o'clock this afternoon, on Drew & Hopkins gravel train.
JOHN G GOTHAM, a young man in this city had been had been up on the gravel train a little ways to see about getting work. The gravel train was going, and he and two others were in the rear dump car, and behind it was a car of tools. The pin was pulled to leave the tool car, when the train was in motion, and when taken out... Read MORE...
New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette - Concord, New Hampshire - November 24, 1858
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
True love has ten thousand griefs, impatiences, and resentments, that render a man unamiable in the eyes of the person whose affection he solicits; besides that, it sinks his figure, gives him fears, apprehensions, and poorness of spirit, and often...Read MORE...
The Young Husband’s Book, 1837
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (York)
CONFIRMATION OF THE SAD RUMOR — EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST.
TORONTO, Nov. 23 — The following particulars have been received regarding the Anglo-American cable steamer Robert Lowe from the surviving officers: After connecting Lamanche and Placentiatown by cable, the steamer left the latter port at 4 P. M., on the 19th, bound for St. Johns. At 4 A. M., on the 20th the weather thick and the wind h igh, the ship struck heavily near St. Shotts, and in a very few minutes filled and settled down so fast... Read MORE...
New York Times - New York, New York - November 24, 1872
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1872 - WRECK OF THE ROBERT LOWE
CONFIRMATION OF THE SAD RUMOR — EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST.
TORONTO, Nov. 23 — The following particulars have been received regarding the Anglo-American cable steamer Robert Lowe from the surviving officers: After connecting Lamanche and Placentiatown by cable, the steamer left the latter port at 4 P. M., on the 19th, bound for St. Johns. At 4 A. M., on the 20th the weather thick and the wind h igh, the ship struck heavily near St. Shotts, and in a very few minutes filled and settled down so fast... Read MORE...
New York Times - New York, New York - November 24, 1872
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1890 Suicide of a Canterbury Man
WILLIMANTIC, Conn., Nov. 24 - The body of John Tracey of Canterbury was found in the woods about a mile from his home yesterday. The man's throat was cut from ear to ear, and his razor found near the body indicated that he had committed suicide. Tracey has been missing from his home for a week, and his relatives have searched all over the county for him. It is supposed that he committed the deed in a fit of temporary insanity.
The New Haven Evening Register
New Haven, Connecticut
November 24, 1890
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1880 A novel way of catching a swarm of bees was unintentionally tried at Decatur, Michigan, the other day by a young man, who is not likely to repeat the experiment if he can help it.
He ran toward the swarm with a green bush in his hand, over which the queen bee poised and then alighted upon his hat. In a twinkling the others followed and completely covered him being so closely knit together that he could scarcely breathe. A box procured, the man's head stuck into it and the swarm finally worked off and hived.
Indiana Weekly Messenger
Indiana, Pennsylvania
November 24, 1880
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1949 November 24 – The ski resort in Squaw Valley, California officially opens.
On November 24, 1949, the Squaw Valley ski resort in California officially opened, marking a significant milestone in the development of winter sports on the West Coast. Located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range near Lake Tahoe, Squaw Valley was the brainchild of Alexander Cushing, who envisioned transforming the picturesque landscape into a premier skiing destination. The opening of the resort featured a range of modern facilities and ski lifts, attracting skiing enthusiasts and putting...
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November 24, 1949
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WILLIMANTIC, Conn., Nov. 24 - The body of John Tracey of Canterbury was found in the woods about a mile from his home yesterday. The man's throat was cut from ear to ear, and his razor found near the body indicated that he had committed suicide. Tracey has been missing from his home for a week, and his relatives have searched all over the county for him. It is supposed that he committed the deed in a fit of temporary insanity.
The New Haven Evening Register
New Haven, Connecticut
November 24, 1890
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1880 A novel way of catching a swarm of bees was unintentionally tried at Decatur, Michigan, the other day by a young man, who is not likely to repeat the experiment if he can help it.
He ran toward the swarm with a green bush in his hand, over which the queen bee poised and then alighted upon his hat. In a twinkling the others followed and completely covered him being so closely knit together that he could scarcely breathe. A box procured, the man's head stuck into it and the swarm finally worked off and hived.
Indiana Weekly Messenger
Indiana, Pennsylvania
November 24, 1880
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1949 November 24 – The ski resort in Squaw Valley, California officially opens.
On November 24, 1949, the Squaw Valley ski resort in California officially opened, marking a significant milestone in the development of winter sports on the West Coast. Located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range near Lake Tahoe, Squaw Valley was the brainchild of Alexander Cushing, who envisioned transforming the picturesque landscape into a premier skiing destination. The opening of the resort featured a range of modern facilities and ski lifts, attracting skiing enthusiasts and putting...
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November 24, 1949
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1917 November 24 – In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9 members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb
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November 24, 1917
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1888 On the 19th Mrs. Elizabeth Worth White, of Newburyport, Mass., celebrated her one hundredth birthday.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
November 24, 1888
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1910 Signed "Wife"
Up in Sutton, Massachusetts, a young woman organist wrote a preacher and signed herself "wife." And the organist's play-ful ways caused the deuce of a domestic discord.
The Wilmington Dispatch
Wilmington, North Carolina
November 24, 1910
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November 24, 1917
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1888 On the 19th Mrs. Elizabeth Worth White, of Newburyport, Mass., celebrated her one hundredth birthday.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
November 24, 1888
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1910 Signed "Wife"
Up in Sutton, Massachusetts, a young woman organist wrote a preacher and signed herself "wife." And the organist's play-ful ways caused the deuce of a domestic discord.
The Wilmington Dispatch
Wilmington, North Carolina
November 24, 1910
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1888 Schooners Fast in the Ice
AUGUSTA, Me., Nov. 24. - The Kennebec river closed to navigation Thursday night, ten days earlier than usual. It is solidly frozen over between Gardiner and Brown's Island. There are seven schooners caught in the ice between this city and Gardiner.
The Daily City News
New Castle, Pennsylvania
November 24, 1888
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1888 America for Americans
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Nov. 24 - "Deacon" Richardson has given notice that hereafter only American citizens, native or naturalized, will be employed on his street car lines as conductors or drivers.
The Daily City News
New Castle, Pennsylvania
November 24, 1888
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1888 Railroad Ticket Office Burglarized
BIDDEFORD, Me., Nov. 24. - Thursday night burglars broke into the Boston & Maine railroad ticket office at Pine Point, blew open the safe and secured the week's wages of the station men and section hands. The agent admits that the loss is considerable, but declines to state the amount. The explosion shattered the windows and demolished the partitions.
The Daily City News
New Castle, Pennsylvania
November 24, 1888
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AUGUSTA, Me., Nov. 24. - The Kennebec river closed to navigation Thursday night, ten days earlier than usual. It is solidly frozen over between Gardiner and Brown's Island. There are seven schooners caught in the ice between this city and Gardiner.
The Daily City News
New Castle, Pennsylvania
November 24, 1888
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1888 America for Americans
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Nov. 24 - "Deacon" Richardson has given notice that hereafter only American citizens, native or naturalized, will be employed on his street car lines as conductors or drivers.
The Daily City News
New Castle, Pennsylvania
November 24, 1888
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1888 Railroad Ticket Office Burglarized
BIDDEFORD, Me., Nov. 24. - Thursday night burglars broke into the Boston & Maine railroad ticket office at Pine Point, blew open the safe and secured the week's wages of the station men and section hands. The agent admits that the loss is considerable, but declines to state the amount. The explosion shattered the windows and demolished the partitions.
The Daily City News
New Castle, Pennsylvania
November 24, 1888
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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 skirts of his coat by the belt, and drawn up backwards over the shaft, between which and the ceiling there was only a space of 18 inches and was thrown round upwards of 100 times before the machinery could be stopped. His back was probably broken the first revolution. He died in a few moments. Mr. MASON was between 50 and 60 years of age.
Louisville Morning Courier and American Democrat
Louisville, Kentucky
Monday, November 24, 1845
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1910 Parents of 23 Have Ten Children
New York Tribune. Race suicide is not fashionable in Batiscan, a small town in the Province of Quebec. Edouard Jolicoeur, of Batiscan reached Montreal a few days ago with his wife and 10 children. The number is fairly large, but the fact that they are five pairs of twins and the parents are only 23 years old is stranger still.
Oregonian
Oregon
November 24, 1910
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1875 Accident.
On Tuesday last Mr. Harry Bartlett was loading a heavy trunk upon his baggage express wagon, when, by a little start of the horse, the trunk fell back, striking him upon the shoulder and dislocating a joint. The injury received surgical treatment and he is now doing well.
The New Hampshire Patriot
Concord, New Hampshire
November 24, 1875
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We learn from the Worcester (Mass.) Transcript, that Mr. ASA MASON, manufacturer of tacks and brads, while adjusting his machinery, was caught by the skirts of his coat by the belt, and drawn up backwards over the shaft, between which and the ceiling there was only a space of 18 inches and was thrown round upwards of 100 times before the machinery could be stopped. His back was probably broken the first revolution. He died in a few moments. Mr. MASON was between 50 and 60 years of age.
Louisville Morning Courier and American Democrat
Louisville, Kentucky
Monday, November 24, 1845
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1910 Parents of 23 Have Ten Children
New York Tribune. Race suicide is not fashionable in Batiscan, a small town in the Province of Quebec. Edouard Jolicoeur, of Batiscan reached Montreal a few days ago with his wife and 10 children. The number is fairly large, but the fact that they are five pairs of twins and the parents are only 23 years old is stranger still.
Oregonian
Oregon
November 24, 1910
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1875 Accident.
On Tuesday last Mr. Harry Bartlett was loading a heavy trunk upon his baggage express wagon, when, by a little start of the horse, the trunk fell back, striking him upon the shoulder and dislocating a joint. The injury received surgical treatment and he is now doing well.
The New Hampshire Patriot
Concord, New Hampshire
November 24, 1875
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1875 Fatal Accident.
EDWARD McCRAW, foreman of a gang in the Little Tunnel at North Adams, Mass., was crushed to death on Thursday night while shackling corn.
The New Hampshire Patriot
Concord, New Hampshire
November 24, 1875
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1937 Law suits settled
Superior Court Two suits brought by Mrs. Margaret E. Feige of Milford against Elsie Brown of Winchendon in action of tort following an automobile accident June 29, 1936 in Milford, were settled out of court. The addamnum in the writ for personal injury was $5000.
Fitchburg Sentinel
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Wed., November 24, 1937
EDWARD McCRAW, foreman of a gang in the Little Tunnel at North Adams, Mass., was crushed to death on Thursday night while shackling corn.
The New Hampshire Patriot
Concord, New Hampshire
November 24, 1875
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1937 Law suits settled
Superior Court Two suits brought by Mrs. Margaret E. Feige of Milford against Elsie Brown of Winchendon in action of tort following an automobile accident June 29, 1936 in Milford, were settled out of court. The addamnum in the writ for personal injury was $5000.
Fitchburg Sentinel
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Wed., November 24, 1937
America - Did you know?
The U.S. government owns 80% of the land in Nevada.
Quebec - Did you know?
A common belief in old Quebec was that lutins [spirits] had the power to do many things for people. They could procure good weather for the crops. They could watch over favorite animals. They could intercede for the recovery of a sick member of the...Read MORE...The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 5, No. 19, Oct. - Dec., 1892, Lutins in the Province of Quebec
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For Merry Winter Evenings
Parker-Brothers, Salem, Mass, USA
The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
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