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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated September 7, 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 September 7 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)
The German Agriculturalist says that a great portion of the fine flavor of fresh butter is destroyed by the usual mode of washing and he recommends a thorough kneading for the removal of the buttermilk, and a subsequent pressing in a linen cloth. Butter thus prepared, according to our authority, is pre-eminent for its sweetness of taste and flavor, qualities which are retained a long time. To improve manufactured butter we are advised by the same authority to work it thoroughly with fresh cold... Read MORE...
Pittsfield Sun - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - September 7, 1871
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Preserving the Flavor of Butter - 1871
The German Agriculturalist says that a great portion of the fine flavor of fresh butter is destroyed by the usual mode of washing and he recommends a thorough kneading for the removal of the buttermilk, and a subsequent pressing in a linen cloth. Butter thus prepared, according to our authority, is pre-eminent for its sweetness of taste and flavor, qualities which are retained a long time. To improve manufactured butter we are advised by the same authority to work it thoroughly with fresh cold... Read MORE...
Pittsfield Sun - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - September 7, 1871
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Bolton, Vermont, USA
BOLTON, Sept. 7. - There was great excitement in this quiet town yesterday when it was known that Edward Lackyard, 24, had stabbed James McCabe, 22, in a dispute over a game of ball at West Bolton. The affair took place at the town meeting.
Little groups of voters were gathered shortly after dinner discussing politics. McCabe and Lackyard were in one group and are said to have disagreed although no one thought of serious trouble. Sheriff Hall, who was close by, had turned to walk away when... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - September 7, 1898
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1898 - ATTEMPTED MURDER. Two Bolton Young Men Disagree on a Ball Game.
BOLTON, Sept. 7. - There was great excitement in this quiet town yesterday when it was known that Edward Lackyard, 24, had stabbed James McCabe, 22, in a dispute over a game of ball at West Bolton. The affair took place at the town meeting.
Little groups of voters were gathered shortly after dinner discussing politics. McCabe and Lackyard were in one group and are said to have disagreed although no one thought of serious trouble. Sheriff Hall, who was close by, had turned to walk away when... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - September 7, 1898
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Pelham, New Hampshire, USA
Pelham, N.H., Sept. 6. -- Through a head-on collision today between two electric cars, each running, it is said, at a rate of more than twenty-five miles an hour, six persons were killed and over a score seriously injured that they are under physicians' care, and some of these may die.
There were seventy persons on the two cars, and every one received cuts and minor wounds, which, however, did not prevent their reaching their homes.
The accident occurred just before noon on the line which... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 7, 1903
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1903 - KILLED IN TROLLEY WRECK. SIX PERSONS DEAD AND MANY BADLY HURT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Pelham, N.H., Sept. 6. -- Through a head-on collision today between two electric cars, each running, it is said, at a rate of more than twenty-five miles an hour, six persons were killed and over a score seriously injured that they are under physicians' care, and some of these may die.
There were seventy persons on the two cars, and every one received cuts and minor wounds, which, however, did not prevent their reaching their homes.
The accident occurred just before noon on the line which... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 7, 1903
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Sept. 6 (AP) - One hundred and fifty persons were reported killed and more than 90 injured in the wreck of the Congressional Limited, fastest train of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in northeast Philadelphia tonight.
The estimate was made two hours after the accident by MATTHEW A. ROSS, chief deputy coroner.
A priest who entered on of the cars to administer last rites to the dying, said there were 75 persons in the car and he believed at least half of them were dead.
Many... Read MORE...
Amarillo Daily News - Amarillo, Texas - September 7, 1943
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1943 - REPORT 150 DEAD IN WRECKED TRAIN.
Philadelphia, Sept. 6 (AP) - One hundred and fifty persons were reported killed and more than 90 injured in the wreck of the Congressional Limited, fastest train of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in northeast Philadelphia tonight.
The estimate was made two hours after the accident by MATTHEW A. ROSS, chief deputy coroner.
A priest who entered on of the cars to administer last rites to the dying, said there were 75 persons in the car and he believed at least half of them were dead.
Many... Read MORE...
Amarillo Daily News - Amarillo, Texas - September 7, 1943
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Hingham, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, September 1.
Yesterday afternoon, at one o'clock, a stage coach, with a party of twelve ladies and gentlemen, neighbors, was on its way from Lovell's Corner, South Weymouth, where they all resided, to the beach at Cohasset, the party proposing to stay some days at the last named place. In crossing the South Shore railroad track, at West Hingham, where the country road and railroad cross each other obliquely, running almost parallel, the two horses slewed a little at the approach of a ... Read MORE...
Mexico Independent - Mexico, New York - September 7, 1865
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1865 - ANOTHER RAILWAY MURDER.
Boston, September 1.
Yesterday afternoon, at one o'clock, a stage coach, with a party of twelve ladies and gentlemen, neighbors, was on its way from Lovell's Corner, South Weymouth, where they all resided, to the beach at Cohasset, the party proposing to stay some days at the last named place. In crossing the South Shore railroad track, at West Hingham, where the country road and railroad cross each other obliquely, running almost parallel, the two horses slewed a little at the approach of a ... Read MORE...
Mexico Independent - Mexico, New York - September 7, 1865
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Beef Olives.
Cut slices from a fat rump of beef six inches long and half an inch thick, beat them well with a pestle, make a forcemeat of bread crumbs, fat bacon chopped, parsley, a little onion, some shred suet, pounded mace, pepper and salt;...Read MORE...
The Virginia Housewife or Methodical Cook, 1828
Murray, Spink & Co.
Jobbers of Fancy Goods,
Show Cases in Large Variety,
26, 28, & 30 Pine Street, & 26 Hay Street,
Providence, R.I.
MURRAY, SPINK & CO., Importers and Jobbers of Fancy Goods, Nos. 26, 28 and 30 Pine Street and No. 30 Hay Street. -- This immense business dates its inception back to 1852, when it was founded by Messrs. Burrington & Hutchins, who developed most important interests and far-reaching connections, which their successors have built upon to great advantage. They were succeeded by the firm of Hutchins & Murray and in 1878 the present firm was organized by Messrs. P. S. Murray, G. A. Spink, H. K. Blanchard and H. A. Young. A more competent body of business men are rarely combined in an organization of this nature. They brought to bear every qualification for the business and have ever retained the confidence and esteem of the commercial world. They are direct importers and leading jobbers of fancy goods, notions and novelties, handling watches and clocks gold and plated jewelry, ladies' and gents' furnishing goods, show cases and Yankee notions in great variety, and are also extensive manufacturers of cigars, being owners of the Standard Cigar Factory, and are agents for Young Brothers' paper boxes, used by jewelers. Their establishment is eligibly located, at Nos. 26, 28 and 30 Pine Street and No. 30 Hay Street, and comprises a splendid five-story building, 80 x 100 feet in dimensions, the internal arrangements of which are thoroughly perfect and complete, rendering the house a model emporium of its kind. This firm have the finest opportunities as buyers in the markets of both America and Europe. They take advantage of every fluctuation in prices, of all the great trade sales and forced offerings of mills and commission houses, and are, unquestionably, the best prepared of any house in this section of the country to offer the latest novelties and choicest goods at the most moderate prices. Their stock always includes the newest styles, shades and patterns in ladies' and gents' furnishings, such as ladies' silk hose, unbleached Balbriggan hosiery, opera hose, gentlemen's silk and cotton hosiery, merino half hose and bicycle hose; men's white shirts, silk outing shirts, night shirts, flannel and overshirts; gentlemen's linen collars and cuffs, waterproof celluloid collars and cuffs, gentlemen's silk scarfs in Tecks, puffs and four-in-hands; white silk and satin neckwear white lawn ties; suspenders and braces, garters and hose supporters; lawn tennis and yachting shirts, in English worsted and flannel; traveling bags and cases, wallets and pocketboods, and leather goods generally; fine quality neck ruche, ruffling and veilings, black and white laces; ladies' and gents' silk and linen hankerchiefs, Hamburg embroideries and nainsock edgings, lawn and Lonsdale aprons, embroidered piques and tuckings, lace tidies and pillow shams, toilet scarfs and covers, and satin pincushions; merino and woolen underwear, including the most desirable shapes and fabrics, of foreign and domestic makes; ladies' gauze vests, men's gauze underwear, bathing outfits, corsets, and notions in great profusion. The watch, clock and jewelry departments include all that is rich, rare, artistic and decorative, as well as serviceable in those lines, and the firm's stock of gold jewelry is unrivaled in the city and covers every possible form and device for personal adornment. The stock is noticeable for elegance of design and careful finish in every minute detail, and in sets, half and quarter sets and single articles, such as rings, lace and shawl pins, brooches, necklaces, bracelets, chains and ornaments, the requirements of all classes of buyers can be promptly gratified. In plated jewelry the assortments are equally extensive and desirable. The department devoted to watches in one of large size, containing hundreds of the finest imported and domestic movements in all desirable casings and including the most expensive chronometers and repeaters made. The styles embrace massive cases and smaller sizes, plain, etched, chased and decorated in scores of new designs. Here are also clocks in marble, bronze and ormulu; high-art glass from Vienna, decorated china wares, fancy porcelains and artistic pottery, bronze statues and ornaments, and a great array of fancy brass goods. Here are the most beautiful fans of ivory and other material, decorated with precious stones and richly mounted; and umbrellas in all the novel styles, easels and pedestals, and scores of foreign novelties, unique in design and ornamentation. The two upper floors of the building are devoted to the manufacture of cigars, where a force of eighty skilled hands is constantly employed. The cigars are all hand-made, in the most careful, cleanly manner, and the leading brands are, without exception, the most popular of any in the fine American trade. The firm are direct importers of the best growths of Havana leaf, and of Sumatra leaf for wrappers; allow no inferior tobacco in their factory, nor any but the most skillful cigarmakers, and, under vigilant supervision, the result is a perfect cigar, one that all lovers of the fragrant leaf enjoy and always call for. It is, therefore, a very judicious thing for tobacconists, hotels, restaurants and jobbers to keep the cigars in stock. Messrs. Murray, Spink & Co. send out a corps of expert salesmen on the road and sell to the trade throughout all the New England and Middle States. With their splendid facilities and connections they are in a position to guarantee the prompt and perfect fulfillment of all orders and to make their terms and prices invariably satisfactory to buyers in every line. We know of no firm more satisfactorily constituted for success in this business, and none, certainly, which more worthily stands betwixt the producers and dealers in this multifarious line of goods.
Industries and Wealth of the Principal Points in Rhode Island, being the city of Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Woonsocket, Newport, Narragansett Pier, Bristol & Westerly.
New York: A. F. Parsons Publishing Co., 1892, page 98
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1871 - Preserving the Flavor of Butter
The German Agriculturalist says that a great portion of the fine flavor of fresh butter is destroyed by the usual mode of washing and he recommends a thorough kneading for the removal of the buttermilk, and a subsequent pressing in a linen cloth. Butter thus prepared, according to our authority, is pre-eminent for its sweetness of taste and flavor, qualities which are retained a long time. To improve manufactured butter we are advised by the same authority to work it thoroughly with fresh cold... Read MORE...
Pittsfield Sun - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - September 7, 1871
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Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Niagara Falls, N.Y., Sept. 6. - Two women and a man were crushed to death and two men were injured this afternoon when a slide of shale rock forced out a bridge leading to one of the stairways in the Cave of the Winds under Niagara Falls. A hundred or more tourists who were in the cave at the time had narrow escapes, many being bruised and cut by the falling rock.
The dead and injured were members of a party of tourists just completing a tour of the cave. It is the first accident since the... Read MORE...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, Connecticut - September 7, 1920
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1920 - THREE KILLED BY ROCKS IN CAVE OF THE WINDS.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., Sept. 6. - Two women and a man were crushed to death and two men were injured this afternoon when a slide of shale rock forced out a bridge leading to one of the stairways in the Cave of the Winds under Niagara Falls. A hundred or more tourists who were in the cave at the time had narrow escapes, many being bruised and cut by the falling rock.
The dead and injured were members of a party of tourists just completing a tour of the cave. It is the first accident since the... Read MORE...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, Connecticut - September 7, 1920
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Do not make any display of affection for even your dearest friend; kissing in public, or embracing, are in bad taste. Walking with arms encircling waists, or such demonstrative tokens of love, are marks of low...Read MORE...
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: A Complete Handbook for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society... by Florence Hartley, January 1, 1872
Denver, Colorado, USA
The remarkable ascent of "Big Glory", the largest balloon ever built, sent up from Denver, Col., Monday, resulted in the wreck of the machine and the narrow escape from death of its three occupants. When the balloon left it caught the eastern surface current and sailed toward the rising sun, but when it reached a greater altitude it suddenly veered and hung around the mountains, proving the theory of scientists that the cold air of the mountains acts as a suction for air currents within fifty... Read MORE...
The Atlanta Constitution - Atlanta, Georgia - September 7, 1902
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1902 - WRECK OF BIGGEST BALLOON.
The remarkable ascent of "Big Glory", the largest balloon ever built, sent up from Denver, Col., Monday, resulted in the wreck of the machine and the narrow escape from death of its three occupants. When the balloon left it caught the eastern surface current and sailed toward the rising sun, but when it reached a greater altitude it suddenly veered and hung around the mountains, proving the theory of scientists that the cold air of the mountains acts as a suction for air currents within fifty... Read MORE...
The Atlanta Constitution - Atlanta, Georgia - September 7, 1902
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Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
On Sunday, between the hours of worship, the house owned and occupied by Capt. Benj. Bradlee, on the Worcester turnpike, in Brookline, with all the outbuildings, excepting the barn, were totally destroyed by fire, the furniture being practically saved. The fire took from one of the chimneys, and when first discovered, were wrapped in flames. This house was situated on one of the loftiest eminences in the vicinity of Boston, and to the difficulty of access to it, a deficiency in water, and the... Read MORE...
The Farmers' Cabinet - Amherst, New Hampshire - September 7, 1838
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1838 - FIRE AT BROOKLINE.
On Sunday, between the hours of worship, the house owned and occupied by Capt. Benj. Bradlee, on the Worcester turnpike, in Brookline, with all the outbuildings, excepting the barn, were totally destroyed by fire, the furniture being practically saved. The fire took from one of the chimneys, and when first discovered, were wrapped in flames. This house was situated on one of the loftiest eminences in the vicinity of Boston, and to the difficulty of access to it, a deficiency in water, and the... Read MORE...
The Farmers' Cabinet - Amherst, New Hampshire - September 7, 1838
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1942 YOUNG ARVADA GIRL IS KILLED.
Denver, Sept. 7. - A frightened horse bolted into the side of a moving tramway car today, killing the 15 year old rider, JANET LaMOURE of Arvada. Ned B. McGuire, operator of a Denver to Golden interurban told highway patrolmen he sounded the car's whistle at a crossing and the horse, frightened by the noise shied directly into the car.
Greeley Daily Times
Greeley, Colorado
September 7, 1942
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1943 September 7 – Gulf Hotel fire: A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55.
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September 7, 1943
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Denver, Sept. 7. - A frightened horse bolted into the side of a moving tramway car today, killing the 15 year old rider, JANET LaMOURE of Arvada. Ned B. McGuire, operator of a Denver to Golden interurban told highway patrolmen he sounded the car's whistle at a crossing and the horse, frightened by the noise shied directly into the car.
Greeley Daily Times
Greeley, Colorado
September 7, 1942
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1943 September 7 – Gulf Hotel fire: A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55.
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September 7, 1943
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America - Did you know?
In 1776, a group of residents asked the Continental Congress to create a 14th colony called Westylvania, including parts of West Virginia and surrounding areas; the plea was ignored.
Quebec - Did you know?
Some gestures have different meanings in Quebec. For example, "thumbs down" is considered offensive in Quebec, as is slapping an open palm over a closed fist. Like the rest of their countrymen and women, French-Canadians use the "thumbs up" sign to...Read MORE...ediplomat.com
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Kendall Mfg. Cos
Established 1837
Soapine
The Dirt Killer
Will Not Injure Hands or Fabric
Providence, R.I.
Henry L. Kendall (1805-1883) founded a soap manufactory in Providence, R.I. in 1827. The Kendall Manufacturing Co. was incorporated in 1860. The Company continued to manufacture soap into the mid-20th century. digital.librarycompany.org
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