Welcome to our blog, where we embark on a captivating journey through time, exploring the rich tapestry of history and genealogy.
In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated March 1, 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 March 1 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Lyndon, Vermont, USA (Lyndonville) (Little Egypt)
Lyndonville, Vt., Feb. 28. - The lives of a score of lodgers were threatened early this evening by a $25,000 fire that destroyed the Tarbell block on Depot street. Mrs. J. M. Caff, 73 years old, who had to be carried from an upper story, is in a critical condition tonight from suffocation and shock. Mrs. G. B. Allyn, who leaped from the second story, is suffering from a badly sprained wrist.
The block, built in 1894, was a three-story wooden structure, owned by G. B. Allyn. The first floor... Read MORE...
The Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - March 1, 1910
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1910 - FLAMES IMPERIL SCORE OF LIVES Aged Woman Carried Out of Burning Building, One Leaps From Window.
Lyndonville, Vt., Feb. 28. - The lives of a score of lodgers were threatened early this evening by a $25,000 fire that destroyed the Tarbell block on Depot street. Mrs. J. M. Caff, 73 years old, who had to be carried from an upper story, is in a critical condition tonight from suffocation and shock. Mrs. G. B. Allyn, who leaped from the second story, is suffering from a badly sprained wrist.
The block, built in 1894, was a three-story wooden structure, owned by G. B. Allyn. The first floor... Read MORE...
The Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - March 1, 1910
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Mock Duck Take a pound of beefsteak; salt and pepper; prepare a dressing as for turkey; lay in the steak; sew up; lay two or three slices of fat pork upon it and roast; baste often and you cannot tell it from duck.
Bronx, New York, USA
Special to The Washington Post.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. - Miss Adelaide Downing, daughter of a contractor living at 460 Barnes avenue, the Bronx, was walking down the Boston Hill road at 179th street at dusk to-night, when she saw a runaway horse with an empty sleigh careening behind dashing over the brow of a hill. Below her fifty boys and girls were coasting, unconscious of any danger.
Realizing that if the runaway were not stopped before he reached the youthful merrymakers he would trample... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, D.C. - March 1, 1907
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1907 - GIRL STOPS RUNAWAY. Clings to Bridle and Prevents Horse Trampling Children.
Special to The Washington Post.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. - Miss Adelaide Downing, daughter of a contractor living at 460 Barnes avenue, the Bronx, was walking down the Boston Hill road at 179th street at dusk to-night, when she saw a runaway horse with an empty sleigh careening behind dashing over the brow of a hill. Below her fifty boys and girls were coasting, unconscious of any danger.
Realizing that if the runaway were not stopped before he reached the youthful merrymakers he would trample... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, D.C. - March 1, 1907
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Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
LINCOLN, March 1. - The Nebraska State penitentiary is in ruins and one convict, FRANK PLUNGER, is dead. Fire which started at midnight destroyed the cell house and entire main building and the loss will probably exceed $200,000. The building was practically new. The only building saved was the east wing occupied by the warden, the chapel and a small reserve cell room. The prisoners were removed under extra guard without difficulty. Lieutenant Governor SAVAGE, acting Governor in the absence of... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - March 1, 1901
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1901 - FIRE DESTROYS A PENITENTIARY. Nebraska's State Prison A Mass Of Ruins - One Convict Lost.
LINCOLN, March 1. - The Nebraska State penitentiary is in ruins and one convict, FRANK PLUNGER, is dead. Fire which started at midnight destroyed the cell house and entire main building and the loss will probably exceed $200,000. The building was practically new. The only building saved was the east wing occupied by the warden, the chapel and a small reserve cell room. The prisoners were removed under extra guard without difficulty. Lieutenant Governor SAVAGE, acting Governor in the absence of... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - March 1, 1901
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Fort Wayne, Ind., March 1. - At seven o'clock Sunday morning a passer-by saw smoke issuing from MORGAN & Co.'s retail and wholesale hardware store on Columbia street. An alarm was sounded and for ten hours six engines and the entire fire department fought the biggest fire that has occurred here for several years. The large building and big stock of MORGAN & Co. are a complete loss and four other merchants property is wholly or partially destroyed.
The losses are:
O. P. MORGAN and MRS. FRED... Read MORE...
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Wisconsin - March 1, 1897
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1897 - A BAD FIRE. PROPERTY VALUED AT $150,000 IS DESTROYED AT FORT WAYNE.
Fort Wayne, Ind., March 1. - At seven o'clock Sunday morning a passer-by saw smoke issuing from MORGAN & Co.'s retail and wholesale hardware store on Columbia street. An alarm was sounded and for ten hours six engines and the entire fire department fought the biggest fire that has occurred here for several years. The large building and big stock of MORGAN & Co. are a complete loss and four other merchants property is wholly or partially destroyed.
The losses are:
O. P. MORGAN and MRS. FRED... Read MORE...
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Wisconsin - March 1, 1897
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 28 - A night of terrific rain, accompanied by hail, a rare phenomenon in this tropical city, left six persons dead, six reported missing and a variety of damage on Oahu Island today.
About six inches of rain fell in downtown Honolulu during the late afternoon yesterday and last night. Dowsett Highlands, a residential section overlooking the city, had 14 inches. At the Kamehameha School, 1 1/ 4 miles from the town district the rain gauge registered 17.72 inches.
Some... Read MORE...
The News - Frederick, Maryland - March 1, 1935
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1935 - HAIL IN HONOLULU. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO DO DAMAGE ON ISLANDS.
Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 28 - A night of terrific rain, accompanied by hail, a rare phenomenon in this tropical city, left six persons dead, six reported missing and a variety of damage on Oahu Island today.
About six inches of rain fell in downtown Honolulu during the late afternoon yesterday and last night. Dowsett Highlands, a residential section overlooking the city, had 14 inches. At the Kamehameha School, 1 1/ 4 miles from the town district the rain gauge registered 17.72 inches.
Some... Read MORE...
The News - Frederick, Maryland - March 1, 1935
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
When you are in company, talk often, but never long; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers.
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
In Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, many people believed in and feared witchcraft. Consequently, when two young girls fell into trances and had seizures that doctors could not explain, many people in the town said witchcraft was to blame. On March 1, 1692, authorities charged three women, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and a slave woman named Tituba, with practicing witchcraft.
Nearly 150 men and women filled prisons from Salem and surrounding towns. These prisoners were alleged, or charged... Read MORE...
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March 1, 1692
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1692 - March 1 - Salem Witch Trials
In Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, many people believed in and feared witchcraft. Consequently, when two young girls fell into trances and had seizures that doctors could not explain, many people in the town said witchcraft was to blame. On March 1, 1692, authorities charged three women, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and a slave woman named Tituba, with practicing witchcraft.
Nearly 150 men and women filled prisons from Salem and surrounding towns. These prisoners were alleged, or charged... Read MORE...
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March 1, 1692
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1950 Horse Without Driver Is Caught at Red Light
PHILADELPHIA, March 1. - (AP) - A milk wagon horse took a walk without its driver in the center of Philadelphia. But it wasn't hard to catch, because it was a big-city horse. Police found the animal waiting for a red light to change yesterday.
Lancaster New Era
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
March 1, 1950
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1897 OPERA HOUSE IN ASHES.
Jackson, Mich., March 1. - The Hibbard opera house burned to the ground Saturday evening. The fire started from the furnace in the basement and spread rapidly. Nothing was saved. The loss is $25,000; insurance, $10,000.
Stevens Point Daily Journal
Wisconsin
March 1, 1897
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1872 'Yellowstone Wonderland' is established as first national park.
March 1 – Yellowstone National Park (once dubbed "Colter's Hell" after John Colter, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition) is established as the world's first national park.
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March 1, 1872
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PHILADELPHIA, March 1. - (AP) - A milk wagon horse took a walk without its driver in the center of Philadelphia. But it wasn't hard to catch, because it was a big-city horse. Police found the animal waiting for a red light to change yesterday.
Lancaster New Era
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
March 1, 1950
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1897 OPERA HOUSE IN ASHES.
Jackson, Mich., March 1. - The Hibbard opera house burned to the ground Saturday evening. The fire started from the furnace in the basement and spread rapidly. Nothing was saved. The loss is $25,000; insurance, $10,000.
Stevens Point Daily Journal
Wisconsin
March 1, 1897
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1872 'Yellowstone Wonderland' is established as first national park.
March 1 – Yellowstone National Park (once dubbed "Colter's Hell" after John Colter, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition) is established as the world's first national park.
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March 1, 1872
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1941 March 1 - 1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tenn
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March 1, 1941
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1919 Seeks to Settle Textile Strike
Washington - With more than 500 textile workers on strike in North Grosvenordale, Conn., the Department of Labor has assigned Commissioner of Conciliation, T. J. Williams to try to effect an adjustment.
The Wall Street Journal
New York, New York
March 1, 1919
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1873 Surprising Outcome
A charitable lady of St. Louis sent one of her last year's dresses to a destitute woman on the 6th. She was somewhat surprised to have it returned with the statement that it was too full behind for the present style, and would she take out a breadth and change the trimming.
Harrisburg Telegraph
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
March 1, 1873
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March 1, 1941
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1919 Seeks to Settle Textile Strike
Washington - With more than 500 textile workers on strike in North Grosvenordale, Conn., the Department of Labor has assigned Commissioner of Conciliation, T. J. Williams to try to effect an adjustment.
The Wall Street Journal
New York, New York
March 1, 1919
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1873 Surprising Outcome
A charitable lady of St. Louis sent one of her last year's dresses to a destitute woman on the 6th. She was somewhat surprised to have it returned with the statement that it was too full behind for the present style, and would she take out a breadth and change the trimming.
Harrisburg Telegraph
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
March 1, 1873
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1873 For the Love of "Rob"
A widow in Dorchester, Mass., has been three times married. Her first husband was Robb, the second Robbins and the third Robinson. The same door plate has served for the whole three, and the question now is, what extended name can be procured to fill out the remaining space on it.
Harrisburg Telegraph
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
March 1, 1873
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1817 25 Below Zero
The Thermometer was 25 degrees below zero, at Boucherville, Canada, on the 15th inst.
Albany Advertiser
Albany, New York
March 1, 1817
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1906 UNIVERSITY IS DESTROYED. FIRE CONSUMES BUILDING ERECTED IN 1827 - RECORDS SAVED.
Middletown, Conn., March 1. -- Wesleyan University sustained a severe loss by fire early today when old North College, containing 150 rooms was practically destroyed. The fire which started in the attic burned so rapidly that little was saved. The loss is placed at $80,000, covered by insurance. The burned building was erected in 1827 and formed the nucleus of the present college group and was of great historic interest at Wesleyan. About all that was saved from the fire were the valuable...
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Racine Daily Journal
Racine, Wisconsin
March 1, 1906
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A widow in Dorchester, Mass., has been three times married. Her first husband was Robb, the second Robbins and the third Robinson. The same door plate has served for the whole three, and the question now is, what extended name can be procured to fill out the remaining space on it.
Harrisburg Telegraph
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
March 1, 1873
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1817 25 Below Zero
The Thermometer was 25 degrees below zero, at Boucherville, Canada, on the 15th inst.
Albany Advertiser
Albany, New York
March 1, 1817
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1906 UNIVERSITY IS DESTROYED. FIRE CONSUMES BUILDING ERECTED IN 1827 - RECORDS SAVED.
Middletown, Conn., March 1. -- Wesleyan University sustained a severe loss by fire early today when old North College, containing 150 rooms was practically destroyed. The fire which started in the attic burned so rapidly that little was saved. The loss is placed at $80,000, covered by insurance. The burned building was erected in 1827 and formed the nucleus of the present college group and was of great historic interest at Wesleyan. About all that was saved from the fire were the valuable...
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Racine Daily Journal
Racine, Wisconsin
March 1, 1906
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America - Did you know?
In 1565, Saint Augustine, Florida, settled by the Spanish, became the first permanent European colony in North America.
Quebec - Did you know?
The habitant liked to be near his fellows, partly for his own safety against marauding redskins, but chiefly because the colony was at best a lonely place in the long cold season when there was little for any one to do.
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