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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated December 23, 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 December 23 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
A lot of this sounds like TODAY...
A Wild Rush of Shoppers from Morning Till Night.
PILLAGED COUNTERS, TIRED CLERKS
The Native New-York Woman In Her Glory Yesterday - Streets and the Big Stores Crowded.
This holiday-making town went Christmas crazy yesterday. Everybody was either buying or selling something. Every man or woman you met - that is, every man and woman who looked happy - was carrying a bundle or two. The people without bundles of their own were mostly unfortunates... Read MORE...
New York Times - New York, New York - December 23, 1894
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1894 - Christmas Crazy Town
A lot of this sounds like TODAY...
A Wild Rush of Shoppers from Morning Till Night.
PILLAGED COUNTERS, TIRED CLERKS
The Native New-York Woman In Her Glory Yesterday - Streets and the Big Stores Crowded.
This holiday-making town went Christmas crazy yesterday. Everybody was either buying or selling something. Every man or woman you met - that is, every man and woman who looked happy - was carrying a bundle or two. The people without bundles of their own were mostly unfortunates... Read MORE...
New York Times - New York, New York - December 23, 1894
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 15. - In one of the fiercest fires in the history of Minneapolis Tuesday night three firemen lost their lives and property valued at $830,000 was destroyed. The entire retail business district was for a time threatened with a similar fate, and its escape was due as much to the absence of much wind as to indefatigable efforts of the fire department.
The dead are:
JACOB F. MILLER, insurance patrolman;
JOHN FELLOWS, pipeman.
FELLOWS and his mates had climbed to the... Read MORE...
The Worthington Advance - Minnesota - December 23, 1904
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1904 - FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS. BIG STORES ARE BURNED AND TWO FIREMEN LOSE THEIR LIVES. LOSS, $830,000.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 15. - In one of the fiercest fires in the history of Minneapolis Tuesday night three firemen lost their lives and property valued at $830,000 was destroyed. The entire retail business district was for a time threatened with a similar fate, and its escape was due as much to the absence of much wind as to indefatigable efforts of the fire department.
The dead are:
JACOB F. MILLER, insurance patrolman;
JOHN FELLOWS, pipeman.
FELLOWS and his mates had climbed to the... Read MORE...
The Worthington Advance - Minnesota - December 23, 1904
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Dec. 16. - Caught in a trap and helpless to save themselves, three men lost their lives and four others, including LIEUT. WILLIAM C. COLE, were terribly scalded Thursday by a rush of steam and boiling water in the fire-room of the battleship Massachusetts, lying at the League Island Navy Yard.
The dead are:
EDWARD BUB, married, boilermaker and civilian;
ANDREW HAMILTON, married, boilermaker and civilian;
CHARLES RITZEL, boilermaker's helper and civilian.
LIEUT. COLE... Read MORE...
Worthington Advance - Minnesota - December 23, 1904
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1904 - DISASTER ON BATTLESHIP MASSACHUSETTS.
Philadelphia, Dec. 16. - Caught in a trap and helpless to save themselves, three men lost their lives and four others, including LIEUT. WILLIAM C. COLE, were terribly scalded Thursday by a rush of steam and boiling water in the fire-room of the battleship Massachusetts, lying at the League Island Navy Yard.
The dead are:
EDWARD BUB, married, boilermaker and civilian;
ANDREW HAMILTON, married, boilermaker and civilian;
CHARLES RITZEL, boilermaker's helper and civilian.
LIEUT. COLE... Read MORE...
Worthington Advance - Minnesota - December 23, 1904
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Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA
NEW YORK. December 23. - Babe Ruth is coming from his farm in Sudbury, Mass. in a week or two to visit the Yankees' new stadium and bat a few drives over the fences Just to prove that zoning rules for home runs would mean nothing to him.
In a letter to Col. T. L. Huston, who is soon to retire as part owner of the Yankees, made public today, the Bambino says: "I don’t care where the fences are. I can hit 'em anywhere. Put the marks anywhere you like."
Babe added that he was working hard... Read MORE...
Washington D.C. Evening Star - Washington, D.C. - December 23, 1922
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1922 - RUTH TO TEST PROWESS IN YANKEES’ NEW PARK
NEW YORK. December 23. - Babe Ruth is coming from his farm in Sudbury, Mass. in a week or two to visit the Yankees' new stadium and bat a few drives over the fences Just to prove that zoning rules for home runs would mean nothing to him.
In a letter to Col. T. L. Huston, who is soon to retire as part owner of the Yankees, made public today, the Bambino says: "I don’t care where the fences are. I can hit 'em anywhere. Put the marks anywhere you like."
Babe added that he was working hard... Read MORE...
Washington D.C. Evening Star - Washington, D.C. - December 23, 1922
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Potato snow (1892)
Prepare the potatoes and let stand for several hours in cold water. Cook in boiling salted water until tender. Drain well and press through a colander into a deep dish. Let them lie as they fall. Put in the baker until very...Read MORE...
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Port Jervis, New York, USA
THE POST OFFICE ON CHRISTMAS.
The postoffice will be opened on Christmas day from 9 to 10 a.m. and 12 to 1 p.m.
...Many of our villagers were busily engaged in removing the snow and ice from their sidewalks this morning.
...The snow fell all Friday afternoon and until late in the evening. The quantity is sufficient to make good sleighing, and every owner of a pair of runners and a piece of horse flesh is improving the file sleighing.
...Evergreens are in good demand for decoration... Read MORE...
The Evening Gazette - Port Jervis, New York - Saturday, December 23, 1876
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1876 - Christmas
THE POST OFFICE ON CHRISTMAS.
The postoffice will be opened on Christmas day from 9 to 10 a.m. and 12 to 1 p.m.
...Many of our villagers were busily engaged in removing the snow and ice from their sidewalks this morning.
...The snow fell all Friday afternoon and until late in the evening. The quantity is sufficient to make good sleighing, and every owner of a pair of runners and a piece of horse flesh is improving the file sleighing.
...Evergreens are in good demand for decoration... Read MORE...
The Evening Gazette - Port Jervis, New York - Saturday, December 23, 1876
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All Kinds of Private Diseases Cured
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French Drug Store
No. 204 Sout C Street, Virginia
All Kinds of French, English and American Medicines...
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Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA (Steitztown)
Special to The Inquirer.
LEBANON, Pa., Dec. 22. - Two cars filled with Christmas shoppers collided this afternoon on the Lebanon Valley Street Railway, a short distance west of this city, with disastrous results. About twenty persons were injured, some of them seriously. The 18 months' old baby of Mrs. J. W. Walter, of Annville, was trampled on by the panic-stricken passengers and injured so badly that it is not expected to recover, while many of the other passengers were cut by flying glass ... Read MORE...
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - December 23, 1900
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1900 - BABE TRAMPLED UPON BY FRANTIC PASSENGERS Cars Collide on Lebanon Trolley Line, Twenty Injured in the Crash.
Special to The Inquirer.
LEBANON, Pa., Dec. 22. - Two cars filled with Christmas shoppers collided this afternoon on the Lebanon Valley Street Railway, a short distance west of this city, with disastrous results. About twenty persons were injured, some of them seriously. The 18 months' old baby of Mrs. J. W. Walter, of Annville, was trampled on by the panic-stricken passengers and injured so badly that it is not expected to recover, while many of the other passengers were cut by flying glass ... Read MORE...
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - December 23, 1900
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Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Special to The New York Times.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 22. - A slight explosion in a jewelry factory, within a short block of the shopping district caused by a panic to-day among the several hundred employes[sic] in the building, two men being painfully injured and a dozen women fainting before any attempt was made to ascertain the nature of the trouble.
The explosion occurred in the Enterprise Building at 7 Eddy Street and was caused by the clogging of a waste pipe in the factory of the... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - December 23, 1905
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1905 - PANIC FOLLOWS EXPLOSION. All Providence Scared Over Prediction of Christmas Disaster.
Special to The New York Times.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 22. - A slight explosion in a jewelry factory, within a short block of the shopping district caused by a panic to-day among the several hundred employes[sic] in the building, two men being painfully injured and a dozen women fainting before any attempt was made to ascertain the nature of the trouble.
The explosion occurred in the Enterprise Building at 7 Eddy Street and was caused by the clogging of a waste pipe in the factory of the... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - December 23, 1905
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1913 December 23 – The Federal Reserve System is created as the central banking system of the United States by Woodrow Wilson's signature of the Federal Reserve Act.
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Quebec - Did you know?
Throughout 17th century Quebec, it was not uncommon to see older men marrying young girls. Such unions were auhtorized because women were, for a long time, far less numerous than men in the colony.
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