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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated January 29, 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 January 29 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
What Tooth Brush? The Prophylactic of Course
Florence Manufacturing Company
110 Pine Street, Florence, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
January 1898
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Strawberry Sponge Cake - Beat the yolks of six eggs with half a pound of powderes sugar until very light, then fold in carefully the well-beaten whites of six eggs, and add slowly a cup and a half of sifted pastry flour. Bake in three layers. ...Read MORE...
The Ladies' Home Journal, May 1898
A Good Cheap Desk
The Fred Macey Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Ladies' Home Journal
January 1898
The Macey Furniture Co. was founded by Fred Macey, who served as its first chairman along with his brother Frank, who also served as treasurer. In 1892 Fred began a mail-order business selling office desks made by other manufacturers, which were advertised in popular magazine as “the best $25 roll-top office desk in the world.” His hefty advertising budget made the company a quick success, and other pieces of office and library furniture were soon added to the mail-order line. But as his mail-order sales began to cut into the traditional sales through retailers, Michigan retailers pressured area furniture manufacturers to prevent them from producing finished goods for Macey. To get around this obstacle, Fred Macey invested his mail-order profits in the construction of his own factory. He also expanded his mail-order business, with a national system of warehouses for distribution.
In 1905, when the Wernicke Furniture Co. merged with the Fred Macey Co., Otto H.L. Wernicke became an officer of the company. In 1906 the Globe – Wernicke Co. of Cincinnati sued Macey for continuing to produce furniture using Wernicke’s patents. After years of litigation, Macey won, then counter-sued to recover its court costs. Following Fred Macey’s death from typhoid pneumonia in 1909, Otto Wernicke became company president, a position he held until his retirement from active involvement at Macey in 1916... furniturecityhistory.org
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
A seeming ignorance is very often a most neces
sary part of worldly knowledge. It is , for instance ,
commonly advisable to seem ignorant of what people offer to tell you ; and when they say, ' Have not you heard of such a thing ?' to answer, 'No...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
Something About That Day and the Practices and Beliefs Popularly Associated with It.
The careless, everyday reader, who is too busy to trouble himself about musty historic matters and exact dates, may perhaps be surprised to learn that the day which stands out on his local calendar as "groundhog day" (being the day on which that interesting animal is supposed to emerge for a few moments from his customary hole to arbitrarily decide as to the immediate cessation or indefinite prolongation of... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 29, 1899
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1899 - CANDELEMAS DAY AT HAND.
Something About That Day and the Practices and Beliefs Popularly Associated with It.
The careless, everyday reader, who is too busy to trouble himself about musty historic matters and exact dates, may perhaps be surprised to learn that the day which stands out on his local calendar as "groundhog day" (being the day on which that interesting animal is supposed to emerge for a few moments from his customary hole to arbitrarily decide as to the immediate cessation or indefinite prolongation of... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 29, 1899
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Glen Cove, New York, USA
GLEN COVE, N.Y., Jan. 28 (AP) - Roy Campanella's brilliant career as one of baseball's greatest catchers appeared at an end today. A grinding automobile accident broke his neck and left him temporarily paralyzed.
A seven-man team of surgeons worked over the Negro star of the Los Angeles Dodgers for four hours and 20 minutes in an attempt to repair the damage to his husky frame and relieve paralysis from the chest down. The operation had been expected to take two hours.
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Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, California - January 29, 1958
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1958 - Auto Crash May Doom Career of Campanella - Dodgers' Catcher Paralyzed
GLEN COVE, N.Y., Jan. 28 (AP) - Roy Campanella's brilliant career as one of baseball's greatest catchers appeared at an end today. A grinding automobile accident broke his neck and left him temporarily paralyzed.
A seven-man team of surgeons worked over the Negro star of the Los Angeles Dodgers for four hours and 20 minutes in an attempt to repair the damage to his husky frame and relieve paralysis from the chest down. The operation had been expected to take two hours.
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Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, California - January 29, 1958
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Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Duluth, Jan. 29. - At 1:50 o'clock a.m. fire was discovered in the opera house block.
In thirty minutes the whole building was in a blaze.
The building contained the opera house, BOYCE & TOTTMAN, drugs; J. T. CONDON, hats; M. M. GASSER, groceries; LEVY, liquors. The building is a total loss.
The post office building is also in ruins, but the mails are saved.
The opera house building cost about $100,000 in 1884. The value of stocks destroyed is unknown, but will exceed $100,000. The... Read MORE...
Mitchell Daily Republican - Mitchell, South Dakota - January 29, 1888
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1888 - DULUTH'S BIG BLAZE. THE HANDSOME OPERA HOUSE A TOTAL WRECK - LOSS $250,000.
Duluth, Jan. 29. - At 1:50 o'clock a.m. fire was discovered in the opera house block.
In thirty minutes the whole building was in a blaze.
The building contained the opera house, BOYCE & TOTTMAN, drugs; J. T. CONDON, hats; M. M. GASSER, groceries; LEVY, liquors. The building is a total loss.
The post office building is also in ruins, but the mails are saved.
The opera house building cost about $100,000 in 1884. The value of stocks destroyed is unknown, but will exceed $100,000. The... Read MORE...
Mitchell Daily Republican - Mitchell, South Dakota - January 29, 1888
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Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Mischievous Boys Place Big Rock in Road and Mr. Draper, Returning From Gastonia, at Night, Injures His New Machine.
Mr. A. J. Draper, secretary and treasurer of the Chadwick, Hoskins, Louise, Calvine and Dover Mills, is the latest addition to the increasing ranks of the Charlotte Automobile Club, he having recently purchased a fine $1,800 Franklin car.
While on his way back from Gastonia several days ago, Mr. Draper had the misfortune to have the heavy tire on his eft[sic] rear wheel... Read MORE...
Charlotte Daily Observer - Charlotte, North Carolina - January 29, 1907
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1907 - MR. A. J. DRAPER'S MISHAP.
Mischievous Boys Place Big Rock in Road and Mr. Draper, Returning From Gastonia, at Night, Injures His New Machine.
Mr. A. J. Draper, secretary and treasurer of the Chadwick, Hoskins, Louise, Calvine and Dover Mills, is the latest addition to the increasing ranks of the Charlotte Automobile Club, he having recently purchased a fine $1,800 Franklin car.
While on his way back from Gastonia several days ago, Mr. Draper had the misfortune to have the heavy tire on his eft[sic] rear wheel... Read MORE...
Charlotte Daily Observer - Charlotte, North Carolina - January 29, 1907
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Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)
Springfield, Mass., Jan. 28. - The entire plant of the Phelps Publishing Company, comprising four buildings and covering nearly an acre of ground, was destroyed by fire to-day, causing a loss estimated at $1,000,000. No one was injured.
The fire started from spontaneous combustion among some benzine-soaked rags in the basement of the main building. In addition to this structure, which was four stories in height, there was another four-story building, one five stories in height, another of... Read MORE...
Charlotte Daily Observer - Charlotte, North Carolina - January 29, 1907
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1907 - BIG PUBLISHING HOUSE BURNED - Phelps Co., at Springfield, Mass., Sustain Loss Estimated at $1,000,000 - Spontaneous Combustion Started Fire.
Springfield, Mass., Jan. 28. - The entire plant of the Phelps Publishing Company, comprising four buildings and covering nearly an acre of ground, was destroyed by fire to-day, causing a loss estimated at $1,000,000. No one was injured.
The fire started from spontaneous combustion among some benzine-soaked rags in the basement of the main building. In addition to this structure, which was four stories in height, there was another four-story building, one five stories in height, another of... Read MORE...
Charlotte Daily Observer - Charlotte, North Carolina - January 29, 1907
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1886 January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885).
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1921 January 29, 1921 - A small but intense windstorm resulted in the "Great Olympic Blowdown" in the Pacific Northwest.
Hurricane force winds, funneled along the mountains, downed vast expanses of Douglas fir trees, and the storm destroyed eight billion board feet of timber. Winds at North Head WA gusted to 113 mph.
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1870 We see it stated that a farmer near Waterloo, N. Y., has two hens which lay two eggs each every day, and have done so for some time past.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1921 January 29, 1921 - A small but intense windstorm resulted in the "Great Olympic Blowdown" in the Pacific Northwest.
Hurricane force winds, funneled along the mountains, downed vast expanses of Douglas fir trees, and the storm destroyed eight billion board feet of timber. Winds at North Head WA gusted to 113 mph.
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1870 We see it stated that a farmer near Waterloo, N. Y., has two hens which lay two eggs each every day, and have done so for some time past.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1887 Mrs. Joseph Farrell, of Winnipeg, is famed as the first white woman married in the Canadian Northwest.
The ceremony took place at Fort Whoop-Up in 1877. It was the occasion of a big blowout on the part of the Blood and Blackfeet Indians, who turned out in great numbers in holiday garb, firing guns, yelling, eating, dancing and having a good time generally in genuine Indian fashion.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1870 The practice of torturing prisoners in order to make them confess, which has been abolished by most civilized nations, still exists in Switzerland.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1870 The number of emigrants that left Switzerland for over sea in 1868 numbered 9,752, of whom 4,755 came to America.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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The ceremony took place at Fort Whoop-Up in 1877. It was the occasion of a big blowout on the part of the Blood and Blackfeet Indians, who turned out in great numbers in holiday garb, firing guns, yelling, eating, dancing and having a good time generally in genuine Indian fashion.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1870 The practice of torturing prisoners in order to make them confess, which has been abolished by most civilized nations, still exists in Switzerland.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1870 The number of emigrants that left Switzerland for over sea in 1868 numbered 9,752, of whom 4,755 came to America.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1870 At Bennington, Vt., a physician gave a man up to die, but going home he broke his leg, and his patient was the one who made him a crutch to hobble about on.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1870 Maine has a mail carrier, now 76 years of age, who has carried the mail daily from North Monmouth to Monmouth Centre for twenty-one years, and has missed but one trip during that time.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1870 Mr. David S. Draper, of Great Barrington, Mass., refuses to be qualified as Representative elect, on the ground that he was elected without his consent.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1870 Maine has a mail carrier, now 76 years of age, who has carried the mail daily from North Monmouth to Monmouth Centre for twenty-one years, and has missed but one trip during that time.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1870 Mr. David S. Draper, of Great Barrington, Mass., refuses to be qualified as Representative elect, on the ground that he was elected without his consent.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1882 Boiler Explosion
WATERVILLE, Me., Jan. 28. - The boiler in the steam mill of the Kennebec Framing Company at Fairfield exploded this morning with terrific force. A son of ex-Warden Rice was killed, and John Avery, the engineer, were buried in the ruins. George McKeown and John Smith, a foreman, were wounded, and several others were slightly injured. The underwork of the mill is on fire and still burning. The accident is suppose to have been caused by a lack of water in the boiler. The loss by the explosion...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
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1896 Invasion of Crabs
The other morning the beach for a mile or more near Old Saybrook, Conn., was covered in spots with hundreds of fine softshell crabs. The fishermen were unable to account for the phenomenon, but they promptly turned it to good account by gathering the crustaceans and shipping them to the markets.
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New York Herald-Tribune
New York, New York
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1948 Thursday, January 29, 1948 - Looking Backward - 50 Years Ago
Gimlich & White are storing immense quantities of ice from Silver Lake. Twenty teams are drawing the cakes and 40 men are cutting and stacking.
The Berkshire Evening Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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WATERVILLE, Me., Jan. 28. - The boiler in the steam mill of the Kennebec Framing Company at Fairfield exploded this morning with terrific force. A son of ex-Warden Rice was killed, and John Avery, the engineer, were buried in the ruins. George McKeown and John Smith, a foreman, were wounded, and several others were slightly injured. The underwork of the mill is on fire and still burning. The accident is suppose to have been caused by a lack of water in the boiler. The loss by the explosion...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
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1896 Invasion of Crabs
The other morning the beach for a mile or more near Old Saybrook, Conn., was covered in spots with hundreds of fine softshell crabs. The fishermen were unable to account for the phenomenon, but they promptly turned it to good account by gathering the crustaceans and shipping them to the markets.
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New York Herald-Tribune
New York, New York
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1948 Thursday, January 29, 1948 - Looking Backward - 50 Years Ago
Gimlich & White are storing immense quantities of ice from Silver Lake. Twenty teams are drawing the cakes and 40 men are cutting and stacking.
The Berkshire Evening Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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America - Did you know?
January 1, 1892 - Ellis Island becomes chief immigration station of the U.S.
Quebec - Did you know?
Women in New France worked very hard. They had to take care of the house, cook for the family, take care of the younger children. Sometimes women had 15 children or more. Women made clothes for the family using cloth that she spun.
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Methodist Church
Gresco
There is nothing in Corset-dom to compare with it
Michigan Corset Co., Jackson, Mich.
The Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898
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