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 18, 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 18 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
Lukasz Luczkewiz Captured in Worcester Last Night for Woonsocket Office
Also Being Held on Bigamy Charge, the Police Declare Today
The dragnet cast out by the Woonsocket police for the apprehension of the husband of Mrs. Emma Luczkewiz, charged with attempted murder, by throwing her from the "Band Wagon" bridge into the Blackstone river at Woonsocket Saturday night, succeeded in bringing to toils the fugitive in Worcester last night. The Woonsocket authorities have another charge against... Read MORE...
The Evening News - Providence, Rhode Island - March 18, 1913
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1913 - POLICE ARREST MAN FOR ATTEMPT TO MURDER WIFE
Lukasz Luczkewiz Captured in Worcester Last Night for Woonsocket Office
Also Being Held on Bigamy Charge, the Police Declare Today
The dragnet cast out by the Woonsocket police for the apprehension of the husband of Mrs. Emma Luczkewiz, charged with attempted murder, by throwing her from the "Band Wagon" bridge into the Blackstone river at Woonsocket Saturday night, succeeded in bringing to toils the fugitive in Worcester last night. The Woonsocket authorities have another charge against... Read MORE...
The Evening News - Providence, Rhode Island - March 18, 1913
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Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA
A comedian at Hazleton, Pennsylvania, tried to amuse an audience composed entirely of women, but some bitter gibes at old maids, and no doubt to his great astonishment was hissed off the stage.
It is pretty nearly time that the old maid joke was hissed off the earth, if only on account of its antiquity, for it has long passed the chloroform stage...
An old maid, is an old maid, either from choice, in which case the joke loses its point, or else from necessity, or from a sense of duty; in... Read MORE...
The Argus - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - March 18, 1905
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1905 - Comedian Blunder
A comedian at Hazleton, Pennsylvania, tried to amuse an audience composed entirely of women, but some bitter gibes at old maids, and no doubt to his great astonishment was hissed off the stage.
It is pretty nearly time that the old maid joke was hissed off the earth, if only on account of its antiquity, for it has long passed the chloroform stage...
An old maid, is an old maid, either from choice, in which case the joke loses its point, or else from necessity, or from a sense of duty; in... Read MORE...
The Argus - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - March 18, 1905
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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; mix...Read MORE...
Mary Randolph, The Virginia Housewife, 1824
Queens, New York, USA
Word was received at Shelburne Falls yesterday morning of the accidental death at the Queens station of the Long Island railroad of Fred R. Church, so of George B. Church in the Baptist Corner district of Ashfield. The body will be taken to Shelburne Falls and from there to Ashfield. He was 31 years of age, a graduate of Sanderson academy, Ashfield, and the state college at Amherst. After leaving the collage he took a position as foreman on a large farm in the state of New York, from which he... Read MORE...
The Springfield Republican - Springfield, Massachusetts - March 18, 1910
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1910 - TRAGIC DEATH OF ASHFIELD MAN. Fred R. Church Killed on the Long Island Railroad Yesterday.
Word was received at Shelburne Falls yesterday morning of the accidental death at the Queens station of the Long Island railroad of Fred R. Church, so of George B. Church in the Baptist Corner district of Ashfield. The body will be taken to Shelburne Falls and from there to Ashfield. He was 31 years of age, a graduate of Sanderson academy, Ashfield, and the state college at Amherst. After leaving the collage he took a position as foreman on a large farm in the state of New York, from which he... Read MORE...
The Springfield Republican - Springfield, Massachusetts - March 18, 1910
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Avoid making any noise in eating, even if each meal is eaten in solitary state. It is a disgusting habit, and one not easily cured if once contracted, to make any noise with the lips when...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
1882 The Small Pox in Braintree
Ross Ford, on of the Braintree small pox victims, died Friday night. His wife and two children are sick with the disease. The selectmen have ordered the compulsory vaccination of the town's people. There are no new cases in that town, and there are and have been no cases in Randolph or any other town in that part of the state except Braintree. There is very little danger of its spreading from Braintree.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
March 18, 1882
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1905 School for Child Wives
Chicago is actually discussing the question of establishing a school for child wives, more than a score of wives under compulsory school age (fourteen years) having been found in one Italian district.
The Argus
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
March 18, 1905
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1937 March 18 – New London School explosion:
In the worst school disaster in American history in terms of lives lost, the New London School in New London, Texas, suffers a catastrophic natural gas explosion, killing in excess of 295 students and teachers. Mother Frances Hospital opens in Tyler, Texas, a day ahead of schedule in response to the explosion.
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March 18, 1937
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Ross Ford, on of the Braintree small pox victims, died Friday night. His wife and two children are sick with the disease. The selectmen have ordered the compulsory vaccination of the town's people. There are no new cases in that town, and there are and have been no cases in Randolph or any other town in that part of the state except Braintree. There is very little danger of its spreading from Braintree.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
March 18, 1882
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1905 School for Child Wives
Chicago is actually discussing the question of establishing a school for child wives, more than a score of wives under compulsory school age (fourteen years) having been found in one Italian district.
The Argus
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
March 18, 1905
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1937 March 18 – New London School explosion:
In the worst school disaster in American history in terms of lives lost, the New London School in New London, Texas, suffers a catastrophic natural gas explosion, killing in excess of 295 students and teachers. Mother Frances Hospital opens in Tyler, Texas, a day ahead of schedule in response to the explosion.
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March 18, 1937
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1871 An attempt was made to shoot King Christian, of Denmark, the other day, and the shooter was arrested and brought before the King.
Christian told him he could not praise his skill as a marksman, and advised him to practice before he repeated the shot, and then released him.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 18, 1871
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1871 Runs in the family
Royal Briggs, who committed suicide at Sherman, Conn., the other day, was the last of six brothers who have made way with themselves.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 18, 1871
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1871 Healthy Place
Springfield, Vt., must be a healthy place in which to locate. There are, in that town, ninety persons between the age of seventy and eighty years, and forty-two between eighty and one hundred. Of the latter, the average age is over eighty-four. The oldest person is ninety-nine years and nine months of age.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 18, 1871
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Christian told him he could not praise his skill as a marksman, and advised him to practice before he repeated the shot, and then released him.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 18, 1871
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1871 Runs in the family
Royal Briggs, who committed suicide at Sherman, Conn., the other day, was the last of six brothers who have made way with themselves.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 18, 1871
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1871 Healthy Place
Springfield, Vt., must be a healthy place in which to locate. There are, in that town, ninety persons between the age of seventy and eighty years, and forty-two between eighty and one hundred. Of the latter, the average age is over eighty-four. The oldest person is ninety-nine years and nine months of age.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 18, 1871
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1866 Large Fire in Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Friday, March 17. A fire here last night destroyed twenty buildings from First to Davis street. Loss $100,000.
The New York Times
New York, New York
March 18, 1866
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1800 Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)
...Probably the most important developments in the science of electricity started with the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta. This battery gave the world its first continuous, reliable source of electric current and led to all the important discoveries of the use of electricity.
Tucson Daily Citizen
Tucson, Arizona
March 18, 1960
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1895 NEW BUILDING BURNS.
Monroe was again the scene of a disastrous fire, Sunday morning, the new building just erected by MR. GEORGE REED, having been totally destroyed. A despatch came to Goshen at 2 o'clock, yesterday morning, asking that the fire department come to the rescue. The alarm was immediately sounded and the boys gathered at the depot with their apparatus. When nearly ready to start, another despatch announced that their services were not needed, as the building was about consumed.
Middletown Daily Argus
Middletown, New York
March 18, 1895
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Friday, March 17. A fire here last night destroyed twenty buildings from First to Davis street. Loss $100,000.
The New York Times
New York, New York
March 18, 1866
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1800 Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)
...Probably the most important developments in the science of electricity started with the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta. This battery gave the world its first continuous, reliable source of electric current and led to all the important discoveries of the use of electricity.
Tucson Daily Citizen
Tucson, Arizona
March 18, 1960
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1895 NEW BUILDING BURNS.
Monroe was again the scene of a disastrous fire, Sunday morning, the new building just erected by MR. GEORGE REED, having been totally destroyed. A despatch came to Goshen at 2 o'clock, yesterday morning, asking that the fire department come to the rescue. The alarm was immediately sounded and the boys gathered at the depot with their apparatus. When nearly ready to start, another despatch announced that their services were not needed, as the building was about consumed.
Middletown Daily Argus
Middletown, New York
March 18, 1895
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1899 $2,000,000 for Southbridge People?
SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS., March 17. - It is believed here that the family of Mrs Lucier, mother of Michael Lucier, of Southbridge, has fallen heir to $2,000,000. Word was received here to-day of the death of Rev. F. R. L. Belthosor at San Jose, Cal., who, it is said, left this fortune. Mrs. Lucier is his sister. There are other Southbridge relatives.
The New York Times
New York, New York
March 18, 1899
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SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS., March 17. - It is believed here that the family of Mrs Lucier, mother of Michael Lucier, of Southbridge, has fallen heir to $2,000,000. Word was received here to-day of the death of Rev. F. R. L. Belthosor at San Jose, Cal., who, it is said, left this fortune. Mrs. Lucier is his sister. There are other Southbridge relatives.
The New York Times
New York, New York
March 18, 1899
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America - Did you know?
The Founding Fathers penned the first couple of drafts of the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper since, at the time, at least 75 percent of all the world’s paper was made from cannabis hemp fiber.
Quebec - Did you know?
The narrowest house in North America is located on rue Donnaconna in Quebec City. It is only 3.7 meters (12 feet) long.
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School of Philosophy, 1907
The Concord School of Philosophy was a lyceum-like series of summer lectures and discussions of philosophy in Concord, Massachusetts from 1879 to 1888.
Starting the Concord School of Philosophy had long been a goal of founder Amos Bronson Alcott and others in the Transcendental movement. He and Franklin Benjamin Sanborn composed a prospectus for the school on January 19, 1879, which was sent to potentially interested people throughout the country.
The school opened in the summer of 1879; its first meeting was held in the study of the Alcott family home, Orchard House. A new home for the School was built for use the next summer with the financial support of William Torrey Harris and of his daughter Louisa May Alcott... wikipedia
