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 October 30, 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 October 30 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Mayr's Laxative Powder No. 2
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
RAILROAD CAKE 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoonful of butter beaten to a cream 3 eggs beaten to a froth 1 cup flour 3 tablespoonsful sweet milk 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar 1/2 teaspoonful soda 1/2 teaspoonful salt (from an 1888 cookbook)
1886 - LIBERTY'S LIGHT. The Great Torch of the Goddess We Love. Imposing Ceremonies Attending the Unveiling of the Bartholdi Statue on Liberty Island.
The Colossal Gift of a Sister Republic Gracefully Accepted by an Appreciative People.
The Metropolis of the Nation Overwhelmed by Throngs of Visitors.
A Mammoth Parade Reviewed by the President and His Cabinet and Our French Guests.
The Grand Naval Procession - Ceremonies at the Statue - Liberty Unveiled - Grand Pyrotechnic Display
NEW YORK, Oct. 28., - The rain, which fell almost continuously for thirty-six hours, did not cease until about daylight this morning. The sky did not... Read MORE...
The Herald-Dispatch - Decatur, Illinois - October 30, 1886
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Cresta Gold Rum
Bennett Distilling Co., San Francisco, California
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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 eating.
Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29. - A fire which threatened to destroy the mammoth packing houses of Armour & Co. in Kansas City, Kan., was discovered in the fertilizer at 3 o'clock this morning. The fertilizer was the last of the buildings to the north, and was separated from the refinery works by only a narrow alley.
The fire started in the south end of the building and spread with amazing rapidity amid the inflammable contents. The firemen of Armour were quickly on the scene, and were soon... Read MORE...
New York Times - New York, New York - October 30, 1889
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1889 - A BIG FIRE IN KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29. - A fire which threatened to destroy the mammoth packing houses of Armour & Co. in Kansas City, Kan., was discovered in the fertilizer at 3 o'clock this morning. The fertilizer was the last of the buildings to the north, and was separated from the refinery works by only a narrow alley.
The fire started in the south end of the building and spread with amazing rapidity amid the inflammable contents. The firemen of Armour were quickly on the scene, and were soon... Read MORE...
New York Times - New York, New York - October 30, 1889
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
UPWARD OF THREE THOUSAND PERSONS HOMELESS AND THE PROPERTY LOSS ESTIMATED AT $6,000,000 - REMARKABLE SWIFTNESS WITH WHICH THE FLAMES SPREAD.
By The Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 29. - In the great fire which swept over this city for ten hours last night forty-six acres of business and residence property, valued at $6,000,000, were burned, upward of 3,000 persons were made homeless, and four lives were lost...
At 3 o'clock this morning the fire was under control and practically ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 30, 1892
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1892 - ACRES WERE SWEPT OVER NOTHING SPARED IN THE PATH OF MILWAUKEE'S FIRE.
UPWARD OF THREE THOUSAND PERSONS HOMELESS AND THE PROPERTY LOSS ESTIMATED AT $6,000,000 - REMARKABLE SWIFTNESS WITH WHICH THE FLAMES SPREAD.
By The Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 29. - In the great fire which swept over this city for ten hours last night forty-six acres of business and residence property, valued at $6,000,000, were burned, upward of 3,000 persons were made homeless, and four lives were lost...
At 3 o'clock this morning the fire was under control and practically ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 30, 1892
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Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)
Many robberies have lately been committed in the Parishes of St. Foy and Cap Rouge, in Canada, and one or two buildings have been burnt. These depreditions are attributed to a notorious woman named Marie Lapointe, who leads a gipsey life, depending upon theft, and sometimes upon begging for subsistence. She is a very short, dark and sharp featured woman, generally habited in man's clothes, with a sash round her body; she is supposed to be aided by other offenders. A warrant has been obtained... Read MORE...
City Gazette - South Carolina - October 30, 1822
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1822 - Woman Thief
Many robberies have lately been committed in the Parishes of St. Foy and Cap Rouge, in Canada, and one or two buildings have been burnt. These depreditions are attributed to a notorious woman named Marie Lapointe, who leads a gipsey life, depending upon theft, and sometimes upon begging for subsistence. She is a very short, dark and sharp featured woman, generally habited in man's clothes, with a sash round her body; she is supposed to be aided by other offenders. A warrant has been obtained... Read MORE...
City Gazette - South Carolina - October 30, 1822
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1890 D.M. Davis of Northfield, a member of the Washington county bar, was severely injured on Thursday, being thrown from a wagon while getting in farm produce.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
October 30, 1890
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1890 The barns and out buildings belonging to Geo. Armstrong of Jay were burned the 22d. The fire was caused by the explosion of a lantern. Insurance $600.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
October 30, 1890
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1890 An Old Man Badly Burned
Cecil Graves of Waterbury, and old man quite deef and feeble was badly burned Friday by his clothing taking fire from an overturned kerosene lamp. His life was saved only by the great exertions of Henry Coburn and wife, who rushed into the roomjust in the nick of time and put out the fire. Mr. Graves is confined to his bed, but there is hope of his recover.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
October 30, 1890
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St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
October 30, 1890
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1890 The barns and out buildings belonging to Geo. Armstrong of Jay were burned the 22d. The fire was caused by the explosion of a lantern. Insurance $600.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
October 30, 1890
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1890 An Old Man Badly Burned
Cecil Graves of Waterbury, and old man quite deef and feeble was badly burned Friday by his clothing taking fire from an overturned kerosene lamp. His life was saved only by the great exertions of Henry Coburn and wife, who rushed into the roomjust in the nick of time and put out the fire. Mr. Graves is confined to his bed, but there is hope of his recover.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
October 30, 1890
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1890 Discouraged Farmers
At North Pawlet farmers are almost discouraged in trying to secure crops. There has been so much wet weather that nearly one-quarter of the potato crop in town is affected with the dry rot. Some who put the tubers into the cellar apparently sound for winter use have been compelled to remove the potatoes to the starch mills.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
October 30, 1890
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1893 October 30 – The 1893 World's Fair, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, closes.
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October 30, 1893
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1869 It is said that 121 vessels were sunk or beached on the coat of new Brunswick and Nova Scotia by the recent tidal wave.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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At North Pawlet farmers are almost discouraged in trying to secure crops. There has been so much wet weather that nearly one-quarter of the potato crop in town is affected with the dry rot. Some who put the tubers into the cellar apparently sound for winter use have been compelled to remove the potatoes to the starch mills.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
October 30, 1890
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1893 October 30 – The 1893 World's Fair, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, closes.
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October 30, 1893
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1869 It is said that 121 vessels were sunk or beached on the coat of new Brunswick and Nova Scotia by the recent tidal wave.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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1869 Detroit is the residence of an enterprising boy of six years, who can hardly speak, but has run away eight or ten times during the present year.
Several times he has reached a distance of one hundred miles from home, and was sent back by conductors.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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1869 In 1868 there were 2,208 books published in the United States.
107 of them imported in editions. Ninety-one of these were subscription books, and thirteen were books of American genealogy.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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1869 A well-known physician who had an extensive practice in Gloucester, (Mass.,) some forty years since,
used to say that roast beef, serenity of mind, cold water bath, and an amiable and pretty wife would make almost any man healthy, wealthy and wise.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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Several times he has reached a distance of one hundred miles from home, and was sent back by conductors.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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1869 In 1868 there were 2,208 books published in the United States.
107 of them imported in editions. Ninety-one of these were subscription books, and thirteen were books of American genealogy.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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1869 A well-known physician who had an extensive practice in Gloucester, (Mass.,) some forty years since,
used to say that roast beef, serenity of mind, cold water bath, and an amiable and pretty wife would make almost any man healthy, wealthy and wise.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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1869 To do the thing properly in New York at a wedding, the bride must have eight bridesmaids, and a hundred-dollar poodle beside the one she marries.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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1869 The total amount of sugar now consumed by all nations may be estimated at 2,500,000 tons. America consumes about 530,000 tons.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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1869 The recent earthquake at the East was very severe at Newburyport, Mass.,
shaking the doors and windows and many movable things in the houses. The people generally were awakened by the commotion. An old brick mansion, built seventy years ago, having the thick massive walls so common in those days, was shaken from the roof to the cellar, rattling the doors and windows and creating general alarm among its occupants. The people in their beds were very sensible of a vibrating motion beneath them.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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1869 The total amount of sugar now consumed by all nations may be estimated at 2,500,000 tons. America consumes about 530,000 tons.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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1869 The recent earthquake at the East was very severe at Newburyport, Mass.,
shaking the doors and windows and many movable things in the houses. The people generally were awakened by the commotion. An old brick mansion, built seventy years ago, having the thick massive walls so common in those days, was shaken from the roof to the cellar, rattling the doors and windows and creating general alarm among its occupants. The people in their beds were very sensible of a vibrating motion beneath them.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 30, 1869
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1922 NEWS OF STATE What Is Going On in and About Old Vermont FACTORY DAMAGED BY FIRE Estimated Loss Not Yet Known
The Burlington fire department responded Saturday morning to an alarm from box 56, at the junction of South Union and Howard st., sent in because of a blaze in the factory of Henry Johnson and Lord in the rear of 204 Howard st. Four lines of hose were used in extinguishing the fire and the Seagrave pump was brought into action to furnish water to the top floor of the building. Frank P. Lord, treasurer and general manager of the concern, stated last evening that no estimate of the damage had...
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St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
October 30, 1922
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1885 A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE VILLAGE DESTROYED.
HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 29. - The village of New-Hartford, in Litchfield County, suffered severely from a fire which broke out in Patrick Myer's saloon at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. This building was totally and speedily destroyed, the fire then communicating with an adjoining wood structure occupied as a saloon and market with tenements overhead. The occupants lost substantially everything. The flames meanwhile swept north and south, destroying two dwelling houses north and enveloping the...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
October 30, 1885
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1874 New Railway
The new Sherbrooke (Canada), Eastern Townships and Kennebec railway shortens the distance from Quebec to Boston 39 miles, and from Quebec to New York, in comparison with the shortest existing line, 58 miles. The president of the new road is J. R. Robertson. The cost so far has been about $200,000 and the completed road will probably require an outlay of $1,906,500.
Lowell Daily Citizen and News
Lowell, Massachusetts
October 30, 1874
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The Burlington fire department responded Saturday morning to an alarm from box 56, at the junction of South Union and Howard st., sent in because of a blaze in the factory of Henry Johnson and Lord in the rear of 204 Howard st. Four lines of hose were used in extinguishing the fire and the Seagrave pump was brought into action to furnish water to the top floor of the building. Frank P. Lord, treasurer and general manager of the concern, stated last evening that no estimate of the damage had...
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St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
October 30, 1922
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1885 A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE VILLAGE DESTROYED.
HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 29. - The village of New-Hartford, in Litchfield County, suffered severely from a fire which broke out in Patrick Myer's saloon at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. This building was totally and speedily destroyed, the fire then communicating with an adjoining wood structure occupied as a saloon and market with tenements overhead. The occupants lost substantially everything. The flames meanwhile swept north and south, destroying two dwelling houses north and enveloping the...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
October 30, 1885
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1874 New Railway
The new Sherbrooke (Canada), Eastern Townships and Kennebec railway shortens the distance from Quebec to Boston 39 miles, and from Quebec to New York, in comparison with the shortest existing line, 58 miles. The president of the new road is J. R. Robertson. The cost so far has been about $200,000 and the completed road will probably require an outlay of $1,906,500.
Lowell Daily Citizen and News
Lowell, Massachusetts
October 30, 1874
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America - Did you know?
May 14, 1804 - Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, Mo., on expedition to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.
Quebec - Did you know?
Quebec was almost an independent country. In 1995, a referendum was held to separate Quebec from Canada. The referendum was not officially legally valid and was only held in Quebec. The no camp won the referendum by 0.4%, which is still seen as a...Read MORE...weleaf.nl
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