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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated August 7, 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 August 7 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
San Francisco, California, USA
ROD AND CREEL.
Anglers Who Are Returning From Their Vacations.
Anglers are returning from their summer vacations with reports of excellent fishing enjoyed at some of the mountain resorts. Fish Commissioner Vogelsang, who had a very pleasant outing in the big meadow country, states that the rainbows take a large fly of rough pattern, and when hooked they make a game struggle for freedom. A majority of the anglers who visit the meadows catch their trout by either whipping or trolling a... Read MORE...
The San Franciso Call - San Francisco, California - Sat., August 7, 1897
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1897 - Dead Fish Don't Grow
ROD AND CREEL.
Anglers Who Are Returning From Their Vacations.
Anglers are returning from their summer vacations with reports of excellent fishing enjoyed at some of the mountain resorts. Fish Commissioner Vogelsang, who had a very pleasant outing in the big meadow country, states that the rainbows take a large fly of rough pattern, and when hooked they make a game struggle for freedom. A majority of the anglers who visit the meadows catch their trout by either whipping or trolling a... Read MORE...
The San Franciso Call - San Francisco, California - Sat., August 7, 1897
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Kensington, New Hampshire, sketches and reminiscences by Mace, Ida M Published 1909
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Farmington, Maine, USA
Thoreau believed, or sometimes talked as if he believed, that everything was to be found in Concord. There was no great occasion for traveling, he thought. If you really needed to see anything, you had only to stay at home, and in due time it would come to you.
This was somewhat whimsical, and no one was better aware of the fact than Thoreau himself, who loved a paradox as other men love a dinner. But one of our exchanges knows of a man who seems to have been a pretty wide traveler without... Read MORE...
The News-Herald - Hillsboro, Ohio - August 7, 1890
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1890 - August 7 - Stationary Traveling.
Thoreau believed, or sometimes talked as if he believed, that everything was to be found in Concord. There was no great occasion for traveling, he thought. If you really needed to see anything, you had only to stay at home, and in due time it would come to you.
This was somewhat whimsical, and no one was better aware of the fact than Thoreau himself, who loved a paradox as other men love a dinner. But one of our exchanges knows of a man who seems to have been a pretty wide traveler without... Read MORE...
The News-Herald - Hillsboro, Ohio - August 7, 1890
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1944 - August 7 – IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
The Harvard Mark I, also known as the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, was one of the earliest electromechanical computers. It was developed by IBM and Harvard University, under the leadership of Howard Aiken. The Mark I was a massive machine, weighing about 5 tons and measuring 51 feet in length. It used over 750,000 components, including switches, relays, and mechanical counters.
The Mark I was designed to perform complex calculations automatically, using a series of punched paper ... Read MORE...
August 7, 1944
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1932 - August 7 – Raymond Edward Welch becomes the first one legged man to scale the 6,288 ft. Mount Washington, NH.
On August 7, 1932, Raymond Edward Welch made history by becoming the first one-legged man to scale Mount Washington in New Hampshire, which stands at 6,288 feet. His remarkable achievement highlighted not only his physical endurance but also his determination and spirit, serving as an inspiration to many. Mount Washington is known for its challenging terrain and unpredictable weather, making Welch's feat even more impressive.
Welch's climb was a significant event in the context of the early... Read MORE...
August 7, 1932
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1906 - FOUR FATALLY BURNED. A SERIOUS GAS EXPLOSION IN NANTICOKE MINE. BOY CRAWLED FROM THE MINE AND SPREAD ALARM - ACCIDENT CAUSED BY GAS AND NAKED LAMP.
Wilkes-Barre, Aug. 6. - An explosion of gas occurred this afternoon in the old No. 1 shaft at Nanticoke, operated by the Susquehanna Coal company.
As a direct result of the accident six men and one boy, all Polish, were injured or burned, four of whom are not expected to recover.
The explosion was caused by a miner with a naked lamp coming in contact with a feeder of gas which he ignited while in the act of blasting.
There were nearly 100 men in the main gangway at the time, but they... Read MORE...
Titusville Herald - Titusville, Pennsylvania - August 7, 1906
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Doughnuts - Heat one quart of new milk, but do not let it boil; add two teacupfuls of lard and three cupfuls the same size of sugar, either white or a light brown; when well melted, stir in one cupful of yeast and enough flour to form a thick ...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., October 27, 1880
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Lewiston Journal
Lewiston, Maine
October 1, 1900
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Oakland, California, USA
Oakland, August 7. - The steam schooner Wasp, heavily lumber-laded from Eureka crashed bow-on into the Southern Pacific drawbridge at Harrison street, in this city, while a narrow gauge train with hundreds of passengers was crossing. A panic ensued among the frightened passengers, who believed that the bridge with the train would be wrecked and toppled into the Oakland estuary.
The bridge wavered and trembled. With the creaking of the iron girders were mingled the cries of frightened... Read MORE...
The Evening News - San Jose, California - August 7, 1906
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1906 - SHIP NEARLY WRECKS A PASSENGER TRAIN
Oakland, August 7. - The steam schooner Wasp, heavily lumber-laded from Eureka crashed bow-on into the Southern Pacific drawbridge at Harrison street, in this city, while a narrow gauge train with hundreds of passengers was crossing. A panic ensued among the frightened passengers, who believed that the bridge with the train would be wrecked and toppled into the Oakland estuary.
The bridge wavered and trembled. With the creaking of the iron girders were mingled the cries of frightened... Read MORE...
The Evening News - San Jose, California - August 7, 1906
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
An Afternoon Tea - A card should be left for or sent to each lady receiving. No after call is necessary, as one"s appearance at the tea is a call. IF there is quite a crowd it is perfectly proper to depart without saying good-by to the hostess or...Read MORE...
The Ladies' Home Journal, May 1898
1869 The landing of the Franco-American cable was appropriately celebrated at Kingston, Mass., on the 27th, by a grand banquet.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 7, 1869
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1886 Strange Breakup
Miss Effie Coslett, of Scranton, Pa., has in consideration of ten thousand dollars in cash, consented to release from and engagement her lover, Frank Howell, who failed to put in a appearance on the night appointed for the wedding, because the spirit of his father told him not to get married.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 7, 1886
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1907 Three Trainmen Killed.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 7. - Two bodies in burning debris and one body recovered from the wreck, 11 freight cars burned and several passengers slightly injured, are the results of a head-on collision on the Southern railway, nine miles east of Raleigh, Tuesday night. The dead are: W. C. PARKER, Spencer, N. C., engineer of freight train. JACK BETHEL, Greensboro, N. C., fireman, and Fireman Young of Lexington, N. C.
Stevens Point Daily Journal
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
August 7, 1907
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 7, 1869
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1886 Strange Breakup
Miss Effie Coslett, of Scranton, Pa., has in consideration of ten thousand dollars in cash, consented to release from and engagement her lover, Frank Howell, who failed to put in a appearance on the night appointed for the wedding, because the spirit of his father told him not to get married.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 7, 1886
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1907 Three Trainmen Killed.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 7. - Two bodies in burning debris and one body recovered from the wreck, 11 freight cars burned and several passengers slightly injured, are the results of a head-on collision on the Southern railway, nine miles east of Raleigh, Tuesday night. The dead are: W. C. PARKER, Spencer, N. C., engineer of freight train. JACK BETHEL, Greensboro, N. C., fireman, and Fireman Young of Lexington, N. C.
Stevens Point Daily Journal
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
August 7, 1907
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1889 Breaking of a Dam
Seventy-Five Acres of Water, Ten Feet Deep, Above Meriden, Conn., Released. MERIDEN, Conn., Aug. 6. - Garlick's dam, holding back seventy-five acres of water ten feet deep, two miles above Meriden, broke this morning at four o'clock and allowed a torrent of water to sweep through a wild valley to the tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, a half mile away. The water here poured through a small culvert into the Peat Works Pond on the other side...
The Scranton Republican
Scranton, Pennsylvania
August 7, 1889
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Seventy-Five Acres of Water, Ten Feet Deep, Above Meriden, Conn., Released. MERIDEN, Conn., Aug. 6. - Garlick's dam, holding back seventy-five acres of water ten feet deep, two miles above Meriden, broke this morning at four o'clock and allowed a torrent of water to sweep through a wild valley to the tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, a half mile away. The water here poured through a small culvert into the Peat Works Pond on the other side...
The Scranton Republican
Scranton, Pennsylvania
August 7, 1889
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America - Did you know?
January 1, 1892 - Ellis Island becomes chief immigration station of the U.S.
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It is said that on the stroke of midnight, farm animals acquired the marvellous and unusual gift of speech. Oxen, cows, horses, pigs, and poultry began to speak to one another and to exchange strange secrets about humans, particularly their masters. ...Read MORE...www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca
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Prince George Hotel
Fifth Ave. & 28th St.
A. M. Gutterson, Mgr.
1000 Rooms with Bath $3.0 and up
A Home in the Heart of Things
Built in 1904 with an addition in 1912, The Prince George Hotel was a key fixture in the vibrant Madison Square neighborhood, with prominent guests such as playwright Eugene O’Neill. The hotel was designed by architect Howard Greenley in the Beaux Arts style, and had many classical and Neo-Renaissance flourishes. Its ground floor included grand common areas including the Ladies’ Tearoom, the English Tap Room, the Hunt Room, and a spacious lounge that would later become The Prince George Ballroom.
For decades, The Prince George Hotel and its restaurants were favorite gathering places. Even in the 1960s, well past its heyday, the hotel continued to draw middle-class tourists visiting New York. But as tourism experienced a steep decline in the 1970s, The Prince George, along with many smaller New York City hotels, lost its grandeur... princegeorgeballroom.org
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