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 February 1, 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 February 1 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Grand Isle, Vermont, USA (Middle Hero)
TWO GIRLS AID IN RESCUE
Passengers in Wet Night Clothing Pulled Through Windows In Cold 30 Degrees Below Zero.
Special to The New York Times.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 31. - More than a score of persons, including a number of New Yorkers, are in the hotels and hospitals of this city tonight suffering from injuries and exposure, received when the New York-Montreal express was wrecked this morning at the Rutland Railroad bridge between Grand Isle and South Hero. Several cars plunged down a... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 1, 1920
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1920 - 20 HURT IN WRECK OF MONTREAL FLIER Train from New York Derailed Near Burlington - One Car Plunges Into Lake Champlain
TWO GIRLS AID IN RESCUE
Passengers in Wet Night Clothing Pulled Through Windows In Cold 30 Degrees Below Zero.
Special to The New York Times.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 31. - More than a score of persons, including a number of New Yorkers, are in the hotels and hospitals of this city tonight suffering from injuries and exposure, received when the New York-Montreal express was wrecked this morning at the Rutland Railroad bridge between Grand Isle and South Hero. Several cars plunged down a... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 1, 1920
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Norfolk, Virginia, USA
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 31 — The Atlantic Hotel, the Columbia Office Building, which adjoined the hotel, the Albemarle Flats and a block of stores in the centre of the city were destroyed early this morning by the most destructive fire that Norfolk has had in thirty years.
The damage is estimated at $500,000. The fire had its origin in the Columbia Building, a six-story structure, and was discovered at 1:55 o'clock this morning. Shortly afterward 1,000 gallons of whisky stored in the building... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 1, 1902
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1902 - NORFOLK'S DISASTROUS FIRE - Virginia Town Suffered $500,000 Loss in Destruction of Main Hotel and Business Block
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 31 — The Atlantic Hotel, the Columbia Office Building, which adjoined the hotel, the Albemarle Flats and a block of stores in the centre of the city were destroyed early this morning by the most destructive fire that Norfolk has had in thirty years.
The damage is estimated at $500,000. The fire had its origin in the Columbia Building, a six-story structure, and was discovered at 1:55 o'clock this morning. Shortly afterward 1,000 gallons of whisky stored in the building... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 1, 1902
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Dear Miss Fairfax: – I am a young girl nineteen years old and met a young man of about twenty-two years old, six months ago, and had been keeping company with him until about a month ago, when I met another young man who attends a college, and who I know is well off, while the first young man is not so rich.
The first young man when he found out that he had a rival told me he wanted nothing to do with me any more. We parted, but still keep up our acquaintance. I have now found out that I... Read MORE...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Fort Worth, Texas - February 1, 1903
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1903 - Dear Miss Fairfax
Dear Miss Fairfax: – I am a young girl nineteen years old and met a young man of about twenty-two years old, six months ago, and had been keeping company with him until about a month ago, when I met another young man who attends a college, and who I know is well off, while the first young man is not so rich.
The first young man when he found out that he had a rival told me he wanted nothing to do with me any more. We parted, but still keep up our acquaintance. I have now found out that I... Read MORE...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Fort Worth, Texas - February 1, 1903
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Brown Bread Biscuit - One pound of coarse brown flour or oatmeal flour, two ounces of butter, a little water. Make the butter and water boiling hot and add both to the flour, keeping the paste firm; roll it out, cut it into biscuits and bake...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., May 3, 1882
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Dover, Delaware
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Do not make any display of affection for even your dearest friend; kissing in public, or embracing, are in bad taste. Walking with arms encircling waists, or such demonstrative tokens of love, are marks of low...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
Nyack, New York, USA
3 Others Missing and 15 Hurt by Blast in American Aniline Products Company's Factory.
PROPERTY LOSS $200,000
School Building and Other Structures Damaged - Countryside Shaken for Miles Around.
Special to the New York Times.
NYACK, Jan. 31. - One person is dead, three are missing, and fifteen were injured as the result of an explosion which wrecked and set fire to the big plant of the American Aniline Products Company here today. About 100 persons were in the factory at the time. The ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 1, 1919
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1919 - EXPLOSION KILLS ONE IN NYACK DYE PLANT
3 Others Missing and 15 Hurt by Blast in American Aniline Products Company's Factory.
PROPERTY LOSS $200,000
School Building and Other Structures Damaged - Countryside Shaken for Miles Around.
Special to the New York Times.
NYACK, Jan. 31. - One person is dead, three are missing, and fifteen were injured as the result of an explosion which wrecked and set fire to the big plant of the American Aniline Products Company here today. About 100 persons were in the factory at the time. The ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 1, 1919
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 31 - Fire late to-night destroyed the Coates Opera House, the principal theatre of Kansas City, situated at Tenth Street and Broadway, and occupying a detached building. WALKER WHITESIDE and his company were playing "Heart and Sword" in the house, and had just concluded the evening performance, when some actors discovered that the building was afire, the flames enveloping the whole rear part of the theatre in a few moments. The company lost their wardrobes and scenery,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 1, 1901
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1901 - KANSAS CITY THEATRE BURNED. Coates Opera House a Complete Loss - "L'Aiglon" Was Booked for Monday.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 31 - Fire late to-night destroyed the Coates Opera House, the principal theatre of Kansas City, situated at Tenth Street and Broadway, and occupying a detached building. WALKER WHITESIDE and his company were playing "Heart and Sword" in the house, and had just concluded the evening performance, when some actors discovered that the building was afire, the flames enveloping the whole rear part of the theatre in a few moments. The company lost their wardrobes and scenery,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 1, 1901
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Norfolk, Virginia, USA
[By Associated Press]
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 31. - Eighteen firemen were injured, none very seriously, and more than 1,000,000 berry baskets and crates were destroyed, along with other property in f ire that razed warehouse No. 1 of the Farmers’ Manufacturing Company, here today. The firemen were injured by falling timbers when the roof of the four story structure caved in. A score of others barely escaped.
The warehouse, a big structure, was filled with the flimsy crates, baskets and barrels ... Read MORE...
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond, Virginia - February 1, 1926
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1926 - 18 Firemen Injured Blaze Destroys Norfolk Warehouse Filled With Berry Crates.
[By Associated Press]
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 31. - Eighteen firemen were injured, none very seriously, and more than 1,000,000 berry baskets and crates were destroyed, along with other property in f ire that razed warehouse No. 1 of the Farmers’ Manufacturing Company, here today. The firemen were injured by falling timbers when the roof of the four story structure caved in. A score of others barely escaped.
The warehouse, a big structure, was filled with the flimsy crates, baskets and barrels ... Read MORE...
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond, Virginia - February 1, 1926
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Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA
Mrs. Abigail Broadbent, of Wethersfield, Conn., whose one hundredth birthday was celebrated in June last, died Tuesday night, after a brief illness. The Hartford Times of the 28th says: "Mrs. Broadbent was born on the 6th of June, 1773, and at the time of her death was 100 years and nearly eight months old. During her long life she has enjoyed almost uninterrupted good health, scarcely ever having seen a sick day. On Friday last she had a slight cold, but nothing serious was anticipated, as she ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 1, 1874
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1874 - DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.
Mrs. Abigail Broadbent, of Wethersfield, Conn., whose one hundredth birthday was celebrated in June last, died Tuesday night, after a brief illness. The Hartford Times of the 28th says: "Mrs. Broadbent was born on the 6th of June, 1773, and at the time of her death was 100 years and nearly eight months old. During her long life she has enjoyed almost uninterrupted good health, scarcely ever having seen a sick day. On Friday last she had a slight cold, but nothing serious was anticipated, as she ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 1, 1874
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1890 Why They Were Not Married.
That the hand of the law extends over all the land dawned sadly but unmistakably on Fred N. Smith, aged eighteen and Miss Jennie Dean, aged sixteen of New Haven, last night. They left that city in the "Owl and Pussy Cat" style, i.e., on marriage bent. They were met in Boston, however, by some policemen and escorted to Station 4, and will, in all probability, return to New Haven today, still single, and in charge of loving parents.
Boston Evening Transcript
Boston, Massachusetts
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1900 Washing and Drying the Hair
National Labor Tribune
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1926 February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.
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That the hand of the law extends over all the land dawned sadly but unmistakably on Fred N. Smith, aged eighteen and Miss Jennie Dean, aged sixteen of New Haven, last night. They left that city in the "Owl and Pussy Cat" style, i.e., on marriage bent. They were met in Boston, however, by some policemen and escorted to Station 4, and will, in all probability, return to New Haven today, still single, and in charge of loving parents.
Boston Evening Transcript
Boston, Massachusetts
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1900 Washing and Drying the Hair
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1926 February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.
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1913 February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station.
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1862 February 1 – American Civil War: Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic is published for the first time in the Atlantic Monthly.
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1868 A cow in West Brattleboro, Vt., recently lost a large portion of her tongue by it being bitten off by a horse standing in an adjoining stall.
The cow was accustomed to steal the hay of her neighbor, who showed his resentment by depriving the culprit of the "unruly member."
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1862 February 1 – American Civil War: Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic is published for the first time in the Atlantic Monthly.
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1868 A cow in West Brattleboro, Vt., recently lost a large portion of her tongue by it being bitten off by a horse standing in an adjoining stall.
The cow was accustomed to steal the hay of her neighbor, who showed his resentment by depriving the culprit of the "unruly member."
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1951 February 1, 1951 - The greatest ice storm of record in the U.S.
produced glaze up to four inches thick from Texas to Pennsylvania causing twenty-five deaths, 500 serious injuries, and 100 million dollars damage. Tennessee was hardest hit by the storm. Communications and utilities were interrupted for a week to ten days.
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1893 February 1, Thunder and lightning accompanied sleet and snow at Saint Louis MO during the evening hours, even though the temperature was just 13 degrees above zero.
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1868 A lady in Lawrence, Mass., suddenly awoke in the night with the impression that her little girl was in danger.
Feeling her way in the dark to the child's crib, directed by a strong impulse, she put her finger into the little sleeper's mouth, and to her astonishment took from thence a large pin.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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produced glaze up to four inches thick from Texas to Pennsylvania causing twenty-five deaths, 500 serious injuries, and 100 million dollars damage. Tennessee was hardest hit by the storm. Communications and utilities were interrupted for a week to ten days.
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1893 February 1, Thunder and lightning accompanied sleet and snow at Saint Louis MO during the evening hours, even though the temperature was just 13 degrees above zero.
The Weather Channel
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1868 A lady in Lawrence, Mass., suddenly awoke in the night with the impression that her little girl was in danger.
Feeling her way in the dark to the child's crib, directed by a strong impulse, she put her finger into the little sleeper's mouth, and to her astonishment took from thence a large pin.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1868 In the city of Boston there are 507 streets, and 489 courts and places. The newly acquired Roxbury adds 107 streets, and 101 courts and places.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1920 February 1 - 1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn)
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1898 Watch Tomorrow's Sun
Tomorrow will be "groundhog day." There are all sorts of theories about the weather on that day. In Spokane the popular creed seems to be that if the groundhog comes out of his hole at noon and sees his shadow in the sunlight he will go back again, knowing that there will be six more weeks of winter. Others say it's just the other way, and that anybody who says Spokane's to have six weeks more of winter, sunshine or no sunshine, does not know what he's talking about.
Spokane Daily Chronicle
Spokane, Washington
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1920 February 1 - 1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn)
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1898 Watch Tomorrow's Sun
Tomorrow will be "groundhog day." There are all sorts of theories about the weather on that day. In Spokane the popular creed seems to be that if the groundhog comes out of his hole at noon and sees his shadow in the sunlight he will go back again, knowing that there will be six more weeks of winter. Others say it's just the other way, and that anybody who says Spokane's to have six weeks more of winter, sunshine or no sunshine, does not know what he's talking about.
Spokane Daily Chronicle
Spokane, Washington
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1911 Bad Wreck on Grand Trunk
Three of Five Persons Injured at L'Acadie Will Die. L'Acadie, Feb. 1 - The Grand Trunk Portland Express was wrecked here today five persons being injured, three of them seriously.
St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
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Three of Five Persons Injured at L'Acadie Will Die. L'Acadie, Feb. 1 - The Grand Trunk Portland Express was wrecked here today five persons being injured, three of them seriously.
St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
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America - Did you know?
Observation of foreign travelers to America:Having To Tip Your Servers
Many foreigners are confused when they are expected to tip their servers at a restaurant or bar. They find it weird that they have to pay for someone else's employees to...Read MORE...
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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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