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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated August 21, 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 21 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Nozzle Slipped from Man's Grasp, Injuring Several.
Moved Like Huge Serpent, Striking Persons on Head and Breaking Kenneth H. Gayle's Leg.
Special to The Washington Post.
Norfolk, Va., Aug. 20 During the test of a fire engine in Portsmouth tonight Kenneth H. Gayle was severely injured, and the engine, which had just arrived from the factory, was severely disabled. Shortly after 6 o'clock tonight, when the test began, the nozzle slipped from the grasp of the man directing the hose and threw... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, DC - August 21, 1904
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1904 - FIRE HOSE LASHES CROWD
Nozzle Slipped from Man's Grasp, Injuring Several.
Moved Like Huge Serpent, Striking Persons on Head and Breaking Kenneth H. Gayle's Leg.
Special to The Washington Post.
Norfolk, Va., Aug. 20 During the test of a fire engine in Portsmouth tonight Kenneth H. Gayle was severely injured, and the engine, which had just arrived from the factory, was severely disabled. Shortly after 6 o'clock tonight, when the test began, the nozzle slipped from the grasp of the man directing the hose and threw... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, DC - August 21, 1904
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"1847 Rogers Bros."
The Meriden Britannia Co., Meriden, Conn.
The Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898
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Barton, Vermont, USA (Orleans) (Barton Landing)
Barton, Aug. 21. - The annual Barton fair which closes to-morrow evening and which opened Tuesday morning, has been favored with a fair-sized attendance.
The display of vegetables, fruits, grains, etc., is representative and theconsidering this early date and the late spring, is very good. The livestock and other departments are well led. The Barton fair is one of the earliest in the state.
The races were well entered and proved interesting. The Barton band furnished music.
The next... Read MORE...
St Albans Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - August 21, 1914
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1914 - BARTON FAIR SUCCESS. Displays of Vegetables Good - Races Prove Interesting.
Barton, Aug. 21. - The annual Barton fair which closes to-morrow evening and which opened Tuesday morning, has been favored with a fair-sized attendance.
The display of vegetables, fruits, grains, etc., is representative and theconsidering this early date and the late spring, is very good. The livestock and other departments are well led. The Barton fair is one of the earliest in the state.
The races were well entered and proved interesting. The Barton band furnished music.
The next... Read MORE...
St Albans Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - August 21, 1914
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Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada
St. John, New Brunswick, Aug. 11. - An extra edition of the Moniteur Acadien contains the following particulars of the great storm at Buctouche:
About 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the sky was covered with dark, thick clouds, and heavy thunder-claps were heard in the distance. This presaged a tempest, but nobody expected the terrific one that so frightened the peoople of North Bank. Some thick clouds plowed the sky, and two especially, enormously large and black, approached each other from... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - August 21, 1879
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1879 - THE GREAT NEW BRUNSWICK STORM. A TERRIFIC TEMPEST DESTROYS FOUR SCORE HOUSES - THE WATERSPOUT - MANY PERSONS WOUNDED AND SOME KILLED.
St. John, New Brunswick, Aug. 11. - An extra edition of the Moniteur Acadien contains the following particulars of the great storm at Buctouche:
About 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the sky was covered with dark, thick clouds, and heavy thunder-claps were heard in the distance. This presaged a tempest, but nobody expected the terrific one that so frightened the peoople of North Bank. Some thick clouds plowed the sky, and two especially, enormously large and black, approached each other from... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - August 21, 1879
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Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
Steamers Crashed Into Each Other on St. Lawrence Between St. Antoine and St. Croix.
Quebec, August 21. - Four people met death shortly after one o'clock yesterday morning on the St. Lawrence River, when a collision took place between the steamer Hero and the tug Chieftain. The Hero was bound down, and the Chieftain, which had brought down a raft to Quebec, was on its way up. As the result of the collision the Chieftain was sunk.
When the crash came most of the people on board the... Read MORE...
The Ottawa Journal - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - August 21, 1911
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1911 - Boats Collide, Four Lives Lost
Steamers Crashed Into Each Other on St. Lawrence Between St. Antoine and St. Croix.
Quebec, August 21. - Four people met death shortly after one o'clock yesterday morning on the St. Lawrence River, when a collision took place between the steamer Hero and the tug Chieftain. The Hero was bound down, and the Chieftain, which had brought down a raft to Quebec, was on its way up. As the result of the collision the Chieftain was sunk.
When the crash came most of the people on board the... Read MORE...
The Ottawa Journal - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - August 21, 1911
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Lewiston, Maine, USA
They were from the country – that – no one who saw the rustic couple would question for a minute. The fellow who was possibly six feet in height, wore high water pants, had long hair, with a sprinkling now and then of the filamentous structures, stooped a trifle, wore a wide rimmed straw hat, had a red face, prominent nose and peaked chin.
The young lady, who to say the least, was perhaps twenty-three years of age was a little more tastefully dressed than her better half. For head gear she... Read MORE...
The Lewiston Daily Sun - Lewiston, Maine - August 21, 1902
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1902 - They Held Hands. Rustic Couple From the Country Create a Whole Lot of Amusement on Lewiston Streets.
They were from the country – that – no one who saw the rustic couple would question for a minute. The fellow who was possibly six feet in height, wore high water pants, had long hair, with a sprinkling now and then of the filamentous structures, stooped a trifle, wore a wide rimmed straw hat, had a red face, prominent nose and peaked chin.
The young lady, who to say the least, was perhaps twenty-three years of age was a little more tastefully dressed than her better half. For head gear she... Read MORE...
The Lewiston Daily Sun - Lewiston, Maine - August 21, 1902
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
TAPIOCA JELLY
One cupful of tapioca. Pour over it three cupfuls of cold water and let it stand three hours, then put it in a saucepan set within another pan of boiling water.
If the tapioca has soaked up the water, add a little lukewarm...Read MORE...
"Palatable Dishes", 1891
Patton's Sun-Proof Paint
Jas. E. Patton Co., Milwaukee, Wis., U.S.A.
Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898
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Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (Greater Sudbury)
Sudbury, Ont. (CP) - Hundreds of the homeless sought shelter in schools, churches and private homes Thursday night after a freak storm which killed at least four persons, injured about 150 and caused millions of dollars in property damage in four communities.
The storm, packing torrential rain and winds of up to 90 miles an hour, smashed through the nearby mining communities of Lively and Copper Cliff, into the southern edge of Sudbury and on to the logging community of Field 45 miles to the ... Read MORE...
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - August 21, 1970
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1970 - HUNDREDS LEFT WITHOUT HOME. FOUR KILLED AS 90 m.p.h. WINDS, RAIN SMASH THROUGH FOUR ONT. COMMUNITIES.
Sudbury, Ont. (CP) - Hundreds of the homeless sought shelter in schools, churches and private homes Thursday night after a freak storm which killed at least four persons, injured about 150 and caused millions of dollars in property damage in four communities.
The storm, packing torrential rain and winds of up to 90 miles an hour, smashed through the nearby mining communities of Lively and Copper Cliff, into the southern edge of Sudbury and on to the logging community of Field 45 miles to the ... Read MORE...
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - August 21, 1970
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
Arguments should never be maintained with heat and clamour, though we believe or know ourselves
to be in the right: we should give our opinions modestly and coolly; and, if that will not do, endeavour to change the conversation by saying, 'We shall ...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA (Southport)
By The Associated Press
KENOSHA, Wis., Aug. 20. - A Chicago woman was killed and 23 persons were injured when a north shore electric train left the rails and plowed into a field three miles south of here this afternoon.
A hundred passengers were thrown about in the careening cars. Those in the first car were hurled violently from floor to ceiling as it rolled into the field.
Mrs. E. W. Masden, 45, Chicago, was killed. She, and most of those injured, were riding in the first car.
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Abilene Morning Reporter-News - Abilene, Texas - August 21, 1932
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1932 - Woman Killed, 23 Hurt as Electric Train Quits Track
By The Associated Press
KENOSHA, Wis., Aug. 20. - A Chicago woman was killed and 23 persons were injured when a north shore electric train left the rails and plowed into a field three miles south of here this afternoon.
A hundred passengers were thrown about in the careening cars. Those in the first car were hurled violently from floor to ceiling as it rolled into the field.
Mrs. E. W. Masden, 45, Chicago, was killed. She, and most of those injured, were riding in the first car.
C.... Read MORE...
Abilene Morning Reporter-News - Abilene, Texas - August 21, 1932
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L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)
The Canadian of Monday gives an account of a horrible attempt at murder in the parish of L'Islet, under circumstances of almost unparalleled atrocity. The circumstances are thus related by a correspondent of that paper: - a young girl about 19 years of age, of a respectable family in the parish, had gone to gather raspberries at the end of her father's farm, in company with a young girl, a cousin, about ten years of age. As they were preparing to return, a labourer, named Charles Gaudreault, a... Read MORE...
Spectator - New York - August 21, 1837
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1837 - Horrible Murder Attempt
The Canadian of Monday gives an account of a horrible attempt at murder in the parish of L'Islet, under circumstances of almost unparalleled atrocity. The circumstances are thus related by a correspondent of that paper: - a young girl about 19 years of age, of a respectable family in the parish, had gone to gather raspberries at the end of her father's farm, in company with a young girl, a cousin, about ten years of age. As they were preparing to return, a labourer, named Charles Gaudreault, a... Read MORE...
Spectator - New York - August 21, 1837
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1897 August 21 – The Oldsmobile is founded in Lansing, Michigan by Ransom E. Olds.
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August 21, 1897
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1869 Shovel Manufactory Burned
An extensive shovel manufactory at Taunton, Mass., was burned a few days ago, involving a loss of $100,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 21, 1869
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1880 Killed by a Sidewalk.
OMAHA, August 17, - Yesterday afternoon during a heavy rainstorm, Willie Copley, aged 9, while running home, was caught by a plank sidewalk which had been piled against the fence to allow the grading of the street, and which was blown over on him. He was drowned underneath it, in two feet of water. His mysterious disappearance was explained this afternoon by the accidental discovery of his body under the fallen sidewalk.
The Salt Lake Weekly Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah
August 21, 1880
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August 21, 1897
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1869 Shovel Manufactory Burned
An extensive shovel manufactory at Taunton, Mass., was burned a few days ago, involving a loss of $100,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 21, 1869
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1880 Killed by a Sidewalk.
OMAHA, August 17, - Yesterday afternoon during a heavy rainstorm, Willie Copley, aged 9, while running home, was caught by a plank sidewalk which had been piled against the fence to allow the grading of the street, and which was blown over on him. He was drowned underneath it, in two feet of water. His mysterious disappearance was explained this afternoon by the accidental discovery of his body under the fallen sidewalk.
The Salt Lake Weekly Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah
August 21, 1880
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America - Did you know?
GPS is owned and controlled by the U.S. Government. It can be ‘switched off’ at any time.
Quebec - Did you know?
Children in New France had many chores. Small children might bring in the wood for the fireplace. Older girls would help cook, clean and make clothes. Fathers would teach their sons how to ice fish. All the children would help gather maple sap in...Read MORE...teacherweb.com/ ON/ LakeheadUniversity/ NewFranceWQ/ wqr6.aspx
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New York City
Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898
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