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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated October 17, 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 17 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
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Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
A Spanish girl, having ridden her mule a day's journey with a grape cane for a switch, took a fancy on her arrival home to stick it into the ground to see if it would grow. It did grow, and was allowed to extend itself without pruning. A few years ago, when she had attained a green old age, and the vine covered an acre of ground, a petition in her behalf was presented to Congress, and securing the passage of an act confirming to her the title to a qurter-section of [sic] of public land on which ... Read MORE...
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - October 17, 1868
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1868 - Concerning a monster vine which is growing near Santa Barbara, on the southern coast of California, the story is substantially as follows:
A Spanish girl, having ridden her mule a day's journey with a grape cane for a switch, took a fancy on her arrival home to stick it into the ground to see if it would grow. It did grow, and was allowed to extend itself without pruning. A few years ago, when she had attained a green old age, and the vine covered an acre of ground, a petition in her behalf was presented to Congress, and securing the passage of an act confirming to her the title to a qurter-section of [sic] of public land on which ... Read MORE...
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - October 17, 1868
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Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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Corpus Christi, Tex., Oct. 16. - The hurricane flag which was raised in this city this morning by the local weather bureau was lowered tonight and no unusually great damage occurred here from the high wind which reached a velocity of fifty-one miles an hour this afternoon. The raising of the hurricane flag today marks the first time that signal has been posted in the city in nine years. The wind continued steady today from the north at high velocity. The precipitation... Read MORE...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas, Texas - October 17, 1912
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1912 - Damage at Corpus Christi.
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Corpus Christi, Tex., Oct. 16. - The hurricane flag which was raised in this city this morning by the local weather bureau was lowered tonight and no unusually great damage occurred here from the high wind which reached a velocity of fifty-one miles an hour this afternoon. The raising of the hurricane flag today marks the first time that signal has been posted in the city in nine years. The wind continued steady today from the north at high velocity. The precipitation... Read MORE...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas, Texas - October 17, 1912
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
An Appetizing Dish - One of the most appetizing dishes that can be placed before a hungry family, and which may tempt the appetite of one who isn't hungry, is made in this way: Take one dozen ears of corn, grate it, stir in four eggs, one...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., February 1, 1882
Denver, Colorado, USA
Denver, Colo. 11. - One young woman was probably fatally injured, six firemen were hurt, one seriously, and scores of bystanders had their lives endangered when two automobile fire trucks, traveling at a high rate of speed, met in a collision at the intersection of Seventeenth and Blake Streets in this city.
Six firemen were taken to the county hospital and MISS NEVA HOLMES, a student at the University of Colorado, lies at the point of death at the same place, suffering from injuries... Read MORE...
Casa Grande Dispatch - Arizona - October 17, 1919
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1919 - SEVEN HURT IN COLLISION. HEAVY FIRE TRUCKS SMASH TOGETHER RACING TO FIRE. WRECK UNAVOIDABLE. WORST ACCIDENT OF ITS KIND IN DENVER IN MANY YEARS.
Denver, Colo. 11. - One young woman was probably fatally injured, six firemen were hurt, one seriously, and scores of bystanders had their lives endangered when two automobile fire trucks, traveling at a high rate of speed, met in a collision at the intersection of Seventeenth and Blake Streets in this city.
Six firemen were taken to the county hospital and MISS NEVA HOLMES, a student at the University of Colorado, lies at the point of death at the same place, suffering from injuries... Read MORE...
Casa Grande Dispatch - Arizona - October 17, 1919
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Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898
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Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
About 1 o'clock yesterday morning an attempt was made to burn the mansion of George C. Bolton, in Woonsocket, R. I. A wood-box saturated with kerosene-oil was set on fire, but the smoke awakened a servant girl and the fire was extinguished. An hour later an incendiary fire broke out in the Woonsocket High-school house, which was entirely destroyed, together with valuable chemical and philosophical apparatus, books, three pianos, &c. The building cost $14,000, and with the contents was valued at ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 17, 1875
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1875 - FIRE IN WOONSOCKET, R. I.
About 1 o'clock yesterday morning an attempt was made to burn the mansion of George C. Bolton, in Woonsocket, R. I. A wood-box saturated with kerosene-oil was set on fire, but the smoke awakened a servant girl and the fire was extinguished. An hour later an incendiary fire broke out in the Woonsocket High-school house, which was entirely destroyed, together with valuable chemical and philosophical apparatus, books, three pianos, &c. The building cost $14,000, and with the contents was valued at ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 17, 1875
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Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
QUEBEC, Tuesday, Oct. 16. The Mayor of Quebec issued a proclamation yesterday morning for a meeting to be held last evening, to devise means to assist the sufferers by the great fire. A more numerous and influential assembly never convened in this city. The citizens whose property escaped injury are doing everything in their power to provide relief for those who have been rendered houseless and penniless by the greatest fire that has ever been in America. The sufferings at Portland cannot be... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 17, 1866
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1866 - THE QUEBEC FIRE. Twenty-three Hundred Buildings Destroyed - Six Persons Known to Have Been Burned to Death - Public Meeting in Quebec - Contributions Solicited.
QUEBEC, Tuesday, Oct. 16. The Mayor of Quebec issued a proclamation yesterday morning for a meeting to be held last evening, to devise means to assist the sufferers by the great fire. A more numerous and influential assembly never convened in this city. The citizens whose property escaped injury are doing everything in their power to provide relief for those who have been rendered houseless and penniless by the greatest fire that has ever been in America. The sufferings at Portland cannot be... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 17, 1866
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1882 Sojourner Truth, who is at least 108 years old, lectured in Decatur, Michigan, the other evening, and devoted the proceeds to aid the woman suffrage campaign in Nebraska.
Her voice is weak, but her sentences are full of life and vigor.
The Wellsboro Gazette
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
October 17, 1882
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1933 October 17 – Scientist Albert Einstein arrives in the United States where he settles permanently as a refugee from Nazi Germany and takes up a position at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.
In October 1933, Albert Einstein's arrival in the United States marked a pivotal moment both in his personal life and in the realm of scientific history. Fleeing Nazi Germany amid rising persecution of Jewish intellectuals, Einstein, already renowned for his groundbreaking theories in physics, sought refuge in America. His decision to settle permanently in the U.S. was influenced by the political climate in Europe and the opportunity to continue his work unhindered by the increasingly...
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October 17, 1933
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1777 October 17 - British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY
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October 17, 1777
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Her voice is weak, but her sentences are full of life and vigor.
The Wellsboro Gazette
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
October 17, 1882
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1933 October 17 – Scientist Albert Einstein arrives in the United States where he settles permanently as a refugee from Nazi Germany and takes up a position at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.
In October 1933, Albert Einstein's arrival in the United States marked a pivotal moment both in his personal life and in the realm of scientific history. Fleeing Nazi Germany amid rising persecution of Jewish intellectuals, Einstein, already renowned for his groundbreaking theories in physics, sought refuge in America. His decision to settle permanently in the U.S. was influenced by the political climate in Europe and the opportunity to continue his work unhindered by the increasingly...
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October 17, 1933
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1777 October 17 - British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY
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October 17, 1777
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America - Did you know?
What a quack!Sometimes pioneers were so desperate for a cure that they turned to a quacksalver, or quack for short. Quacks claimed to have miracle cures for all sorts of illnesses. Some of these cures contained unhealthy or even dangerous...Read MORE...
Mormon Station State Historic Park. Genoa, Nevada
Quebec - Did you know?
Women in New France worked very hard. They had to take care of the house, cook for the family, take care of the younger children. Sometimes women had 15 children or more. Women made clothes for the family using cloth that she spun.
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Delaware & Hudson, R.R., Albany, N.Y.
Ladies' Home Journal
June 1898
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