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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated February 24, 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 24 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
A Conference of Six Churches in the Congregational Chruch, Preston City, October 16th, 1912
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1896 - February 24 - MILLBURY. Albert Baker's Condition. Wounded Boy Suffering Much Pain, and Case Still Serious
The condition of Albert Baker, the boy shot by C. T. Aldrich, Jr., Saturday, is still serious. He had a bad night Saturday night, as reported by Dr. Cronin. The wound is very painful and his nervous system is completely shattered. Edward Fallon, who was one of the mill hands that held Aldrich for a few moments when Baker was trying to get away, will be a very important witness at the trial, Wednesday. He has left the employ of Aldrich. He said: "I do not care to work for a man that would shoot... Read MORE...
Worcester Daily Spy - Worcester, Massachusetts - February 24, 1896
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Lewiston, Maine, USA
The ex-city marshal Odlin's got a bunch of nickel-in-the-slot machines at his home on Newman street. These machines were seized by him while he was city marshal. They were initially stored in the Lewiston city building, but as Odlin was nearing completion of his term of office, he removed them to his home. The machines have been confiscated and will be destroyed. Odlin told Sheriff Cummings that even though "the law states that the slot machines shall be destroyed," once Odlin had left office... Read MORE...
The Lewiston Daily Sun - Lewiston, Maine - Tuesday morning, February 24, 1903
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1903 - THE ODLIN SLOT MACHINES - Taken from Him by the Deputy Sheriffs Yesterday to Be Destroyed Today.
The ex-city marshal Odlin's got a bunch of nickel-in-the-slot machines at his home on Newman street. These machines were seized by him while he was city marshal. They were initially stored in the Lewiston city building, but as Odlin was nearing completion of his term of office, he removed them to his home. The machines have been confiscated and will be destroyed. Odlin told Sheriff Cummings that even though "the law states that the slot machines shall be destroyed," once Odlin had left office... Read MORE...
The Lewiston Daily Sun - Lewiston, Maine - Tuesday morning, February 24, 1903
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
To make a Cheshire Pork Pie for Sea.
Take some salt pork that has been boiled, cut it into thin slices, an equal quantity of potatoes pared and sliced thin, make a good crust, cover the dish, lay a layer of meat seasoned with a little pepper, and ...Read MORE...
The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, 1796
1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
It is extremely indecent to spit, cough, and expectorate, (as it were,) in company, as some hearty fellows are apt to do; and more so, when you have blown your nose, to draw aside and examine the contents of your handkerchief; as if you expected...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
Melrose, Feb. 23. - (AP) - Armand Thiberg, an employe[sic] of Friend Brothers, bakers, was critically burned about the face and hands tonight when a large gas oven in the company's bean factory exploded. At Melrose hospital it was believed he would lose the sight of one eye.
Thiberg had come to the factory to light the ovens. It was believed that the heater did not light and that gas collecting in the oven became ignited. Thiberg was thrown across the room by the force of the blast, which... Read MORE...
Springfield Republican - Springfield, Massachusetts - February 24, 1930
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1930 - BEAN FACTORY BLAST CRITICALLY BURNS MAN
Melrose, Feb. 23. - (AP) - Armand Thiberg, an employe[sic] of Friend Brothers, bakers, was critically burned about the face and hands tonight when a large gas oven in the company's bean factory exploded. At Melrose hospital it was believed he would lose the sight of one eye.
Thiberg had come to the factory to light the ovens. It was believed that the heater did not light and that gas collecting in the oven became ignited. Thiberg was thrown across the room by the force of the blast, which... Read MORE...
Springfield Republican - Springfield, Massachusetts - February 24, 1930
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East Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Broad Brook) (Warehouse Point) (Melrose) (Scantic) (Windsorville)
HARTFORD, Feb, 23 - Mrs. ANN STILES, who was arrested on suspicion of being the person who sent the boxes of candy containing arsenic by mail to two families in East Windsor, was examined before EDMUND WATSON, Justice of the Peace, in that town, yesterday. The testimony of LESTER DEWEY, the husband of Mrs. SARAH M. DEWEY, who was most dangerously poisoned, the Postmasters who received and delivered the boxes, was heard, and she was bound over for trial in the sum of $2,500. She will be brought... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 24, 1871
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1871 - The Poisoning Case in East Windsor, Conn. - The Suspected Woman Bound Over for Trial.
HARTFORD, Feb, 23 - Mrs. ANN STILES, who was arrested on suspicion of being the person who sent the boxes of candy containing arsenic by mail to two families in East Windsor, was examined before EDMUND WATSON, Justice of the Peace, in that town, yesterday. The testimony of LESTER DEWEY, the husband of Mrs. SARAH M. DEWEY, who was most dangerously poisoned, the Postmasters who received and delivered the boxes, was heard, and she was bound over for trial in the sum of $2,500. She will be brought... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - February 24, 1871
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1893 ACCIDENTS TO RAILROAD TRAINS. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND TWO WERE FATALLY INJURED.
CHESTER, Vt., Feb. 23. - A big snowplow on the Central Vermont Railroad, pushed by two engines, left the rails and tumbled down an embankment two miles above Ludlow this morning. The snowplow was smashed and one engine. The snowplow was smashed and one engine was shattered. Section Boss Brown of Bellows Falls was fatally injured and Roadmaster Sheehan of Rutland had both legs broken.
The New York Times
New York, New York
February 24, 1893
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1885 February 24 - The Congregational church at Conway, Mass., was totally destroyed by fire last night. Loss, $12,000.
The Times
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 24, 1885
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1890 February 24 – Chicago is selected to host the Columbian Exposition
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February 24, 1890
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CHESTER, Vt., Feb. 23. - A big snowplow on the Central Vermont Railroad, pushed by two engines, left the rails and tumbled down an embankment two miles above Ludlow this morning. The snowplow was smashed and one engine. The snowplow was smashed and one engine was shattered. Section Boss Brown of Bellows Falls was fatally injured and Roadmaster Sheehan of Rutland had both legs broken.
The New York Times
New York, New York
February 24, 1893
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1885 February 24 - The Congregational church at Conway, Mass., was totally destroyed by fire last night. Loss, $12,000.
The Times
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 24, 1885
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1890 February 24 – Chicago is selected to host the Columbian Exposition
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February 24, 1890
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1872 Three young sons of Mr. Miller, of Sharon, Mass., were drowned in that town the other day, by breaking through the ice.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 24, 1872
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1868 February 24 - 1st US parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile Alabama)
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February 24, 1868
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1930 INJURED IN PLANE CRASH
Roswell, N. M., Feb. 23. - (AP) - Onis Reynolds of Roswell, was injured, perhaps fatally, here today in an airplane crash, when his plane fell from an altitude of 200 feet as he attempted to make a turn. William Kennedy, a passenger, escaped with minor injuries. The plane was demolished.
The Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
February 24, 1930
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 24, 1872
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1868 February 24 - 1st US parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile Alabama)
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February 24, 1868
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1930 INJURED IN PLANE CRASH
Roswell, N. M., Feb. 23. - (AP) - Onis Reynolds of Roswell, was injured, perhaps fatally, here today in an airplane crash, when his plane fell from an altitude of 200 feet as he attempted to make a turn. William Kennedy, a passenger, escaped with minor injuries. The plane was demolished.
The Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
February 24, 1930
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1957 THREE BOYS KILLED WHEN CAVE COLLAPSES.
Anaheim, Calif., Feb. 23 (AP) - Three boys were killed yesterday when a cave they were digging in an embankment collapsed. Buried under tons of earth were LARRY JOSEPH SCHARER, 12; STEPHEN WAYNE JONES, 10, and WILLIAM DAVID BARRON, 7. BILLY HUSHMAN, 10, who was digging with the others in a bank of dirt at a freeway project, went home about 1 p.m. to get a shovel. When he returned, he found the cave obliterated.
The News and Tribune
Jefferson City, Missouri
February 24, 1957
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1900 BIG LOSS. Fire in Alabama Does Damage to the Extent of Many Thousands.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 23. - An explosion of a gasoline stove in the basement of the Metropolitan hotel this afternoon was followed by a fire which burned that building and the Hewett block adjoining, causing a loss of about $160,000. The insurance amounts to about three-fourths of the loss. After two hours' hard work by the firemen the flames were beyond control and fearing the entire block, including the Potter buildings and the Morris hotel, would be swept away, a telegram was sent to...
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Grand Forks Daily Herald
Grand Forks, North Dakota
February 24, 1900
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1874 A Curious Clock
A Thompson, Connecticut, clock company has shipped a curious clock to San Francisco, to be placed in the tower of the greatest hotel on the continent, where it will furnish the time for 500 dials, which are to be operated by compressed air carried in pipes all over the building. The building has 500 rooms and there is to be a dial in every room.
The Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas
February 24, 1874
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Anaheim, Calif., Feb. 23 (AP) - Three boys were killed yesterday when a cave they were digging in an embankment collapsed. Buried under tons of earth were LARRY JOSEPH SCHARER, 12; STEPHEN WAYNE JONES, 10, and WILLIAM DAVID BARRON, 7. BILLY HUSHMAN, 10, who was digging with the others in a bank of dirt at a freeway project, went home about 1 p.m. to get a shovel. When he returned, he found the cave obliterated.
The News and Tribune
Jefferson City, Missouri
February 24, 1957
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1900 BIG LOSS. Fire in Alabama Does Damage to the Extent of Many Thousands.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 23. - An explosion of a gasoline stove in the basement of the Metropolitan hotel this afternoon was followed by a fire which burned that building and the Hewett block adjoining, causing a loss of about $160,000. The insurance amounts to about three-fourths of the loss. After two hours' hard work by the firemen the flames were beyond control and fearing the entire block, including the Potter buildings and the Morris hotel, would be swept away, a telegram was sent to...
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Grand Forks Daily Herald
Grand Forks, North Dakota
February 24, 1900
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1874 A Curious Clock
A Thompson, Connecticut, clock company has shipped a curious clock to San Francisco, to be placed in the tower of the greatest hotel on the continent, where it will furnish the time for 500 dials, which are to be operated by compressed air carried in pipes all over the building. The building has 500 rooms and there is to be a dial in every room.
The Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas
February 24, 1874
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1893 Train Wreck
GARDNER, Mass., Feb. 23. - A train on the Central Massachusetts Railroad, eastbound, left the track a mile east of Jeffersonville this morning. Two milk cars went down a ten-foot embankment, and were capsized. One passenger coach left the track. There were only a few passengers aboard, and no one was seriously injured, though all received slight bruises and considerable of a shaking up. The accident was caused by the spreading of the rails.
The New York Times
New York, New York
February 24, 1893
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1880 ire
At East Lyme, Conn. The woolen mill of the Atlantic Mills Co., at East Lyme, Ct., was burned Monday afternoon. Loss $50,000.
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St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
February 24, 1880
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GARDNER, Mass., Feb. 23. - A train on the Central Massachusetts Railroad, eastbound, left the track a mile east of Jeffersonville this morning. Two milk cars went down a ten-foot embankment, and were capsized. One passenger coach left the track. There were only a few passengers aboard, and no one was seriously injured, though all received slight bruises and considerable of a shaking up. The accident was caused by the spreading of the rails.
The New York Times
New York, New York
February 24, 1893
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1880 ire
At East Lyme, Conn. The woolen mill of the Atlantic Mills Co., at East Lyme, Ct., was burned Monday afternoon. Loss $50,000.
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St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
February 24, 1880
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America - Did you know?
A South Dakota miner started calling Mount Rushmore by this name after a visiting New York attorney – Charles Rushmore – inquired about the granite cliff’s name. The name stuck and became official in 1930.
Quebec - Did you know?
In New France, the vast majority of newcomers were either soldiers or indentured workers. Before crossing the Atlantic, the indentured workers had signed a contract providing for a predetermined stay. Most of them saw it as a temporary contract, not ...Read MORE...History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.
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The White Sewing Machine Company was a sewing machine company founded in 1858 in Templeton, Massachusetts, by Thomas H. White and based in Cleveland, Ohio, since 1866. Founded as the White Manufacturing Company it took the White Sewing Machine Company name when it was incorporated in 1876. wikipedia
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