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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated March 8, 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 March 8 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Montpelier, Vermont, USA
State House, March 8.
Amelia Earhart Putnam-evangelist of aviation-added to her converts yesterday.
More than a thousand persons, several hundred of them school children, crowded into the Hall of Representatives, blocked the aisles and all but hung from the ornate chandeliers to see and hear the world's premiere aviatrix when she addressed the Vermont general assembly.
They were the converts-that is, all except a handful who admitted rather shamefacedly they wouldn't ride in an... Read MORE...
Barre Daily Times - Barre, Vermont - March 8, 1935
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1935 - Cheery Amelia Earhart Won Vermonters. Famous American Aviatrix Made Happy Landing at Montpelier. GAVE EXPERIENCES ON OCEAN HOPS. While a Thousand People in State House Hung On Her Words.
State House, March 8.
Amelia Earhart Putnam-evangelist of aviation-added to her converts yesterday.
More than a thousand persons, several hundred of them school children, crowded into the Hall of Representatives, blocked the aisles and all but hung from the ornate chandeliers to see and hear the world's premiere aviatrix when she addressed the Vermont general assembly.
They were the converts-that is, all except a handful who admitted rather shamefacedly they wouldn't ride in an... Read MORE...
Barre Daily Times - Barre, Vermont - March 8, 1935
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Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)
[St Johns, New Brunswick, Letter to the New York Sun.]
Will Americans believe that leprosy, "the eldest daughter of Death," exists on this continent? Though I had seen something to that effect in the Appleton's Cyclopaedia, I for one did not believe it before I heard of Tracadie.
This is a small village on the marshy fringe of Gloucester county, New Brunswick, about twenty-five miles south of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Landward, the eye rests on a dreary, monotonous level, dotted here and... Read MORE...
The Indianapolis News - Indianapolis, Indiana - March 8, 1872
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1872 - LEPROSY - A Hundred Years of Plague in a Seaside Town
[St Johns, New Brunswick, Letter to the New York Sun.]
Will Americans believe that leprosy, "the eldest daughter of Death," exists on this continent? Though I had seen something to that effect in the Appleton's Cyclopaedia, I for one did not believe it before I heard of Tracadie.
This is a small village on the marshy fringe of Gloucester county, New Brunswick, about twenty-five miles south of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Landward, the eye rests on a dreary, monotonous level, dotted here and... Read MORE...
The Indianapolis News - Indianapolis, Indiana - March 8, 1872
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
OLD-FASHIONED SHORT CAKE
One quart of nice buttermilk,
add to it one teaspoonful of soda,
quarter of a teaspoonful of salt,
one tablespoonful of unmelted lard.
Then stir in enough sifted flour to make as soft a dough as can be...Read MORE...
"Palatable Dishes", 1891
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
By Associated Press.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., March 7. - Fire, following several explosions, late tonight virtually destroyed the plant of the Niagara Electro-Chemical company, causing the death of one of the workmen, the injury of several others and property loss estimated at $250,000.
The first explosion was of great force, windows in nearly all buildings within the radius of a block being shattered. The subsequent explosions occurred after the firemen had turned water into the burning... Read MORE...
Titusville Herald - Titusville, Pennsylvania - March 8, 1916
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1916 - NIAGARA FALLS PLANT WRECKED LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY EXPLOSION WAS CAUSED BY DYNAMITE.
By Associated Press.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., March 7. - Fire, following several explosions, late tonight virtually destroyed the plant of the Niagara Electro-Chemical company, causing the death of one of the workmen, the injury of several others and property loss estimated at $250,000.
The first explosion was of great force, windows in nearly all buildings within the radius of a block being shattered. The subsequent explosions occurred after the firemen had turned water into the burning... Read MORE...
Titusville Herald - Titusville, Pennsylvania - March 8, 1916
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Paterson, New Jersey, USA
PATERSON, N. J., March 4. - A fire broke out in the oil room of the Danforth locomotive and machine shops, in this city, this morning, about 8 o'clock, the origin of which is unknown, and the locomotive buildings burned consisted of a blacksmith shop for heavy work; the locomotive erection shop, two stories high, in which were two completed locomotives, several nearly completed, and a number in various processes of construction; and the locomotive-building shop proper, a large structure, four... Read MORE...
The Sun - Baltimore, Maryland - March 8, 1880
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1880 - DESTRUCTIVE FIRE in PATERSON, N. J.
PATERSON, N. J., March 4. - A fire broke out in the oil room of the Danforth locomotive and machine shops, in this city, this morning, about 8 o'clock, the origin of which is unknown, and the locomotive buildings burned consisted of a blacksmith shop for heavy work; the locomotive erection shop, two stories high, in which were two completed locomotives, several nearly completed, and a number in various processes of construction; and the locomotive-building shop proper, a large structure, four... Read MORE...
The Sun - Baltimore, Maryland - March 8, 1880
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Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
George Foster Peabody One of the Injured in Train Wreck.
HIS HURTS NOT SERIOUS
Sharp Curve Cut Off Signal That Brakeman Used In Effort to Avoid Disaster.
Special to The New York Times.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, March 7. - Two persons were killed, another will probably die before morning, and several were injured in an accident this afternoon on the Delaware & Hudson Railway. George Foster Peabody was hurt.
Soon after 5 o'clock a freight train in the yard at the bottom of Church Street ran off... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 8, 1906
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1906 - TWO KILLED IN CRASH OF MONTREAL EXPRESS
George Foster Peabody One of the Injured in Train Wreck.
HIS HURTS NOT SERIOUS
Sharp Curve Cut Off Signal That Brakeman Used In Effort to Avoid Disaster.
Special to The New York Times.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, March 7. - Two persons were killed, another will probably die before morning, and several were injured in an accident this afternoon on the Delaware & Hudson Railway. George Foster Peabody was hurt.
Soon after 5 o'clock a freight train in the yard at the bottom of Church Street ran off... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 8, 1906
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
GLEANINGS
There is a qualitative test for butter so simple that any housewife can put it into successful practice. A clean piece of white paper is smeared with a little of the suspected butter. The paper is then rolled up and set on fire. If the...Read MORE...
Advice for Ladies - The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, December 25, 1885
Detroit, Michigan, USA
DETROIT, Mich., March 7. - A shocking accident occurred at the intersection of Canfield avenue and the railroad tracks early this morning. There had been a fire to which Hook and Ladder Company No. 5 had been called. As the truck was crossing the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee tracks a freight train dashed into the truck and threw it from the track. The following men were probably fatally hurt: Driver ANTHONY KORTE, married, aged 26; Steersman CHRISTIAN GOEBET, single, aged 51; Lieutenant... Read MORE...
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - March 8, 1895
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1895 - THREE FIREMEN FATALLY HURT. A Freight Train Dashed Into a Hook and Ladder Truck.
DETROIT, Mich., March 7. - A shocking accident occurred at the intersection of Canfield avenue and the railroad tracks early this morning. There had been a fire to which Hook and Ladder Company No. 5 had been called. As the truck was crossing the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee tracks a freight train dashed into the truck and threw it from the track. The following men were probably fatally hurt: Driver ANTHONY KORTE, married, aged 26; Steersman CHRISTIAN GOEBET, single, aged 51; Lieutenant... Read MORE...
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - March 8, 1895
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1909 March 8 - The town of Brinkley AR was struck by a tornado which killed 49 persons and caused 600,000 dollars damage.
The tornado, which was two-thirds of a mile in width, destroyed 860 buildings. Entire families were killed as houses were completely swept away by the tornado. Tornadoes killed 64 persons and injured 671 others in Dallas and Monroe counties during the Arkansas tornado outbreak.
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March 8, 1909
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1717 March 8 - On Fishers Island in Long Island Sound, 1200 sheep were discovered to have been buried under a snow drift for four weeks. When finally uncovered, one hundred sheep were still alive.
The Weather Channel
March 8, 1717
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1838 March 8 - US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)
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March 8, 1838
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The tornado, which was two-thirds of a mile in width, destroyed 860 buildings. Entire families were killed as houses were completely swept away by the tornado. Tornadoes killed 64 persons and injured 671 others in Dallas and Monroe counties during the Arkansas tornado outbreak.
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March 8, 1909
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1717 March 8 - On Fishers Island in Long Island Sound, 1200 sheep were discovered to have been buried under a snow drift for four weeks. When finally uncovered, one hundred sheep were still alive.
The Weather Channel
March 8, 1717
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1838 March 8 - US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)
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March 8, 1838
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1900 BAD TRAIN WRECK. ACCIDENT OCCURED DURING A SNOW STORM. NEAR KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. TWO OR MORE PERSONS WERE BURNED TO DEATH - SEVERAL WERE BADLY INJURED.
Kansas City, Mo., March 1. - The fast St. Louis day express, due to arrive in Kansas City at 5:45 this evening, was delayed by a freight train, which struck in a snow drift two miles south of Independence, Mo., about 12 miles out of Kansas City. The St. Louis local passenger train, running 40 minutes behind the fast express, came on through the blinding snow storm and crashed into the express train ahead, the engineer having failed in the driving snow to see the danger signal which the fast...
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San Juan Islander
Friday Harbor, Washington
March 8, 1900
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Kansas City, Mo., March 1. - The fast St. Louis day express, due to arrive in Kansas City at 5:45 this evening, was delayed by a freight train, which struck in a snow drift two miles south of Independence, Mo., about 12 miles out of Kansas City. The St. Louis local passenger train, running 40 minutes behind the fast express, came on through the blinding snow storm and crashed into the express train ahead, the engineer having failed in the driving snow to see the danger signal which the fast...
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San Juan Islander
Friday Harbor, Washington
March 8, 1900
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America - Did you know?
American bison were once hunted to near-extinction. Only 1,000 remained in 1890, down from 30 million bison less than a century earlier.
Quebec - Did you know?
If they wished to marry French-Canadians, Protestants were obliged to obtain a dispensation from the bishop of the diocese before the marriage could take place. This was a common situation in those days (late 1800s).
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