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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated March 26, 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 26 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
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1902 - May 20 – Cuba gains independence from the United States.
CUBA'S INDEPENDENCE
THE HOME GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CONTROL ON MAY 20TH
THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION
to take Place on that Day - The American Evacuation to Be Complete Except Military Forces in Coast Defenses - All Military and Civil Offices to be Then Turned Over to the Cubans - The Cuban Congress to be Called in Extra Session May 10th.
Washington, March 25. - May 20, 1902 is the new date fixed for turning over the island of Cuba to its people. The change of date was made, if not at the... Read MORE...
The Wilmington Messenger - Wilmington, North Carolina - March 26, 1902
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Fish Cakes - Cold boiled codfish, either fresh or salt, remove the bones and mince the meat; take two-thirds as much warm mashed potatoes as fish, add a little butter and sufficient beaten eggs or milk to make the whole into a smooth paste,...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., September 2, 1881
Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Easton, Pa., March 26. - At least seven men were killed an an unknown number injured today in a premature dynamite explosion in a limestone quarry at the plant of the Lehigh Portland Cement Co.
Unofficial estimates said the death toll might reach 20.
Fourteen school children from a school a mile north of the quarry were brought to an Easton hospital.
The blast, which occurred about 9:45 a.m. E.W.T.
was heard for miles around, and was so severe that doors were jarred open in... Read MORE...
Lowell Sun - Lowell, Massachusetts - March 26, 1942
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1942 - BLAST FELT IN RADIUS OF 50 MILES. SEVERAL KILLED AT CEMENT PLANT QUARRY AT EASTON, PA.
Easton, Pa., March 26. - At least seven men were killed an an unknown number injured today in a premature dynamite explosion in a limestone quarry at the plant of the Lehigh Portland Cement Co.
Unofficial estimates said the death toll might reach 20.
Fourteen school children from a school a mile north of the quarry were brought to an Easton hospital.
The blast, which occurred about 9:45 a.m. E.W.T.
was heard for miles around, and was so severe that doors were jarred open in... Read MORE...
Lowell Sun - Lowell, Massachusetts - March 26, 1942
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Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
BISMARCK, N. D., March 25. - Some one tried to burn up the town this morning. At 2 o'clock an incendiary started a blaze between two empty buildings, with the wind blowing sixty miles an hours. The old opera-house on Third street, the laundry building belonging to George P. Flannery, of Minneapolis and the Judkins photograph gallery were burned. The sparks also set fire to two small houses two blocks distant. Only the wet roofs from the recent snows saved half of the town. About the same hour a ... Read MORE...
The Sunday Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - March 26, 1890
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1890 - CONFLAGRATIONS. Incendiarism at Bismarck, N. D.
BISMARCK, N. D., March 25. - Some one tried to burn up the town this morning. At 2 o'clock an incendiary started a blaze between two empty buildings, with the wind blowing sixty miles an hours. The old opera-house on Third street, the laundry building belonging to George P. Flannery, of Minneapolis and the Judkins photograph gallery were burned. The sparks also set fire to two small houses two blocks distant. Only the wet roofs from the recent snows saved half of the town. About the same hour a ... Read MORE...
The Sunday Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - March 26, 1890
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Greenburgh, New York, USA (Tarrytown) (Hartsdale)
Special to The New York Times.
TARRYTOWN, N. Y., March 23. - Fire in the woods on the estate of John D. Rockefeller gained such headway this afternoon that the Rockefeller fire brigade, with jumper and hose, had to be rushed to the scene. It was followed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and his wife in a carriage, who directed the men at their work. About twenty-five men were engaged in the fight, and it took several hours of hard work before Mr. Rockefeller decided that the blaze was out, and... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 26, 1910
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1910 - ROCKEFELLER, JR., FIGHTS FIRE. In Charge of His Own Hose Company at a Pocantico Hills Blaze.
Special to The New York Times.
TARRYTOWN, N. Y., March 23. - Fire in the woods on the estate of John D. Rockefeller gained such headway this afternoon that the Rockefeller fire brigade, with jumper and hose, had to be rushed to the scene. It was followed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and his wife in a carriage, who directed the men at their work. About twenty-five men were engaged in the fight, and it took several hours of hard work before Mr. Rockefeller decided that the blaze was out, and... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 26, 1910
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Past is very much "past" with children. Let them begin every day as fresh as the morning itself, with no clouds lingering from the previous day. -...Read MORE...
Advice for Ladies - The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, December 25, 1885
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Thomas Wood, 10 year old son of T. S. Wood, 1927 East Superior street, had a narrow escape yesterday afternoon from being crushed under the wheels of a large touring car. He owes his life to the skill of the chauffeur. The lad was badly bruised about the body and face.
Thomas was riding east on Superior street yesterday afternoon on a bicycle. Following close behind him was the automobile of H. F. Williamson. When near Nineteenth avenue east the boy essayed to turn up the avenue. As he... Read MORE...
The Duluth News Tribune - Duluth, Minnesota - March 26, 1910
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1910 - BOY IS STRUCK DOWN BY AUTO. Thomas Wood Is Thrown From Bicycle as He Darts in Front of Moving Machine.
Thomas Wood, 10 year old son of T. S. Wood, 1927 East Superior street, had a narrow escape yesterday afternoon from being crushed under the wheels of a large touring car. He owes his life to the skill of the chauffeur. The lad was badly bruised about the body and face.
Thomas was riding east on Superior street yesterday afternoon on a bicycle. Following close behind him was the automobile of H. F. Williamson. When near Nineteenth avenue east the boy essayed to turn up the avenue. As he... Read MORE...
The Duluth News Tribune - Duluth, Minnesota - March 26, 1910
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Sioux City, Iowa, USA
HOTEL ALSO FLAME SWEPT - GUESTS MAKE THRILLING ESCAPES, JUMPING INTO NETS.
Sioux City, Ia., March 26. - Two firemen were killed and three injured and between $300,000 and $400,000 damage done in a fire which swept the quarter block at the southeast corner of Fourth and Nebraska streets, the heart of the business district, early this morning.
The dead are:
FRANK FULTON, pipeman of hose company No. 1.
SEELEY LAWTON, driver for fire chief KELLOGG.
The injured firemen are:
ED ROTH,... Read MORE...
Waterloo Evening Courier - Iowa - March 26, 1914
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1914 - TWO FIREMEN LOSE LIVES IN SIOUX CITY BLAZE; HEAVY LOSS. MEN TRAPPED UNDER FALLING WALL AS THEY FIGHT FLAMES; THREE FIGHTERS INJURED. PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL REACH NEARLY $400,000.
HOTEL ALSO FLAME SWEPT - GUESTS MAKE THRILLING ESCAPES, JUMPING INTO NETS.
Sioux City, Ia., March 26. - Two firemen were killed and three injured and between $300,000 and $400,000 damage done in a fire which swept the quarter block at the southeast corner of Fourth and Nebraska streets, the heart of the business district, early this morning.
The dead are:
FRANK FULTON, pipeman of hose company No. 1.
SEELEY LAWTON, driver for fire chief KELLOGG.
The injured firemen are:
ED ROTH,... Read MORE...
Waterloo Evening Courier - Iowa - March 26, 1914
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Rockingham, Vermont, USA (Bellows Falls) (Saxton's River)
Bellows Falls, Vt., March 26. - The three principal business structures here, the Union and Arms blocks and the Hotel Windham were destroyed by fire, early today, at a loss of $200,000. For hours it was feared the whole business section of the city would be wiped out, but the flames were contained to two blocks and the hotel.
Thirty guests were asleep in the hotel when the fire started in the Union block, but hotel employes aroused the sleepers in time to rise and escape. One aged man was... Read MORE...
Fitchburg Daily Sentinel - Fitchburg, Massachusetts - March 26, 1912
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1912 - BELLOWS FALLS HAS BIG FIRE. HOTEL AND TWO BIG BLOCKS DESTROYED AT LOSS OF $200,000.
Bellows Falls, Vt., March 26. - The three principal business structures here, the Union and Arms blocks and the Hotel Windham were destroyed by fire, early today, at a loss of $200,000. For hours it was feared the whole business section of the city would be wiped out, but the flames were contained to two blocks and the hotel.
Thirty guests were asleep in the hotel when the fire started in the Union block, but hotel employes aroused the sleepers in time to rise and escape. One aged man was... Read MORE...
Fitchburg Daily Sentinel - Fitchburg, Massachusetts - March 26, 1912
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Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
Conflagration at South Hamilton Sweeps Away 21 Buildings and Renders 15 Homeless - Ice Houses Burn in Essex, Seven Homes in Revere.
ASHLAND IS THREATENED BY BLAZE THAT DESTROYS THREE DWELLINGS
GREAT NORTH SHORE FIRE SUMMARIZED
Started in "cottage" house in Hamilton, presumably from a defective flue.
Burned a strip three-quarters of a mile long through business, residential and summer colony sections of Hamilton, destroying twenty-one buildings at a loss of $100,000.
Ember, carried... Read MORE...
The Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - March 26, 1910
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1910 - GALE FANS FLAMES THAT WORK $200,000 DAMAGE IN STATE.
Conflagration at South Hamilton Sweeps Away 21 Buildings and Renders 15 Homeless - Ice Houses Burn in Essex, Seven Homes in Revere.
ASHLAND IS THREATENED BY BLAZE THAT DESTROYS THREE DWELLINGS
GREAT NORTH SHORE FIRE SUMMARIZED
Started in "cottage" house in Hamilton, presumably from a defective flue.
Burned a strip three-quarters of a mile long through business, residential and summer colony sections of Hamilton, destroying twenty-one buildings at a loss of $100,000.
Ember, carried... Read MORE...
The Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - March 26, 1910
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Revere, Massachusetts, USA (Revere Beach)
Conflagration at South Hamilton Sweeps Away 21 Buildings and Renders 15 Homeless - Ice Houses Burn in Essex, Seven Homes in Revere.
ASHLAND IS THREATENED BY BLAZE THAT DESTROYS THREE DWELLINGS
GREAT NORTH SHORE FIRE SUMMARIZED
Started in "cottage" house in Hamilton, presumably from a defective flue.
Burned a strip three-quarters of a mile long through business, residential and summer colony sections of Hamilton, destroying twenty-one buildings at a loss of $100,000.
Ember, carried... Read MORE...
The Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - March 26, 1910
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1910 - GALE FANS FLAMES THAT WORK $200,000 DAMAGE IN STATE.
Conflagration at South Hamilton Sweeps Away 21 Buildings and Renders 15 Homeless - Ice Houses Burn in Essex, Seven Homes in Revere.
ASHLAND IS THREATENED BY BLAZE THAT DESTROYS THREE DWELLINGS
GREAT NORTH SHORE FIRE SUMMARIZED
Started in "cottage" house in Hamilton, presumably from a defective flue.
Burned a strip three-quarters of a mile long through business, residential and summer colony sections of Hamilton, destroying twenty-one buildings at a loss of $100,000.
Ember, carried... Read MORE...
The Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - March 26, 1910
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Milford, New Hampshire, USA
Milford, N. H., March 25. - Two forest fires that raged here simultaneously today destroyed the Shedd schoolhouse and the buildings on the Totterman estate in West Milford and the buildings on the Charles Penault farm in South Milford. Students from Milford Academy aided in fighting the flames, which threatened the home of Charles Flanders, near the Totterman place. The total loss is placed at about $600, distributed as follows: Schoolhouse, $1000; Penault buildings, $1700; Totterman buildings, ... Read MORE...
The Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - March 26, 1910
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1910 Schoolhouse and Farm Buildings Are Burned
Milford, N. H., March 25. - Two forest fires that raged here simultaneously today destroyed the Shedd schoolhouse and the buildings on the Totterman estate in West Milford and the buildings on the Charles Penault farm in South Milford. Students from Milford Academy aided in fighting the flames, which threatened the home of Charles Flanders, near the Totterman place. The total loss is placed at about $600, distributed as follows: Schoolhouse, $1000; Penault buildings, $1700; Totterman buildings, ... Read MORE...
The Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - March 26, 1910
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
Youngster Wind Gold Medal for Refusing to Sell Liquor
NEW YORK. March 25 - Satisfaction of the existence of a non-bootlegging bellboy was the feature of a medal bestowing ceremony at the Hotel Prince George today.
The young dry hero was Russell Woods. He stood at attention while A. M. Gutterson, manager of the hotel, pinned a gold medal on his breast.
Documentary evidence that Woods earned his medal exists in the form of a letter from a thirsty guest who wrote that he admired the boy's ... Read MORE...
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Oregonian - Oregon - March 26, 1928
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1928 - LOST BELLBOY FOUND
Youngster Wind Gold Medal for Refusing to Sell Liquor
NEW YORK. March 25 - Satisfaction of the existence of a non-bootlegging bellboy was the feature of a medal bestowing ceremony at the Hotel Prince George today.
The young dry hero was Russell Woods. He stood at attention while A. M. Gutterson, manager of the hotel, pinned a gold medal on his breast.
Documentary evidence that Woods earned his medal exists in the form of a letter from a thirsty guest who wrote that he admired the boy's ... Read MORE...
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Oregonian - Oregon - March 26, 1928
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1891 Fatal Disregard of a Wife's Advice
Union, S. C, March 17. - A very sad accident occurred near Home postoffice, in this County, last Friday, 13th instant. C. LaFayette Kirby was cleaning out his well, when the rope, or chain, broke and the bucket, with its contents, (estimated to weigh about 150 pounds,) fell on him. His neck was broken and he died instantly. We have heard from good authority that he went into the well that morning against the protest of his wife, who proposed to pay for cleaning it with her own money. But he...
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The Intelligencer
Anderson, South Carolina
Thurs, March 26, 1891
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1872 March 26 – An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.2 strikes Lone Pine, California.
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March 26, 1872
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1870 The general term of the Supreme Court at Hudson, N. Y.,
has affirmed the decision of Judge Miller, in the noted habeas corpus case of Babour vs. Trustees of the New Lebanon Shakers, awarding the custody of a child held by the Shakers to its parents.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 26, 1870
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Union, S. C, March 17. - A very sad accident occurred near Home postoffice, in this County, last Friday, 13th instant. C. LaFayette Kirby was cleaning out his well, when the rope, or chain, broke and the bucket, with its contents, (estimated to weigh about 150 pounds,) fell on him. His neck was broken and he died instantly. We have heard from good authority that he went into the well that morning against the protest of his wife, who proposed to pay for cleaning it with her own money. But he...
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The Intelligencer
Anderson, South Carolina
Thurs, March 26, 1891
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1872 March 26 – An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.2 strikes Lone Pine, California.
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March 26, 1872
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1870 The general term of the Supreme Court at Hudson, N. Y.,
has affirmed the decision of Judge Miller, in the noted habeas corpus case of Babour vs. Trustees of the New Lebanon Shakers, awarding the custody of a child held by the Shakers to its parents.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 26, 1870
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1870 The iron moulders of Peekskill, N. Y., 300 in number, recently quite work on account of the determination of the owners of the foundries to reduce their wages by twenty per cent.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 26, 1870
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1870 Woman Soldier
The Ellsworth (Maine) American has had a visit from a woman in that vicinity who served in the army two years, dressed in male attire. She has resumed female habiliments, though she uses tobacco.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 26, 1870
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1913 CHEMISTRY HALL AT AMES IS DESTROYED. LOSS AT IOWA STATE COLLEGE ESTIMATED AT $60,000 - THE CAUSE.
Ames, March 26 - Fire here late yesterday destroyed the chemistry hall of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The loss is estimated at $60,000. The fire is supposed to have started from chemical combustion. The building is one of the oldest on the campus having been constructed in 1870.
Waterloo Reporter
Iowa
March 26, 1913
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 26, 1870
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1870 Woman Soldier
The Ellsworth (Maine) American has had a visit from a woman in that vicinity who served in the army two years, dressed in male attire. She has resumed female habiliments, though she uses tobacco.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 26, 1870
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1913 CHEMISTRY HALL AT AMES IS DESTROYED. LOSS AT IOWA STATE COLLEGE ESTIMATED AT $60,000 - THE CAUSE.
Ames, March 26 - Fire here late yesterday destroyed the chemistry hall of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The loss is estimated at $60,000. The fire is supposed to have started from chemical combustion. The building is one of the oldest on the campus having been constructed in 1870.
Waterloo Reporter
Iowa
March 26, 1913
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1890 NARROW ESCAPE OF WORKMEN.
ROCKFORD, Ill., March 25. - Special Telegram---About 8 o'clock this morning the new factory of the Star Furniture Company collapsed, ruining it utterly. Twenty men at work on the structure barely escaped with their lives. The building was four stories high and the roof had just been put on. It was a frame building and was to have been veneered over with brick. There was a very high wind this morning and the windows not yet being in the building went down. The twenty men at work inside were...
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The Sunday Inter Ocean
Chicago, Illinois
March 26, 1890
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1910 MOTHER LOSES LIFE SAVES LITTLE BOY
Boston Journal Special Wire. South Framingham, March 25. - It cost Mrs. William Tucker, 25 years old, of State street, Framingham Center, her life to protect her 3-year-old boy from a bonfire this afternoon. Mrs. Tucker was raking leaves in her yard when the child got too close to the blaze. The mother in throwing the little one away from danger got too close herself and her clothing was burned from her body. She died in Framingham Hospital tonight.
The Boston Journal
Boston, Massachusetts
March 26, 1910
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1910 CAR SEALER KILLED IN FREIGHT YARD.
Patrick McGloin, a car sealer, living at 58 Chapman street, Charlestown, was so badly crushed between freight cars in the Fitchburg yard of the Boston and Maine railroad in Charlestown shortly before 6 o'clock last night, when an engine backed down on him, that he died a few minutes later in the arms of Patrolman Landrigan of the Charlestown station. McGloin's wife is in a serious condition, suffering from pneumonia.
The Boston Journal
Boston, Massachusetts
March 26, 1910
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ROCKFORD, Ill., March 25. - Special Telegram---About 8 o'clock this morning the new factory of the Star Furniture Company collapsed, ruining it utterly. Twenty men at work on the structure barely escaped with their lives. The building was four stories high and the roof had just been put on. It was a frame building and was to have been veneered over with brick. There was a very high wind this morning and the windows not yet being in the building went down. The twenty men at work inside were...
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The Sunday Inter Ocean
Chicago, Illinois
March 26, 1890
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1910 MOTHER LOSES LIFE SAVES LITTLE BOY
Boston Journal Special Wire. South Framingham, March 25. - It cost Mrs. William Tucker, 25 years old, of State street, Framingham Center, her life to protect her 3-year-old boy from a bonfire this afternoon. Mrs. Tucker was raking leaves in her yard when the child got too close to the blaze. The mother in throwing the little one away from danger got too close herself and her clothing was burned from her body. She died in Framingham Hospital tonight.
The Boston Journal
Boston, Massachusetts
March 26, 1910
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1910 CAR SEALER KILLED IN FREIGHT YARD.
Patrick McGloin, a car sealer, living at 58 Chapman street, Charlestown, was so badly crushed between freight cars in the Fitchburg yard of the Boston and Maine railroad in Charlestown shortly before 6 o'clock last night, when an engine backed down on him, that he died a few minutes later in the arms of Patrolman Landrigan of the Charlestown station. McGloin's wife is in a serious condition, suffering from pneumonia.
The Boston Journal
Boston, Massachusetts
March 26, 1910
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1910 Gloucester Buildings Prey of Forest Fires
Boston Journal Special Wire. Gloucester, March 25. - Grass and forest fires kept the local fire department busy most of the day. A barn on the Hovey estate at Fresh Water cove was destroyed this morning, the loss of $300 being covered by insurance. A summer camp in Concord street. West Gloucester, was destroyed this afternoon. The loss was $1200, fully insured. A forest fire in Bay View burned for two hours this morning and for two hours again tonight.
The Boston Journal
Boston, Massachusetts
March 26, 1910
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Boston Journal Special Wire. Gloucester, March 25. - Grass and forest fires kept the local fire department busy most of the day. A barn on the Hovey estate at Fresh Water cove was destroyed this morning, the loss of $300 being covered by insurance. A summer camp in Concord street. West Gloucester, was destroyed this afternoon. The loss was $1200, fully insured. A forest fire in Bay View burned for two hours this morning and for two hours again tonight.
The Boston Journal
Boston, Massachusetts
March 26, 1910
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America - Did you know?
January 24, 1848 - Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California.
Quebec - Did you know?
Quebec banned ads for toys and fast food aimed at children under 13, resulting in lowered childhood obesity rates.
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Oakwood Seminary, Union Springs, N. Y.
Founded by members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1796 in Millbrook, New York. After some years, the school began to decline, and it was laid down as a Yearly Meeting school shortly before the Civil War. In 1858, western New York Friends opened a Yearly Meeting boarding school, Friends' Academy of Union Springs. In 1879 the name was changed to Oakwood Seminary, although catalogues for the years 1889 and 1890 use the name "Friends Academy." In 1920, faced with waning enrollment and a disastrous fire, its board and the Yearly Meeting decided to move and rebuild the school in Poughkeepsie; it was the first coeducational boarding school in the United States. worldcat.org
