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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated April 16, 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 April 16 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.

T. C. Tanke
Cor. Main and Eagle Streets
Buffalo, N.Y.
Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
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Barnet, Vermont, USA (Center, East, West) (McIndoe Falls) (Mosquitoville) (Passumpsic)
St. Johnsbury, April 16 - The high water is cauding considerable damage and inconvenience in this vicinity. The trains from the north are obliged to come around by Scott's Junction, N. H., and the train from the south which is due to arrive here at 11:45 o'clock was cancelled this morning. The afternoon trains will probably go by way of Wells River. Railroading in the vicinity of Wells River is decidedly uncertain, the track between that place and Bradford being entirely under water.
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St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - April 16, 1909
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1909 - VILLAGE UNDER WATER. Barnet Residents Going About in Boats - Connecticut River at Record High Point.
St. Johnsbury, April 16 - The high water is cauding considerable damage and inconvenience in this vicinity. The trains from the north are obliged to come around by Scott's Junction, N. H., and the train from the south which is due to arrive here at 11:45 o'clock was cancelled this morning. The afternoon trains will probably go by way of Wells River. Railroading in the vicinity of Wells River is decidedly uncertain, the track between that place and Bradford being entirely under water.
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St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - April 16, 1909
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Greenland, New Hampshire, USA
Conductor Walter Scott of the Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury street railway had a narrow escape from fatal injury at Greenland Saturday morning. He was in charge of a work train of coal cars and got off at the crossing of the Southern division of the Boston and Maine railroad.
In attempting to board the moving work train he missed his hold, fell and was dragged some distance. Motorman Murphy brought the cars to a standstill just as the rear truck frame had reached Scott's shoulders.
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Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - April 16, 1906
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1906 - NARROW ESCAPE Conductor Walter Scott Very Nearly Seriously Injured
Conductor Walter Scott of the Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury street railway had a narrow escape from fatal injury at Greenland Saturday morning. He was in charge of a work train of coal cars and got off at the crossing of the Southern division of the Boston and Maine railroad.
In attempting to board the moving work train he missed his hold, fell and was dragged some distance. Motorman Murphy brought the cars to a standstill just as the rear truck frame had reached Scott's shoulders.
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Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - April 16, 1906
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Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (at sea)*
At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and crew, had struck an iceberg two and half hours before.
The Titanic Sank With 1,350 Aboard
Most of the Carpathis's Rescued Passengers are Women and Children Who Went First.
OTHERS MUST BE DEAD
Col. John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, G.D. Widener, Isadore Straus, William F. Stead and Major... Read MORE...
Lawrence Daily Journal - Lawrence, Kansas - April 16, 1912
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic
At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and crew, had struck an iceberg two and half hours before.
The Titanic Sank With 1,350 Aboard
Most of the Carpathis's Rescued Passengers are Women and Children Who Went First.
OTHERS MUST BE DEAD
Col. John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, G.D. Widener, Isadore Straus, William F. Stead and Major... Read MORE...
Lawrence Daily Journal - Lawrence, Kansas - April 16, 1912
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Browned Mince-Meat
Mince cold roast beef very fine; add salt, pepper, chopped onion and a little gravy; fill scallop tins two-thirds full, and fill up with potatoes mashed smooth with cream; lay a piece of butter on the top, and brown them in the ...Read MORE...
The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, April 18, 1873

Pease Round Head Venetian Blinds
The Pease Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Ladies' Home Journal
September 1898
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1935 - Dust Bowl: The great dust storm in the United States hits eastern New Mexico and Colorado, and western Oklahoma the hardest.
LIFE IN DUST BOWL OF UNITED STATES BEING RULED TODAY BY THREE WORDS - "IF IT RAINS"
By Robert Geiger
(Associated Press Staff Writer.)
GUYON, Okla., April 15. - (AP.) - Three little words - achingly familiar on a western farmer's tongue - rule life today in the dust bowl! of the continent ---.
If it rains...
Ask any farmer, any merchant, any banker what the outlook is, and you hear them - if it rains...
If it rains... some farmers will get a wheat crop.
If it rains... fresh row... Read MORE...
Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light - Corsicana, Texas - April 16, 1935
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
Never walk fast in the
streets, which is a mark of vulgarity, ill befitting the character of a gentleman or a man of fashion,
though it may be tolerable in a tradesman...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
New Orleans, April 16. - One of the most picturesque business structures in the city, known as the Moresque block, owned by Gauch & Sons, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, entailing a loss of upwards of $400,000. The Moresque building occupied one entire block, bounded by Camp, Poydras and Church Streets and Lafayette Square and its walls were built entirely of iron, in a design known as the Moorish.
The Montgomery Furniture company and Gauch, Sons & company, crockery... Read MORE...
Piqua Daily Call - Ohio - April 16, 1897
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1897 - BIG FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS. NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.
New Orleans, April 16. - One of the most picturesque business structures in the city, known as the Moresque block, owned by Gauch & Sons, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, entailing a loss of upwards of $400,000. The Moresque building occupied one entire block, bounded by Camp, Poydras and Church Streets and Lafayette Square and its walls were built entirely of iron, in a design known as the Moorish.
The Montgomery Furniture company and Gauch, Sons & company, crockery... Read MORE...
Piqua Daily Call - Ohio - April 16, 1897
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Chicago, April 16 (UP) - A moonshiner's still is believed by police to be responsible for an explosion Saturday which killed eight persons, all but wiping out the families of two small shop keepers on Chicago's west side.
MAYME SOKOLSKY, 17, thought to have been in the building, spent last night with friends. She was found several hours after the blast had killed her father, and mother, a sister and a brother.
Police had been searching the debris of the blast for her body, believing she... Read MORE...
Decatur Evening Herald - Decatur, Illinois - April 16, 1927
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1927 - CHICAGO POLICE SEEK BOOZE SELLING GROCER AS OPERATOR OF STILL. TWO FAMILIES WIPED OUT WHEN EXPLOSION WRECKS BUILDING; ALL THOSE KILLED DIED IN THEIR BEDS; FOUR STORES RAZED.
Chicago, April 16 (UP) - A moonshiner's still is believed by police to be responsible for an explosion Saturday which killed eight persons, all but wiping out the families of two small shop keepers on Chicago's west side.
MAYME SOKOLSKY, 17, thought to have been in the building, spent last night with friends. She was found several hours after the blast had killed her father, and mother, a sister and a brother.
Police had been searching the debris of the blast for her body, believing she... Read MORE...
Decatur Evening Herald - Decatur, Illinois - April 16, 1927
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic
At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and crew, had struck an iceberg two and half hours before.
The Titanic Sank With 1,350 Aboard
Most of the Carpathis's Rescued Passengers are Women and Children Who Went First.
OTHERS MUST BE DEAD
Col. John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, G.D. Widener, Isadore Straus, William F. Stead and Major... Read MORE...
Lawrence Daily Journal - Lawrence, Kansas - April 16, 1912
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Milford, Connecticut, USA
William Cummings Arrested on Suspicion of Incendiarism.
MILFORD, Conn., April 15. - Milford had another lot of excitement last night because of three fires, undoubtedly or incendiary origin, making six fires in the town within about one week.
The first fire broke out about midnight in a boarding house, and in short order two barns were discovered in flames. In none of the cases was great damage done. The last fire was in the barn of Thomas Phalen, and William Cummings, a well-known young... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 16, 1897
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1897 - THREE FIRES IN MILFORD.
William Cummings Arrested on Suspicion of Incendiarism.
MILFORD, Conn., April 15. - Milford had another lot of excitement last night because of three fires, undoubtedly or incendiary origin, making six fires in the town within about one week.
The first fire broke out about midnight in a boarding house, and in short order two barns were discovered in flames. In none of the cases was great damage done. The last fire was in the barn of Thomas Phalen, and William Cummings, a well-known young... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 16, 1897
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Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls)
SPRINGFIELD, April 15. - One of the most destructive fires in Western Massachusetts for many years broke out at 10:45 o'clock last night, in Mill No. 2 of the Dwight Manufacturing Company, of Chicopee, and before the flames were extinguished, destroyed both that and the mill adjoining, No. 1, belonging to the same company. The fire caught in the wheel-room, by the accidental overturning of a lamp, and spread very rapidly. At 10½ o'clock two steamers were sent from this city, but before their... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 16, 1873
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1873 - DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. Burning of the Chicopee Mills, Massachusetts - Loss $500,000.
SPRINGFIELD, April 15. - One of the most destructive fires in Western Massachusetts for many years broke out at 10:45 o'clock last night, in Mill No. 2 of the Dwight Manufacturing Company, of Chicopee, and before the flames were extinguished, destroyed both that and the mill adjoining, No. 1, belonging to the same company. The fire caught in the wheel-room, by the accidental overturning of a lamp, and spread very rapidly. At 10½ o'clock two steamers were sent from this city, but before their... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 16, 1873
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1844 A NEW DISEASE
The Miramichi (N.B.) Gleaner gives account of a loathsome disease, resembling leprosy, which had broken out in Neguac, Tracadie, and Tabisintac. The Legislature appropriated 500 pounds for the purpose of making an attempt to arrest its progress.
The Sun
Baltimore, Maryland
April 16, 1844
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1874 Fell into a vat
Wm. Payson, an old gentleman aged 75, belonging to Weymouth, while visiting the tannery of R. S. Fitzrandolph, at Digby on Saturday afternoon, fell into a vat containing about 12 feet of the liquor. He was soon taken out but lived only about an hour, the physician who was called attributing his death to the shock he received.
The British Colonist
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Thursday, April 16, 1874
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1898 The Largest Search-Light in the world
was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The reflecting lens, 60 inches in diameter, weighs 800 pounds and is mounted in a brass ring which weighs 730 pounds. The reflected light from the great electric lamp is equal to that of 375,000,000 candles. A newspaper could be read by its light a hundred miles away.
Ladies' Home Journal
April 16, 1898
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The Miramichi (N.B.) Gleaner gives account of a loathsome disease, resembling leprosy, which had broken out in Neguac, Tracadie, and Tabisintac. The Legislature appropriated 500 pounds for the purpose of making an attempt to arrest its progress.
The Sun
Baltimore, Maryland
April 16, 1844
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1874 Fell into a vat
Wm. Payson, an old gentleman aged 75, belonging to Weymouth, while visiting the tannery of R. S. Fitzrandolph, at Digby on Saturday afternoon, fell into a vat containing about 12 feet of the liquor. He was soon taken out but lived only about an hour, the physician who was called attributing his death to the shock he received.
The British Colonist
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Thursday, April 16, 1874
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1898 The Largest Search-Light in the world
was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The reflecting lens, 60 inches in diameter, weighs 800 pounds and is mounted in a brass ring which weighs 730 pounds. The reflected light from the great electric lamp is equal to that of 375,000,000 candles. A newspaper could be read by its light a hundred miles away.
Ladies' Home Journal
April 16, 1898
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1705 April 16 - Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge
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1854 April 16 – The United States packet ship Powhattan is wrecked off the New Jersey shore with more than 200 + victims.
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1854 April 16 - Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die
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1854 April 16 – The United States packet ship Powhattan is wrecked off the New Jersey shore with more than 200 + victims.
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1854 April 16 - Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die
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1895 Flood
...At White River Junction, Vt., highways have become impassable and the rivers have overflowed their banks. The rise in White river at White River Junction exceeded ten feet flooding basements and compelling the occupants of some houses to vacate. Boats were inquired for saving personal property in many instances. All railroad trains there have been delayed and trains on the Central Vermont were cancelled. Trains on the Passumpsic division of the Boston and Maine are stopped because of the...
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Middletown Daily Argus
Middletown, New York
April 16, 1895
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1885 They are having a cholera scare in Cleveland, Ohio. Two members of the same family died after an illness of twelve hours duration.
The disease certainly resembled cholera. Three other members of the same family were stricken, with every prospect of a fatal termination in their cases.
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Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, North Dakota
April 16, 1885
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...At White River Junction, Vt., highways have become impassable and the rivers have overflowed their banks. The rise in White river at White River Junction exceeded ten feet flooding basements and compelling the occupants of some houses to vacate. Boats were inquired for saving personal property in many instances. All railroad trains there have been delayed and trains on the Central Vermont were cancelled. Trains on the Passumpsic division of the Boston and Maine are stopped because of the...
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Middletown Daily Argus
Middletown, New York
April 16, 1895
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1885 They are having a cholera scare in Cleveland, Ohio. Two members of the same family died after an illness of twelve hours duration.
The disease certainly resembled cholera. Three other members of the same family were stricken, with every prospect of a fatal termination in their cases.
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Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, North Dakota
April 16, 1885
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America - Did you know?
One of the 13 articles in the 1781 US Articles of Confederation states that it will automatically be accepted if Canada wants to be admitted into the United States.
Quebec - Did you know?
Tourtière is a traditional Quebecois meat pie. The filling varies from region to region, but it often involves minced pork, beef, or wild game.
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Toy Electric Railway
The Carlisle & Finch Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Ladies' Home Journal
December 1898
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