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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated August 29, 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 August 29 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)
A shooting accident that came near resulting fatally occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Coats at Mallets Bay Tuesday, when Gardner Bartholomew, aged 10 years, shot William Coats, Jr., a child of four, in the head with a ball from a 32-calibre revolver. The ball struck the boy on the side of the head near the right temple, making a flesh wound two inches in length, though not deep, as the bullet struck the skull and glanced off. No serious results are anticipated.
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St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - August 29, 1908
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1908 - Little Boy Played "Buffalo Bill"
A shooting accident that came near resulting fatally occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Coats at Mallets Bay Tuesday, when Gardner Bartholomew, aged 10 years, shot William Coats, Jr., a child of four, in the head with a ball from a 32-calibre revolver. The ball struck the boy on the side of the head near the right temple, making a flesh wound two inches in length, though not deep, as the bullet struck the skull and glanced off. No serious results are anticipated.
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St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - August 29, 1908
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
CORN MUFFINS FOR BEAKFAST
Pour one quart of boiling milk over one pint of fine cornmeal. While the mixture is still hot, add one tablespoonful of butter and a little salt, stirring the batter thoroughly.
Let is stand until cool, then add a...Read MORE...
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Old Town, Maine, U.S.A.
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Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada
Miss Laura Dumontier is the daughter of a well-to-do farmer in St. Cuthbert, Quebec. The circumstances under which she was forced to discontinue her studies and leave school will be of interest to all mothers of growing girls, and Miss Dumontier consents to make them public for the benefit her experience may be to others. She says: "At the age of twelve I was sent to a convent school in this parish. At that time I was as healthy as any girl of my age. At the end of a couple of years, however, I ... Read MORE...
The Ottawa Journal - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - August 29, 1903
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1903 - Had To Leave School - The Pitiable Story of a Young Girl. Every Mother of a Growing Girl Will be Interested in the Story as Told by the Young Lady.
Miss Laura Dumontier is the daughter of a well-to-do farmer in St. Cuthbert, Quebec. The circumstances under which she was forced to discontinue her studies and leave school will be of interest to all mothers of growing girls, and Miss Dumontier consents to make them public for the benefit her experience may be to others. She says: "At the age of twelve I was sent to a convent school in this parish. At that time I was as healthy as any girl of my age. At the end of a couple of years, however, I ... Read MORE...
The Ottawa Journal - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - August 29, 1903
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
The constant care of children is a serious tax upon our time, our nerves, and our temper; yet we ourselves owe very much to the little beings who steal our thoughts away from ourselves and our grown-up anxieties with the hopeful charm of their young ...Read MORE...
Advice for Ladies - The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, December 25, 1885
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts (mostly in and around Springfield) during 1786 and 1787. Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels (called Shaysites) in rising up against perceived economic injustices by Massachusetts, and later on attempted to capture the United States' national weapons arsenal at the U.S. Armory at Springfield...
The rebellion started on August 29, 1786. It was precipitated by several factors: financial difficulties brought... Read MORE...
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August 29, 1786
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1786 - August 29 - Shays' Rebellion in Springfield, Mass
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts (mostly in and around Springfield) during 1786 and 1787. Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels (called Shaysites) in rising up against perceived economic injustices by Massachusetts, and later on attempted to capture the United States' national weapons arsenal at the U.S. Armory at Springfield...
The rebellion started on August 29, 1786. It was precipitated by several factors: financial difficulties brought... Read MORE...
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August 29, 1786
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Whitestone, New York, USA*
A shocking drowning accident by which five lost their lives, occurred recently off Whitestone, Long Island, N. Y. The employes of the Schaeffer Brewing Company of New York were holding their annual excursion at Stimmel's Pavilion at Whitestone.
While the music and dancing were in progress in the pavilion, a party including JOHN LOGAL, HERMAN HUNG, MARUICE STADLER, MARIE PUNTZ, BERTHA SCHOOP and THERESA LOGAL, hired a boat and started out into the bay. Before they had gone a great distance... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - August 29, 1890
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1890 - PLEASURE SEEKERS DROWN - A Rowboat Capsizes and Five Occupants Perish.
A shocking drowning accident by which five lost their lives, occurred recently off Whitestone, Long Island, N. Y. The employes of the Schaeffer Brewing Company of New York were holding their annual excursion at Stimmel's Pavilion at Whitestone.
While the music and dancing were in progress in the pavilion, a party including JOHN LOGAL, HERMAN HUNG, MARUICE STADLER, MARIE PUNTZ, BERTHA SCHOOP and THERESA LOGAL, hired a boat and started out into the bay. Before they had gone a great distance... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - August 29, 1890
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Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
The citizens of Lenox, Massachusetts, are greatly incensed against a teacher in one of the primary schools there named Frances Williams, who beat a little child in a cruel manner for mispronouncing a word. The child is not quite four years old, and he was pounded on the 18th day of July, with a ruler, so that twelve days afterward his back, shoulder and arms above the elbows plainly showed the marks of the shameful punishment. The school committee very promptly decided that such a teacher was... Read MORE...
Harrisburg Telegraph - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - August 29, 1866
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1866 - Cruel Teacher
The citizens of Lenox, Massachusetts, are greatly incensed against a teacher in one of the primary schools there named Frances Williams, who beat a little child in a cruel manner for mispronouncing a word. The child is not quite four years old, and he was pounded on the 18th day of July, with a ruler, so that twelve days afterward his back, shoulder and arms above the elbows plainly showed the marks of the shameful punishment. The school committee very promptly decided that such a teacher was... Read MORE...
Harrisburg Telegraph - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - August 29, 1866
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New Milford, Connecticut, USA
Uproots Trees, Wrecks Houses, and Destroys Crops Near New Milford.
NEW MILFORD, Conn., Aug. 28. - A tornado swept through a section three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide here late today, uprooting trees, blowing roofs from houses, and leveling crops. The damage has not been estimated, but it will be large.
On the farm of Walter Leavenworth hundreds of apple trees were uprooted, and twelve oak and hickory trees, some three feet in diameter, were blown out of the ground. A hay wagon ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 29, 1911
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1911 - TORNADO HITS CONNECTICUT.
Uproots Trees, Wrecks Houses, and Destroys Crops Near New Milford.
NEW MILFORD, Conn., Aug. 28. - A tornado swept through a section three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide here late today, uprooting trees, blowing roofs from houses, and leveling crops. The damage has not been estimated, but it will be large.
On the farm of Walter Leavenworth hundreds of apple trees were uprooted, and twelve oak and hickory trees, some three feet in diameter, were blown out of the ground. A hay wagon ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 29, 1911
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Greenwich, Massachusetts, USA*
A Mr. David Lincoln, with his wife and brother, Sylvester Lincoln, of Greenwich, were riding into our village in a buggy, last Wednesday, the forward part of the body holding the dasher gave way, frightening the horse, which ran furiously down the hill, by the brick church; and when at the corner opposite of Mr. Woods House, the individuals were thrown with great violence from the carriage, breaking Mrs. Lincoln's leg just below the knee, and shattering the bones in a most horrid manner. Her... Read MORE...
The Newport Mercury - Newport, Rhode Island - August 29, 1846
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1846 - Serious Accident
A Mr. David Lincoln, with his wife and brother, Sylvester Lincoln, of Greenwich, were riding into our village in a buggy, last Wednesday, the forward part of the body holding the dasher gave way, frightening the horse, which ran furiously down the hill, by the brick church; and when at the corner opposite of Mr. Woods House, the individuals were thrown with great violence from the carriage, breaking Mrs. Lincoln's leg just below the knee, and shattering the bones in a most horrid manner. Her... Read MORE...
The Newport Mercury - Newport, Rhode Island - August 29, 1846
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Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
One of the victims of the cyclone of last week was William E. Chapman, the well-known President of the Chapman Wrecking Company. Early on Thursday, the morning after the storm, Mr. Chapman left his Summer home at Preston, Conn., with his son, Isaac E. Chapman, for the railway station. As they drove along the road a tree, which had been weakened by the fury of the storm, toppled over and fell upon their wagon, crushing them and their vehicle to the ground.
The horses broke loose, and as they... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 29, 1893
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1893 - WILLIAM E. CHAPMAN KILLED.; Crushed by a Tree Weakened by Last Week's Cyclone -- Escape of His Son.
One of the victims of the cyclone of last week was William E. Chapman, the well-known President of the Chapman Wrecking Company. Early on Thursday, the morning after the storm, Mr. Chapman left his Summer home at Preston, Conn., with his son, Isaac E. Chapman, for the railway station. As they drove along the road a tree, which had been weakened by the fury of the storm, toppled over and fell upon their wagon, crushing them and their vehicle to the ground.
The horses broke loose, and as they... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 29, 1893
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Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)
FALL RIVER, Mass., Aug. 28. - A meteor fell into the Seaconnett River near Tiverton, R. I., last night, churning up the water and producing and explosion that sounded like the discharge of a twelve-inch gun. The phenomenon occurred during a electrical storm.
The explosion was heard for a distance of twenty miles. In the immediate vicinity windows were broken and crockery shaken from shelves, while at Island Park, nearly two miles away, a merry-go-round was jarred into motion.
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The New York Times - New York, New York - August 29, 1913
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1913 - METEOR FALLS IN RIVER. Shock of Its Explosion Breaks Windows in Tiverton, R. I.
FALL RIVER, Mass., Aug. 28. - A meteor fell into the Seaconnett River near Tiverton, R. I., last night, churning up the water and producing and explosion that sounded like the discharge of a twelve-inch gun. The phenomenon occurred during a electrical storm.
The explosion was heard for a distance of twenty miles. In the immediate vicinity windows were broken and crockery shaken from shelves, while at Island Park, nearly two miles away, a merry-go-round was jarred into motion.
Persons who... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 29, 1913
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1908 High School Opened at Cabot.
A high school was opened at Cabot Monday, August 21, with twenty-four students. There had been no plan for a formal opening, but thirty-six people interested in seeing the new school start, were present.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 29, 1908
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1908 A Town Without Officers.
It is aid that owning to neglect of an official the town of Stamford will be without officers for two years unless they are appointed by the governor. The neglect was in not filing a customary legal paper in the matter of holding elections, and the town cannot hold a legal meeting for two years. Some time ago the town got into a similar trouble over financial matters. At that time the meeting was illegal because of improper notice.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 29, 1908
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1908 Lost an Eye
While playing with a rifle Isadore Whitcomb, the thirteen-year-old daughter of Charles Whitcomb, of Hyde Park, received a shot in the right eye, inflicting a wound so severe that it was necessary to remove the eye.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 29, 1908
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A high school was opened at Cabot Monday, August 21, with twenty-four students. There had been no plan for a formal opening, but thirty-six people interested in seeing the new school start, were present.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 29, 1908
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1908 A Town Without Officers.
It is aid that owning to neglect of an official the town of Stamford will be without officers for two years unless they are appointed by the governor. The neglect was in not filing a customary legal paper in the matter of holding elections, and the town cannot hold a legal meeting for two years. Some time ago the town got into a similar trouble over financial matters. At that time the meeting was illegal because of improper notice.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 29, 1908
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1908 Lost an Eye
While playing with a rifle Isadore Whitcomb, the thirteen-year-old daughter of Charles Whitcomb, of Hyde Park, received a shot in the right eye, inflicting a wound so severe that it was necessary to remove the eye.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 29, 1908
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1908 Vermont Baseball Championship
Barton claims to have won the baseball championship of Vermont by defeating Woodstock in a game at Woodstock by a score of 6 to 4. The umpire's decision brought out strong protests from Woodstock.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 29, 1908
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1908 Accidental Poisoning
Mrs. Lewis Twine, of Derby, who took a poison tablet which she mistook for a headache tablet, has been seriously ill, but homes are now entertained of her recovery.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 29, 1908
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1907 August 29 – The partially completed superstructure of the Quebec Bridge collapses entirely, claiming the lives of 76 workers.
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August 29, 1907
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Barton claims to have won the baseball championship of Vermont by defeating Woodstock in a game at Woodstock by a score of 6 to 4. The umpire's decision brought out strong protests from Woodstock.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 29, 1908
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1908 Accidental Poisoning
Mrs. Lewis Twine, of Derby, who took a poison tablet which she mistook for a headache tablet, has been seriously ill, but homes are now entertained of her recovery.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 29, 1908
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1907 August 29 – The partially completed superstructure of the Quebec Bridge collapses entirely, claiming the lives of 76 workers.
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August 29, 1907
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1965 August 29 - A national record for the month of August was established when 2.5 inches of snow fell atop Mount Washington NH.
Temperatures in New England dipped to 39 degrees at Nantucket MA, and to 25 degrees in Vermont. For many locations it was the earliest freeze of record.
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August 29, 1965
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1885 Ex-Governor Reuben E. Fenton died suddenly Tuesday while sitting at his desk in the First National Bank at Jamestown, N. Y.
St. Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 29, 1885
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1823 Receives Generous Gift
Mr. Lois Voyer, habitant of the Parish of Ancienne Lorette, in Lower Canada, had the misfortune to lose a barn of 94 feet in length, on the 1st of August, by fire communicated by lightning. Nine days afterward a building of equal extent was finished and delivered over to him by the gratuitous and generous exertions of the inhabitants of this parish.
Daily National Intelligencer
District of Columbia
August 29, 1823
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Temperatures in New England dipped to 39 degrees at Nantucket MA, and to 25 degrees in Vermont. For many locations it was the earliest freeze of record.
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August 29, 1965
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1885 Ex-Governor Reuben E. Fenton died suddenly Tuesday while sitting at his desk in the First National Bank at Jamestown, N. Y.
St. Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 29, 1885
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1823 Receives Generous Gift
Mr. Lois Voyer, habitant of the Parish of Ancienne Lorette, in Lower Canada, had the misfortune to lose a barn of 94 feet in length, on the 1st of August, by fire communicated by lightning. Nine days afterward a building of equal extent was finished and delivered over to him by the gratuitous and generous exertions of the inhabitants of this parish.
Daily National Intelligencer
District of Columbia
August 29, 1823
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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?
In Quebec, sit straight with your legs crossed at the knee, or with your knees together. Don't sit with your legs apart, or with your feet propped up on tables or chairs.
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