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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated February 13, 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 13 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Worcester, Vermont, USA
Worcester, Vt. Feb. 7. - Nathaniel Hersey, one of Worcester’s, oldest residents, committed suicide yesterday afterhanging himself with a rope in
the hallway of the house in which he lived. The community is very much stirred up over the matter and today it is the talk of the town. Much conjecture has been made regarding the cause for his act and it is the general belief that during a fit of despondency he went to the hall and committed the deed.
He was a man 70 years of age and for the past ... Read MORE...
Argus and Patriot - Montpelier, Vermont - February 13, 1901
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1901 - Worcester Suicide
Worcester, Vt. Feb. 7. - Nathaniel Hersey, one of Worcester’s, oldest residents, committed suicide yesterday afterhanging himself with a rope in
the hallway of the house in which he lived. The community is very much stirred up over the matter and today it is the talk of the town. Much conjecture has been made regarding the cause for his act and it is the general belief that during a fit of despondency he went to the hall and committed the deed.
He was a man 70 years of age and for the past ... Read MORE...
Argus and Patriot - Montpelier, Vermont - February 13, 1901
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New Shoreham, Rhode Island, USA (Block Island)
Either Drown or Freeze to Death After Collision
CRASH COMES IN THE DARK
Survivor, Insane from Cold, Commits Suicide
48 BODIES ARE RECOVERED
Believed Passengers and Crew of Steam Larchmont, Struck by Schooner Harry Knowlton, Numbered 200, of Which Only 19 Have Been Found Alive - Accident Off Rhode Island Coast - Thinly Clad, Panic-stricken Passengers Rush to Decks - Many of Those Who Take to Lifeboats Are Killed by Zero Weather.
Vessels Blame One Another - Survivors Unable to Tell ... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, DC - February 13, 1907
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1907 - 150 PERISH IN SEA DISASTER
Either Drown or Freeze to Death After Collision
CRASH COMES IN THE DARK
Survivor, Insane from Cold, Commits Suicide
48 BODIES ARE RECOVERED
Believed Passengers and Crew of Steam Larchmont, Struck by Schooner Harry Knowlton, Numbered 200, of Which Only 19 Have Been Found Alive - Accident Off Rhode Island Coast - Thinly Clad, Panic-stricken Passengers Rush to Decks - Many of Those Who Take to Lifeboats Are Killed by Zero Weather.
Vessels Blame One Another - Survivors Unable to Tell ... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, DC - February 13, 1907
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Long Island City, New York, USA
Special To The Washington Post.
New York, Feb. 12. - Three killed and one mortally injured is the result of a Long Island Railroad train running into a funeral coach this afternoon at the Penny bridge, Long Island City.
The dead are:
ELLIOTT TERWILLIGER, forty years old, 247 Seventh Street, Jersey City.
MRS. NELLIE TERWILLIGER, thirty-four, wife of ELLIOTT, same address.
SARAH HALLIDAY, thirty years, same address, and relative of the TERWILLIGERS.
The TERWILLIGERS occupied on of eight ... Read MORE...
Washington Post - Washington, DC - February 13, 1907
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1907 - KILLED ON WAY TO FUNERAL. TRAIN HITS MOURNERS' COACH IN LONG ISLAND CITY, HURLING THREE TO DEATH.
Special To The Washington Post.
New York, Feb. 12. - Three killed and one mortally injured is the result of a Long Island Railroad train running into a funeral coach this afternoon at the Penny bridge, Long Island City.
The dead are:
ELLIOTT TERWILLIGER, forty years old, 247 Seventh Street, Jersey City.
MRS. NELLIE TERWILLIGER, thirty-four, wife of ELLIOTT, same address.
SARAH HALLIDAY, thirty years, same address, and relative of the TERWILLIGERS.
The TERWILLIGERS occupied on of eight ... Read MORE...
Washington Post - Washington, DC - February 13, 1907
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Crullers
Two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of butter, three eggs three cupsful of flour, one cupful sweet milk, a small teaspoonful cream of tartar in the flour, a small half teaspoonful of soda in the milk; one tablespoonful cinnamon and nutmeg;...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Connecticut, October 27, 1880
Wm. Ewing & Co's Seed Catalogue, 1899
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
To drink to any one, and tease him to pledge
you in larger glasses, against his inclination, is, in itself, an execrable custom; which, however, has so far prevailed, as to appear impossible almost ever to be...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 12. - Firemen are searching the smoking ruins of the Kenwood Hotel for the bodies of a dozen persons missing since the fire which started Sunday about midnight. MRS. LUCILLE SQUIRE, 30 years old, was killed when she jumped from a third-story window, missing the life-net and striking the pavement. Twelve guests were taken to the hospital suffering from burns. An explosion of gasoline in the basement of the wooden building is thought to have caused the blaze.
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Moberly Daily Index - Missouri - February 13, 1917
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1917 - TWELVE MISSING IN FIRE. SCORE MAY HAVE DIED IN MINNEAPOLIS BLAZE. ONE WOMAN JUMPS TO DEATH - FIREMEN ARRIVING LATE ARE ATTACKED BY CROWD.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 12. - Firemen are searching the smoking ruins of the Kenwood Hotel for the bodies of a dozen persons missing since the fire which started Sunday about midnight. MRS. LUCILLE SQUIRE, 30 years old, was killed when she jumped from a third-story window, missing the life-net and striking the pavement. Twelve guests were taken to the hospital suffering from burns. An explosion of gasoline in the basement of the wooden building is thought to have caused the blaze.
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Moberly Daily Index - Missouri - February 13, 1917
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Dover, Delaware, USA
Special to The Inquirer.
DOVER, Del., Feb. 12. - A wreck occurred on the Delaware Railroad to-night about a half mile from the Dover Station when the evening passenger train, southbound, ran into the rear of extra freight No. 106, which was hurrying on to a siding in order to clear the track. Three cars on the freight and the passenger engine were almost demolished by the wreck and the fire which followed.
The flames, however, were finally extinguished by the Robbins Hose Company, of... Read MORE...
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - February 13, 1902
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1902 - TRAINS CRASH NEAR SIDING. Brakeman Badly Injured and Passengers Shaken Up in a Collision
Special to The Inquirer.
DOVER, Del., Feb. 12. - A wreck occurred on the Delaware Railroad to-night about a half mile from the Dover Station when the evening passenger train, southbound, ran into the rear of extra freight No. 106, which was hurrying on to a siding in order to clear the track. Three cars on the freight and the passenger engine were almost demolished by the wreck and the fire which followed.
The flames, however, were finally extinguished by the Robbins Hose Company, of... Read MORE...
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - February 13, 1902
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1893 Norfolk man killed while making arrangements for brother's funeral
On Feb. 13th, James A. Mann, age 20, residing in Norfolk, was struck by the outward bound train and killed instantly. His brother John D. Mann was killed at Savin Hill that morning. James was on the way to make arrangements for his brother's funeral.
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1905 February 13, 1905 - Morning lows of -29 degrees at Pond AR, -40 degrees at Lebanon KS, and -40 degrees at Warsaw MO established all-time records for those three states
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1889 February 13, 1889 - It was the coldest morning of record along the Gulf Coast. The temperature dipped to 7 above zero at New Orleans LA.
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On Feb. 13th, James A. Mann, age 20, residing in Norfolk, was struck by the outward bound train and killed instantly. His brother John D. Mann was killed at Savin Hill that morning. James was on the way to make arrangements for his brother's funeral.
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1905 February 13, 1905 - Morning lows of -29 degrees at Pond AR, -40 degrees at Lebanon KS, and -40 degrees at Warsaw MO established all-time records for those three states
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1889 February 13, 1889 - It was the coldest morning of record along the Gulf Coast. The temperature dipped to 7 above zero at New Orleans LA.
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1885 February 13, 1885 - The "Friday the 13th" avalanche at Alva, UT, killed sixteen persons, and left thirteen others buried for twelve hours before being rescued.
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1784 February 13, 1784 - Ice floes blocked the Mississippi River at New Orleans, then passed into the Gulf of Mexico.
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1869 A Bethel, Conn., telegram of the 2d says fifteen lives were lost by the flood of the day previous.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1784 February 13, 1784 - Ice floes blocked the Mississippi River at New Orleans, then passed into the Gulf of Mexico.
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1869 A Bethel, Conn., telegram of the 2d says fifteen lives were lost by the flood of the day previous.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1869 Devoted Deacon
Deacon J. H. Stowe, who died in Westfield, Mass., recently, is said to have attended more prayer meetings and prayed more than any other resident of that city. He was a church member for fifty-nine years, the first Sunday School Superintendent in that city, and he had read the Bible through, in course, once a year for the last sixty years.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1869 Thrown From Carriage
John W. Duncan, of Ballston Spa, N. Y., has recovered $5,000 from the New York Central Railroad Company for throwing him from his carriage, in Rochester, three years ago.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1902 Fall Caused His Death.
Special to The Inquirer. COATESVILLE, Pa., Feb. 12. - Thomas McNulty, of Philadelphia, an expert rigger employed by Marshall & McClintock, of Pottstown, who are erecting a large mill in this city, came in contact with live electric light wires and losing his footing fell a distance of thirty feet. He died soon after.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Deacon J. H. Stowe, who died in Westfield, Mass., recently, is said to have attended more prayer meetings and prayed more than any other resident of that city. He was a church member for fifty-nine years, the first Sunday School Superintendent in that city, and he had read the Bible through, in course, once a year for the last sixty years.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1869 Thrown From Carriage
John W. Duncan, of Ballston Spa, N. Y., has recovered $5,000 from the New York Central Railroad Company for throwing him from his carriage, in Rochester, three years ago.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1902 Fall Caused His Death.
Special to The Inquirer. COATESVILLE, Pa., Feb. 12. - Thomas McNulty, of Philadelphia, an expert rigger employed by Marshall & McClintock, of Pottstown, who are erecting a large mill in this city, came in contact with live electric light wires and losing his footing fell a distance of thirty feet. He died soon after.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1887 A BIG FIRE IN AUGUSTA. THE OPERA HOUSE AND OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED - LOSS, $200,000.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 12. - Hardly had the crowd left the matinee performance of "Lady Audiey's Secret," by MRS. BOWERS, when the cry of fire was given and the Opera House was found to be on fire. During the progress of the fire the streets were filled with thousands of people and the country was lit up for miles. Unscrupulous persons gave currency to a report that an earthquake shock had been felt, and this added terror to the feeling of awe, and spread consternation all around. People were...
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New York, New York
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1885 Freight Train Wreck
Alexandria, VA - Feb 12 - By the breaking of a rail on the Washington, Ohio and West railroad, between Guilford and Farmwell stations, this morning, four freight cars were thrown from the track and the caboose upset. CLARENCE WASHINGTON, conductor, was killed. Edgar Clarence Washington born 23 JAN 1868 in Alexandria, VA died 12 FEB 1885 in Alexandria, VA (unmarried) son of George and Sallie Foote Massie Washington
Courier Journal
Louisville, Kentucky
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1874 Dye-House Fire
The dye-house of D. Macintosh, at Holyoke, Massachusetts, was burned on Friday night. Loss $5,000.
The Emporia Weekly News
Emporia, Kansas
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Augusta, Ga., Feb. 12. - Hardly had the crowd left the matinee performance of "Lady Audiey's Secret," by MRS. BOWERS, when the cry of fire was given and the Opera House was found to be on fire. During the progress of the fire the streets were filled with thousands of people and the country was lit up for miles. Unscrupulous persons gave currency to a report that an earthquake shock had been felt, and this added terror to the feeling of awe, and spread consternation all around. People were...
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New York, New York
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1885 Freight Train Wreck
Alexandria, VA - Feb 12 - By the breaking of a rail on the Washington, Ohio and West railroad, between Guilford and Farmwell stations, this morning, four freight cars were thrown from the track and the caboose upset. CLARENCE WASHINGTON, conductor, was killed. Edgar Clarence Washington born 23 JAN 1868 in Alexandria, VA died 12 FEB 1885 in Alexandria, VA (unmarried) son of George and Sallie Foote Massie Washington
Courier Journal
Louisville, Kentucky
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1874 Dye-House Fire
The dye-house of D. Macintosh, at Holyoke, Massachusetts, was burned on Friday night. Loss $5,000.
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Emporia, Kansas
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1884 Courtney turns fireman
Oarsman Courtney, once known to fame, is foreman of the fire engine company at Union Springs, N. Y.
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Arkansas City, Kansas
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1871 A company has been formed to construct a railway from Fredericton, New Brunswick, to Riviere du Loup, on the St. Lawrence.
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Lowell, Massachusetts
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1874 The Republicans of Syracuse, New York, have made a nice mess of it.
They have allowed the Liberals to capture their primary meetings and nominate a Liberal for the most important place on their ticket. This is an illustration of the danger to be apprehended from not attending the ward meetings. A few such lessons would be wholesome.
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Oarsman Courtney, once known to fame, is foreman of the fire engine company at Union Springs, N. Y.
Arkansas City Weekly Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas
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1871 A company has been formed to construct a railway from Fredericton, New Brunswick, to Riviere du Loup, on the St. Lawrence.
Lowell Daily Citizen and News
Lowell, Massachusetts
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1874 The Republicans of Syracuse, New York, have made a nice mess of it.
They have allowed the Liberals to capture their primary meetings and nominate a Liberal for the most important place on their ticket. This is an illustration of the danger to be apprehended from not attending the ward meetings. A few such lessons would be wholesome.
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Trenton State Gazette
Trenton, New Jersey
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1878 Large Fire At Webster, Mass.
BOSTON, Feb. 12 - A fire broke out, this morning, in the calendering department of Samuel Slater & Sons' cambric works, at Webster, Mass., and entirely consumed the old original mill, erected in 1812, and part of a story in the new wing. The engine building and cloth storehouse were saved, but their contents were badly damaged. There were from 8,000 to 10,000 pieces of cloth in the mill, which are a total loss; also a large quantity of cloth in an adjoining storehouse was badly damaged in...
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1902 All Show Improvement - Tult, Salisbury and Farrell Will Probably Recover - The Funeral of Harvey
George Tult, George Salisbury and James Farrell, the three men who were seriously injured in the elevator accident at D. M. Osborne & Co's are all reported as being considerably improved today. There were numerous reports about the streets last night and this morning that Farrell's condition had taken a turn for the worse and that he had passed a very restless night. Dr. F. E. O'Brien, the attending physician, said this afternoon that Farrell was very much better to-day than he was...
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The Auburn Bulletin
Auburn, New York
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BOSTON, Feb. 12 - A fire broke out, this morning, in the calendering department of Samuel Slater & Sons' cambric works, at Webster, Mass., and entirely consumed the old original mill, erected in 1812, and part of a story in the new wing. The engine building and cloth storehouse were saved, but their contents were badly damaged. There were from 8,000 to 10,000 pieces of cloth in the mill, which are a total loss; also a large quantity of cloth in an adjoining storehouse was badly damaged in...
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1902 All Show Improvement - Tult, Salisbury and Farrell Will Probably Recover - The Funeral of Harvey
George Tult, George Salisbury and James Farrell, the three men who were seriously injured in the elevator accident at D. M. Osborne & Co's are all reported as being considerably improved today. There were numerous reports about the streets last night and this morning that Farrell's condition had taken a turn for the worse and that he had passed a very restless night. Dr. F. E. O'Brien, the attending physician, said this afternoon that Farrell was very much better to-day than he was...
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America - Did you know?
1786: Shays"s Rebellion erupts - Farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina take up arms to protest high state taxes and stiff penalties for failure to pay.
Quebec - Did you know?
During the 17th century, Irish inhabitants of France were sent to Quebec to help populate the area. Historians estimate that about 40% of the population in Quebec is of Irish descent.
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