Welcome to our blog, where we embark on a captivating journey through time, exploring the rich tapestry of history and genealogy.
In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated April 10, 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 10 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
The New Game
Conette
Sold Everywhere
Two Styles 25 & 50 Cts.
Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
Founded in 1860, Milton Bradley Company is the oldest game manufacturer in the United States. Over the years Milton Bradley has marketed such classics as The Game of Life, Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, Twister, and Yahtzee. Since 1984 the company has operated as a division of the world’s largest toy company, Hasbro, Inc. encyclopedia.com
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Good Coffee - Put a sufficient quantity of coffee in the pot and pour boiling water on it; stir and place it on the fire. As soon as four or five bubbles have risen take it off the fire and pour out a teacupful and return it; set it down for...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., July 12, 1882
Highest Award World's Fair Skates
Barney & Berry, Springfield, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
December 1898
The Barney & Berry company was founded at the old Warner's pistol plant near Springfield, Massachusetts. It was started by Everett Barney, a former supervisor of a small arms manufacturer during the Civil War who spent many a winter on the frozen ponds of nearby Framingham, and his old friend John Berry in 1865. Barney and Barney manufactured five hundred skates in their first year and later moved to Springfield, where they flourished in two locations for over fifty years. skateguard1.blogspot.com
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London, England
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
LONDON, April, 9. - The White Star liner Titanic, the largest vessel in the world, will sail at noon to-morrow from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York.
Although essentially similar in design and construction to her sister ship, the Olympic, the Titanic is an improvement of the Olympic in many respects. Capt. Smith has been promoted from the Olympic to take her across. There are two pursers, H. W. McElroy and R. L. Baker.
Among the... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 10, 1912
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1912 - THE TITANIC SAILS TO-DAY. Largest Vessel In World to Bring Many Well-Known Persons Here.
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
LONDON, April, 9. - The White Star liner Titanic, the largest vessel in the world, will sail at noon to-morrow from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York.
Although essentially similar in design and construction to her sister ship, the Olympic, the Titanic is an improvement of the Olympic in many respects. Capt. Smith has been promoted from the Olympic to take her across. There are two pursers, H. W. McElroy and R. L. Baker.
Among the... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 10, 1912
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Derby, Connecticut, USA
Trainmen Hurt, Locomotive and Cars Wrecked, and Tracks Torn Up.
Special to The New York Times.
DERBY, Conn., April 9. - When making a trip from Bridgeport to Waterbury early to-day over the tracks of the New York, Hew Haven & Hartford Railroad, Freight Engine 468 of the mogul type, blew up at Wheeler's Farms, three miles below Derby. The engine was drawing a train of thirty-five loaded cars, and the three forward cars were destroyed.
Some of the trainment[sic] jumped, and one of them,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 10, 1908
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1908 - SPEEDING MOGUL BLOWS UP.
Trainmen Hurt, Locomotive and Cars Wrecked, and Tracks Torn Up.
Special to The New York Times.
DERBY, Conn., April 9. - When making a trip from Bridgeport to Waterbury early to-day over the tracks of the New York, Hew Haven & Hartford Railroad, Freight Engine 468 of the mogul type, blew up at Wheeler's Farms, three miles below Derby. The engine was drawing a train of thirty-five loaded cars, and the three forward cars were destroyed.
Some of the trainment[sic] jumped, and one of them,... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 10, 1908
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
As to matters of little comparative moment – as to what shall be for dinner – as to how the house shall be furnished – as to the management of the house and of menial servants – as to those matters, and many others, the wife may have her way without ...Read MORE...
The Young Husband’s Book, 1837
New London, Connecticut, USA
New London, Conn., Was the Center of Liquor Fight Back in 1842.
New London, Conn., April 10. - King Alcohol was vigorously assaulted eighty years ago in this sea port even with more vigor than since the coming in of the Volsteadian Era. His enemies in 1842 fought under the banner of the Washington Total Abstinence Society which kept aloft for many years. But the time came when the banner was trailed in the dust and indifference killed off the attacks.
In those days there were many... Read MORE...
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Jackson Citizen Patriot - Michigan - April 10, 1922
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1922 - Fight On Rum Was Hot 80 Years Ago
New London, Conn., Was the Center of Liquor Fight Back in 1842.
New London, Conn., April 10. - King Alcohol was vigorously assaulted eighty years ago in this sea port even with more vigor than since the coming in of the Volsteadian Era. His enemies in 1842 fought under the banner of the Washington Total Abstinence Society which kept aloft for many years. But the time came when the banner was trailed in the dust and indifference killed off the attacks.
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Jackson Citizen Patriot - Michigan - April 10, 1922
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1869 The floor of the Episcopal Church, of Thomaston, Maine, gave way on the night of March 28th,
precipitating the congregation into the basement below. Two persons were seriously and several slightly injured.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 10, 1869
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1869 Fire
A New York telegram, of the 2d, states that a large fire had been raging for a few days previous in the woods between Sag Harbor and East Hampton, Long Island. It has burned over five hundred acres, and caused a vast amount of damage.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 10, 1869
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1864 October 4 - New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms
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April 10, 1864
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precipitating the congregation into the basement below. Two persons were seriously and several slightly injured.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 10, 1869
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1869 Fire
A New York telegram, of the 2d, states that a large fire had been raging for a few days previous in the woods between Sag Harbor and East Hampton, Long Island. It has burned over five hundred acres, and caused a vast amount of damage.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 10, 1869
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1864 October 4 - New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms
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April 10, 1864
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1899 DEMAND AN INCREASE
Calais, Me., April 9. - The employes of the dye room at the St Croix cotton mills in St. Stephen are on strike. The strikers say that their wages have been gradually cut to $1 a day, and when an increase was refused they went out.
The Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
April 10, 1899
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1899 SHOPLIFTER CAPTURED
Lowell, Mass., April 9. - Mary Kershaw, the alleged notorious shoplifted, whose default was announced in Boston about three weeks ago, where she was out on bail, was captured in this city by Inspectors Laflamme and Allen Saturday morning. There are four charges of larceny against her in this city.
The Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
April 10, 1899
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1899 SLATERVILLE MILLS CLOSED
Woonsocket, R. I., April 9. - The Slate cotton mills at Slaterville, North Smithfield, has been shut down as the result of the strike of 150 weavers for an increase of wages. The striking weavers and others have formed a branch of the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance. The strikers announce that they will stay out unless their demands are complied with.
The Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
April 10, 1899
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Calais, Me., April 9. - The employes of the dye room at the St Croix cotton mills in St. Stephen are on strike. The strikers say that their wages have been gradually cut to $1 a day, and when an increase was refused they went out.
The Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
April 10, 1899
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1899 SHOPLIFTER CAPTURED
Lowell, Mass., April 9. - Mary Kershaw, the alleged notorious shoplifted, whose default was announced in Boston about three weeks ago, where she was out on bail, was captured in this city by Inspectors Laflamme and Allen Saturday morning. There are four charges of larceny against her in this city.
The Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
April 10, 1899
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1899 SLATERVILLE MILLS CLOSED
Woonsocket, R. I., April 9. - The Slate cotton mills at Slaterville, North Smithfield, has been shut down as the result of the strike of 150 weavers for an increase of wages. The striking weavers and others have formed a branch of the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance. The strikers announce that they will stay out unless their demands are complied with.
The Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
April 10, 1899
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1890 VISITED BY A TORNADO.
Roanoke, Va., April 10. - The greatest tornado for many years passed over this city last evening. The cast house at the Crozier Iron Furnace was blown down and three laborers were killed and one mortally wounded. Loss to the furnace company, $5,000. Nearly one hundred dwellings in course of erection were completely demolished. The Salem furnace was blown down, and a heavy loss is reported, and buildings in that vicinity were reduced to ruins. The loss in city and neighborhood is $10,000.
Bradford Era
Pennsylvania
April 10, 1890
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Roanoke, Va., April 10. - The greatest tornado for many years passed over this city last evening. The cast house at the Crozier Iron Furnace was blown down and three laborers were killed and one mortally wounded. Loss to the furnace company, $5,000. Nearly one hundred dwellings in course of erection were completely demolished. The Salem furnace was blown down, and a heavy loss is reported, and buildings in that vicinity were reduced to ruins. The loss in city and neighborhood is $10,000.
Bradford Era
Pennsylvania
April 10, 1890
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America - Did you know?
Thanksgiving Myth: Thanksgiving had religious origins.NOT TRUE.
People confuse Pilgrims (original settlers of Plymouth who came over on the Mayflower) and Puritans (a group of people who came to Boston under an official charter from the King...Read MORE...
Quebec - Did you know?
Poutine, a dish of fries, gravy, and cheese curds, is popular throughout Quebec. The first poutines were invented in Quebec, and there are many, unconfirmed claims to have invented the poutine which date from the late 50s through the 1970s in the...Read MORE...www.montrealpoutine.com/ history.html
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Junior High School
"My Health is My Fortune"
Ralston Health Club Breakfast Food
Breakfast for a 2 Cent Stamp
Purina Mills, St. Louis, Mo.
The Ladies' Home Journal
October 1898
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