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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated April 17, 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 17 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
North Haven, Connecticut, USA
North Haevn brick are very scarce at present, in fact none can be had at any price. There will be alarge supply soon. The price will probably be $10 a thousand for those first made, but it will drop to $9.50 and $9. Probably it will not go much lower this season. North Haven yards will turn out a greater number of brick this year than ever before. It iw worth mentioning, by the way, that a majority of the North Haven bricks are not made in North Haven at all but in Hamden. The yards line the... Read MORE...
New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - April 17, 1882
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1882 - North Haven Brick
North Haevn brick are very scarce at present, in fact none can be had at any price. There will be alarge supply soon. The price will probably be $10 a thousand for those first made, but it will drop to $9.50 and $9. Probably it will not go much lower this season. North Haven yards will turn out a greater number of brick this year than ever before. It iw worth mentioning, by the way, that a majority of the North Haven bricks are not made in North Haven at all but in Hamden. The yards line the... Read MORE...
New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - April 17, 1882
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The Olympia Self-Playing Music Box
F. G. Otto & Sons
Jersey City, N.J.
The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
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Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
Slight Change Reported
Rochester, N. H., April 16 There is a slight material change in the condition of the roads and it is thought the trains will run between here and Intervale Junction by making two transfers between Ossipee Valley and West Ossipee, and the other between Milton and Union. The Lake Shore train started to get through and it is doubtful if it is successful.
The water in the Cocheco is slowly falling. Freight on the Northern Division are discontinued with the exception of... Read MORE...
Bangor Daily Whig and Courier - Bangor, Maine - April 17, 1895
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1895 - Flood
Slight Change Reported
Rochester, N. H., April 16 There is a slight material change in the condition of the roads and it is thought the trains will run between here and Intervale Junction by making two transfers between Ossipee Valley and West Ossipee, and the other between Milton and Union. The Lake Shore train started to get through and it is doubtful if it is successful.
The water in the Cocheco is slowly falling. Freight on the Northern Division are discontinued with the exception of... Read MORE...
Bangor Daily Whig and Courier - Bangor, Maine - April 17, 1895
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Worcester, Vermont, USA
WORCESTER, Vt., April 12. - John W. Utton, employed as a log driver by C.C. Putnam & Son at Worcester, was drowned about 10:30 yesterday morning by slipping under a log at Reed's Falls, about four miles above Worcester village.
He was one of a party of men who were working on the log drive of C.C. Putnam & Son, and while helping to pull out some logs which had become jammed at the foot of the falls, slipped and fell into about 30 feet of water.
A searching party of 50 were out yesterday... Read MORE...
Argus and Patriot - Montpelier, Vermont - April 17, 1901
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1901 - Drowned by slipping under a log
WORCESTER, Vt., April 12. - John W. Utton, employed as a log driver by C.C. Putnam & Son at Worcester, was drowned about 10:30 yesterday morning by slipping under a log at Reed's Falls, about four miles above Worcester village.
He was one of a party of men who were working on the log drive of C.C. Putnam & Son, and while helping to pull out some logs which had become jammed at the foot of the falls, slipped and fell into about 30 feet of water.
A searching party of 50 were out yesterday... Read MORE...
Argus and Patriot - Montpelier, Vermont - April 17, 1901
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Carrot Fritters
Beat two small boiled carrots to a pulp with a spoon, add three or four eggs and half a handful of flour; moisten with cream, milk or a little white wine and sweeten to taste; beat all well together, and fry them in boiling lard....Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Connecticut, February 2, 1881
Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill)
...Rhode Island ski resorts survived abnormal warm weather in January to record a good season, with one exception. The January snow lack was balanced by good falls in other months plus many cold nights for the making of machine snow.
Three of the four resort owners in Rhode Island listed 30 percent more days of skiing than in the previous season. The exception was the state reservation at Diamond Hill which lost money between a boost in lift fees and a fire which destroyed the base lodge and ... Read MORE...
The North Adams Transcript - North Adams, Massachusetts - April 17, 1967
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1967 - It Was Good Ski Season For New England Resorts
...Rhode Island ski resorts survived abnormal warm weather in January to record a good season, with one exception. The January snow lack was balanced by good falls in other months plus many cold nights for the making of machine snow.
Three of the four resort owners in Rhode Island listed 30 percent more days of skiing than in the previous season. The exception was the state reservation at Diamond Hill which lost money between a boost in lift fees and a fire which destroyed the base lodge and ... Read MORE...
The North Adams Transcript - North Adams, Massachusetts - April 17, 1967
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Knox's Gelatine
C. B. Knox, Johnstown, N.Y.
The Ladies' Home Journal
October 1898
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Gloversville, New York, USA
Gloversville, N. Y., April 16 - The walls of the new Tietz Building collapsed about noon to-day, causing the death of two painters and injuring two plumbers.
The list of dead and injured:
FREEMAN, J. A., plumber; injured about the head.
KARG, JOHN, plumber's helper; scalp cut and back injured.
VEEDER, ABRAM, painter; crushed to death.
VEEDER, WASHINGTON, painter; crushed to death.
A rear addition to the building, owned by S. H. SHOTWELL, was crushed by the falling debris, and the... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 17, 1895
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1895 - KILLED BY A FALLING BUILDING - THE COLLAPSE OF THE TIETZ BLOCK IN GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., CAUSES THE DEATH OF TWO MEN - TWO INJURED.
Gloversville, N. Y., April 16 - The walls of the new Tietz Building collapsed about noon to-day, causing the death of two painters and injuring two plumbers.
The list of dead and injured:
FREEMAN, J. A., plumber; injured about the head.
KARG, JOHN, plumber's helper; scalp cut and back injured.
VEEDER, ABRAM, painter; crushed to death.
VEEDER, WASHINGTON, painter; crushed to death.
A rear addition to the building, owned by S. H. SHOTWELL, was crushed by the falling debris, and the... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 17, 1895
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Cedar Rapids News -
The concrete floor of the bridge over Prairie Creek on C street SW collapsed at noon Monday and a Worthington Acres couple were injured when their car plunged into the void and turned over.
Injured were MR. and MRS. GEORGE D. WASENDORF. He is 56, MRS. WASENDORF is 40.
MRS. WASENDORF was most seriously hurt. She suffered a broken right leg, lacerations about the face and injuries to her left leg. Her husband suffered lacerations of the face and injuries to his left leg... Read MORE...
Cedar Rapids Gazette - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - April 17, 1956
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1956 - FLOOR OF BRIDGE DROPS; COUPLE IN FALLING CAR HURT.
Cedar Rapids News -
The concrete floor of the bridge over Prairie Creek on C street SW collapsed at noon Monday and a Worthington Acres couple were injured when their car plunged into the void and turned over.
Injured were MR. and MRS. GEORGE D. WASENDORF. He is 56, MRS. WASENDORF is 40.
MRS. WASENDORF was most seriously hurt. She suffered a broken right leg, lacerations about the face and injuries to her left leg. Her husband suffered lacerations of the face and injuries to his left leg... Read MORE...
Cedar Rapids Gazette - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - April 17, 1956
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San Francisco, California, USA
San Francisco, Monday, April 16.
A terrible explosion of what was supposed to be nitro glicerine, occurred at a 1:15 o'clock to-day, near WELLS, FARGO & Co.'s building. The explosion shook the earth like an earthquake for a circle of a quarter of a mile.
SAMUEL KNIGHT, Superintendent of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, died in half an hour of injuries received. G. W. BELL, Supervisor and Assayer, was instantly killed. MR. WALLUT, Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Assayer; JOSEPH ELLIOTT; JOHN GALLAGHER;... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 17, 1866
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1866 - TERRIBLE EXPLOSION -- GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
San Francisco, Monday, April 16.
A terrible explosion of what was supposed to be nitro glicerine, occurred at a 1:15 o'clock to-day, near WELLS, FARGO & Co.'s building. The explosion shook the earth like an earthquake for a circle of a quarter of a mile.
SAMUEL KNIGHT, Superintendent of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, died in half an hour of injuries received. G. W. BELL, Supervisor and Assayer, was instantly killed. MR. WALLUT, Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Assayer; JOSEPH ELLIOTT; JOHN GALLAGHER;... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 17, 1866
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
When you are in company, talk often, but never long; in that case, if you do not please,
at least you are sure not to tire your...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA
WETHERSFIELD, Conn., April 16. - Mrs. Bessie J. Wakefield was awakened from a sound sleep late to-night and informed by the prison matron that a new trial had been granted to her.
"Is it really true?" she asked. Being reassured, she cried: "Thank the Lord!" Then she broke down, sobbing hysterically.
Mrs. Wakefield and James Plew were sentenced on Nov. 5 last to be hanged for the murder of William Wakefield, the woman's husband. They were sentenced to die on March 4. Plew was hanged on... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 17, 1914
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1914 - New Trial for Mrs. Bessie J. Wakefield
WETHERSFIELD, Conn., April 16. - Mrs. Bessie J. Wakefield was awakened from a sound sleep late to-night and informed by the prison matron that a new trial had been granted to her.
"Is it really true?" she asked. Being reassured, she cried: "Thank the Lord!" Then she broke down, sobbing hysterically.
Mrs. Wakefield and James Plew were sentenced on Nov. 5 last to be hanged for the murder of William Wakefield, the woman's husband. They were sentenced to die on March 4. Plew was hanged on... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - April 17, 1914
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1898 The Greatest Suspension Bridge in the world
is the Brooklyn Bridge, which also leads the world in the number of its daily passengers. Its length, including approaches is 5989 feet, the distance between the towers 930 feet; the weight or the structure is 6480 tons; its cost was over $15,000,000. The bridge cars carry about 45,000,000 people every year.
Ladies' Home Journal
April 17, 1898
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1869 Four boys, the eldest seventeen years, have been arrested in Utica, N. Y., for robbing freight cars on the Central Railroad.
They all plead guilty, and implicated a man named Wm. Ferry as the instigator of the robbery. It is thought their plunder, since the commencement of operations, will amount to fully $100,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 17, 1869
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1900 LOSSES BY FIRE.
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 16. - Fire to-day caused a loss of $20,000 to Spaulding, Kimball & Co.'s wholesale grocery and destroyed a warehouse of the Burlington Grocery Company. The loss on the latter was $35,000.
The New York Times
New York, New York
April 17, 1900
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is the Brooklyn Bridge, which also leads the world in the number of its daily passengers. Its length, including approaches is 5989 feet, the distance between the towers 930 feet; the weight or the structure is 6480 tons; its cost was over $15,000,000. The bridge cars carry about 45,000,000 people every year.
Ladies' Home Journal
April 17, 1898
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1869 Four boys, the eldest seventeen years, have been arrested in Utica, N. Y., for robbing freight cars on the Central Railroad.
They all plead guilty, and implicated a man named Wm. Ferry as the instigator of the robbery. It is thought their plunder, since the commencement of operations, will amount to fully $100,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 17, 1869
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1900 LOSSES BY FIRE.
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 16. - Fire to-day caused a loss of $20,000 to Spaulding, Kimball & Co.'s wholesale grocery and destroyed a warehouse of the Burlington Grocery Company. The loss on the latter was $35,000.
The New York Times
New York, New York
April 17, 1900
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1896 French Canadian Immigration
SHERBROOKE, Que., April 17. - The exodus of the French Canadians into the United States goes one uninterruptedly. Fully 250 French Canadians from eastern Quebec left here last night via the Boston & Maine railroad for the United States, and 150 more left via the Grand Trunk railway. Railroad people say that the daily average of French Canadian emigrants passing through Sherbrooke is about 100.
Decatur Daily Republican
Decatur, Illinois
April 17, 1896
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1851 Musings
Certain ingenious and enterprising physicians in Rochester, New York, have discovered that the succubes, or female spirits, that have caused the famous spirited knockings, are all 'knock-kneed!' Marrying men must look sharp before they commit themselves. - Boston Post.
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New-Hampshire Patriot
New Hampshire
April 17, 1851
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SHERBROOKE, Que., April 17. - The exodus of the French Canadians into the United States goes one uninterruptedly. Fully 250 French Canadians from eastern Quebec left here last night via the Boston & Maine railroad for the United States, and 150 more left via the Grand Trunk railway. Railroad people say that the daily average of French Canadian emigrants passing through Sherbrooke is about 100.
Decatur Daily Republican
Decatur, Illinois
April 17, 1896
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1851 Musings
Certain ingenious and enterprising physicians in Rochester, New York, have discovered that the succubes, or female spirits, that have caused the famous spirited knockings, are all 'knock-kneed!' Marrying men must look sharp before they commit themselves. - Boston Post.
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New-Hampshire Patriot
New Hampshire
April 17, 1851
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America - Did you know?
The last shot of the Civil War was fired in the remote region of the Bering Sea. The Confederate cruiser Shenandoah fired on a Union whaler on June 22, 1865, not knowing the war was over.
Quebec - Did you know?
About 30,000 French people set out on the great voyage to New France before 1760. Of this number, 27,000 arrived alive... All in all of the 27,000 immigrants, 14,000, or a little more than half, settled in New France.
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Nob Hill Pond (Crescent Lake)
The Beautiful New Game of The Spider and The Flies
The Fuller Mfg. Co., Makers, Kalamazoo, Mich.
The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
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