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 August 1, 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 1 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Fayston, Vermont, USA
Fortunately No Person Was Injured Though Several Families Were in Imminent Peril - Crops Badly Injured - Mr. Mehuron's Experience.
RUTLAND, Vt., July 31. - The tremendous force of the avalanche, or landslide, Wednesday hurled 120 acres of land into a valley below, and the people living at the base of the mountain narrowly escaped destruction. The avalanche ran over a three-mile course. The devastation wrought in Mad River Valley by the recent floods and the havoc and ruin left in the track... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 1, 1897
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1897 - GREAT VERMONT LANDSLIDE One Hundred and Twenty Acres of Land Swept from Mountain Top to Valley Below. THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING
Fortunately No Person Was Injured Though Several Families Were in Imminent Peril - Crops Badly Injured - Mr. Mehuron's Experience.
RUTLAND, Vt., July 31. - The tremendous force of the avalanche, or landslide, Wednesday hurled 120 acres of land into a valley below, and the people living at the base of the mountain narrowly escaped destruction. The avalanche ran over a three-mile course. The devastation wrought in Mad River Valley by the recent floods and the havoc and ruin left in the track... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 1, 1897
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Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
One-Sixth of Entire Business Section of Ontario Town is Today a Mass of Ruins - Flames which Originated in Rubbish Pile Destroyed Thirty-One Business Places, Eight Homes and at Least Fifteen Apartments.
Cornwall, Ont. - "Cornwall will come back again" exclaimed Mayor Aaron Harovitz as he stood back with hundreds of people today, viewing the charred and twisted remains of a solid block of fire-razed building places and apartment houses. One-sixth of the city's business section was destroyed... Read MORE...
The Spokesman - Drummondville, Canada - Tuesday, August 1, 1933
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1933 - Million Dollar Damage Caused By Fire Which Swept Cornwall
One-Sixth of Entire Business Section of Ontario Town is Today a Mass of Ruins - Flames which Originated in Rubbish Pile Destroyed Thirty-One Business Places, Eight Homes and at Least Fifteen Apartments.
Cornwall, Ont. - "Cornwall will come back again" exclaimed Mayor Aaron Harovitz as he stood back with hundreds of people today, viewing the charred and twisted remains of a solid block of fire-razed building places and apartment houses. One-sixth of the city's business section was destroyed... Read MORE...
The Spokesman - Drummondville, Canada - Tuesday, August 1, 1933
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
In August 1914, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) closed its doors in response to the outbreak of World War I in Europe. This closure was part of a global trend, as nearly all major stock exchanges around the world shut down amid the escalating conflict. The decision to close the NYSE was a precautionary measure, intended to prevent panic selling and maintain stability in the financial markets during a period of great uncertainty and geopolitical upheaval.
The closure of the NYSE reflected... Read MORE...
August 1, 1914
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1914 - August 1 - New York Stock Exchange closed due to war in Europe, where nearly all stock exchanges are already closed.
In August 1914, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) closed its doors in response to the outbreak of World War I in Europe. This closure was part of a global trend, as nearly all major stock exchanges around the world shut down amid the escalating conflict. The decision to close the NYSE was a precautionary measure, intended to prevent panic selling and maintain stability in the financial markets during a period of great uncertainty and geopolitical upheaval.
The closure of the NYSE reflected... Read MORE...
August 1, 1914
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
THANKSGIVING PUDDING
Pound 20 crackers fine, add 5 cups milk and let swell.
Beat well 14 eggs
pint sugar
cup molasses
2 small nutmegs
2 TSP ground clove
3 ground cinnamon
2 TSP salt
½ TSP soda.
Add to crackers.
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from an 1880 cookbook
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA
No One Escaped from Flames After "Doodle-Bug" Crashed Into On-Coming Freight Train.
Cuyahoga Falls, O., Aug. 1 (U.P.) - The head-on collision of a freight train and a self-propelled passenger car here last evening, which took the lives of 43 passengers, was attributed today to the failure of one of the train crews to go on a siding.
E. W. SMITH, vice-president of the Pennsylvania railroad, said at Pittsburgh that the crew of a motor-driven passenger coach had specific orders to take a... Read MORE...
Piqua Daily Call - Ohio - August 1, 1940
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1940 - HUMAN ELEMENT BLAMED FOR RAILROAD WRECK; FORTY-THREE KILLED IN CRASH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RIDERS IN COACH ALL MET DEATH.
No One Escaped from Flames After "Doodle-Bug" Crashed Into On-Coming Freight Train.
Cuyahoga Falls, O., Aug. 1 (U.P.) - The head-on collision of a freight train and a self-propelled passenger car here last evening, which took the lives of 43 passengers, was attributed today to the failure of one of the train crews to go on a siding.
E. W. SMITH, vice-president of the Pennsylvania railroad, said at Pittsburgh that the crew of a motor-driven passenger coach had specific orders to take a... Read MORE...
Piqua Daily Call - Ohio - August 1, 1940
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1914 - August 1 - World War I begins: Germany declares war on Russia and France and invades Belgium
August 1, 1914 - Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization.
August 3, 1914 - Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium. Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium.
August 4, 1914 - Great Britain declares war on Germany. The declaration is binding on all Dominions within the British Empire including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa.
August 4, 1914 - The United States declares ... Read MORE...
www.historyplace.com/ worldhistory/ firstworldwar
August 1, 1914
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
Upon all occasions avoid speaking of yourself, if it be possible. Some abruptly speak advantageously of themselves, without either pretence or provocation. This is downright...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
Wallingford, Connecticut, USA
During the last of July and the first of August, 1878, showers with thunder and lightning occurred almost daily, and on some of the days there were several disastrous ones. For two or three weeks there seemed to be more and greater thunder showers than the people of New England had ever experienced. Wind blowing with the force of a tornado frequently accompanied the, especially those that occurred on the eight and ninth of August.
On the afternoon of Friday, the ninth, in all sections of the ... Read MORE...
August 1, 1878
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1878 - The Tornado at Wallingford, Conn., in 1878.
During the last of July and the first of August, 1878, showers with thunder and lightning occurred almost daily, and on some of the days there were several disastrous ones. For two or three weeks there seemed to be more and greater thunder showers than the people of New England had ever experienced. Wind blowing with the force of a tornado frequently accompanied the, especially those that occurred on the eight and ninth of August.
On the afternoon of Friday, the ninth, in all sections of the ... Read MORE...
August 1, 1878
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Pownal, Vermont, USA
At Least Four Employes Killed-The Wreck on Fire.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass., Aug. 1 - At 9:20 this morning a freight train of the Troy and Boston Road collided, about half way between Petersburgh Junction and Pownal, with a train of the same road, also freight, and at least four men were killed and probably more. Operator T. W. Johnson at Petersburgh Junction had orders to stop the train at his station but he neglected it and the train rushed by smashing into train six with terrible force just around... Read MORE...
Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - August 1, 1883
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1883 - WRECK AND FIRE. Two Freight Trains Collide in Vermont.
At Least Four Employes Killed-The Wreck on Fire.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass., Aug. 1 - At 9:20 this morning a freight train of the Troy and Boston Road collided, about half way between Petersburgh Junction and Pownal, with a train of the same road, also freight, and at least four men were killed and probably more. Operator T. W. Johnson at Petersburgh Junction had orders to stop the train at his station but he neglected it and the train rushed by smashing into train six with terrible force just around... Read MORE...
Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - August 1, 1883
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1889 Lightning Freaks at Alburgh
Lightning played some curious pranks at Alburgh yesterday afternoon. A thunder storm was raging some two miles or more away, but no rain was falling at Alburgh, when suddenly a single bolt - apparently an offshoot from the distant storm - struck a barn belonging to H. L. Sowles, tearing out a small portion of one end of it, killing two horses and injuring three others. No flashes of lightning preceded this one, and none followed it, but its effects were felt pretty thoroughly in that...
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St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 1, 1889
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1899 A NEW YORK TOWN DESTROYED. FIRE LEAVES BUT A FEW BUILDINGS STANDING IN TUPPER LAKE VILLAGE - HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS.
Malone, N. Y., July 31. - The village of Tupper Lake was almost entirely wiped out by fire in a few hours Sunday morning. Save two hotels, the Opera House, Catholic Church, and a few straggling tenement houses on the outskirts, not a single block or house remains. Not a business establishment of any kind escaped. The buildings were all of wood, and there being no fire protection, insurance rates were well nigh prohibitive as far as the poorer class were concerned. Thus hundreds are left...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
August 1, 1899
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1957 August 1 - 1st commercial building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM)
The Bridgers and Paxton Office Building in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the first commercial building to be heated by solar energy. It is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
historyorb.com
August 1, 1957
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Lightning played some curious pranks at Alburgh yesterday afternoon. A thunder storm was raging some two miles or more away, but no rain was falling at Alburgh, when suddenly a single bolt - apparently an offshoot from the distant storm - struck a barn belonging to H. L. Sowles, tearing out a small portion of one end of it, killing two horses and injuring three others. No flashes of lightning preceded this one, and none followed it, but its effects were felt pretty thoroughly in that...
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St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
August 1, 1889
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1899 A NEW YORK TOWN DESTROYED. FIRE LEAVES BUT A FEW BUILDINGS STANDING IN TUPPER LAKE VILLAGE - HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS.
Malone, N. Y., July 31. - The village of Tupper Lake was almost entirely wiped out by fire in a few hours Sunday morning. Save two hotels, the Opera House, Catholic Church, and a few straggling tenement houses on the outskirts, not a single block or house remains. Not a business establishment of any kind escaped. The buildings were all of wood, and there being no fire protection, insurance rates were well nigh prohibitive as far as the poorer class were concerned. Thus hundreds are left...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
August 1, 1899
Visit Tupper Lake, New York, USA!
1957 August 1 - 1st commercial building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM)
The Bridgers and Paxton Office Building in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the first commercial building to be heated by solar energy. It is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
historyorb.com
August 1, 1957
Visit Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA!
1923 SUES FOR HUSBAND'S DEATH FROM LIQUOR
New London, Conn., July 31 - Mrs. Domicelle Anton, widow of Joseph Anton, of North Grosvenordale, this state, is bringing suit for $15,000 charging that alleged whisky which her husband bought from Anthony Krupinski of Dudley, Mass., blinded him and caused his death in a Norwich hospital. The case will come to trial in the Superior Court at Worcester, Mass.
The Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
August 1, 1923
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New London, Conn., July 31 - Mrs. Domicelle Anton, widow of Joseph Anton, of North Grosvenordale, this state, is bringing suit for $15,000 charging that alleged whisky which her husband bought from Anthony Krupinski of Dudley, Mass., blinded him and caused his death in a Norwich hospital. The case will come to trial in the Superior Court at Worcester, Mass.
The Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
August 1, 1923
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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?
In Quebec, it is regarded unlucky to present a gift of 13 flowers. Avoid giving chrysanthemums and white lilies as they are used during funerals.
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Tourtellotte Memorial High School
Jacob Tourtellotte and his wife Harriet funded the design and construction of the high school and presented it to the Town of Thompson in 1909... tmhsaa.org
