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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated August 11, 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.
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1919 - STEEL KING PASSES AWAY - Andrew Carnegie Succumbs to Bronchial Pneumonia
By Associated Press
Lenox, Mass., Aug. 11 - Andrew Carnegie died today at his summer home of bronchial pneumonia.
Carnegie spent most of the summer here, coming from New York in May and up to a few weeks ago enjoyed fishing trips on the lake which borders his big estate, and riding about the grounds.
He was taken ill Friday and steadily grew worse. His advance aged and lessened powers of resistance hastened the end.
Andrew Carnegie is survived by a widow and one daughter, Margaret,... Read MORE...
Corsicana Daily Sun - Corsicana, Texas - August 11, 1919
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Heflin, Alabama, USA
For three years it was thought that six-year-old Bunnie Jean Morrow suffered from "asthma." Last week it was learned that it was cottonseed hulls in her lungs.
It was thought that the child drew the hulls deep into her lungs while watching her mother feed cattle at their home near Heflin, Ala. She developed bronchial symptoms and the trouble was diagnosed and accepted as asthma. One skeptical doctor sent her to hospital where X-rays disclosed the real difficulty. Hulls were removed with the... Read MORE...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn, New York - August 11, 1940
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1940 - Something She Ate
For three years it was thought that six-year-old Bunnie Jean Morrow suffered from "asthma." Last week it was learned that it was cottonseed hulls in her lungs.
It was thought that the child drew the hulls deep into her lungs while watching her mother feed cattle at their home near Heflin, Ala. She developed bronchial symptoms and the trouble was diagnosed and accepted as asthma. One skeptical doctor sent her to hospital where X-rays disclosed the real difficulty. Hulls were removed with the... Read MORE...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn, New York - August 11, 1940
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
To make a diet loaf
Bake six eggs yolks and whites put in 10 unces of well beaten sugar and cast all till they become very white then stir in 12 unces of flower do not cast it but stir it in and put in a little rose water it being in the oven...Read MORE...
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William Willard of Sturbridge, Mass., who painted the portraits of several of Massachusetts' Governors, was a collector of colonial furniture. He had an annoying experience with other collectors who came to him trying to purchase some of his prized articles.
A New York woman visiting in the vicinity of Sturbridge, hearing that the old artist possessed a beautiful colonial mirror and a rare clock, tried to buy them. Mr. Willard seemed readily to agree to the sale, but when asked when it would ... Read MORE...
The Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - August 11, 1905
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1905 - Must Await Funeral
William Willard of Sturbridge, Mass., who painted the portraits of several of Massachusetts' Governors, was a collector of colonial furniture. He had an annoying experience with other collectors who came to him trying to purchase some of his prized articles.
A New York woman visiting in the vicinity of Sturbridge, hearing that the old artist possessed a beautiful colonial mirror and a rare clock, tried to buy them. Mr. Willard seemed readily to agree to the sale, but when asked when it would ... Read MORE...
The Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - August 11, 1905
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
WHILE STRIVING TO SAVE GOODS FROM THE FLAMES - THE LOSS TO PROPERTY WILL REACH $225,000 - COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS.
Chattanooga, Tenn., August 10 - The ruin of last night's terrible fire is very great. The following business firms were entirely burned out:
Shelton, Howard & Co., wholesale saddlery.
Phelps & Long, clothiers.
Rosenay, Crutchfield & Co., wholesale dry goods.
M. Block drug company.
Dietzer Bros., wholesale fruits and vegetables.
Roshbaum & Co., clothiers.
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Galveston Daily News - Galveston, Texas - August 11, 1888
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1888 - FIRE AT CHATTANOOGA. DESTROYS BOTH LIFE AND PROPERTY - MANY BURNED TO DEATH.
WHILE STRIVING TO SAVE GOODS FROM THE FLAMES - THE LOSS TO PROPERTY WILL REACH $225,000 - COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS.
Chattanooga, Tenn., August 10 - The ruin of last night's terrible fire is very great. The following business firms were entirely burned out:
Shelton, Howard & Co., wholesale saddlery.
Phelps & Long, clothiers.
Rosenay, Crutchfield & Co., wholesale dry goods.
M. Block drug company.
Dietzer Bros., wholesale fruits and vegetables.
Roshbaum & Co., clothiers.
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Galveston Daily News - Galveston, Texas - August 11, 1888
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Responsibilities of Wealthy Women
Washington, DC, USA
Washington, Aug. 9. — While endeavoring to recover the hat of a friend, which had blown off into the bay, Richard P. Walker, a bricklayer, who lived at 135 Carroll Street southeast, in this city, was drowned at Chesapeake Beach. Walker is a widower and leaves no family.
Early in the day he went to the resort with his nephew, George M. Handy, and a friend of the name of Williamson. They strolled around the grounds and generally enjoyed themselves until the afternoon, when they decided to go... Read MORE...
Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - August 11, 1901
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1901 - HAT COST HIS LIFE. Richard P. Walker Jumped Into Bay and Became Exhausted.
Washington, Aug. 9. — While endeavoring to recover the hat of a friend, which had blown off into the bay, Richard P. Walker, a bricklayer, who lived at 135 Carroll Street southeast, in this city, was drowned at Chesapeake Beach. Walker is a widower and leaves no family.
Early in the day he went to the resort with his nephew, George M. Handy, and a friend of the name of Williamson. They strolled around the grounds and generally enjoyed themselves until the afternoon, when they decided to go... Read MORE...
Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - August 11, 1901
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Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
Burials of Henry F. Canney and Charles Inman, Who Were Drowned at Wayland.
Roxbury has never seen a more impressive funeral procession than that of yesterday, when two of her young and promising sons, Henry F. Canney and Charles Inman, who met death while canoeing at Wayland, were borne to their last resting place.
There was no service over the body of Charles Inman. His grief-stricken mother was forced to bear the burden of affliction alone, the father of the dead boy being absent in... Read MORE...
Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - August 11, 1901
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1901 - TO THE GRAVE TOGETHER.
Burials of Henry F. Canney and Charles Inman, Who Were Drowned at Wayland.
Roxbury has never seen a more impressive funeral procession than that of yesterday, when two of her young and promising sons, Henry F. Canney and Charles Inman, who met death while canoeing at Wayland, were borne to their last resting place.
There was no service over the body of Charles Inman. His grief-stricken mother was forced to bear the burden of affliction alone, the father of the dead boy being absent in... Read MORE...
Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - August 11, 1901
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Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
While working on the third floor of the unfinished Beaconsfield Terraces, in the rear of Marguerite Circle, near Beacon Street, Brookline, early yesterday, Pasquale Paccillo, a laborer, fell down the elevator well and was instantly killed. Paccillo lived at 29 North Square, this city, with his wife and four children.
A number of men were working on the same floor with the victim, but no one saw the fatal accident. It is thought that Paccillo was carrying some material and did not see the... Read MORE...
Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - August 11, 1901
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1901 - WORKMAN KILLED. Pasquale Paccillo Fell Down an Elevator Well in an Unfinished House on Beaconsfield Terrace.
While working on the third floor of the unfinished Beaconsfield Terraces, in the rear of Marguerite Circle, near Beacon Street, Brookline, early yesterday, Pasquale Paccillo, a laborer, fell down the elevator well and was instantly killed. Paccillo lived at 29 North Square, this city, with his wife and four children.
A number of men were working on the same floor with the victim, but no one saw the fatal accident. It is thought that Paccillo was carrying some material and did not see the... Read MORE...
Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - August 11, 1901
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New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Standard of Aug. 9
The New-Bedford (Mass.) says:
"Deputy United States Marshal, S.H. BICKNELL, of Boston, arrived in this city last evening, having in his possession warrants for the arrest of Mr. ALBERT S. BIGELOW, a wholesale liquor-dealer on South Water-street, and Mr. ANDREW H. POTTER, of the firm of A.H. POTTER & CO., outfitters, also doing business on South Water-street, Mr. BICKNELL called upon City Marshal TERRY, and made him acquainted with his business, who at once promised him... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 11, 1861
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1861 - The African Slave-Trade.; ARREST OF TWO NEW-BEDFORD MEN ON A CHARGE OF FITTING OUT A SLAVER.
Standard of Aug. 9
The New-Bedford (Mass.) says:
"Deputy United States Marshal, S.H. BICKNELL, of Boston, arrived in this city last evening, having in his possession warrants for the arrest of Mr. ALBERT S. BIGELOW, a wholesale liquor-dealer on South Water-street, and Mr. ANDREW H. POTTER, of the firm of A.H. POTTER & CO., outfitters, also doing business on South Water-street, Mr. BICKNELL called upon City Marshal TERRY, and made him acquainted with his business, who at once promised him... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 11, 1861
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1900 Advice - Cleaning water bottles
Water bottles and decanters can be easily cleaned by means of a strong bent wire and a soft linen cloth. Half fill the bottle with suds, and let it stand for half an hour; then rub with the cloth soaped well and wrapped about the wire. When thoroughly clean rinse with clean water and drain. Always use lukewarm water on glass, and ivory or castile soap. For the outside of the bottle, if it be deeply cut or fancy glass, a little ammonia in the water is excellent, and gives a fine polish.
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Frederick, Maryland
Saturday, August 11, 1900
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1944 August 11 - The temperature at Burlington, VT, soared to an all-time record high of 101 degrees.
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August 11, 1944
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1940 August 11 - A major hurricane struck Savannnah, GA, and Charleston, SC, causing the worst inland flooding since 1607.
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August 11, 1940
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Water bottles and decanters can be easily cleaned by means of a strong bent wire and a soft linen cloth. Half fill the bottle with suds, and let it stand for half an hour; then rub with the cloth soaped well and wrapped about the wire. When thoroughly clean rinse with clean water and drain. Always use lukewarm water on glass, and ivory or castile soap. For the outside of the bottle, if it be deeply cut or fancy glass, a little ammonia in the water is excellent, and gives a fine polish.
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Frederick, Maryland
Saturday, August 11, 1900
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1944 August 11 - The temperature at Burlington, VT, soared to an all-time record high of 101 degrees.
The Weather Channel
August 11, 1944
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1940 August 11 - A major hurricane struck Savannnah, GA, and Charleston, SC, causing the worst inland flooding since 1607.
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August 11, 1940
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1888 Prof. W. R. Brooks, of Smith Observatory, Geneva, N. Y., discovered a comet on the 7th.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 11, 1888
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1866 August 11 - World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI)
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August 11, 1866
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1919 Potato Spray Pump Exploded
R. L. Kingsland, of Vergennes, suffered a painful injury, when he started to retail a pump spray to use in a field of potatoes. As he unfastened one clamp which held the pump in place it exploded. When Mr. Kingsland was hit between the eyes, suffering a deep three-cornered wound, injuring the left yet. Mr. Kingsland was unconscious several minutes, and the explosion was heard several minutes, and the explosion was heard several houses away. The extent of the injury to the eye can not be...
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St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
August 11, 1919
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 11, 1888
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1866 August 11 - World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI)
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August 11, 1866
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1919 Potato Spray Pump Exploded
R. L. Kingsland, of Vergennes, suffered a painful injury, when he started to retail a pump spray to use in a field of potatoes. As he unfastened one clamp which held the pump in place it exploded. When Mr. Kingsland was hit between the eyes, suffering a deep three-cornered wound, injuring the left yet. Mr. Kingsland was unconscious several minutes, and the explosion was heard several minutes, and the explosion was heard several houses away. The extent of the injury to the eye can not be...
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St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
August 11, 1919
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America - Did you know?
1918-1920 - Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S., 500,000 perish.
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Black cats have always had a rather suspicious reputation as associates of sorceresses and witches, but it is singular that among [French Canadian] peasants they are regarded as protecting goblins, and that no one would think of parting with them,...Read MORE...The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 5, No. 19, Oct. - Dec., 1892, Lutins in the Province of Quebec
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