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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated August 12, 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 12 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
"1847 Rogers Bros."
The Meriden Britannia Co., Meriden, Conn.
The Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898
The Meriden Britannia Company was formed in 1852 in Meriden, Connecticut, as a manufacturing company focused on producing wares in britannia metal. It became, for a time, the largest silverware company in the world. wikipedia
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Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)
A disastrous gale, attneded with loss of life, occurred on the north shore of the Provincd of St. John, on the 22d ult. The Miramichi Gleaner says: -
"This morning we learn from a person who has just arrived from Tracadie, that twnety-nine dead bodies have been picked up on the beach. Another report has just reached us that sixty boats are supposed to be lost, owned by parties living between Neguac and Tracadie, and fifty-one dead bodies hae been picked up between these two places. It is... Read MORE...
Boston Investigator - Boston, Massachusetts - August 12, 1857
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1857 - DISASTERS TO FISHERMEN
A disastrous gale, attneded with loss of life, occurred on the north shore of the Provincd of St. John, on the 22d ult. The Miramichi Gleaner says: -
"This morning we learn from a person who has just arrived from Tracadie, that twnety-nine dead bodies have been picked up on the beach. Another report has just reached us that sixty boats are supposed to be lost, owned by parties living between Neguac and Tracadie, and fifty-one dead bodies hae been picked up between these two places. It is... Read MORE...
Boston Investigator - Boston, Massachusetts - August 12, 1857
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Berkshire, Vermont, USA
Berkshire, Aug. 12., - Mrs. Lucy S. Chaffee, of Berkshire, celebrated her 100th anniversary at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Weld, in Berkshire, on Saturday, August 5. She was the recipient of many cards and letters and a profusion of the most beautiful flowers, candy, fruit, and other gifts, which marked the esteem in which she is held.
Relatives and friends gathered at the home in the afternoon to assist in the celebration, there being present, grandchildren, great grandchildren and ... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - August 12, 1922
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1922 - BERKSHIRE WOMAN IS 100 YEARS OLD. Hale and Hearty Despite Age She Assists at Big Birthday Celebration.
Berkshire, Aug. 12., - Mrs. Lucy S. Chaffee, of Berkshire, celebrated her 100th anniversary at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Weld, in Berkshire, on Saturday, August 5. She was the recipient of many cards and letters and a profusion of the most beautiful flowers, candy, fruit, and other gifts, which marked the esteem in which she is held.
Relatives and friends gathered at the home in the afternoon to assist in the celebration, there being present, grandchildren, great grandchildren and ... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - August 12, 1922
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Barton, Vermont, USA (Orleans) (Barton Landing)
Barton, Vt., Aug. 12 (AP) - Inspectors of the Vermont fire marshal's office poked through ruins of three business blocks and two houses today in an effort to determine what exploded an empty 1,000-Gallon gasoline tank in a garage here and started a $200,000 fire.
Officials said the loss was the largest ever recorded in this town, 20 miles from the Canadian border, with a population of 3,500.
After a preliminary investigation fire officials suggested a discarded cigarette apparently exploded ... Read MORE...
North Adams Transcript - North Adams, Massachusetts - August 12, 1938
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1938 - DISASTROUS FIRE AT BARTON, VT.
Barton, Vt., Aug. 12 (AP) - Inspectors of the Vermont fire marshal's office poked through ruins of three business blocks and two houses today in an effort to determine what exploded an empty 1,000-Gallon gasoline tank in a garage here and started a $200,000 fire.
Officials said the loss was the largest ever recorded in this town, 20 miles from the Canadian border, with a population of 3,500.
After a preliminary investigation fire officials suggested a discarded cigarette apparently exploded ... Read MORE...
North Adams Transcript - North Adams, Massachusetts - August 12, 1938
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Staten Island, New York, USA
New York, Aug. 12. (AP) - At least 19 persons were crushed to death in their sleep early today, amid a smothering avalanche of bricks and debris, when three Staten Island tenement buildings collapsed during a violent rainstorm.
Tons of water, roaring down from an overflowing storm sewer about midnight, struck the ancient brick dwellings and ripped them asunder.
Rescue squads of police and firemen pulled at the tangled wreckage for additional victims.
Three persons were still missing.... Read MORE...
Kingsport Times - Tennessee - August 12, 1937
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1937 - BUILDING COLLAPSE KILLS 19. OCCUPANTS OF THREE TENEMENTS DIE WHILE SLEEPING EARLY TODAY. TONS OF WATER, ROARING DOWN FROM OVERFLOW STORM SEWERS, RIPS BUILDINGS ASUNDER, CRUSHING RESIDENTS TO DEATH.
New York, Aug. 12. (AP) - At least 19 persons were crushed to death in their sleep early today, amid a smothering avalanche of bricks and debris, when three Staten Island tenement buildings collapsed during a violent rainstorm.
Tons of water, roaring down from an overflowing storm sewer about midnight, struck the ancient brick dwellings and ripped them asunder.
Rescue squads of police and firemen pulled at the tangled wreckage for additional victims.
Three persons were still missing.... Read MORE...
Kingsport Times - Tennessee - August 12, 1937
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Election cake
Thirty quarts flour, ten pounds butter, fourteen pounds sugar, twelve pounds raisins, three dozens eggs, one pint wine, one quart brandy, four ounces cinnamon, four ounces fine colander seed, three ounces ground alspice; wet the...Read MORE...
Amelia Simmons’ American Cookery, 1814
Patton's Sun-Proof Paint
Jas. E. Patton Co., Milwaukee, Wis., U.S.A.
Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898
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Denver, Colorado, USA
Conductor Meets Death and Others Go To Hospitals For Treatment.
Denver, Aug. 12 (AP) - A Denver and Rio Grande Western train, pulled by two locomotives, crashed into a Santa Fe passenger train at a crossover in South Denver today, killing one person, injuring twenty-eight so seriously they required hospital treatment and hurting several others less seriously.
Conductor Dead.
All the injured were passengers on the Santa Fe train, which was rammed at the second coach back of the baggage... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - August 12, 1939
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1939 - ONE MAN KILLED, 28 INJURED IN DENVER TRAIN COLLISION. D. & R. G. ENGINES PLOUGH INTO SANTA FE PASSENGER CAR THIS MORNING.
Conductor Meets Death and Others Go To Hospitals For Treatment.
Denver, Aug. 12 (AP) - A Denver and Rio Grande Western train, pulled by two locomotives, crashed into a Santa Fe passenger train at a crossover in South Denver today, killing one person, injuring twenty-eight so seriously they required hospital treatment and hurting several others less seriously.
Conductor Dead.
All the injured were passengers on the Santa Fe train, which was rammed at the second coach back of the baggage... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - August 12, 1939
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
No lady should drink wine at dinner. Even if her head is strong enough to bear it, she will find her cheeks, soon after the indulgence, flushed, hot, and uncomfortable; and if the room is warm, and the dinner a long one, she will probably pay the...Read MORE...
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: A Complete Handbook for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society... by Florence Hartley, January 1, 1872
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Rev. W.J. POTTER, Unitarian clergyman, in New-Bedford, Mass., was among the drafted in that town, and on the Sunday succeeding the day when he was drawn, preached a sermon declaring his intention to go. The discourse was founded on Second Timothy, Iv., 6: "Make full of thy ministry." Mr. POTTEY defended the Conscription act at length, and in conclusion gave the following as the considerations, which had induced him to determine to go:
"First, the value of the moral element in an army, is to... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 12, 1863
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1863 - A Drafted Clergyman.; HE DETERMINES TO SHOULDER THE MUSKET.
Rev. W.J. POTTER, Unitarian clergyman, in New-Bedford, Mass., was among the drafted in that town, and on the Sunday succeeding the day when he was drawn, preached a sermon declaring his intention to go. The discourse was founded on Second Timothy, Iv., 6: "Make full of thy ministry." Mr. POTTEY defended the Conscription act at length, and in conclusion gave the following as the considerations, which had induced him to determine to go:
"First, the value of the moral element in an army, is to... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 12, 1863
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1857 Shocking Affair - Four Young Ladies Drowned in Waterville, Me.
On Thursday evening of last week, seven young ladies, residing in Waterville, Me., went into what is called Crummett's Stream, about one-fourth of a mile from Waterille Village, for the purpose of bathing, and in a very few moments four of the seven found a watery grave. Their ages varied from eleven to fourteen.
Boston Investigator
Boston, Massachusetts
August 12, 1857
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1904 Elgin Factory Burned
Elgin, Ills., Aug. 12. - Fire of unknown origin started in a pile of excelsior back of the brick vault on the second floor of the factory of the Fauber Manufacturing company, and an hour later only the walls of the building were standing. The factory plant was valued at $400,000 and $50,000 worth of finished automobiles were on hand.
The Daily Review
Decatur, Illinois
August 12, 1904
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1889 ORPHAN ASYLUM BURNED.
Augusta, Ga., August 11. - The Augusta orphan asylum, a magnificent five story building, was almost entirely destroyed by fire today. The fire department fought nobly, but was handicapped by a lack of water. The asylum cost over $100,000, and was insured for $60,000. The children were gotten out safely. Two firemen were injured by falling timber.
San Antonio Daily Express
San Antonio, Texas
August 12, 1889
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On Thursday evening of last week, seven young ladies, residing in Waterville, Me., went into what is called Crummett's Stream, about one-fourth of a mile from Waterille Village, for the purpose of bathing, and in a very few moments four of the seven found a watery grave. Their ages varied from eleven to fourteen.
Boston Investigator
Boston, Massachusetts
August 12, 1857
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1904 Elgin Factory Burned
Elgin, Ills., Aug. 12. - Fire of unknown origin started in a pile of excelsior back of the brick vault on the second floor of the factory of the Fauber Manufacturing company, and an hour later only the walls of the building were standing. The factory plant was valued at $400,000 and $50,000 worth of finished automobiles were on hand.
The Daily Review
Decatur, Illinois
August 12, 1904
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1889 ORPHAN ASYLUM BURNED.
Augusta, Ga., August 11. - The Augusta orphan asylum, a magnificent five story building, was almost entirely destroyed by fire today. The fire department fought nobly, but was handicapped by a lack of water. The asylum cost over $100,000, and was insured for $60,000. The children were gotten out safely. Two firemen were injured by falling timber.
San Antonio Daily Express
San Antonio, Texas
August 12, 1889
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1949 'Gone With the Wind' Author Hit by Taxi
ATLANTA, Aug. 11. (AP) - A speeding taxicab struck and severely injured Margaret Mitchell Thursday night in front of a theater. The author of the celebrated novel of Civil War days, "Gone With the Wind," was rushed to the city hospital suffering from concussion of the brain, leg and possibly internal injuries. She was placed under an oxygen tent and immediate preparations were made for an operation. Physicians described her condition as critical.
Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas
August 12, 1949
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1879 The Montreal Panic Over
MONTREAL - August 11. - The banking scare has entirely disappeared to-day and confidence has returned. The feeling on the stock exchange has vastly improved and stocks have advanced all around.
The Times
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 12, 1879
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1919 ANDREW CARNEGIE DEAD.
GREAT STEEL MASTER'S METHODS. THE ROAD TO FORTUNE. New York, Aug. 11 Mr. Andrew Carnegie died at 7.30 this morning at Lenox, Massachusetts. The cause of death is given as bronchial pneumonia. Mr. Carnegie had been living at his summer home at Lenox ever since the wedding of his daughter...
The Times
London, England
August 12, 1919
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ATLANTA, Aug. 11. (AP) - A speeding taxicab struck and severely injured Margaret Mitchell Thursday night in front of a theater. The author of the celebrated novel of Civil War days, "Gone With the Wind," was rushed to the city hospital suffering from concussion of the brain, leg and possibly internal injuries. She was placed under an oxygen tent and immediate preparations were made for an operation. Physicians described her condition as critical.
Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas
August 12, 1949
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1879 The Montreal Panic Over
MONTREAL - August 11. - The banking scare has entirely disappeared to-day and confidence has returned. The feeling on the stock exchange has vastly improved and stocks have advanced all around.
The Times
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 12, 1879
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1919 ANDREW CARNEGIE DEAD.
GREAT STEEL MASTER'S METHODS. THE ROAD TO FORTUNE. New York, Aug. 11 Mr. Andrew Carnegie died at 7.30 this morning at Lenox, Massachusetts. The cause of death is given as bronchial pneumonia. Mr. Carnegie had been living at his summer home at Lenox ever since the wedding of his daughter...
The Times
London, England
August 12, 1919
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America - Did you know?
During the Civil War, John H. Wisdom became known as the Paul Revere of the South, afte rhe galloped the 67 miles between Gadsen, Alabama and Rome, Georgia to warn of a Union attack.
Quebec - Did you know?
The Hôtel de Glace is a hotel in Quebec City that is made entirely of snow and ice. Each year, it is reconstructed over the course of a month with a different theme.
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New York City
Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898
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