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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated August 15, 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 15 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, USA
Mr. A. S. Kendall's tannery was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening the 6th inst. The fire was at first discovered by Mrs. Kendall a few minutes after eleven o'clock. The alarm was immediately given and the fire engine was promptly on the spot, but the flames spread with such great rapidity that little else could be done than to save the adjoining property from destruction. A large quantity of bark which was piled up between the tannery and Mr.. Kendall's residence was mostly saved.... Read MORE...
New Hampshire Sentinel - Keene, New Hampshire - August 15, 1867
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1867 - FIRE IN FITZWILLIAM
Mr. A. S. Kendall's tannery was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening the 6th inst. The fire was at first discovered by Mrs. Kendall a few minutes after eleven o'clock. The alarm was immediately given and the fire engine was promptly on the spot, but the flames spread with such great rapidity that little else could be done than to save the adjoining property from destruction. A large quantity of bark which was piled up between the tannery and Mr.. Kendall's residence was mostly saved.... Read MORE...
New Hampshire Sentinel - Keene, New Hampshire - August 15, 1867
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Landers, Frary & Clark, Manufacturers of Cutlery and Harware, 1893
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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)
"I am as much mystified as you are," said Herman S. Cheney of Southbridge to a Globe reporter yesterday afternoon, "concerning the way in which my property was stolen from me last winter. I am equally in ignorance of the identity of the person who left the box of securities in the house where I found them more than a week ago. No one was present in the house as far as I know. But I have the missing securities.
"I wish to say, however," Mr Cheney went on, "that the securities were not worth... Read MORE...
The Boston Globe - Boston, Massachusetts - August 15, 1904
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1905 - No Suspicions. H.S. Cheney Will Drop Stolen Box Matter. Securities Returned to Home of Father-in-Law. Family Away at Time They Were Left.
"I am as much mystified as you are," said Herman S. Cheney of Southbridge to a Globe reporter yesterday afternoon, "concerning the way in which my property was stolen from me last winter. I am equally in ignorance of the identity of the person who left the box of securities in the house where I found them more than a week ago. No one was present in the house as far as I know. But I have the missing securities.
"I wish to say, however," Mr Cheney went on, "that the securities were not worth... Read MORE...
The Boston Globe - Boston, Massachusetts - August 15, 1904
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1939 - August 15 – MGM's classic musical film The Wizard of Oz, based on L. Frank Baum's famous novel, and starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
In 1939, one of the most iconic films in cinematic history, The Wizard of Oz, premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. This MGM classic, based on L. Frank Baum's beloved novel, follows the adventures of Dorothy, played by Judy Garland, as she is swept away from her Kansas farm to the magical land of Oz. The film is renowned for its innovative use of Technicolor, which brought the vibrant world of Oz to life in a way never seen before.
The premiere of The Wizard of Oz was a... Read MORE...
August 15, 1939
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1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law.
Roosevelt Sees New Steps To Social Security For Nation
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. (AP). - President Roosevelt, embarking the government on the New Deal's vast social security program, forsees further social and economic adjustments to come.
When he signed the Security bill into law yesterday, amid formal ceremony, he said it was a "cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means complete."
The bill, which the President said would apply to 30,000,000 persons, provides for... Read MORE...
The Daily Mail - Hagerstown, Maryland - August 15, 1935
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Stuffed and Baked Fish
Soak bread in cold water, till soft, then squeeze out all the water, mash it and mix it with a piece of butter, of the size of a hen's egg, a little salt, pepper, cloves, and mace, a couple of raw eggs, makes the dressing...Read MORE...
The New England Cook Book, 1836
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
...Probably Hartford, Conn., was the most shaken of any point heard from. At twenty-one minutes to three o’clock p. m., three long and convulsive shocks were felt throughout the city and vicinity, and particularly felt in houses occupying high ground. Many people were thrown down and in some cases badly bruised. At the second shock bells were rung, houses rocked like cradles and crockery and glassware fell with a resounding crash. For some time the greatest confusion reigned in the lower wards... Read MORE...
The Landmark - Statesville, North Carolina - August 15, 1884
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1884 - A SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE Felt Over a Large Region – A Vibratory Motion from Washington to Maine
...Probably Hartford, Conn., was the most shaken of any point heard from. At twenty-one minutes to three o’clock p. m., three long and convulsive shocks were felt throughout the city and vicinity, and particularly felt in houses occupying high ground. Many people were thrown down and in some cases badly bruised. At the second shock bells were rung, houses rocked like cradles and crockery and glassware fell with a resounding crash. For some time the greatest confusion reigned in the lower wards... Read MORE...
The Landmark - Statesville, North Carolina - August 15, 1884
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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.
Placerville, California, USA (Hangtown)
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 15. - Miss Edna Bullard, thirty-eight years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ila L. Bullard, of Oroville, was fatally injured and Adjt. Gen. J. J. Borrce received minor injuries when an automobile Gen. Borrce was driving mountain-ward last Saturday afternoon skidded off the highway five miles west of Placeville, throwing the occupants out as it catapulted down an embankment.
Miss Bullard died at the Placerville Sanatorium Monday night. The accident and the death of Miss Bullard ... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - August 15, 1922
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1922 - WOMAN FATALLY HURT IN WRECK
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 15. - Miss Edna Bullard, thirty-eight years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ila L. Bullard, of Oroville, was fatally injured and Adjt. Gen. J. J. Borrce received minor injuries when an automobile Gen. Borrce was driving mountain-ward last Saturday afternoon skidded off the highway five miles west of Placeville, throwing the occupants out as it catapulted down an embankment.
Miss Bullard died at the Placerville Sanatorium Monday night. The accident and the death of Miss Bullard ... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - August 15, 1922
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Middletown, Connecticut, USA
MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Aug. 14 - The steam yacht Waiontha of Hartford caught fire to-day while going down the Connecticut River, and now lies a blackened wreck on Sears Shoal, six or seven miles below this city. Her crew escaped in a small boat after running the burning yacht aground. It is understood here that the fire caught in the engine room and spread so quickly that it was impossible to save the boat.
The Waiontha was bound from Hartford for Greenport,L. I. She was 103 feet long and 15... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 15, 1903
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1903 - YACHT WAIONTHA BURNED - Catches Fire on Connecticut River and Is Run Aground
MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Aug. 14 - The steam yacht Waiontha of Hartford caught fire to-day while going down the Connecticut River, and now lies a blackened wreck on Sears Shoal, six or seven miles below this city. Her crew escaped in a small boat after running the burning yacht aground. It is understood here that the fire caught in the engine room and spread so quickly that it was impossible to save the boat.
The Waiontha was bound from Hartford for Greenport,L. I. She was 103 feet long and 15... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 15, 1903
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1885 A Port Jervis man has concluded that if there can be a scarecrow there can also be a scarebug.
So he stuck a little stake in the middle of his cucumber hills on which he has attached a small white rag. He says that the little bugs which were destroying his cucumber plants are scared by the flopping of the rags and vacate the premises. - N. Y. Tribune.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 15, 1885
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1868 A farmer in Oneida, N. Y., raised seven thousand quarts of strawberries on a single acre this year.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 15, 1868
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1969 August 15 - Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)
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August 15, 1969
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So he stuck a little stake in the middle of his cucumber hills on which he has attached a small white rag. He says that the little bugs which were destroying his cucumber plants are scared by the flopping of the rags and vacate the premises. - N. Y. Tribune.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 15, 1885
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1868 A farmer in Oneida, N. Y., raised seven thousand quarts of strawberries on a single acre this year.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 15, 1868
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1969 August 15 - Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)
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August 15, 1969
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1867 Another DESTRUCTIVE FIRE in KEENE.
On Monday afternoon of this week Keene was visited by a conflagration which in the amount of property destroyed, and in detriment to the manufacturing and laboring interests of the place, was by far the most disastrous of any which our citizens have ever experienced. The flames broke out at about half-past four o'clock, and in less than as hour and a half, the entire group of shops, store houses, dry houses, &c., &c., with only one exception, situated on the south side of Mechanic street,...
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New Hampshire Sentinel
Keene, New Hampshire
August 15, 1867
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1898 Fire in Quebec
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Aug 14 - The works of the Jencks Machine company, the largest industry of the kind in Canada, were destroyed by fire, supposed to have started in the Rand Drill company's plant. The estimated loss is $225,000, probably covered by insurance.
Gazette-Telegraph
Colorado
August 15, 1898
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On Monday afternoon of this week Keene was visited by a conflagration which in the amount of property destroyed, and in detriment to the manufacturing and laboring interests of the place, was by far the most disastrous of any which our citizens have ever experienced. The flames broke out at about half-past four o'clock, and in less than as hour and a half, the entire group of shops, store houses, dry houses, &c., &c., with only one exception, situated on the south side of Mechanic street,...
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New Hampshire Sentinel
Keene, New Hampshire
August 15, 1867
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1898 Fire in Quebec
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Aug 14 - The works of the Jencks Machine company, the largest industry of the kind in Canada, were destroyed by fire, supposed to have started in the Rand Drill company's plant. The estimated loss is $225,000, probably covered by insurance.
Gazette-Telegraph
Colorado
August 15, 1898
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America - Did you know?
It is prohibited to dance to the “Star Spangled Banner” in Massachusetts, thanks to an excessively patriotic 1917 law.
Quebec - Did you know?
In Quebec, it's considered bad form to ask for a martini or scotch before dinner — French Canadians consider them "palate numbing." Typical before-dinner drinks include Pernod, kir, champagne, and vermouth. Cognac, Grand Marnier and/ or other...Read MORE...ediplomat.com
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