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 24, 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 24 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA (Waterville)
Waterbury, Conn. - In a desperate effort to save his doe and fawn, a handsome buck deer charged full tilt the other day against an onrushing locomotive as it swept around a curve on the Naupatuck division near Campville. The doe and fawn were saved, but the gallant buck was instantly killed.
The three deer were in a cornfield when the approach of the train frightened them into a dash upon the track, which has a high fence on the far side. The buck cleared the fence at a bound, but it was too ... Read MORE...
The Clinton Mirror - Clinton, Iowa - August 24, 1907
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1907 - Buck Dies to Save Doe - Desperately Charges a Locomotive Threatening Mate and Fawn.
Waterbury, Conn. - In a desperate effort to save his doe and fawn, a handsome buck deer charged full tilt the other day against an onrushing locomotive as it swept around a curve on the Naupatuck division near Campville. The doe and fawn were saved, but the gallant buck was instantly killed.
The three deer were in a cornfield when the approach of the train frightened them into a dash upon the track, which has a high fence on the far side. The buck cleared the fence at a bound, but it was too ... Read MORE...
The Clinton Mirror - Clinton, Iowa - August 24, 1907
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Corn Breakfast Cake
A housekeeper contributes the following to the American Agriculturist, with a sample of the result for the editor, which he pronounced "not bad to take:" The writer says: 'My cook, Kate, is to be credited with the mixture if...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Journal, Willimantic, Connecticut, December 19, 1862
1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Boiling hot water should not be poured on china, or other dishes, as it cracks the enamel, and in time will surely break...Read MORE...
Advice for Ladies - The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, December 25, 1885
Potsdam, New York, USA
TWO CAMELS AND A TRICK MULE ALSO PERISHED, AND THIRTY-SIX OTHER ANIMALS WERE INJURED - THE WRECK OCCURRED AT MIDNIGHT ON THE ROME, WATERTOWN AND OGDENSBURG ROAD - ESCAPE OF ATTENDANTS.
(Special To The World.)
Watertown, N.Y., Aug. 23. - Great excitement was caused in Northern New York towns this morning by the report that a section of Barnum & Bailey's circus train had been wrecked between Norwood and Potsdam, and that several employees and many animals had been killed. That part of the... Read MORE...
New York World - New York, New York - August 24, 1889
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1889 - A CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED. BARNUM & BAILEY LOSE VALUABLE TRAINED ANIMALS IN A RAILROAD SMASH-UP. THIRTY-THREE FINE HORSES KILLED.
TWO CAMELS AND A TRICK MULE ALSO PERISHED, AND THIRTY-SIX OTHER ANIMALS WERE INJURED - THE WRECK OCCURRED AT MIDNIGHT ON THE ROME, WATERTOWN AND OGDENSBURG ROAD - ESCAPE OF ATTENDANTS.
(Special To The World.)
Watertown, N.Y., Aug. 23. - Great excitement was caused in Northern New York towns this morning by the report that a section of Barnum & Bailey's circus train had been wrecked between Norwood and Potsdam, and that several employees and many animals had been killed. That part of the... Read MORE...
New York World - New York, New York - August 24, 1889
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Corona, California, USA
CORONA, Calif. (AP) — Gene Maxwell’s light plane is a wreck. It seems that a train hit it.
Maxwell, 31, was practicing landings when he lost power, brushed some trees and made a near-perfect forced landing—except for one detail. He landed on the Santa Fe right-of-way.
While he was checking his plane and his only injury, a scratched arm, he heard a train whistle. He and several bystanders were still trying to drag the two-seater off the tracks when a freight train, bound for Santa Ana,... Read MORE...
The Milwaukee Sentinel - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - August 24, 1957
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1957 - Train Wrecks Plane
CORONA, Calif. (AP) — Gene Maxwell’s light plane is a wreck. It seems that a train hit it.
Maxwell, 31, was practicing landings when he lost power, brushed some trees and made a near-perfect forced landing—except for one detail. He landed on the Santa Fe right-of-way.
While he was checking his plane and his only injury, a scratched arm, he heard a train whistle. He and several bystanders were still trying to drag the two-seater off the tracks when a freight train, bound for Santa Ana,... Read MORE...
The Milwaukee Sentinel - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - August 24, 1957
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Miss Lyla Ransom and E. S. Burnett Narrowly Escape Drowning in Lake Mendota.
(Special to The Northwestern.)
Madison, Wis., Aug. 24. - After one of the most terrible experiences ever recorded on the Madison lakes, during which they clung to an upturned canoe for over two hours in the midst of a raging wind and thunder storm on Lake Mendota, Miss. Lyla Ransom of Wingra Park and E. S. Burnett, research assistant in mechanical engineering at the university, were rescued from a watery grave just... Read MORE...
The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - August 24, 1907
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1907 - RESCUED IN NICK OF TIME.
Miss Lyla Ransom and E. S. Burnett Narrowly Escape Drowning in Lake Mendota.
(Special to The Northwestern.)
Madison, Wis., Aug. 24. - After one of the most terrible experiences ever recorded on the Madison lakes, during which they clung to an upturned canoe for over two hours in the midst of a raging wind and thunder storm on Lake Mendota, Miss. Lyla Ransom of Wingra Park and E. S. Burnett, research assistant in mechanical engineering at the university, were rescued from a watery grave just... Read MORE...
The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - August 24, 1907
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Branford, Connecticut, USA
New Haven, Wednesday, Aug. 23.
The Palladium says that about 7 1/ 2 o'clock last night, the evening train from New London ran over a cow, three miles this side of Branford, and the baggage, mail and first passenger cars were thrown from the track.
The baggage car turned a complete somersault down an embankment, and rolled over twice, and was badly smashed.
Almost all the employes of the road, ten or twelve in number were injured, some seriously, but none fatally. But one passenger was... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 24, 1865
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1865 -ANOTHER RAILROAD DISASTER. PASSENGER TRAIN ON THE NORWICH ROAD THROWN OFF THE TRACK. TEN OR TWELVE PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
New Haven, Wednesday, Aug. 23.
The Palladium says that about 7 1/ 2 o'clock last night, the evening train from New London ran over a cow, three miles this side of Branford, and the baggage, mail and first passenger cars were thrown from the track.
The baggage car turned a complete somersault down an embankment, and rolled over twice, and was badly smashed.
Almost all the employes of the road, ten or twelve in number were injured, some seriously, but none fatally. But one passenger was... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 24, 1865
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1907 Pope Manufacturing failure
Receivers for the Pope Manufacturing company and its subsidiary company, the Pope Motor Car company, which are engaged in the manufacture of automobiles and bicycles, with main offices and plant at Hartford, Conn., were appointed in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The failure was ascribed to the stringency of the money market.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Stock market tumble
Distrust of the government's attitude toward the corporations, a threatened monetary stringency in all the leading markets of the world and the financial embarrassment of the Pope Manufacturing company combined to demoralize the stock market in New York. Prices melted in sensational fashion ad the average level of declines was below that reached in the memorable Norther Pacific panic of May, 1901. Stocks were sold lower than ever before in their history.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Beach Fire
Seventeen summer hotels, 16 summer cottages and a score of buildings occupied by stores were burned in a fire which swept the eastern section of Old Orchard, Me., causing a loss estimated at half a million dollars. An unknown man was killed and two others were injured severely by a soda water tank which exploded in a burning drug store.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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Receivers for the Pope Manufacturing company and its subsidiary company, the Pope Motor Car company, which are engaged in the manufacture of automobiles and bicycles, with main offices and plant at Hartford, Conn., were appointed in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The failure was ascribed to the stringency of the money market.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Stock market tumble
Distrust of the government's attitude toward the corporations, a threatened monetary stringency in all the leading markets of the world and the financial embarrassment of the Pope Manufacturing company combined to demoralize the stock market in New York. Prices melted in sensational fashion ad the average level of declines was below that reached in the memorable Norther Pacific panic of May, 1901. Stocks were sold lower than ever before in their history.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Beach Fire
Seventeen summer hotels, 16 summer cottages and a score of buildings occupied by stores were burned in a fire which swept the eastern section of Old Orchard, Me., causing a loss estimated at half a million dollars. An unknown man was killed and two others were injured severely by a soda water tank which exploded in a burning drug store.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Scalp Surgery
Miss Elizabeth Gallighan, of St. Louis, leaned too near a fast revolving fly wheel in the shoe factory in which she is employed and her entire scalp was torn from her head. The scalp was removed from the fly wheel intact and surgeons performed a rare operation by sewing it back in place.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 There have been five cases of bubonic plague in San Francisco, four of them resulting fatally.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Meteor
A large meteor fell into the sea of Amagansett, L. I., causing an upheaval of water that did considerable damage.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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Miss Elizabeth Gallighan, of St. Louis, leaned too near a fast revolving fly wheel in the shoe factory in which she is employed and her entire scalp was torn from her head. The scalp was removed from the fly wheel intact and surgeons performed a rare operation by sewing it back in place.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 There have been five cases of bubonic plague in San Francisco, four of them resulting fatally.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Meteor
A large meteor fell into the sea of Amagansett, L. I., causing an upheaval of water that did considerable damage.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Explosion at Tiverton
Two persons were killed and five hurt at Tiverton, R.I., by the explosion of a gasoline tank on a motor boat.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Steeplechase island fire
Fire swept the amusement grounds at Steeplechase island, Bridgeport, Conn., causing $60,000 damage and creating something of a panic upon the 20,000 visitors. No one was seriously injured.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Three Killed in Automobile Collision
An automobile containing a party of five persons from Bristol, Conn., collided with the New York-Pittsfield express at Ashley Falls crossing, and three of the party were killed and the other two probably fatally injured.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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Two persons were killed and five hurt at Tiverton, R.I., by the explosion of a gasoline tank on a motor boat.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Steeplechase island fire
Fire swept the amusement grounds at Steeplechase island, Bridgeport, Conn., causing $60,000 damage and creating something of a panic upon the 20,000 visitors. No one was seriously injured.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Three Killed in Automobile Collision
An automobile containing a party of five persons from Bristol, Conn., collided with the New York-Pittsfield express at Ashley Falls crossing, and three of the party were killed and the other two probably fatally injured.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1907 Cohabitation and Polygamy
In an address at the chautauqua at Aurora, Ill., Senator DuBois, of Idaho, urged his hearers to use their influence with the Illinois representatives in congress to secure and amendment of the constitution under which the federal government will have power to deal with unlawful cohabitation and polygamy and thus check the spreading of political power of the Mormon church.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1897 BRICK FACTORY FIRE.
Woodbridge, N.J., Aug. 24. - The heavy rain this morning, which did so much damage in this vicinity, was directly responsible for a big fire here. The Salamander fire brick factory was burned to the ground.
Trenton Evening Times
Trenton, New Jersey
August 24, 1897
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1858 August 24 - Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning
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August 24, 1858
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In an address at the chautauqua at Aurora, Ill., Senator DuBois, of Idaho, urged his hearers to use their influence with the Illinois representatives in congress to secure and amendment of the constitution under which the federal government will have power to deal with unlawful cohabitation and polygamy and thus check the spreading of political power of the Mormon church.
The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907
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1897 BRICK FACTORY FIRE.
Woodbridge, N.J., Aug. 24. - The heavy rain this morning, which did so much damage in this vicinity, was directly responsible for a big fire here. The Salamander fire brick factory was burned to the ground.
Trenton Evening Times
Trenton, New Jersey
August 24, 1897
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1858 August 24 - Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning
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August 24, 1858
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1893 August 24 - Tornado destroys coast of Savannah & Charleston, about 1000 die
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August 24, 1893
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1955 Fall Proves Fatal
St. Petersburg, Fla., (AP) – Mack HOPEEN, 37, a construction worker, rolled off a divan where he was sleeping, struck his neck on the ragged edge of a coffee can used as an ash tray and bled to death. He severed the jugular vein in his neck and died 35 minutes later.
Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas
August 24, 1955
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1908 Luxury Tax on Bachelors
The Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, has issued an "irade" declaring that bachelors should be taxed. Evidently His Honor believes that single-blessedness is a luxury that should be paid for. However that may be in Providence, Rhode Island, it certainly does not hold good in Scranton.
The Scranton Truth
Scranton, Pennsylvania
August 24, 1908
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August 24, 1893
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1955 Fall Proves Fatal
St. Petersburg, Fla., (AP) – Mack HOPEEN, 37, a construction worker, rolled off a divan where he was sleeping, struck his neck on the ragged edge of a coffee can used as an ash tray and bled to death. He severed the jugular vein in his neck and died 35 minutes later.
Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas
August 24, 1955
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1908 Luxury Tax on Bachelors
The Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, has issued an "irade" declaring that bachelors should be taxed. Evidently His Honor believes that single-blessedness is a luxury that should be paid for. However that may be in Providence, Rhode Island, it certainly does not hold good in Scranton.
The Scranton Truth
Scranton, Pennsylvania
August 24, 1908
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America - Did you know?
StogieToday, cigars are sometimes referred to as stogies. As the pioneers traveled west, Conestoga wagon drivers frequently smoked cigars. They thought that the cigar would act as a filter and keep the dust out of their throats. So many wagon...Read MORE...
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Quebec - Did you know?
In Quebec, kissing on the cheeks in the French manner is quite common. When close friends and family meet in Quebec, they use first names and kiss both cheeks.
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Joyceland - The Tourist Home, Lake Candlewood, New Fairfield, Conn.
"Joyce land Tourist Home, 1927 This popular vacation spot was situated on Squantz Pond. When excavations began for this building (still standing today), an entire skeleton was unearthed, believed to be Chief Squantz resting in his camping ground. Keith Joyce also found arrowheads, tomahawks,and other implements on the property." www.preservenewfairfield.org
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