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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated December 29, 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 December 29 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Made in Lynn, MA
Lydia Estes Pinkham (February 9, 1819 – May 17, 1883) was an iconic concocter and shrewd marketer of a commercially successful herbal-alcoholic "women's tonic" meant to relieve menstrual and menopausal pains. Although Pinkham's Vegetable Compound sold well to the general public, it was regarded by health experts as quackery... wikipedia
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New Shoreham, Rhode Island, USA (Block Island)
BLOCK ISLAND, R. I. Dec. 28. - The four-masted schooner Mary Adelaide Randall of Port Jefferson, N. Y., coal laden, was cast upon the ledges west of Block Island by a terrific northwesterly gale early to-day, and four hours later ten men of the crew were rescued by the Block Island life savers.
The rescue was accomplished only after the life saving crew had tried repeatedly to reach the stranded craft. The Randall was bound from Norfolk for New London, Conn.
The 4 A. M. patrol of the... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - December 29, 1911
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1911 - RESCUE 10 MEN FROM WRECK. Life Savers at Block Island Bring Ashore Crew of the Randall.
BLOCK ISLAND, R. I. Dec. 28. - The four-masted schooner Mary Adelaide Randall of Port Jefferson, N. Y., coal laden, was cast upon the ledges west of Block Island by a terrific northwesterly gale early to-day, and four hours later ten men of the crew were rescued by the Block Island life savers.
The rescue was accomplished only after the life saving crew had tried repeatedly to reach the stranded craft. The Randall was bound from Norfolk for New London, Conn.
The 4 A. M. patrol of the... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - December 29, 1911
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Potato Chips - Peel a raw potato as apples are peeled, let the parings be as near as possible the same thickness, and let them be as long as possible; dry them thoroughly in a cloth, put them in the frying-basket and plunge it in boiling hot...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., May 11, 1881
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 27.
A destructive fire broke out at 1 o'clock this morning, in HART'S Building, corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets. The flames spread with great rapidity, destroying the entire building, together with several book and music stores, and PARKER'S Restaurant in the basement.
The flames spread to the Shakespere building on the opposite side of Sixth street, and adjoining Chestnut street Theatre, which was also entirely destroyed, as was also BROWN'S Hotel, and... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York - December 29, 1851
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1851 - DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 27.
A destructive fire broke out at 1 o'clock this morning, in HART'S Building, corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets. The flames spread with great rapidity, destroying the entire building, together with several book and music stores, and PARKER'S Restaurant in the basement.
The flames spread to the Shakespere building on the opposite side of Sixth street, and adjoining Chestnut street Theatre, which was also entirely destroyed, as was also BROWN'S Hotel, and... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York - December 29, 1851
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Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
LOSS OF STATE PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS SO GREAT, CALL ISSUED FOR LEGISLATURE TO MEET AT ONCE.
INSURANCE POLICIES ON BUILDING TOTAL $600,000; LOSS ESTIMATE AT FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE.
Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 28. - North Dakots's state capitol building burned to the ground today.
Resultant loss of state papers and documents was so great that GOV. GEORGE F. SHAFER issued an emergency call for the legislature to convene immediately. He said he hoped the lawmakers could establish some sort of... Read MORE...
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnpeg, Manitoba - December 29, 1930
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1930 - CAPITOL BUILDING AT BISMARCK, N. DAKOTA, BURNED TO THE GROUND. FIRE STARTS IN STATE ENGINEER'S OFFICE; FLAMES RACING THROUGH STRUCTURE WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVE.
LOSS OF STATE PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS SO GREAT, CALL ISSUED FOR LEGISLATURE TO MEET AT ONCE.
INSURANCE POLICIES ON BUILDING TOTAL $600,000; LOSS ESTIMATE AT FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE.
Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 28. - North Dakots's state capitol building burned to the ground today.
Resultant loss of state papers and documents was so great that GOV. GEORGE F. SHAFER issued an emergency call for the legislature to convene immediately. He said he hoped the lawmakers could establish some sort of... Read MORE...
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnpeg, Manitoba - December 29, 1930
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Lake Placid, New York, USA
Special to The Post-Standard.
Lake Placid - A search of ice-sheathed debris will begin Thursday in an effort to recover the bodies of five men missing and presumed dead after a fire Wednesday which destroyed a wing of Hotel Marcy.
The missing men, all employes of the famed resort hotel, were identified by Police Chief Charles Prasse as:
MILTON ANINGER, about 50, of Lake Placid.
CLYDE HOISINGTON, 50, of Lake Placid.
MICHAEL GOTHWIN, 19, of the Bronx.
JAMES GRAY, 62, Montreal,... Read MORE...
The Post-Standard - Syracuse, New York - December 29, 1966
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1966 - FIVE PRESUMED DEAD IN BLAZE AT LAKE PLACID'S MARCY HOTEL.
Special to The Post-Standard.
Lake Placid - A search of ice-sheathed debris will begin Thursday in an effort to recover the bodies of five men missing and presumed dead after a fire Wednesday which destroyed a wing of Hotel Marcy.
The missing men, all employes of the famed resort hotel, were identified by Police Chief Charles Prasse as:
MILTON ANINGER, about 50, of Lake Placid.
CLYDE HOISINGTON, 50, of Lake Placid.
MICHAEL GOTHWIN, 19, of the Bronx.
JAMES GRAY, 62, Montreal,... Read MORE...
The Post-Standard - Syracuse, New York - December 29, 1966
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
If you expect a friend to meet you at the end of your journey, sit near the door of the steam-boat saloon, or in the ladies" room at the car depot, that he may find you...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
Sebring, Florida, USA
Hendricks Field, Sebring, Fla., Dec. 29 - (AP) -
Heavy fog which came up unexpectedly was given as the cause of the crash of a heavy bomber hear here Monday night in which six fliers were killed, Col. Warren H. Higgins, commanding officer, said.
The dead were:
Second Lieut. EARL LANHAM, instructor pilot.
Second Lieut. WILLIAM H. RESSLER, JR., student officer, Shamokin, Pa.
Second Lieut. CHARLES L. MARSH, student officer, Savannah, Ga.
Flight Officer EMIL C. MAZURKIEWICZ, student... Read MORE...
Panama City News-Herald - Panama City, Florida - December 29, 1943
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1943 - SIX DIE WHEN BOMBER CRASHES IN HEAVY FOG.
Hendricks Field, Sebring, Fla., Dec. 29 - (AP) -
Heavy fog which came up unexpectedly was given as the cause of the crash of a heavy bomber hear here Monday night in which six fliers were killed, Col. Warren H. Higgins, commanding officer, said.
The dead were:
Second Lieut. EARL LANHAM, instructor pilot.
Second Lieut. WILLIAM H. RESSLER, JR., student officer, Shamokin, Pa.
Second Lieut. CHARLES L. MARSH, student officer, Savannah, Ga.
Flight Officer EMIL C. MAZURKIEWICZ, student... Read MORE...
Panama City News-Herald - Panama City, Florida - December 29, 1943
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
Our city has just been the theatre and the victim of the most disastrous visitation ever known to this Continent !! The heart of her business, her commerce, and her wealth, is now a blackened mass of smouldering ruins !! New York has received a blow, from the effects of which the utmost exertion of her fearless enterprise, the most liberal and beneficent application of her yet unbounded wealth, will hardly suffice to restore her. The homes of her 'merchant princes' are desolate, the citadels of ... Read MORE...
Huron Reflector - Norwalk, Ohio - December 29, 1835
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1835 - AWFUL CONFLAGRATION !!
Our city has just been the theatre and the victim of the most disastrous visitation ever known to this Continent !! The heart of her business, her commerce, and her wealth, is now a blackened mass of smouldering ruins !! New York has received a blow, from the effects of which the utmost exertion of her fearless enterprise, the most liberal and beneficent application of her yet unbounded wealth, will hardly suffice to restore her. The homes of her 'merchant princes' are desolate, the citadels of ... Read MORE...
Huron Reflector - Norwalk, Ohio - December 29, 1835
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Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA (Ayers Village)
HAVERHILL, Mass., Dec. 28. - Special Telegram - The Merrimac River was the scene this noon of a narrow escape from a frightful accident. More than 100 men, women, and children were on the ice. Since the river had been frozen over the operatives in the Haverhill factories who live in Bradford have walked across the river on the ice, instead of on the railroad when suddenly, without a moment's warning, the ice broke up with a report like a cannon. A dozen or more persons were precipitated into... Read MORE...
The Daily Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - December 29, 1893
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1893 - HUNDRED LIVES IN DANGER. Ice In the River at Haverhill Breaks Up While People Are Crossing.
HAVERHILL, Mass., Dec. 28. - Special Telegram - The Merrimac River was the scene this noon of a narrow escape from a frightful accident. More than 100 men, women, and children were on the ice. Since the river had been frozen over the operatives in the Haverhill factories who live in Bradford have walked across the river on the ice, instead of on the railroad when suddenly, without a moment's warning, the ice broke up with a report like a cannon. A dozen or more persons were precipitated into... Read MORE...
The Daily Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - December 29, 1893
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1881 Sale of the Queen of Barnet
Information from Mr. J. S. Kenerson, of Barnet, Vt., is to the effect that he has just disposed of the famous cow "Jersey Queen of Barnet" to Mr. A. B. Darling of the 5th Avenue Hotel, New York, for $2,000. Mr. Darling is the owner of the cow "Eurotas" with the great butter record.
The People and New Hampshire Patriot
Concord, New Hampshire
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1830 December 29 - A very heavy snowstorm ushered in the "winter of the deep snow." The storm produced 30 inches of snow at Peoria IL and 36 inches at Kansas City MO.
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1890 December 29 - Wounded Knee Massacre occurred - 7th Cavalry killed more than 250 Lakota men, women and children; Sitting Bull killed at Little Eagle; Indian wars ended
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Information from Mr. J. S. Kenerson, of Barnet, Vt., is to the effect that he has just disposed of the famous cow "Jersey Queen of Barnet" to Mr. A. B. Darling of the 5th Avenue Hotel, New York, for $2,000. Mr. Darling is the owner of the cow "Eurotas" with the great butter record.
The People and New Hampshire Patriot
Concord, New Hampshire
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1830 December 29 - A very heavy snowstorm ushered in the "winter of the deep snow." The storm produced 30 inches of snow at Peoria IL and 36 inches at Kansas City MO.
WeatherForYou.com
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1890 December 29 - Wounded Knee Massacre occurred - 7th Cavalry killed more than 250 Lakota men, women and children; Sitting Bull killed at Little Eagle; Indian wars ended
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1888 Hall Collapses
A Hall at York, Pa., collapsed on the 26th during an entertainment, burying three hundred persons in the ruins, and large number were seriously injured.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1852 December 29 - Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants
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A Hall at York, Pa., collapsed on the 26th during an entertainment, burying three hundred persons in the ruins, and large number were seriously injured.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1852 December 29 - Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants
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America - Did you know?
Observation of foreign travelers to America: "Guns... In Texas. At one end of the store the biggest collections of rifles, guns, machetes and army gadget I’ve ever seen... When I then told this to my Texan friends I realised all of them... had at...Read MORE...thoughtcatalog.com
Quebec - Did you know?
To beckon a waiter in Quebec, quietly to say "Monsieur" or "S'il vous plait. Say "Mademoiselle" to beckon a waitress. Never beckon a waiter or waitress by snapping your fingers or shouting.
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