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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated February 26, 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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GRUESOME FEATURES OF THE ACCIDENT.
Geneva, N.Y., Feb. 26. - A carriage containing seven persons was struck by an express train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Tuttle's crossing.
The dead - MRS. AMY SMITH, 48; BERT SMITH, 23; MISS MIRANDA SMITH, 20; GLEE SMITH, 15; CATHERINE SMITH, 8. The injured - PORTER SMITH, husband of Mrs. Smith and father of the other victims; GARDNER SMITH, 21.
The family had spent the evening at a friend's house near Tuttle Corner's crossing, and started home a... Read MORE...
The Daily Herald - Delphos, Ohio - February 26, 1900
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1900 - BY A FAST EXPRESS. SIX MEMBERS OF A FAMILY ARE HURLED TO INSTANT DEATH. DISASTER OCCURRED ON A CROSSING. DIN OF A WINTER'S GALE DROWNED THE THUNDER OF THE APPROACHING TRAIN, AND THE HORSE WAS DRIVEN INTO THE VERY JAWS OF DEATH
GRUESOME FEATURES OF THE ACCIDENT.
Geneva, N.Y., Feb. 26. - A carriage containing seven persons was struck by an express train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Tuttle's crossing.
The dead - MRS. AMY SMITH, 48; BERT SMITH, 23; MISS MIRANDA SMITH, 20; GLEE SMITH, 15; CATHERINE SMITH, 8. The injured - PORTER SMITH, husband of Mrs. Smith and father of the other victims; GARDNER SMITH, 21.
The family had spent the evening at a friend's house near Tuttle Corner's crossing, and started home a... Read MORE...
The Daily Herald - Delphos, Ohio - February 26, 1900
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Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Hanover, N. H., Feb. 26. - (UP) - Nine Dartmouth college students who had gone to bed in their fraternity house early Sunday after an evening of gaiety, were dead today, suffocated in their sleep by carbon monoxide gas from a faulty furnace.
The tragedy was discovered by Merton D. Little, janitor, when he visited the Theta Chi house late Sunday afternoon. Dr. Ernest Martin Hopkins, president of the college, who learned of the tragedy while entertaining a group of the alumni at tea, withheld... Read MORE...
Piqua Daily Call - Ohio - February 26, 1934
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1934 - COLLEGE STUDENTS GAS VICTIMS WHEN FURNACE EXPLODED. NINE MEN PERISH TOGETHER WITH DOG IN FRATERNITY HOUSE AT HANOVER - ALL WERE POPULAR.
Hanover, N. H., Feb. 26. - (UP) - Nine Dartmouth college students who had gone to bed in their fraternity house early Sunday after an evening of gaiety, were dead today, suffocated in their sleep by carbon monoxide gas from a faulty furnace.
The tragedy was discovered by Merton D. Little, janitor, when he visited the Theta Chi house late Sunday afternoon. Dr. Ernest Martin Hopkins, president of the college, who learned of the tragedy while entertaining a group of the alumni at tea, withheld... Read MORE...
Piqua Daily Call - Ohio - February 26, 1934
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Old-Fashioned Brown Betty - Sprinkle a layer of sugar between the layers of apples and bread, and dust a little cinnamon over the top. Place the dish in a hot oven, covering for fifteen minutes, and bake for thrity minutes. Serve with a hard...Read MORE...
The Ladies' Home Journal, February 1898
1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
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St Paul, Minnesota, USA
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 26. - A most disastrous fire has occurred here. The building destroyed was a large four-story warehouse at the corner of Pine and Prince streets, west end. The building was occupied by MAST, BURFORD, BURWELL & Co., dealery in agricultural implements, the rest of the structure being occupied by the offices of the St. Paul Harvesting works, the stove concern of BRAND & Co., and store rooms of GLIDDEN, GRIGGS & Co., wholesale grocers, the latter firm also having a large stock ... Read MORE...
The Evening Gazette - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - February 26, 1884
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1884 - FIRE AT ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 26. - A most disastrous fire has occurred here. The building destroyed was a large four-story warehouse at the corner of Pine and Prince streets, west end. The building was occupied by MAST, BURFORD, BURWELL & Co., dealery in agricultural implements, the rest of the structure being occupied by the offices of the St. Paul Harvesting works, the stove concern of BRAND & Co., and store rooms of GLIDDEN, GRIGGS & Co., wholesale grocers, the latter firm also having a large stock ... Read MORE...
The Evening Gazette - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - February 26, 1884
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Stockton, California, USA
San Francisco, February 22. - A terrific explosion took place today of El Dorado Street, Stockton. A crowd of more than two hundred people had assembled to witness the trial of a new propeller pump set in Stockton Slough and run by a threshing engine. Those who stood near were prostrated. The body of the engineer was blown a distance of 150 feet through the crowd. Ten or twelve dead bodies lay in one heap at the northwest corner of the bridge. Others were strewn dead and drying on the street,... Read MORE...
The World - New York, New York - February 26, 1879
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1879 - HAVOC IN A CROWD. TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE CAUSED BY A CALIFORNIAN ENGINEER'S STUPIDITY.
San Francisco, February 22. - A terrific explosion took place today of El Dorado Street, Stockton. A crowd of more than two hundred people had assembled to witness the trial of a new propeller pump set in Stockton Slough and run by a threshing engine. Those who stood near were prostrated. The body of the engineer was blown a distance of 150 feet through the crowd. Ten or twelve dead bodies lay in one heap at the northwest corner of the bridge. Others were strewn dead and drying on the street,... Read MORE...
The World - New York, New York - February 26, 1879
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Vergennes, Vermont, USA
The Vergennes Manufacturing Company's plant caught fire Wednesday, February 21, and was burned to the ground. The loss is seven or eight thousand dollars and the plant was insured for $4,500. The firm were manufacturers of furniture, sash, doors and blinds and house furnishings and also ran a sawmill in connection with their other business. They employed 15 men. About $2,000 of finished work ready for shipment was burned. Several men lost their kits of tools on which their was no insurance. The ... Read MORE...
St. Albans Daily Messenger - St. Albans, Vermont - February 26, 1900
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1900 - Heavy Fire Loss of Vergennes Firm
The Vergennes Manufacturing Company's plant caught fire Wednesday, February 21, and was burned to the ground. The loss is seven or eight thousand dollars and the plant was insured for $4,500. The firm were manufacturers of furniture, sash, doors and blinds and house furnishings and also ran a sawmill in connection with their other business. They employed 15 men. About $2,000 of finished work ready for shipment was burned. Several men lost their kits of tools on which their was no insurance. The ... Read MORE...
St. Albans Daily Messenger - St. Albans, Vermont - February 26, 1900
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Louisville, Kentucky, USA
THREE MEN WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED, TWO OF WHOM MAY DIE.
HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WERE ENDANGERED -- THE LOSS WILL BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS, FULLY INSURED -- MANY PERSONS OUT OF WORK.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 26 - Picking, drying and steaming warehouses of the National Tobacco Co., situated at Twenty-fourth and Main Streets, were totally destroyed by fire Friday morning. The loss will amount to $1,000,000, fully covered by insurance. Mr. W. R. Duke, of New York, president of the... Read MORE...
Daily Public Ledger - Maysville, Kentucky - February 26, 1898
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1898 - A COSTLY SMOKE. NATIONAL TOBACCO WAREHOUSE AT LOUISVILLE, KY., BURNED.
THREE MEN WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED, TWO OF WHOM MAY DIE.
HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WERE ENDANGERED -- THE LOSS WILL BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS, FULLY INSURED -- MANY PERSONS OUT OF WORK.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 26 - Picking, drying and steaming warehouses of the National Tobacco Co., situated at Twenty-fourth and Main Streets, were totally destroyed by fire Friday morning. The loss will amount to $1,000,000, fully covered by insurance. Mr. W. R. Duke, of New York, president of the... Read MORE...
Daily Public Ledger - Maysville, Kentucky - February 26, 1898
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1890 Merrimac Glove Factory Fire
The works of the Merrimac Glove Factory, at Warner, N. H., together with a large amount of stock, were burned yesterday morning. The loss is $40,000; insurance $25,000.
The New York Times
New York, New York
February 26, 1890
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1884 THE WORK OF DEATH. FOUR LIVES LOST AT A FIRE IN JACKSON, MICHIGAN. SURROUNDED BY FLAMES THE VICTIMS JUMP FOR THEIR LIVES.
Jackson, Mich., Feb. 26. - A conflagration swept away the Union Hall block, a four-story building, costing $125,000 in 1864, and containing four stores, a bank, a hotel and a theatre, and also burned to the ground three frame buildings and half destroyed two more, which joined the Union block on the east. Four lives are reported lost, but the body of only one has been found. It proved to be that of CHARLES CORNELL, a crippled soldier. JOHN PRIOR, MRS. BANKS, a colored waiter, and an unknown...
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The Evening Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
February 26, 1884
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1929 February 26 – The Grand Teton National Park is established by the United States Congress.
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The works of the Merrimac Glove Factory, at Warner, N. H., together with a large amount of stock, were burned yesterday morning. The loss is $40,000; insurance $25,000.
The New York Times
New York, New York
February 26, 1890
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1884 THE WORK OF DEATH. FOUR LIVES LOST AT A FIRE IN JACKSON, MICHIGAN. SURROUNDED BY FLAMES THE VICTIMS JUMP FOR THEIR LIVES.
Jackson, Mich., Feb. 26. - A conflagration swept away the Union Hall block, a four-story building, costing $125,000 in 1864, and containing four stores, a bank, a hotel and a theatre, and also burned to the ground three frame buildings and half destroyed two more, which joined the Union block on the east. Four lives are reported lost, but the body of only one has been found. It proved to be that of CHARLES CORNELL, a crippled soldier. JOHN PRIOR, MRS. BANKS, a colored waiter, and an unknown...
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The Evening Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
February 26, 1884
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1929 February 26 – The Grand Teton National Park is established by the United States Congress.
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1972 February 26, 1972 - The Buffalo Creek disaster occurred in the Buffalo Creek Hollow of Logan County in West Virginia.
A coal slag dam on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek burst sending a fifty foot wall of water down a narrow valley killing 125 persons and causing 51 million dollars damage. Three days of rain atop a six inches snow cover prompted the dam break.
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1870 An Amsterdam (N. Y.) man has invented a patent glass coffin, which can be hermetically sealed after the air is exhausted, thus preserving bodies perfectly without embalming.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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1870 John Goold was recently released from the State Prison at Thomaston, Maine,
on account of a dying confession of a man who, years before, had committed a murder for which Goold suffered imprisonment.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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A coal slag dam on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek burst sending a fifty foot wall of water down a narrow valley killing 125 persons and causing 51 million dollars damage. Three days of rain atop a six inches snow cover prompted the dam break.
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February 26, 1972
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1870 An Amsterdam (N. Y.) man has invented a patent glass coffin, which can be hermetically sealed after the air is exhausted, thus preserving bodies perfectly without embalming.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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1870 John Goold was recently released from the State Prison at Thomaston, Maine,
on account of a dying confession of a man who, years before, had committed a murder for which Goold suffered imprisonment.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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1869 Salem and South Danvers (Mass.) Oil Company gave each of their seven workmen a New Year's gift of $100.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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1870 The Congregational church at Townsend Centre, Mass., have discontinued the use of fermented wines at their communion services, using instead the expressed juice of raisins.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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1870 There are 226,000 children in Maine between the ages of four and twenty-one, and only fifty per cent of these attend school.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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1870 The Congregational church at Townsend Centre, Mass., have discontinued the use of fermented wines at their communion services, using instead the expressed juice of raisins.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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1870 There are 226,000 children in Maine between the ages of four and twenty-one, and only fifty per cent of these attend school.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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1870 At a recent celebration of the Lord's Supper, in Bradford, Mass., the silver goblets used by the church in 1730, 140 years ago, were made use of.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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1732 February 26 - 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia
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1930 February 26 - 1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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1732 February 26 - 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia
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1930 February 26 - 1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)
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1892 Newsboy Run Over and Killed
Last Friday evening as two Lake cars were passing at D street in Pueblo, a newsboy dodged behind one and in coming in front of the other was struck by it and instantly killed. He was taken to McMahon & Colliers undertaking rooms were he was identified as Snell Johnson, son of a railroad employee living near the corner of Sixth and Greenwood streets. The boy was about 11 years old.
Akron Pioneer Press
Akron, Ohio
February 26, 1892
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1900 BARRE BARBER SHOP BLOWS UP. Explosion of a Hot Water Heater Wrecks a Building and Knocks Man Senseless.
(Special to the Messenger.) BARRE, Feb. 26. - A hot water heater exploded this morning in the barber shop of William Miers on Main street, blowing out the front of the shop and sending several pieces of the heater through the walls into the adjoining stores. Fred Beckman, one of the three barbers in the shop at the time, was knocked senseless and at noon had not recovered consciousness. He was hurt about the head but it is not yet known how seriously.
St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
February 26, 1900
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Last Friday evening as two Lake cars were passing at D street in Pueblo, a newsboy dodged behind one and in coming in front of the other was struck by it and instantly killed. He was taken to McMahon & Colliers undertaking rooms were he was identified as Snell Johnson, son of a railroad employee living near the corner of Sixth and Greenwood streets. The boy was about 11 years old.
Akron Pioneer Press
Akron, Ohio
February 26, 1892
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1900 BARRE BARBER SHOP BLOWS UP. Explosion of a Hot Water Heater Wrecks a Building and Knocks Man Senseless.
(Special to the Messenger.) BARRE, Feb. 26. - A hot water heater exploded this morning in the barber shop of William Miers on Main street, blowing out the front of the shop and sending several pieces of the heater through the walls into the adjoining stores. Fred Beckman, one of the three barbers in the shop at the time, was knocked senseless and at noon had not recovered consciousness. He was hurt about the head but it is not yet known how seriously.
St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
February 26, 1900
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America - Did you know?
1971 - No Pig Greasing in ContestsSince 1971, in Minnesota, it has been considered a misdemeanor to operate, run, or participate in any activity where a pig is oiled up and released with the object of being recaptured—and the same goes for...Read MORE...
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An older French Canadian man may kiss the hand of a woman. Accept this gesture graciously. A foreign man shouldn't kiss the hand of a French Canadian woman, who would be quite shocked.
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