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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated January 17, 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 January 17 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Elastic Stockings
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Lynn, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898
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Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Part of the Business Portion of the City Destroyed - Great Suffering Likely to Follow.
SEATTLE, Washington, Jan. 16. - The steamer Danube at Victoria, from Skagway, brings news that a large part of the business portion of Dawson was wiped out by fire on the night of Wednesday last.
A dispatch was received at Skagway on the same night. The loss will exceed $500,000. There are no names of the buildings or list of losses.
The Skagway operator says that great suffering will undoubtedly... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 17, 1900
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1900 - GREAT FIRE AT DAWSON.
Part of the Business Portion of the City Destroyed - Great Suffering Likely to Follow.
SEATTLE, Washington, Jan. 16. - The steamer Danube at Victoria, from Skagway, brings news that a large part of the business portion of Dawson was wiped out by fire on the night of Wednesday last.
A dispatch was received at Skagway on the same night. The loss will exceed $500,000. There are no names of the buildings or list of losses.
The Skagway operator says that great suffering will undoubtedly... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 17, 1900
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Oswego, New York, USA
OSWEGO, N. Y., January 16. - Benjamin Sawyer, one of the young men injured in the coasting accident Saturday evening, is dead and one or two others are liable to die. There were ten person on the bobs. The hill where the accident occurred is very steep and was one mass of ice, and the bobs were running at least seventy-fire miles an hour. Near the bottom of the hill they ran into a heavy load of timber, knocking it into a ditch. Every person on the bobs were rendered insensible from the force... Read MORE...
Cleveland Leader - Cleveland, Ohio - January 17, 1888
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1888 - COASTING ACCIDENT - A "Bob" Running at the Rate of Seventy-five Miles an Hour Collides With a Load of Timber.
OSWEGO, N. Y., January 16. - Benjamin Sawyer, one of the young men injured in the coasting accident Saturday evening, is dead and one or two others are liable to die. There were ten person on the bobs. The hill where the accident occurred is very steep and was one mass of ice, and the bobs were running at least seventy-fire miles an hour. Near the bottom of the hill they ran into a heavy load of timber, knocking it into a ditch. Every person on the bobs were rendered insensible from the force... Read MORE...
Cleveland Leader - Cleveland, Ohio - January 17, 1888
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Cream of Spinach Soup - This is one of the very palatable and slightly green soups. Pick the leaves from two quarts of spinach; wash; throw them into a hot kettle, and shake and toss for five minutes. Drain them, saving the very small amount...Read MORE...
The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
"The Great Brinks Robbery of 1950: Not Quite the Perfect Crime
The Great Brinks Robbery was the biggest armed robbery in U.S. history at the time. Thieves vanished after stealing $2.7 million, leaving few clues. It was almost the perfect crime. Almost.
It happened in 1950 at the Brinks Armored Car depot in Boston’s North End. The gang of 11 that stole the money after two years of meticulous planning almost got away with it. They failed because they fell out over the division of the... Read MORE...
http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/great-brinks-robbery-1950-quite-perfect-crime/
January 17, 1950
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1950 - January 17 - The Great Brinks Robbery - 11 men rob $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities from armored car company Brink's offices in Boston, Massachusetts
"The Great Brinks Robbery of 1950: Not Quite the Perfect Crime
The Great Brinks Robbery was the biggest armed robbery in U.S. history at the time. Thieves vanished after stealing $2.7 million, leaving few clues. It was almost the perfect crime. Almost.
It happened in 1950 at the Brinks Armored Car depot in Boston’s North End. The gang of 11 that stole the money after two years of meticulous planning almost got away with it. They failed because they fell out over the division of the... Read MORE...
http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/great-brinks-robbery-1950-quite-perfect-crime/
January 17, 1950
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Webster's International Dictionary
G. &. C. Merriam Co., Publishers
Springfield, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
May 1898
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Gloversville, New York, USA
GLOVERSVILLE, Jan. 16 - Ten lives were imperilled in a fire that destroyed a business block and living apartments in this city early to-night.
The flames followed a terrific explosion in the cellar of the building which blew out the doors and windows and caused a panic among the families residing in the structure. All were rescued, on invalid woman being carried to a place of safety though the flames.
The cause of the explosion has not been determined. The loss is estimated at $15,000 to... Read MORE...
The Post Standard - Syracuse, New York - January 17, 1910
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1910 - TERRIFIC EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY FIRE
GLOVERSVILLE, Jan. 16 - Ten lives were imperilled in a fire that destroyed a business block and living apartments in this city early to-night.
The flames followed a terrific explosion in the cellar of the building which blew out the doors and windows and caused a panic among the families residing in the structure. All were rescued, on invalid woman being carried to a place of safety though the flames.
The cause of the explosion has not been determined. The loss is estimated at $15,000 to... Read MORE...
The Post Standard - Syracuse, New York - January 17, 1910
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Franklin Township, New Jersey, USA (Franklinville) (Malaga)
Franklin, N. J., Jan. 16. - The Franklin House was destroyed by fire early today. The loss is estimated at $25,000. The fire is thought to have started from defective electric insulation. HARRY HARRISON, the proprietor, his family, and servants, all escaped. There were about a dozen persons in the hotel when the alarm was given.
MRS. HARRISON sustained a sprained ankle. Her husband was burned severely while rescuing some of his belongings.
ROBERT COLLINS, a fireman, was caught under a... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 17, 1915
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1915 - JERSEY HOTEL BURNED. PROPRIETOR AND WIFE HURT IN ESCAPING FROM FRANKLIN HOUSE.
Franklin, N. J., Jan. 16. - The Franklin House was destroyed by fire early today. The loss is estimated at $25,000. The fire is thought to have started from defective electric insulation. HARRY HARRISON, the proprietor, his family, and servants, all escaped. There were about a dozen persons in the hotel when the alarm was given.
MRS. HARRISON sustained a sprained ankle. Her husband was burned severely while rescuing some of his belongings.
ROBERT COLLINS, a fireman, was caught under a... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 17, 1915
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
Tell stories very seldom , and absolutely never but where they are very apt, and very short. Omit every circumstance that is notmaterial, and be ware of digressions. To have frequent recourse to narrative, betrays great want of imagination...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.L
Liberal, Kansas, USA
Liberal, Kas., Jan. 17 (AP) - An explosion flashed through a big pipeline compressor station here in the southwest corner of Kansas Wednesday, killing three workmen and threatening natural gas supplies as far east as Detroit.
Officials of Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. said they hoped to restore deliveries to 70 per cent of normal today.
They indicated this would mean no curtailment of gas for household use along Panhandle Eastern's system in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and... Read MORE...
Salina Journal - Kansas - January 17, 1957
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1957 - LIBERAL GAS COMPRESSOR BLAST KILLS.
Liberal, Kas., Jan. 17 (AP) - An explosion flashed through a big pipeline compressor station here in the southwest corner of Kansas Wednesday, killing three workmen and threatening natural gas supplies as far east as Detroit.
Officials of Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. said they hoped to restore deliveries to 70 per cent of normal today.
They indicated this would mean no curtailment of gas for household use along Panhandle Eastern's system in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and... Read MORE...
Salina Journal - Kansas - January 17, 1957
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Edson, Alberta, Canada
Edson, Alta. (CP) - Eight workmen died and four were injured Tuesday when an explosion and fire tore a big natural gas pipeline to shreds at an almost isolated spot in the bush 35 miles northwest of this town.
Names of the dead were not released. Bodies were to be sent to Edmonton, 20 miles east, for positive identification.
A 12-man party was testing the gas line when the explosion hit. Bits of metal, clothing, machinery and flesh made the area look like a battlefield.
It was the... Read MORE...
The Brandon Sun - Manitoba, Canada - January 17, 1962
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1962 - 8 MEN BLOWN TO BITS IN PIPELINE EXPLOSION.
Edson, Alta. (CP) - Eight workmen died and four were injured Tuesday when an explosion and fire tore a big natural gas pipeline to shreds at an almost isolated spot in the bush 35 miles northwest of this town.
Names of the dead were not released. Bodies were to be sent to Edmonton, 20 miles east, for positive identification.
A 12-man party was testing the gas line when the explosion hit. Bits of metal, clothing, machinery and flesh made the area look like a battlefield.
It was the... Read MORE...
The Brandon Sun - Manitoba, Canada - January 17, 1962
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Oneonta, New York, USA
FLAMES CAUSE $100,000 LOSS.
EMPLOYEE FOUND DEAD ON TOP FLOOR OF STRUCTURE - BLAZE STARTS NEAR ELEVATOR SHAFT AND WORKS DESTRUCTION QUICKLY.
Binghamton, Jan. 16. - Fire this morning destroyed the Central Hotel at Oneonta and did about $100,000 damage and resulted in the death of JACOB HEDINGER, an employe of the hotel, who was suffocated on the top floor.
The fire started at 3:40 o'clock in a cinder box near the furnace in the hotel basement. The box was near an elevator shaft, up which... Read MORE...
The Post-Standard - Syracuse, New York - January 17, 1910
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1910 - HOTEL GUESTS FLEE FIRE BY LADDER ROUTE. THIRTY-FIVE HAVE CLOSE CALL IN CENTRAL AT ONEONTA.
FLAMES CAUSE $100,000 LOSS.
EMPLOYEE FOUND DEAD ON TOP FLOOR OF STRUCTURE - BLAZE STARTS NEAR ELEVATOR SHAFT AND WORKS DESTRUCTION QUICKLY.
Binghamton, Jan. 16. - Fire this morning destroyed the Central Hotel at Oneonta and did about $100,000 damage and resulted in the death of JACOB HEDINGER, an employe of the hotel, who was suffocated on the top floor.
The fire started at 3:40 o'clock in a cinder box near the furnace in the hotel basement. The box was near an elevator shaft, up which... Read MORE...
The Post-Standard - Syracuse, New York - January 17, 1910
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Stillwater, New York, USA
Sidney Tompkins, a farmer of Stillwater, New York, discovered that one of his cows had a potato lodged in her throat. Mr. Thompkins undertook to relieve the animal, and thrust his arm partially down her throat. While standing over the head of the animal, the cow pressed his head downward and suddenly elevating it again, caught Mr. T. upon her horns, throwing him several feet into the air. In his descent he struck upon the palings of a fence, one of the pickets which entered his neck, severing... Read MORE...
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San Francisco Bulletin - San Francisco, California - January 17, 1867
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1867 - Died trying to rescue cow
Sidney Tompkins, a farmer of Stillwater, New York, discovered that one of his cows had a potato lodged in her throat. Mr. Thompkins undertook to relieve the animal, and thrust his arm partially down her throat. While standing over the head of the animal, the cow pressed his head downward and suddenly elevating it again, caught Mr. T. upon her horns, throwing him several feet into the air. In his descent he struck upon the palings of a fence, one of the pickets which entered his neck, severing... Read MORE...
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San Francisco Bulletin - San Francisco, California - January 17, 1867
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1718 January 17 - Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switzerland; kills 53
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1706 Benjamin Franklin born January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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1817 January 17, 1817 - A luminous snowstorm occurred in Vermont and New Hampshire. Saint Elmo's fire appeared as static discharges on roof peaks, fence posts, and the hats and fingers of people. Thunderstorms prevailed over central New England.
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1706 Benjamin Franklin born January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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1817 January 17, 1817 - A luminous snowstorm occurred in Vermont and New Hampshire. Saint Elmo's fire appeared as static discharges on roof peaks, fence posts, and the hats and fingers of people. Thunderstorms prevailed over central New England.
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1938 FIVE ARE BURNED TO DEATH. FATHER AND 4 CHILDREN PERISH IN THEIR HOME.
Franklin, N. J. (AP) - A father and four children were burned to death in a fire that all but destroyed their two story frame house. The bodies were charred beyond recognition. Police Chief Herbert C. Irons said the fire was probably caused by an overheated wood stove in the kitchen. The dead: JAMES W. CONGLETON, 36. LUCY WINIFRED, 14. ELSIE MARIE, 12. SADIE MARIE, 9. PAUL LEONARD, 6. The mother and two other children were away visiting at the time of the fire.
Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska
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Franklin, N. J. (AP) - A father and four children were burned to death in a fire that all but destroyed their two story frame house. The bodies were charred beyond recognition. Police Chief Herbert C. Irons said the fire was probably caused by an overheated wood stove in the kitchen. The dead: JAMES W. CONGLETON, 36. LUCY WINIFRED, 14. ELSIE MARIE, 12. SADIE MARIE, 9. PAUL LEONARD, 6. The mother and two other children were away visiting at the time of the fire.
Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska
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America - Did you know?
1831 - William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing the Liberator, a weekly paper that advocates the complete abolition of slavery. He becomes one of the most famous figures in the abolitionist movement.
Quebec - Did you know?
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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Post Office Square, South Bridge, Mass., 1910
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July 1898
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