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 January 4, 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 4 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Windham, Connecticut, USA (Willimantic)
From the Hartford Courant, Jan. 2.
When the east-bound Washington express on the New-England Road, leaving this city at 2:45 A. M., was a few miles this side of Willimantic yesterday morning, fire was discovered in a Pullman sleeper. It spread rapidly, and the passengers were ordered out and placed in the other sleeper, which, fortunately, had room enough to accommodate them. It was impossible to extinguish the fire, and at Willimantic the car was cut out and the fire department called. Its... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 4, 1891
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1891 - A PULLMAN SLEEPER ON FIRE.
From the Hartford Courant, Jan. 2.
When the east-bound Washington express on the New-England Road, leaving this city at 2:45 A. M., was a few miles this side of Willimantic yesterday morning, fire was discovered in a Pullman sleeper. It spread rapidly, and the passengers were ordered out and placed in the other sleeper, which, fortunately, had room enough to accommodate them. It was impossible to extinguish the fire, and at Willimantic the car was cut out and the fire department called. Its... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 4, 1891
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Commercial House
No. 43 Colborne Street, Toronto.
Rud. Rissmann, Importer of French and German wines,
The best LAGER BEER always on Draught
July 6, 1869
The Irish Canadian, Toronto, Ontario, Wednesday, March 30, 1870
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
"Life was founded January 4, 1883, in a New York City artist’s studio at 1155 Broadway. The founding publisher was John Ames Mitchell, a 37-year old illustrator, who used a $10,000 inheritance to launch the weekly magazine. Mitchell created the first Life nameplate with cupids as mascots; he later drew its masthead of a knight leveling his lance at a fleeing devil. Mitchell took advantage of a revolutionary new printing process using zinc-coated plates, which improved the reproduction of his... Read MORE...
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January 4, 1883
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1883 - January 4 – Life magazine is founded in New York City.
"Life was founded January 4, 1883, in a New York City artist’s studio at 1155 Broadway. The founding publisher was John Ames Mitchell, a 37-year old illustrator, who used a $10,000 inheritance to launch the weekly magazine. Mitchell created the first Life nameplate with cupids as mascots; he later drew its masthead of a knight leveling his lance at a fleeing devil. Mitchell took advantage of a revolutionary new printing process using zinc-coated plates, which improved the reproduction of his... Read MORE...
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January 4, 1883
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 4. - Ten years ago, in May, the most disastrous fire that Nashville has ever had occurred around the corner of College and Church streets. Saturday another fire burned over the site of the fire of ten years ago, causing a loss of fully $600,000. The fire started in the rear of the store occupied by WEBB, STEVENSON & Co., house furnishers, at 5:50, and was not gotten under control until 10 p.m. Four colored firemen lost their lives. They were fighting the fire at the time, ... Read MORE...
Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio - January 4, 1892
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1892 - AWFUL FIRE IN NASHVILLE.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 4. - Ten years ago, in May, the most disastrous fire that Nashville has ever had occurred around the corner of College and Church streets. Saturday another fire burned over the site of the fire of ten years ago, causing a loss of fully $600,000. The fire started in the rear of the store occupied by WEBB, STEVENSON & Co., house furnishers, at 5:50, and was not gotten under control until 10 p.m. Four colored firemen lost their lives. They were fighting the fire at the time, ... Read MORE...
Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio - January 4, 1892
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Coffee Custard
Mix one egg with a teacup of ground coffee and pour over it one pint of boiling water. Let it boil five minutes, then pour in one cup of cold water and set it back on the range or stove for ten minutes. Strain it off into a...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Connecticut, June 30, 1880
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA (Waterville)
The Connecticut Hotel Destroyed by Blaze - Sixty Guests In Peril
WATERBURY, Conn Jan. 4.- One man was killed, five others were injured and the lives of 40 guests endangered in a fire that destroyed the Hotel Connecticut, in the heart of the business section, early yesterday. The police say that they believe all the guests escaped from the building.
The dead man is Charles M. Decker, an employee of the hotel. He was 60 years old.
Firemen rescued many of the guests after great... Read MORE...
Pawtucket Times - Pawtucket, Rhode Island - January 4, 1916
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1916 - ONE KILLED, 5 HURT IN WATERBURY FIRE
The Connecticut Hotel Destroyed by Blaze - Sixty Guests In Peril
WATERBURY, Conn Jan. 4.- One man was killed, five others were injured and the lives of 40 guests endangered in a fire that destroyed the Hotel Connecticut, in the heart of the business section, early yesterday. The police say that they believe all the guests escaped from the building.
The dead man is Charles M. Decker, an employee of the hotel. He was 60 years old.
Firemen rescued many of the guests after great... Read MORE...
Pawtucket Times - Pawtucket, Rhode Island - January 4, 1916
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M 'Crosson & Co.
Have on Hand
The Largest, Most Varied, and Cheapest Stock of Hats and Coats in Toronto
111 King Street East
The Irish Canadian, Toronto, Ontario, Wednesday, March 30, 1870
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
Dover, N.H., Jan. 4, (AP) - Plans were under way today to rebuild the Morrell building, destroyed yesterday in the most disastrous fire in the city's history. Loss was estimated at $1,000,000 to $1,250,000.
The building occupied an entire city block between Second and Third streets and Central avenue and housed business establishments and apartments. Hundreds were thrown out of employment when 27 business places were wiped out and about 45 persons were made homeless.
One fireman was severely... Read MORE...
Lowell Sun - Lowell, Massachusetts - January 4, 1932
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1932 SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION CAUSE OF MILLION DOLLAR FIRE IN DOVER, N.H. BUILDING.
Dover, N.H., Jan. 4, (AP) - Plans were under way today to rebuild the Morrell building, destroyed yesterday in the most disastrous fire in the city's history. Loss was estimated at $1,000,000 to $1,250,000.
The building occupied an entire city block between Second and Third streets and Central avenue and housed business establishments and apartments. Hundreds were thrown out of employment when 27 business places were wiped out and about 45 persons were made homeless.
One fireman was severely... Read MORE...
Lowell Sun - Lowell, Massachusetts - January 4, 1932
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Be careful always that the details of your dress are perfectly finished in every point. The small articles of a wardrobe require constant care to keep in perfect order, yet they will wofully revenge themselves if...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
1865 January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
The Exchange had formally existed since 1792, but had operated out of a series of packed Wall Street coffee-houses and rented offices. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, the need for a more permanent exchange became clear: the opening of the Erie Canal saw New York City rise to prominence as the nation’s financial center, while a surge in American enterprise and the invention of telegraphs, tickers, and transatlantic cables greatly increased trading capacity.
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1849 A fire occurred at Westport, Massachusetts, last night, in which a woman and her children were burnt to death.
The Sun
Baltimore, Maryland
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1854 Fire at Burlington
Boston, Tuesday, Jan.3. The Steam Saw Mill, Machine Shop, and Iron Foundry owned by Henry Symonds, at Burlington, Vt., was yesterday morning destroyed by fire, together with an adjoining dwelling-house.
The New York Times
New York, New York
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The Exchange had formally existed since 1792, but had operated out of a series of packed Wall Street coffee-houses and rented offices. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, the need for a more permanent exchange became clear: the opening of the Erie Canal saw New York City rise to prominence as the nation’s financial center, while a surge in American enterprise and the invention of telegraphs, tickers, and transatlantic cables greatly increased trading capacity.
gilderlehrman.org
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1849 A fire occurred at Westport, Massachusetts, last night, in which a woman and her children were burnt to death.
The Sun
Baltimore, Maryland
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1854 Fire at Burlington
Boston, Tuesday, Jan.3. The Steam Saw Mill, Machine Shop, and Iron Foundry owned by Henry Symonds, at Burlington, Vt., was yesterday morning destroyed by fire, together with an adjoining dwelling-house.
The New York Times
New York, New York
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1854 Fatal Railroad Accident.
Troy, Tuesday, Jan. 3. The first train from Rutland, on the Albany and Northern Railroad, this morning broke an axle near Schaghticoke Point, while on the long bridge. A brakeman was instantly killed; but although the cars were completely demolished, none of the passengers, some sixty in number, were injured. The track was all torn up, and had it not been for the extension rail, the cars would all have been thrown into the river.
The New York Times
New York, New York
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1848 Sad
Mrs Rachel, aged about twenty years, wife of James P. Van Derwarker, of Northumberland, New York, committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor. She had been married about three weeks. She was an amiable and respectable young woman, and a member of the reformed Dutch church.
Boston Post
Boston, Massachusetts
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1858 A man in Westerly, Rhode Island, recently married a girl thirteen years of age, and committed suicide by hanging himself in a few days afterwards.
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Ohio
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Troy, Tuesday, Jan. 3. The first train from Rutland, on the Albany and Northern Railroad, this morning broke an axle near Schaghticoke Point, while on the long bridge. A brakeman was instantly killed; but although the cars were completely demolished, none of the passengers, some sixty in number, were injured. The track was all torn up, and had it not been for the extension rail, the cars would all have been thrown into the river.
The New York Times
New York, New York
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1848 Sad
Mrs Rachel, aged about twenty years, wife of James P. Van Derwarker, of Northumberland, New York, committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor. She had been married about three weeks. She was an amiable and respectable young woman, and a member of the reformed Dutch church.
Boston Post
Boston, Massachusetts
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1858 A man in Westerly, Rhode Island, recently married a girl thirteen years of age, and committed suicide by hanging himself in a few days afterwards.
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Ohio
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America - Did you know?
April 22, 1889 - Oklahoma is opened to settlers.
Quebec - Did you know?
In the mid 1800s, New France had a population of about 4 million. 1/2 were Catholic. 1/2 were Protestant. 1/3 of the population was French speaking.
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Grand Trunk Railway, Passenger Ticket Offices
Corner of Front and Scott Streets, Toronto
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Toronto, May 1, 1867
The Irish Canadian, Toronto, Ontario, Wednesday, March 30, 1870
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