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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated July 14, 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 July 14 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Conway, Massachusetts, USA
TOWN ON A HOLIDAY
Day Ends with Big Display of Pyrotechnics.
Gift Has Brought About a Boom in the Quiet New England Village - Cost Was $100,000.
Special Dispatch to the Inter Ocean.
CONWAY, Mass., July 13. - The Field Memorial Library, the gift of Marshall Field of Chicago to the citizens of this town, was formally dedicated today. The town presents a gala appearance, and the whole community has set aside the day for praising the wealthy merchant whose gift has been the means of... Read MORE...
The Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - July 14, 1901
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1901 - July 14 - FIELD LIBRARY IS DEDICATED. Chicago Merchant Delivers Keys of Memorial at Conway, Mass.
TOWN ON A HOLIDAY
Day Ends with Big Display of Pyrotechnics.
Gift Has Brought About a Boom in the Quiet New England Village - Cost Was $100,000.
Special Dispatch to the Inter Ocean.
CONWAY, Mass., July 13. - The Field Memorial Library, the gift of Marshall Field of Chicago to the citizens of this town, was formally dedicated today. The town presents a gala appearance, and the whole community has set aside the day for praising the wealthy merchant whose gift has been the means of... Read MORE...
The Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - July 14, 1901
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Van Houtens Cocoa
Best & Goes Farthest
Largest Sale in the World
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Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA
Special to The Inquirer.
COATESVILLE, Pa., July 13. - While a fire burned in the business centre of the town and the fire whistle was giving the alarm, firemen at one engine house quietly continued a pool game. Another company rushed to the scene, which was a one-story shoe shop, with nothing but a hook and ladder truck. The mistake was due to the fact that chemical engines from both houses had started out into the country to a barn fire, and at one house the alarm was supposed to be for... Read MORE...
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - July 14, 1911
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1911 - PLAYED POOL WHILE FIRE BLAZED NEAR
Special to The Inquirer.
COATESVILLE, Pa., July 13. - While a fire burned in the business centre of the town and the fire whistle was giving the alarm, firemen at one engine house quietly continued a pool game. Another company rushed to the scene, which was a one-story shoe shop, with nothing but a hook and ladder truck. The mistake was due to the fact that chemical engines from both houses had started out into the country to a barn fire, and at one house the alarm was supposed to be for... Read MORE...
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - July 14, 1911
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Plum Pudding - Boil and mash well one pound potatoes, one-half pound carrots; when cold and one pound each of flour, currants, and raisins, three-quarters pound raw sugar, eight ounces suet, a little salt, and a nutmeg grated; any other...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., January 14, 1880
E. J. Cushman
Fine Carriages a Specialty
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Minneapolis, Minn.
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Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
Exeter, N. H., July 14. Fire broke out on the roof of the Swampscott House, the largest hotel in this town. Before the fire department could get in effective work the building was destroyed, entailing a loss of $25,000. The high wind which prevailed prevented the local apparatus from doing effective work, and assistance was summoned from Haverhill, Dover and other points. The augmented forces by great effort confined the flames to the hotel. The hotel employees occupied the upper story. They... Read MORE...
Trenton Evening Times - Trenton, New Jersey - July 14, 1897
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1897 - New Hampshire Hotel Burned.
Exeter, N. H., July 14. Fire broke out on the roof of the Swampscott House, the largest hotel in this town. Before the fire department could get in effective work the building was destroyed, entailing a loss of $25,000. The high wind which prevailed prevented the local apparatus from doing effective work, and assistance was summoned from Haverhill, Dover and other points. The augmented forces by great effort confined the flames to the hotel. The hotel employees occupied the upper story. They... Read MORE...
Trenton Evening Times - Trenton, New Jersey - July 14, 1897
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Washington, DC, USA
Washington, July 4, 10 o'clock, P.M.
Mr. Harper: - I have just returned from the scene of a sudden and terrible accident, and have seated myself, full of intense excitement, to give you a hasty sketch of it.
The interesting exercises of this memorable day were closed this evening by a most magnificent exhibition of fireworks at the rear of the President's House. The whole grounds and the large green between the House and the place where the works were situated, were crowded with all the... Read MORE...
The Adams Sentinel - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - July 14, 1845
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1845 - SPLENDID FIREWORKS AT THE PRESIDENT'S. AWFUL ACCIDENT.
Washington, July 4, 10 o'clock, P.M.
Mr. Harper: - I have just returned from the scene of a sudden and terrible accident, and have seated myself, full of intense excitement, to give you a hasty sketch of it.
The interesting exercises of this memorable day were closed this evening by a most magnificent exhibition of fireworks at the rear of the President's House. The whole grounds and the large green between the House and the place where the works were situated, were crowded with all the... Read MORE...
The Adams Sentinel - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - July 14, 1845
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Avoid making any noise in eating, even if each meal is eaten in solitary state. It is a disgusting habit, and one not easily cured if once contracted, to make any noise with the lips when...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
1882 Bad Blasting
A Premature Explosion Sends Thirteen Persons to Eternity. MILTON, New York, July 14. - By the premature explosion of a blast on the North Shore road yesterday, thirteen men where killed or probably fatally wounded.
Tucson Daily Citizen
Tucson, Arizona
July 14, 1882
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1893 The United States Supreme Court legally declares the tomato to be a vegetable.
The question whether a tomato is a fruit or vegetable has finally been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. Several years ago some imported tomatoes came through New York City, when the Collector classified them as vegetables and collected duty accordingly. The importers disputed this point and claimed tomatoes to be a fruit and entitled to come in free. The matter was taken into court, which decided in favor of the Collector's claim that the tomato is a vegetable.
The Charlotte Democrat
Charlotte, North Carolina
July 14, 1893
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1881 July 14 – Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
In 1881, on July 14th, the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid met his end at the hands of Sheriff Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Billy, whose real name was Henry McCarty, but who also went by William H. Bonney, was a legendary figure of the American Old West, known for his involvement in numerous crimes, including cattle rustling and murder. His reputation as a gunslinger and his ability to elude capture had made him a folk hero among some, while others viewed him as a dangerous...
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July 14, 1881
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A Premature Explosion Sends Thirteen Persons to Eternity. MILTON, New York, July 14. - By the premature explosion of a blast on the North Shore road yesterday, thirteen men where killed or probably fatally wounded.
Tucson Daily Citizen
Tucson, Arizona
July 14, 1882
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1893 The United States Supreme Court legally declares the tomato to be a vegetable.
The question whether a tomato is a fruit or vegetable has finally been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. Several years ago some imported tomatoes came through New York City, when the Collector classified them as vegetables and collected duty accordingly. The importers disputed this point and claimed tomatoes to be a fruit and entitled to come in free. The matter was taken into court, which decided in favor of the Collector's claim that the tomato is a vegetable.
The Charlotte Democrat
Charlotte, North Carolina
July 14, 1893
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1881 July 14 – Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
In 1881, on July 14th, the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid met his end at the hands of Sheriff Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Billy, whose real name was Henry McCarty, but who also went by William H. Bonney, was a legendary figure of the American Old West, known for his involvement in numerous crimes, including cattle rustling and murder. His reputation as a gunslinger and his ability to elude capture had made him a folk hero among some, while others viewed him as a dangerous...
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July 14, 1881
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1911 Wagon Accident
CARLISLE. - Matthew Lindsay, a well-known Cumberland county farmer, 72 years old, died as a result of being run down by a loaded hay wagon.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 14, 1911
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1911 Heat causes train wreck.
The Dalles, Ore. - The warping of the rails by heat on the Oregon trunk road Monday afternoon caused the wreck of a southbound passenger train. LOUIS RISING, storekeeper at the Warm Springs Indian school was killed, and his wife was perhaps fatally injured. About twenty others were also injured. The engine left the track and rolled down a forty foot embankment. A day coach followed and fell on the engine.
Carbon County News
Utah
July 14, 1911
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1904 Wages to Be Reduced
Fall River, Mass., July 14. - It was practically settled today that a general reduction of wages in the cotton mills of fall River would be ordered to take effect July 25. It is expected the proposed reduction will average 121 1/2 [sic] per cent. More than 25,000 operatives will be affected.
Lawrence Daily Journal
Lawrence, Kansas
July 14, 1904
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CARLISLE. - Matthew Lindsay, a well-known Cumberland county farmer, 72 years old, died as a result of being run down by a loaded hay wagon.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 14, 1911
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1911 Heat causes train wreck.
The Dalles, Ore. - The warping of the rails by heat on the Oregon trunk road Monday afternoon caused the wreck of a southbound passenger train. LOUIS RISING, storekeeper at the Warm Springs Indian school was killed, and his wife was perhaps fatally injured. About twenty others were also injured. The engine left the track and rolled down a forty foot embankment. A day coach followed and fell on the engine.
Carbon County News
Utah
July 14, 1911
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1904 Wages to Be Reduced
Fall River, Mass., July 14. - It was practically settled today that a general reduction of wages in the cotton mills of fall River would be ordered to take effect July 25. It is expected the proposed reduction will average 121 1/2 [sic] per cent. More than 25,000 operatives will be affected.
Lawrence Daily Journal
Lawrence, Kansas
July 14, 1904
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1789 July 14 - French revolutionaries storm the Bastile (a royal fortress). This marks the beginning of the French Revolution.
July 14, 1789
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1832 Cholera Wipes Out Large Family
A letter from a lady at Chambly to a friend in Rutland, states that in Montreal a whole family, consisting of eighteen persons, were all sent into eternity, by the cholera, in the course of forty eight hours.
Brattleboro Messenger
Brattleboro, Vermont
July 14, 1832
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July 14, 1789
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1832 Cholera Wipes Out Large Family
A letter from a lady at Chambly to a friend in Rutland, states that in Montreal a whole family, consisting of eighteen persons, were all sent into eternity, by the cholera, in the course of forty eight hours.
Brattleboro Messenger
Brattleboro, Vermont
July 14, 1832
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America - Did you know?
1774: First Continental Congressmeets in Philadelphia, with 56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia. Delegates include Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Samuel Adams.
Quebec - Did you know?
Women wore shirts and skirts made of linen, cotton and hemp. Men wore knee breeches (pants that tied at the knee) and jerkins (jackets). They also wore wide-brimmed hats and tapabords (with earflaps). To survive the cold winter, the habitant copied...Read MORE...teacherweb.com/ ON/ LakeheadUniversity/ NewFranceWQ/ wqr6.aspx
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