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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated July 21, 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 21 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Middleton, New Hampshire, USA
An old lady, named Hannah Tobit, who had been living in Middletown, in this county, for the last few months, walked out with a little girl on Saturday afternoon last, about two miles from town, to pick some cheeries. They both ascended the tree, and had remained but a few minutes, when the limb broke on which the old lady was seated, and she fell to the ground. The child immediately gave the alarm to some persons at work in the neighboring field, who repaired to the spot immediately, but found... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - July 21, 1827
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1827 - Fatal Accident
An old lady, named Hannah Tobit, who had been living in Middletown, in this county, for the last few months, walked out with a little girl on Saturday afternoon last, about two miles from town, to pick some cheeries. They both ascended the tree, and had remained but a few minutes, when the limb broke on which the old lady was seated, and she fell to the ground. The child immediately gave the alarm to some persons at work in the neighboring field, who repaired to the spot immediately, but found... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - July 21, 1827
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Charles L. Holt
Books, School Books, Stationery, Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags and Twine.
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Fayston, Vermont, USA
MONTPELIER, VT. JULY 10.
Avalanche--A gentleman at Fayston, in whose veracity the most implicit reliance may be placed, has obligingly furnished us with the following account of an avalanche of earth, or slide of the mountain, in Lincoln, Addison County, the twenty-seventh ult. occasioned by the late abundant and almost incessant rains.
On the 30th of June, I went, in company with 16 of my neighbors, to visit the spot so singularly marked by Providence, which I am not about to describe. I ... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - July 21, 1827
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1827 - Landslide
MONTPELIER, VT. JULY 10.
Avalanche--A gentleman at Fayston, in whose veracity the most implicit reliance may be placed, has obligingly furnished us with the following account of an avalanche of earth, or slide of the mountain, in Lincoln, Addison County, the twenty-seventh ult. occasioned by the late abundant and almost incessant rains.
On the 30th of June, I went, in company with 16 of my neighbors, to visit the spot so singularly marked by Providence, which I am not about to describe. I ... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - July 21, 1827
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
White Mountain Rolls - Sixteen cups of flour, half cup of sugar, cup of butter, cup of yeast, the white of four eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, and four cups of boiling milk; melt the butter and sugar in the milk, have the milk blood warm, and ...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., October 26, 1881
1945 - July 21 – WWII: President Harry S. Truman approves the order for atomic bombs to be used against Japan
President Harry S. Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan came after years of devastating warfare in the Pacific Theater of World War II. By mid-1945, the Allies had been engaged in intense combat against Japan, and the Japanese government showed no signs of surrendering. The use of atomic bombs was seen as a way to quickly end the war and avoid the need for a costly invasion of the Japanese home islands.
On July 16, 1945, the United States successfully tested the first atomic... Read MORE...
July 21, 1945
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1907 - July 21 – The SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the lumber schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, U.S.A., resulting in 88 deaths.
On July 21, 1907, a tragic maritime disaster occurred off the coast of Shelter Cove, California, when the SS Columbia, a passenger steamship, collided with the lumber schooner San Pedro. The collision resulted in the sinking of the SS Columbia and the loss of 88 lives. The SS Columbia was a well-known vessel that operated along the west coast of the United States, primarily transporting passengers and cargo between San Francisco and Portland. The exact cause of the collision remains unclear,... Read MORE...
July 21, 1907
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
Every man who has the use of his eyes and his right hand can write whatever hand he pleases.
Nothing is so ungentleman-like as a school- boy's scrawl. ...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Pueblo, Colo., July 21. - In an explosion that occurred at the blast furnace "E" at the Minnequa steel works yesterday at 2 o’clock, five men were burned, two of whom will probably die.
Injured:
William Henry, burned all over; will die.
Thomas Jeffery, arms, shoulders and head burned; probably fatally.
J.S. Williams, severely burned.
Mick Melovitch, left side and arm burned.
The men were opening the trap of the notch to allow the molten metal to run into the ladles, when the... Read MORE...
Salt Lake Telegram - Salt Lake City, Utah - July 21, 1903
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1903 - Fatally Burned In Furnace Explosion. Five Men Injured at the Minnequa Steel Works in Pueblo, Two of Whom May Die.
Pueblo, Colo., July 21. - In an explosion that occurred at the blast furnace "E" at the Minnequa steel works yesterday at 2 o’clock, five men were burned, two of whom will probably die.
Injured:
William Henry, burned all over; will die.
Thomas Jeffery, arms, shoulders and head burned; probably fatally.
J.S. Williams, severely burned.
Mick Melovitch, left side and arm burned.
The men were opening the trap of the notch to allow the molten metal to run into the ladles, when the... Read MORE...
Salt Lake Telegram - Salt Lake City, Utah - July 21, 1903
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Spokane, Washington, USA
At 4 o'clock this afternoon it was found that the net result of the accident on the new Monroe Street bridge was two men badly hurt, all work above the water's edge destroyed, and thousands of dollars of the city's money gone into the swirling rapids.
Names of injured:
J. F. WALPERS, East 1024 Rich Avenue; broken ribs and lacerated scalp.
A. M. NELSON, 822 Broadway; bad bruises.
The two injured men were taken to Sacred Heart Hospital. The ruins of the false work are being searched for... Read MORE...
The Spokane Press - Spokane, Washington - July 21, 1910
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1910 - TWO MEN WERE BADLY HURT. NEW BRIDGE WORK IS WRECKED.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon it was found that the net result of the accident on the new Monroe Street bridge was two men badly hurt, all work above the water's edge destroyed, and thousands of dollars of the city's money gone into the swirling rapids.
Names of injured:
J. F. WALPERS, East 1024 Rich Avenue; broken ribs and lacerated scalp.
A. M. NELSON, 822 Broadway; bad bruises.
The two injured men were taken to Sacred Heart Hospital. The ruins of the false work are being searched for... Read MORE...
The Spokane Press - Spokane, Washington - July 21, 1910
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1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon
AMERICAN FLAG WAVING ON THE MOON
Taken There By Spacemen
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - Two Americans, who strode the moon's surface for the first time and raised their nations' banner above it, held the world in suspense again today with a perilous blastoff for the long journey home.
A successful liftoff and rendezvous with their orbiting ship would climax and epic expedition in which Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. fulfilled a centuries-old dream of men everywhere.
There... Read MORE...
The Mexia Daily News - Mexia, Texas - July 21, 1969
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Nine Were Drowned in the Harbor by the Capsizing of Boats--The Damage is Heavy.
Baltimore, July 21. - A fierce tornado characterized by a windstorm of extraordinary fury, thunder, vivid lighting and a heavy rain, burst upon Baltimore at 1:30 yesterday afternoon, coming from the southwest, with the net result that thirteen persons lost their lives, hundreds of houses were unroofed, trees in the public parks and streets were torn up by the roots, many buildings damaged and several people... Read MORE...
The Fort Wayne Sentinel - Fort Wayne, Indiana - July 21, 1902
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1902 - TORNADO VISITS BALTIMORE. THIRTEEN LIVES LOST IN AND NEAR THAT CITY.
Nine Were Drowned in the Harbor by the Capsizing of Boats--The Damage is Heavy.
Baltimore, July 21. - A fierce tornado characterized by a windstorm of extraordinary fury, thunder, vivid lighting and a heavy rain, burst upon Baltimore at 1:30 yesterday afternoon, coming from the southwest, with the net result that thirteen persons lost their lives, hundreds of houses were unroofed, trees in the public parks and streets were torn up by the roots, many buildings damaged and several people... Read MORE...
The Fort Wayne Sentinel - Fort Wayne, Indiana - July 21, 1902
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1876 Lighning don't seem to have much effect upon Eli Jewett of Hydepark.
The other day, during a thunder shower, Eli got pretty wet and started from the hay field to the house, when the lighning descended and having nothing else to do tore a hole through Eli's straw hat, and then quietly trickled down his back into the mother earth. Jewet was slighly nonplussed as to what was the matter, but finally concluded that a mosquito had kicked him, and passed quietly along.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
July 21, 1876
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1876 Coughed up a tooth
Rev. P. B. Fisk of Springfield was taken with bleeding of the left lung, accompanied with violent pains, a few days since while on a visit, and in a violent coughing spell he raised from his left lung a tooth, which he had swallowed two weeks before while under the influence of ether administered by the dentist who extracted his upper teeth.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
July 21, 1876
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1887 Woman kills her child with spoon
An unmarried woman, named Ross, has been arrested at Caraquet, New Brunswick, for infanticide. It is charged that she murdered her infant by forcing a spoon down its throat. It is suspected that she killed her two other children, who died a short time ago.
The Daily Republican
Wilmington, Delaware
July 21, 1887
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The other day, during a thunder shower, Eli got pretty wet and started from the hay field to the house, when the lighning descended and having nothing else to do tore a hole through Eli's straw hat, and then quietly trickled down his back into the mother earth. Jewet was slighly nonplussed as to what was the matter, but finally concluded that a mosquito had kicked him, and passed quietly along.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
July 21, 1876
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1876 Coughed up a tooth
Rev. P. B. Fisk of Springfield was taken with bleeding of the left lung, accompanied with violent pains, a few days since while on a visit, and in a violent coughing spell he raised from his left lung a tooth, which he had swallowed two weeks before while under the influence of ether administered by the dentist who extracted his upper teeth.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
July 21, 1876
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1887 Woman kills her child with spoon
An unmarried woman, named Ross, has been arrested at Caraquet, New Brunswick, for infanticide. It is charged that she murdered her infant by forcing a spoon down its throat. It is suspected that she killed her two other children, who died a short time ago.
The Daily Republican
Wilmington, Delaware
July 21, 1887
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1925 July 21 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
In 1925, the Scopes Trial, also known as the "Monkey Trial," captured national attention in Dayton, Tennessee. The trial centered around John T. Scopes, a high school biology teacher, who faced charges for violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of any theory denying the biblical account of divine creation. The prosecution was led by William Jennings Bryan, a prominent politician and fundamentalist Christian, who sought to uphold traditional religious teachings in...
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July 21, 1925
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1888 Fire swept away the principal portion of Avon, Mass., on the 14th.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
July 21, 1888
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1888 A fire destroyed the old Ben Holiday stone mansion on the 14th three miles from White Plains, N.Y.,
now owned by Whitelaw Reid, of the New York Tribune. The building was one of the famous landmarks in Westchester County, having been standing for over two hundred years. Loss, $300,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
July 21, 1888
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In 1925, the Scopes Trial, also known as the "Monkey Trial," captured national attention in Dayton, Tennessee. The trial centered around John T. Scopes, a high school biology teacher, who faced charges for violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of any theory denying the biblical account of divine creation. The prosecution was led by William Jennings Bryan, a prominent politician and fundamentalist Christian, who sought to uphold traditional religious teachings in...
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July 21, 1925
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1888 Fire swept away the principal portion of Avon, Mass., on the 14th.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
July 21, 1888
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1888 A fire destroyed the old Ben Holiday stone mansion on the 14th three miles from White Plains, N.Y.,
now owned by Whitelaw Reid, of the New York Tribune. The building was one of the famous landmarks in Westchester County, having been standing for over two hundred years. Loss, $300,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
July 21, 1888
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1894 House Will Be Destroyed
IPSWICH, Mass., July 21. - The black diphtheria has broken out in Ipswich. Already two children in the family of Thomas Began have died from this disease and the mother is seriously sick with it. Just as soon as the worst is over the house will be destroyed. There are several other cases in the city, but are lighter.
The Lowell Sun
Lowell, Massachusetts
July 21, 1894
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1865 July 21 - In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
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July 21, 1865
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1834 94 Degrees
At Boucherville, the fashionable watering place of Lower Canada, fifteen miles from Montreal, the mercury, on Sunday last stood in the shade, at 94 degrees.
Spectator
New York
July 21, 1834
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IPSWICH, Mass., July 21. - The black diphtheria has broken out in Ipswich. Already two children in the family of Thomas Began have died from this disease and the mother is seriously sick with it. Just as soon as the worst is over the house will be destroyed. There are several other cases in the city, but are lighter.
The Lowell Sun
Lowell, Massachusetts
July 21, 1894
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1865 July 21 - In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
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July 21, 1865
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1834 94 Degrees
At Boucherville, the fashionable watering place of Lower Canada, fifteen miles from Montreal, the mercury, on Sunday last stood in the shade, at 94 degrees.
Spectator
New York
July 21, 1834
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1881 Bigger than stones in Egypt
At the Westerly quarries, Rhode Island, a single stone 150 feet long, ten feet wide and eight feet thick, weighing more than 1,000 tons, has been loosened from the ledge. This is a bigger stone that the monarchs of Egypt ever produced. The Yankees are ahead.
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Indianapolis Sentinel
Indianapolis, Indiana
July 21, 1881
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At the Westerly quarries, Rhode Island, a single stone 150 feet long, ten feet wide and eight feet thick, weighing more than 1,000 tons, has been loosened from the ledge. This is a bigger stone that the monarchs of Egypt ever produced. The Yankees are ahead.
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Indianapolis Sentinel
Indianapolis, Indiana
July 21, 1881
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America - Did you know?
A South Dakota miner started calling Mount Rushmore by this name after a visiting New York attorney – Charles Rushmore – inquired about the granite cliff’s name. The name stuck and became official in 1930.
Quebec - Did you know?
The oldest grocery store in North America is in Quebec City.
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