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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated July 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.
So, grab your magnifying glass and step into the past as we unravel the July 26 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Obituary
William A. Ransehousen
William A. Ransehousen, one of Pittsfield's oldest citizens, died at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Reihardt, at the advanced age of 81 years. He had been in feeble health for several months, and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Ransehousen came to his country in 1840 and found his first employment in west Springfield, helping build the culverts and bridges on the Boston and Albany railroad. Afterwards he located in Canaan... Read MORE...
The Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - Thurs., July 26, 1894
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El Paso, Texas, USA
At 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon, dark, angry looking clouds from the east swept over the city and dropped a heavy shower of rain, and on Franklin mountain there was a regular cloud burst. The water rushed down from the mountains in little rivers, overflowing the ditch north of the Southern Pacific track and flooded San Antonio and Oregon streets; the water overflowed the sidewalks and advanced to the very doors of Stolaroff's dry goods store and the Silver Palace saloon. The alley between the... Read MORE...
Rio Grande Republican - Las Cruces, New Mexico - July 26, 1895
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1895 - Flood
At 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon, dark, angry looking clouds from the east swept over the city and dropped a heavy shower of rain, and on Franklin mountain there was a regular cloud burst. The water rushed down from the mountains in little rivers, overflowing the ditch north of the Southern Pacific track and flooded San Antonio and Oregon streets; the water overflowed the sidewalks and advanced to the very doors of Stolaroff's dry goods store and the Silver Palace saloon. The alley between the... Read MORE...
Rio Grande Republican - Las Cruces, New Mexico - July 26, 1895
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Excellent Rolls
Warm one ounce of butter in half a pint of milk, put to it a spoonful and a half of yeast of small beer, and a little salt. Put two pounds of flour into a pan and mix in the above. Let it rise an hour; knead it well; make into...Read MORE...
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Newark, New Jersey, USA
NEWARK, N. J., July 25. - A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the Excelsior Planing Mill, on Railroad place, in the rear of No. 90 River street, belonging to T. B. Peddle and W. O. Hadly, and run by J. Riudad, the lumber yards belonging to the same parties, J. W. Poiner's lumber yard and J. Cook's kindling wood factory, two tenement houses belonging to Hon. Marcus L. Ward, and other property. J. Rindad, owner of the Excelsior Planing Mill, is the principal loser. Poiner's loss is covered by... Read MORE...
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - July 26, 1875
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1875 - FIRE. Destructive Conflagration in Newark, N. J.
NEWARK, N. J., July 25. - A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the Excelsior Planing Mill, on Railroad place, in the rear of No. 90 River street, belonging to T. B. Peddle and W. O. Hadly, and run by J. Riudad, the lumber yards belonging to the same parties, J. W. Poiner's lumber yard and J. Cook's kindling wood factory, two tenement houses belonging to Hon. Marcus L. Ward, and other property. J. Rindad, owner of the Excelsior Planing Mill, is the principal loser. Poiner's loss is covered by... Read MORE...
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - July 26, 1875
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Billings, Montana, USA
Billings, Mont., July 25. - (AP) - Four lives were lost this afternoon by the capsizing of a boat filled with Sons of Hermann picknickers on the Yellowstone River, two miles south of this city.
Among the drowned is JOHN STAFFELL, a Montana pioneer. He was dragged to his death by three young girls, who seized him when the boat overturned, and perished with him. They were PRESSIE WEST, aged 16; MINNIE TAGGONER, aged 15; and a child of 6, not identified.
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Los Angeles Herald - Los Angeles, California - July 26, 1909
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1909 - BOAT CAPSIZES; 4 PERSONS DIE.
Billings, Mont., July 25. - (AP) - Four lives were lost this afternoon by the capsizing of a boat filled with Sons of Hermann picknickers on the Yellowstone River, two miles south of this city.
Among the drowned is JOHN STAFFELL, a Montana pioneer. He was dragged to his death by three young girls, who seized him when the boat overturned, and perished with him. They were PRESSIE WEST, aged 16; MINNIE TAGGONER, aged 15; and a child of 6, not identified.
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Los Angeles Herald - Los Angeles, California - July 26, 1909
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
It is considered as the height of ill-manners to in
terrupt any person while speaking, by speaking yourself, or calling off the attention of the com
pany to any new subject. This, however, every child...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
Stonington, Connecticut, USA (Pawcatuck) (Lords Point)
Signal Out of Order on New Haven Road at Stonington.
STONINGTON, Conn., July 23. - An express train bound east over the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad crashed into a freight engine at the railroad yards at Stonington Junction, reducing both locomotives practically to scrap iron and considerably damaging rolling stock. Three men were killed and four seriously injured.
The dead are J. F. Conley of Boston, head brakeman on the freight train:
Cecil Cheney of Midway, an engine... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - July 26, 1912
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1912 - EXPRESS WRECK KILLS THREE
Signal Out of Order on New Haven Road at Stonington.
STONINGTON, Conn., July 23. - An express train bound east over the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad crashed into a freight engine at the railroad yards at Stonington Junction, reducing both locomotives practically to scrap iron and considerably damaging rolling stock. Three men were killed and four seriously injured.
The dead are J. F. Conley of Boston, head brakeman on the freight train:
Cecil Cheney of Midway, an engine... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - July 26, 1912
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Waterville, Maine, USA
A correspondent of the Boston Atlas, writing from Gardiner, Me., states that a large fire occurred at Waterville on Saturday evening.
"Property to the amount of between fifty and sixty thousand dollars was destroyed on that evening by one conflagration. The loss is severely felt, as the most active and industrious of the population of that thriving village are the sufferers, and with them upwards of two hundred hard working men are thrown out of employment, thus depriving them and their... Read MORE...
The Farmers' Cabinet - Amherst, New Hampshire - July 26, 1849
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1849 - Destructive Fire at Waterville, Me.
A correspondent of the Boston Atlas, writing from Gardiner, Me., states that a large fire occurred at Waterville on Saturday evening.
"Property to the amount of between fifty and sixty thousand dollars was destroyed on that evening by one conflagration. The loss is severely felt, as the most active and industrious of the population of that thriving village are the sufferers, and with them upwards of two hundred hard working men are thrown out of employment, thus depriving them and their... Read MORE...
The Farmers' Cabinet - Amherst, New Hampshire - July 26, 1849
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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)
New Machine Take Blood Directly from Veins for Red Cross - Southbridge, Mass. - (UP) - A new miracle machine that takes blood directly from your veins for the Red Cross was announced today by the American Optical Company.
Thursday, July 26, 1951
The machine is the culmination of years of work at Harvard in splitting blood to make plasma and many medical remedies. Harvard last Fall built a trailer truck, carrying large blood-splitting machines and called the bloodmobile. It was designed to ... Read MORE...
Utica Observer-Dispatch - Utica, New York - Thursday, July 26, 1951
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1951 - New Machine Take Blood Directly from Veins for Red Cross
New Machine Take Blood Directly from Veins for Red Cross - Southbridge, Mass. - (UP) - A new miracle machine that takes blood directly from your veins for the Red Cross was announced today by the American Optical Company.
Thursday, July 26, 1951
The machine is the culmination of years of work at Harvard in splitting blood to make plasma and many medical remedies. Harvard last Fall built a trailer truck, carrying large blood-splitting machines and called the bloodmobile. It was designed to ... Read MORE...
Utica Observer-Dispatch - Utica, New York - Thursday, July 26, 1951
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1850 THE RECENT FLOOD.
We had one of the greatest floods last week known since 1830. In Chester, Mr. David Johnson was drowned. While crossing a bridge over a branch of Williams river, it was swept off, and he fell into the stream. He was about 60 years of age.
The Vermont Journal
Windsor, Vermont
July 26, 1850
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1878 July 26 – In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box is found later with a taunting poem inside.
In 1878, on July 26th, the notorious American West outlaw known as "Black Bart" pulled off his final successful heist in California, marking the end of his elusive criminal career. Black Bart, whose real identity remains a mystery, targeted a Wells Fargo stagecoach, a common target for bandits due to the valuable cargo it transported. On this occasion, Black Bart managed to steal a safe box from the stagecoach, which later turned out to be empty. However, what made this robbery particularly...
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July 26, 1878
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1866 July 25 – The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army (now called "5-star general"); Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to have this rank.
FROM WASHINGTON. The President Signs the Bill Reviving the Grade of General - General Grant Nominated - Vice-admiral Farragut Appointed Admiral. WASHINGTON, July 25. - The President has signed the bill reviving the grade of General in the army of the United States, and this afternoon nominated to the Senate Lieutenant-general Grant for that office, and Vice-admiral Farragut to be Admiral in the Navy under a recent law.
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati, Ohio
July 26, 1866
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We had one of the greatest floods last week known since 1830. In Chester, Mr. David Johnson was drowned. While crossing a bridge over a branch of Williams river, it was swept off, and he fell into the stream. He was about 60 years of age.
The Vermont Journal
Windsor, Vermont
July 26, 1850
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1878 July 26 – In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box is found later with a taunting poem inside.
In 1878, on July 26th, the notorious American West outlaw known as "Black Bart" pulled off his final successful heist in California, marking the end of his elusive criminal career. Black Bart, whose real identity remains a mystery, targeted a Wells Fargo stagecoach, a common target for bandits due to the valuable cargo it transported. On this occasion, Black Bart managed to steal a safe box from the stagecoach, which later turned out to be empty. However, what made this robbery particularly...
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July 26, 1878
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1866 July 25 – The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army (now called "5-star general"); Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to have this rank.
FROM WASHINGTON. The President Signs the Bill Reviving the Grade of General - General Grant Nominated - Vice-admiral Farragut Appointed Admiral. WASHINGTON, July 25. - The President has signed the bill reviving the grade of General in the army of the United States, and this afternoon nominated to the Senate Lieutenant-general Grant for that office, and Vice-admiral Farragut to be Admiral in the Navy under a recent law.
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati, Ohio
July 26, 1866
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1926 TWO CIRCUS TRAPEZE PERFORMERS HURT.
Chicago, July 26. - (United Press) - Two circus trapeze performers, FRANK CROMWELL and his wife, MAUDE, were in a Chicago hospital today suffering from multiple bone fractures and internal injuries, the result of a 50-foot fall during a performance last night. Physicians today said they might recover. The two were hurled to the ground when a trapeze upon which they were both sitting, broke. Twelve thousand spectators witnessed the accident.
Sterling Daily Gazette
Illinois
July 26, 1926
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1909 Killed His Wife, Then Ended His Life in the Police Station
Westport, Mass, Man, Crazed by Drink, Used an Old Indian Tomahawk in Murdering Woman New Bedford, Mass., July 26. - Waylaying his wife on a lonely road and striking her down with a tomahawk, Robert E. Fanning, of Westport, fled to his home, wrote to the chief of police at New Bedford, in which he blessed his dead wife, drove to New Bedford, delivered the letter and then, in the presence of three police officers, blew out his brains, dying almost instantly...
The Indiana Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania
July 26, 1909
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1902 Four are Killed in Railroad Wreck. Disaster on Pennsylvania Line Near Xenia, Ohio-Passenger Train in Collision With Wild Coal Car.
Dayton, Ohio, July 25.- Engineer WILLIAM CLARK of Xenia, under his engine, burned to a crisp; his fireman, PATRICK DWYER of Cincinnati, head crushed, right arm broken and both legs cut off; two railway mail clerks, M.M. PETERS of Cincinnati and E.F. MCKEOWN of Greenfield, Ind., killed and ten passengers injured, some of them dangerously, is the awful story of the wrecking of the Pennsylvania limited train No. 2 from St. Louis to New York at 10:30 o'clock last Thursday night at Trebein's...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
July 26, 1902
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Chicago, July 26. - (United Press) - Two circus trapeze performers, FRANK CROMWELL and his wife, MAUDE, were in a Chicago hospital today suffering from multiple bone fractures and internal injuries, the result of a 50-foot fall during a performance last night. Physicians today said they might recover. The two were hurled to the ground when a trapeze upon which they were both sitting, broke. Twelve thousand spectators witnessed the accident.
Sterling Daily Gazette
Illinois
July 26, 1926
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1909 Killed His Wife, Then Ended His Life in the Police Station
Westport, Mass, Man, Crazed by Drink, Used an Old Indian Tomahawk in Murdering Woman New Bedford, Mass., July 26. - Waylaying his wife on a lonely road and striking her down with a tomahawk, Robert E. Fanning, of Westport, fled to his home, wrote to the chief of police at New Bedford, in which he blessed his dead wife, drove to New Bedford, delivered the letter and then, in the presence of three police officers, blew out his brains, dying almost instantly...
The Indiana Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania
July 26, 1909
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1902 Four are Killed in Railroad Wreck. Disaster on Pennsylvania Line Near Xenia, Ohio-Passenger Train in Collision With Wild Coal Car.
Dayton, Ohio, July 25.- Engineer WILLIAM CLARK of Xenia, under his engine, burned to a crisp; his fireman, PATRICK DWYER of Cincinnati, head crushed, right arm broken and both legs cut off; two railway mail clerks, M.M. PETERS of Cincinnati and E.F. MCKEOWN of Greenfield, Ind., killed and ten passengers injured, some of them dangerously, is the awful story of the wrecking of the Pennsylvania limited train No. 2 from St. Louis to New York at 10:30 o'clock last Thursday night at Trebein's...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
July 26, 1902
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1875 Another Summer Resort Burned.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 25.- 'Ingleside,' a well known summer resort, about three miles southwest of Holyoke, was completely destroyed by fire this evening. It was built by J. S. Davis, a few years ago, at a cost of $156,000. It has not been open for guests this season.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 26, 1875
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 25.- 'Ingleside,' a well known summer resort, about three miles southwest of Holyoke, was completely destroyed by fire this evening. It was built by J. S. Davis, a few years ago, at a cost of $156,000. It has not been open for guests this season.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 26, 1875
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America - Did you know?
Atlantic City, New Jersey, has the world’s longest boardwalk. Built in 1870, it was also the first boardwalk in the United States.
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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