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 June 13, 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 June 13 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Deming & Gundlach, Jewelers and Opticians, 20 State Street, Hartford, Conn.
Visit Hartford, Connecticut, USA!
1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Memere's Creamed Spinach
Ingredients
2 pounds fresh spinach, washed and tough stems removed
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/ 2 cup finely chopped shallots
1 teaspoon minced garlic
3/ 4 teaspoon salt
1/ 2 teaspoon freshly ground black...Read MORE...
Ogdensburg, New York, USA
OGDENSBURG, N. Y., June 12. - A violent tornado, accompanied by rain, struck this city at 7 o'clock this evening, and did immense damage along the docks and the railroad yards. The storm approached from a northwesterly direction, and, crossing the St. Lawrence, struck the lower part of the city with tremendous force.
Its path lay through the Central Vermont yards and docks and the Ogdensburg Transit Company's docks. The Ogdensburg Transit Company's elevator was unroofed and the contents -... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 13, 1898
Comments
1898 - TORNADO AT OGDENSBURG. An Elevator Unroofed and 820,000 Bushels of Grain Damaged - A Railroad Damaged.
OGDENSBURG, N. Y., June 12. - A violent tornado, accompanied by rain, struck this city at 7 o'clock this evening, and did immense damage along the docks and the railroad yards. The storm approached from a northwesterly direction, and, crossing the St. Lawrence, struck the lower part of the city with tremendous force.
Its path lay through the Central Vermont yards and docks and the Ogdensburg Transit Company's docks. The Ogdensburg Transit Company's elevator was unroofed and the contents -... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 13, 1898
Comments
Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
Another disastrous wreck on the New Haven Road was on Oct. 4, 1912, when the Boston Express was smashed at the Westport (Conn.) crossover, killing nine persons and injuring twenty. The new Haven Company issued a statement shortly after the accident in which it said the express took the crossover at high speed, in spite of the fact that the home signal was at danger.
Charles S. Mellen and E. H. McHenry, President and Vice President of the road, were arrested on April 15 last on a bench... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 13, 1913
Comments
1912 - Train Wreck
Another disastrous wreck on the New Haven Road was on Oct. 4, 1912, when the Boston Express was smashed at the Westport (Conn.) crossover, killing nine persons and injuring twenty. The new Haven Company issued a statement shortly after the accident in which it said the express took the crossover at high speed, in spite of the fact that the home signal was at danger.
Charles S. Mellen and E. H. McHenry, President and Vice President of the road, were arrested on April 15 last on a bench... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 13, 1913
Comments
1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
She who weds with one of an inferior rank in life has no right to expect that her friends will associate with her husband, or treat him with that respect which she may think his...Read MORE...
Letters to Young Ladies on Their Entrance into the World, by Elizabeth Lanfear, 1824
Stamford, Connecticut, USA (Springdale)
Score Injured as Second Section Smashes Into First at Stamford.
AIR BRAKES DIDN'T WORK
Victims in Chair Car Skylark Swept to Death or Injury Without Warning.
ENGINEER IN WRECK BEFORE
He Was Fireman When Nine Persons Met Death in the Collision at Westport.
TRAFFIC MEN BLAME ROAD
Accident, Say Canadian Pacific Agents, Result of New Haven's Antiquated Methods.
SOME NEW YORK VICTIMS
E. H. Woodruff of Flushing Killed - Others Near Death in Stamford Hospital - Survivors Get Here.
Special... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 13, 1913
Comments
1913 - FIVE KILLED IN BOSTON EXPRESS REAR-END CRASH
Score Injured as Second Section Smashes Into First at Stamford.
AIR BRAKES DIDN'T WORK
Victims in Chair Car Skylark Swept to Death or Injury Without Warning.
ENGINEER IN WRECK BEFORE
He Was Fireman When Nine Persons Met Death in the Collision at Westport.
TRAFFIC MEN BLAME ROAD
Accident, Say Canadian Pacific Agents, Result of New Haven's Antiquated Methods.
SOME NEW YORK VICTIMS
E. H. Woodruff of Flushing Killed - Others Near Death in Stamford Hospital - Survivors Get Here.
Special... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 13, 1913
Comments
1900 Blacksmith Shop Burns
S. L. Griffith’s blacksmith shop at Danby burned Monday morning. The cause of the fire is not known.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
June 13, 1900
Visit Danby, Vermont, USA!
1868 Hon. Horace Greeley's $200 premium for the township of more than fifty dwellings
which should have at least two good grapevines planted on each homestead, has been won by Sunderland, Mass., and a second premium of $100 by Vineland, N. J.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 13, 1868
Visit Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA!
1868 Glass Factory
Corning, N.Y., expects to have a glass factory, which will give employment to 200 workmen.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 13, 1868
Visit Corning, New York, USA!
S. L. Griffith’s blacksmith shop at Danby burned Monday morning. The cause of the fire is not known.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
June 13, 1900
Visit Danby, Vermont, USA!
1868 Hon. Horace Greeley's $200 premium for the township of more than fifty dwellings
which should have at least two good grapevines planted on each homestead, has been won by Sunderland, Mass., and a second premium of $100 by Vineland, N. J.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 13, 1868
Visit Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA!
1868 Glass Factory
Corning, N.Y., expects to have a glass factory, which will give employment to 200 workmen.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 13, 1868
Visit Corning, New York, USA!
1868 Built on Made Land
San Francisco is so largely built on made land that the timbers of old wharves were recently exhumed half a mile from the present water front.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 13, 1868
Visit San Francisco, California, USA!
1868 6,000 Employed
About six thousand inhabitants of Taunton, Mass., are employed in its thirty factories, and there are $6,000,000 of capital invested therein.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 13, 1868
Visit Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)!
1957 Mayflower II from Plymouth, England, reaches Plymouth Mass
historyorb.com
June 13, 1957
Visit Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores)!
San Francisco is so largely built on made land that the timbers of old wharves were recently exhumed half a mile from the present water front.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 13, 1868
Visit San Francisco, California, USA!
1868 6,000 Employed
About six thousand inhabitants of Taunton, Mass., are employed in its thirty factories, and there are $6,000,000 of capital invested therein.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 13, 1868
Visit Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)!
1957 Mayflower II from Plymouth, England, reaches Plymouth Mass
historyorb.com
June 13, 1957
Visit Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores)!
1911 Lightning Started Fire
Raleigh, N. C. June 12. - The business section of Apex, this county, was swept away by fire today. Seven stores and the two banks were destroyed. Lightning striking a restaurant started the fire. The loss will be about $60,000.
The Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
June 13, 1911
Visit Raleigh, North Carolina, USA!
1820 Vessels Captured
Three vessels belonging to Bristol, Rhode Island, have been captured by the British Brig Thistle, all with full cargoes of slaves, and sent to Sierra Leone. We regret that they were not captured by the Cyane, and trust that our vessels, on that coast, will be unusually vigilant in detecting these violators of law and gospel. Nat. Advertiser
genealogybank.com
Carlisle Republican
Pennsylvania
June 13, 1820
Visit Bristol, Rhode Island, USA!
Raleigh, N. C. June 12. - The business section of Apex, this county, was swept away by fire today. Seven stores and the two banks were destroyed. Lightning striking a restaurant started the fire. The loss will be about $60,000.
The Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
June 13, 1911
Visit Raleigh, North Carolina, USA!
1820 Vessels Captured
Three vessels belonging to Bristol, Rhode Island, have been captured by the British Brig Thistle, all with full cargoes of slaves, and sent to Sierra Leone. We regret that they were not captured by the Cyane, and trust that our vessels, on that coast, will be unusually vigilant in detecting these violators of law and gospel. Nat. Advertiser
genealogybank.com
Carlisle Republican
Pennsylvania
June 13, 1820
Visit Bristol, Rhode Island, USA!
America - Did you know?
1839 - Apples and Apple Cider in New EnglandApple trees have been cultivated and apple cider produced in New England from early Colonial days, when the region's first apple orchards were planted. The American folk hero "Johnny Appleseed" (John...Read MORE...
Hayward's New England Gazetteer of 1839
Quebec - Did you know?
Between 1714 and 1754, approximately 4,500 immigrants settled in New France. They included indentured workers and soldiers stationed in the colony, but most of them, it appears, were unsavory characters, including hundreds of salt smugglers who sold ...Read MORE...History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.
Picture of the Day
Visit Hannibal, Missouri, USA!
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
Shoe Factory, Hannibal, Mo.
Mississippi River and Illinois in Distance.
Palace Organs
Manufactured by the Loring & Blake Organ Company
The Best in the World
D. Lothrop & Co., Agents,
Dover, N.H.
Visit Dover, New Hampshire, USA!
