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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated June 24, 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 24 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Glenwood Ranges, Stoves and Furnaces
Weir Stove Co., Taunton, Mass.
In the early years of the twentieth century, Glenwood stoves were a familiar sight in thousands of American homes. Manufactured by the Weir Stove Company in Taunton, Massachusetts, they were emblematic of the rapid industrialization that swept the northern and mid-western states following the Civil War. Founded in 1879 by Charles F Baker, George E Wilbur and William E Walker, the company began operations in a converted barn with an output of just four stoves per day.
Twenty years later, the Weir Stove Company was situated in a sprawling factory complex occupying almost ten acres. By then, approximately 850 employees turned out two Glenwoods per minute—that’s 80,000 per year—enough to make the company one of the city’s leading employers as well as the largest stove manufacturer east of Detroit, Michigan... ediblecommunities.com
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Swansea, Massachusetts, USA (Ocean Grove)
In colonial New England, King Philip's War begins when a band of Wampanoag warriors raid the border settlement of Swansee, Massachusetts, and massacre the English colonists there.
In the early 1670s, 50 years of peace between the Plymouth colony and the local Wampanoag Indians began to deteriorate when the rapidly expanding settlement forced land sales on the tribe. Reacting to increasing Native American hostility, the English met with King Philip, chief of the Wampanoag, and demanded that... Read MORE...
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June 24, 1675
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1675 - King Philip's War takes place between Native Americans and New England colonists
In colonial New England, King Philip's War begins when a band of Wampanoag warriors raid the border settlement of Swansee, Massachusetts, and massacre the English colonists there.
In the early 1670s, 50 years of peace between the Plymouth colony and the local Wampanoag Indians began to deteriorate when the rapidly expanding settlement forced land sales on the tribe. Reacting to increasing Native American hostility, the English met with King Philip, chief of the Wampanoag, and demanded that... Read MORE...
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June 24, 1675
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
THANKSGIVING PUDDING
Pound 20 crackers fine, add 5 cups milk and let swell.
Beat well 14 eggs
pint sugar
cup molasses
2 small nutmegs
2 TSP ground clove
3 ground cinnamon
2 TSP salt
½ TSP soda.
Add to crackers.
Finally add pint of...Read MORE...
from an 1880 cookbook
The Ideal Brain Tonic
Delightful Summer and Winter Beverage
Specific for Headache
Relieves Mental & Physical Exhaustion
Coca-Cola
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Wichita, Kansas, USA
WICHITA, Kas., June 23. - Three men were killed and ten were injured in the wreck of an extra St. Louis & San Francisco freight train just east of here, at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Two men are missing and are thought to be buried beneath the wreckage. All the killed and injured were harvest hands stealing a ride. The dead:
LOGAN GANNON, Phillipsbpurg[sic], Mo.
JOHN ROONEY, Phillipsburg, Mo.
Unidentified man said to be from Muskogee, Okl.
The injured:
Bert Rooney, Phillipsburg, Mo., ... Read MORE...
The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska - June 24, 1910
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1910 - THREE KILLED IN A WRECK. Harvest Hands Stealing Ride in an Accident.
WICHITA, Kas., June 23. - Three men were killed and ten were injured in the wreck of an extra St. Louis & San Francisco freight train just east of here, at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Two men are missing and are thought to be buried beneath the wreckage. All the killed and injured were harvest hands stealing a ride. The dead:
LOGAN GANNON, Phillipsbpurg[sic], Mo.
JOHN ROONEY, Phillipsburg, Mo.
Unidentified man said to be from Muskogee, Okl.
The injured:
Bert Rooney, Phillipsburg, Mo., ... Read MORE...
The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska - June 24, 1910
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
Having made your choice, and obtained the object of your desire, let it be your ambition that both she and those who gave her to you may ever find increasing cause to rejoice in the...Read MORE...
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Canaan, Connecticut, USA (Falls Village)
Eight Passengers Hurt, One Mortally, in Wreck at Canaan.
Special to The New York Times.
CANAAN, Conn., June 23. - Two milk cars shunted against a passenger coach on the New Haven Road a the station here at 2 o'clock this afternoon, sent the coach crashing into a local freight train of the Central New England Road, as the latter was backing over a crossover. One aged woman was seriously injured, and six other persons sustained injuries more or less painful.
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The New York Times - New York, New York - June 24, 1913
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1913 - COLLISION ON NEW HAVEN.
Eight Passengers Hurt, One Mortally, in Wreck at Canaan.
Special to The New York Times.
CANAAN, Conn., June 23. - Two milk cars shunted against a passenger coach on the New Haven Road a the station here at 2 o'clock this afternoon, sent the coach crashing into a local freight train of the Central New England Road, as the latter was backing over a crossover. One aged woman was seriously injured, and six other persons sustained injuries more or less painful.
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The New York Times - New York, New York - June 24, 1913
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Adams, Massachusetts, USA
ADAMS, Mass., June 26. - The vacation which President and Mrs. McKinley have been enjoying here as the guests of Hon. and Mrs. W. B. Plunkett, is at an end, and to-night, the presidential train bore them towards the nation's capitol. The President returned to his executive labors in remarkably fine health, but Mrs. McKinley is quite poorly, and ti was on her account that the present stay was curtailed by two days. The closing day of the visit was made notable tot he people of this town and of... Read MORE...
Lewiston Evening Journal - Lewiston, Maine - June 24, 1899
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1899 - VACATION AT AN END. The President and Party Leave Adams, Mass., for the Nation's Capitol.
ADAMS, Mass., June 26. - The vacation which President and Mrs. McKinley have been enjoying here as the guests of Hon. and Mrs. W. B. Plunkett, is at an end, and to-night, the presidential train bore them towards the nation's capitol. The President returned to his executive labors in remarkably fine health, but Mrs. McKinley is quite poorly, and ti was on her account that the present stay was curtailed by two days. The closing day of the visit was made notable tot he people of this town and of... Read MORE...
Lewiston Evening Journal - Lewiston, Maine - June 24, 1899
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1717 June 24 - 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London
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June 24, 1717
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1893 Mill Fire
Appleton, Wis., June 24. - The Kaukauna Fiber company's sulphite mill at Kaukauna was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. It was a two digester mill, with a capacity of seven tons a day. Loss, $35,000; fully covered by insurance. The mill will be rebuilt.
Daily Citizen
Iowa City, Iowa
June 24, 1893
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1914 June 24 – In Manchester, New Hampshire, a downtown fire causes $400,000 damage and injures 19 firemen.
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June 24, 1914
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June 24, 1717
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1893 Mill Fire
Appleton, Wis., June 24. - The Kaukauna Fiber company's sulphite mill at Kaukauna was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. It was a two digester mill, with a capacity of seven tons a day. Loss, $35,000; fully covered by insurance. The mill will be rebuilt.
Daily Citizen
Iowa City, Iowa
June 24, 1893
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1914 June 24 – In Manchester, New Hampshire, a downtown fire causes $400,000 damage and injures 19 firemen.
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June 24, 1914
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1951 June 24 - Twelve inches of hail broke windows and roofs, and dented automobiles, causing more than fourteen million dollars damage.
The storm plowed 200 miles from Kingmand County KS into Missouri, with the Wichita area hardest hit. It was the most disastrous hailstorm of record for the state of Kansas.
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June 24, 1951
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1924 June 24 - Six men at a rock quarry south of Winston-Salem, NC, sought shelter from a thunderstorm.
The structure chosen contained a quantity of dynamite. Lightning struck a near-by tree causing the dynamite to explode. The men were killed instantly.
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June 24, 1924
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1938 June 24 - 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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June 24, 1938
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The storm plowed 200 miles from Kingmand County KS into Missouri, with the Wichita area hardest hit. It was the most disastrous hailstorm of record for the state of Kansas.
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June 24, 1951
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1924 June 24 - Six men at a rock quarry south of Winston-Salem, NC, sought shelter from a thunderstorm.
The structure chosen contained a quantity of dynamite. Lightning struck a near-by tree causing the dynamite to explode. The men were killed instantly.
The Weather Channel
June 24, 1924
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1938 June 24 - 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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June 24, 1938
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1897 June 24 - Hail injures 26 in Topeka Kansas
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June 24, 1897
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1882 Storm
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 23. - The following particulars have been learned of the storm of Thursday; It was a hurricane - not a tornado -- and swept over all area of 20 miles in width; some damage was done at Walker and Rowley; also as far north as Oliver. The centre of the greatest force and destructiveness was at Independence. The storm broke in its greatest fury about 5 P. M., blowing from the north-west with a straight wind, without a tornado funnel. In a few minutes property valued a...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
June 24, 1882
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1901 Two Children Perished in a Sherbrooke Fire - Caused by a Lamp Explosion.
Sherbrooke, Que., June 24. - Paul, aged 14, and Antoine, aged 5, sons of B. Durocher, were burned to death in their father's barn at East Sherbrooke, Saturday night. The fire was caused by a lamp explosion.
The Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
June 24, 1901
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June 24, 1897
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1882 Storm
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 23. - The following particulars have been learned of the storm of Thursday; It was a hurricane - not a tornado -- and swept over all area of 20 miles in width; some damage was done at Walker and Rowley; also as far north as Oliver. The centre of the greatest force and destructiveness was at Independence. The storm broke in its greatest fury about 5 P. M., blowing from the north-west with a straight wind, without a tornado funnel. In a few minutes property valued a...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
June 24, 1882
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1901 Two Children Perished in a Sherbrooke Fire - Caused by a Lamp Explosion.
Sherbrooke, Que., June 24. - Paul, aged 14, and Antoine, aged 5, sons of B. Durocher, were burned to death in their father's barn at East Sherbrooke, Saturday night. The fire was caused by a lamp explosion.
The Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
June 24, 1901
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1882 Assault
A fiendish assault was committed Thursday on a child belonging to Union Springs, N. Y., by Thos. E. Ford and John Wingfield, lately connected with Frank A. Robbins' show and exposition. A reward of $200 is offered for their apprehension.
Lebanon Daily News
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
June 24, 1882
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1897 Kicked by Horse
Last Wednesday the little four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Klug while playing near a horse at their home on Box Elder was kicked in the head above the left eye inflicting a terrible gash and fracturing the skull. Mr. Klug and wife drove to Greely with the little fellow as fast as horse flesh could take them and had the wounds dressed. The child is doing as well as can be expected considering how badly he was hurt. -Evans Courier.
The Greeley Tribune
Greeley, Colorado
June 24, 1897
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A fiendish assault was committed Thursday on a child belonging to Union Springs, N. Y., by Thos. E. Ford and John Wingfield, lately connected with Frank A. Robbins' show and exposition. A reward of $200 is offered for their apprehension.
Lebanon Daily News
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
June 24, 1882
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1897 Kicked by Horse
Last Wednesday the little four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Klug while playing near a horse at their home on Box Elder was kicked in the head above the left eye inflicting a terrible gash and fracturing the skull. Mr. Klug and wife drove to Greely with the little fellow as fast as horse flesh could take them and had the wounds dressed. The child is doing as well as can be expected considering how badly he was hurt. -Evans Courier.
The Greeley Tribune
Greeley, Colorado
June 24, 1897
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America - Did you know?
Los Angeles is not as “tall” as other large cities and sprawls for miles. One reason is that before 1957, there was a law against any building having more than 13 stories. They were afraid of earthquakes. City Hall, built in 1927, was the lone...Read MORE...legendsofamerica.com
Quebec - Did you know?
Before Vermont became a state they tried to become part of Quebec, but Quebec refused so Vermont joined the United States instead.
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The Harrington Memorial Hospital
"Built during the Depression, the Harrington Memorial Hospital was opened on Labor Day, September 7, 1931. The first facility had 34 adult beds and 6 children's cribs. The brick structure was constructed by local company, F. X. Laliberte and Son, General Contractors. The twin end chimneys and hipped roof are Federal Revival in style, while the elaborate doorway is Georgian Revival. The hospital is typical of Laliberte's civic and institutional buildings which tend to have a plain brick facade relieved by an elaborate Georgian or Classical Revival entrance. Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Harrington (of the Russell Harrington company) pledged $150,000 to the project, as early as 1929, with the sum to be matched by community contributions. Additions have been added in 1958 and 1971." www.digitalcommonwealth.org
