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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated June 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 June 21 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
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The Dress-Shield Retainers
A. R. Reese, Davenport, Iowa
The Ladies' Home Journal
July 1898
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Extract of a letter from Boston, June 16th.
"The long expected Solar Eclipse has completely engrossed the attention of all orders and conditions of people. The tops of the houses, and every accessible eminence, were occupied by immense numbers of spectators anxiously awaiting to behold this rare and interesting phenomenon. The progress of this curious spectacle was watched with the most vigilant attention by gentlemen of science, assisted by instruments adapted to the... Read MORE...
The Evening Post - New York, New York - June 21, 1806
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1806 - June 16 - A total eclipse of the sun was viewed from southern California to Massachusetts.
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Extract of a letter from Boston, June 16th.
"The long expected Solar Eclipse has completely engrossed the attention of all orders and conditions of people. The tops of the houses, and every accessible eminence, were occupied by immense numbers of spectators anxiously awaiting to behold this rare and interesting phenomenon. The progress of this curious spectacle was watched with the most vigilant attention by gentlemen of science, assisted by instruments adapted to the... Read MORE...
The Evening Post - New York, New York - June 21, 1806
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
California Cake
One pint of flour, one pint of Indian meal, one pint of milk, two eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, two spoonfuls of cream of tartar, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, small piece of butter. Mix the eggs and milk together, add sugar and...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Connecticut, August 18, 1880
Swan's Down Prepared Cake Flour
Makes Delicious Angel Food and Other Cakes
Costs only 2 cents a cake
Igleheart Bros.
Dapartment C.
Evansville, Ind.
The Ladies' Home Journal
June 1898
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Watertown, Wisconsin, USA
Watertown, Wis., June 21. - Fire yesterday destroyed the main factory building of the G. B. Lewis company, manufacturers of beekeepers' supplies and one of the largest in this country. The loss is estimated at $80,000 and was fully insured. Help was asked of Oconomowoc and the department sent an engine, but the fire was under control at the time it reached the city. Several firemen were overcome by the smoke and heat, one of them GUSTAV SCHAULDT, being in a serious condition during the day, but ... Read MORE...
The LaCrosse Tribune - La Crosse, Wisconsin - June 21, 1909
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1909 - WATERTOWN HAS AN $80,000 FIRE.
Watertown, Wis., June 21. - Fire yesterday destroyed the main factory building of the G. B. Lewis company, manufacturers of beekeepers' supplies and one of the largest in this country. The loss is estimated at $80,000 and was fully insured. Help was asked of Oconomowoc and the department sent an engine, but the fire was under control at the time it reached the city. Several firemen were overcome by the smoke and heat, one of them GUSTAV SCHAULDT, being in a serious condition during the day, but ... Read MORE...
The LaCrosse Tribune - La Crosse, Wisconsin - June 21, 1909
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Hampton, Virginia, USA (Phoebus)
Hampton, Va., (AP) - Officials said today they were convinced there were no more dead or injured in the rubble of a suburban neighborhood devastated by the flaming crash of a Marine Corps attack bomber hurtling from an in-flight collision.
Police said two persons - a 30 year old mother, MARY GALLANT and her 19-month-old son DONALD - died. Forty-four persons were treated for injuries, mainly burns. Ten remained hospitalized.
Sixty persons were left homeless in the total destruction of 10... Read MORE...
Port Arthur News - Port Arthur, Texas - June 21, 1966
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1966 - TWO DIE AS PLANE SMASHES HOMES. 60 LEFT HOMELESS IN VIRGINIA. MARINE BOMBERS IN MID-AIR COLLISION.
Hampton, Va., (AP) - Officials said today they were convinced there were no more dead or injured in the rubble of a suburban neighborhood devastated by the flaming crash of a Marine Corps attack bomber hurtling from an in-flight collision.
Police said two persons - a 30 year old mother, MARY GALLANT and her 19-month-old son DONALD - died. Forty-four persons were treated for injuries, mainly burns. Ten remained hospitalized.
Sixty persons were left homeless in the total destruction of 10... Read MORE...
Port Arthur News - Port Arthur, Texas - June 21, 1966
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Oswego, New York, USA
HERALD-STAR Special Telegraphic Service.
OSWEGO, N. Y., June 21. - The Eagle hotel, a three-story wooden structure, was gutted by fire this morning. Mrs. Rachel Ding, 60 years of age, was burned to death, and five other persons received severe injuries from burns or jumping from windows. The injured are:
Mrs. Doyle, wife of the proprietor, severely burned; her infant daughter thrown from window; Cora Doyle, aged 18, burns; Fred Johnson and James Bachman, burned and bruised. Johnson is... Read MORE...
Steubenville Daily Herald - Steubenville, Ohio - June 21, 1899
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1899 - BURNED TO DEATH - In a Hotel Fire - Others Fatally Injured.
HERALD-STAR Special Telegraphic Service.
OSWEGO, N. Y., June 21. - The Eagle hotel, a three-story wooden structure, was gutted by fire this morning. Mrs. Rachel Ding, 60 years of age, was burned to death, and five other persons received severe injuries from burns or jumping from windows. The injured are:
Mrs. Doyle, wife of the proprietor, severely burned; her infant daughter thrown from window; Cora Doyle, aged 18, burns; Fred Johnson and James Bachman, burned and bruised. Johnson is... Read MORE...
Steubenville Daily Herald - Steubenville, Ohio - June 21, 1899
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Avoid carefully any allusion to the age or personal defects of your companion, or any one who may be in the room, and be very careful in your language when speaking of a stranger to another...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
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)
William H. Whalen, a brakeman employed by the Boston and Albany railroad, was seriously hurt late yesterday afternoon by jumping from a car which was being switched in the local freight yard. The car collided with another one, the forward trucks leaving the rails and the end being crushed like an eggshell. Evidently Whalen thought the car would overturn, as he jumped to the track below. He sustained a badly-sprained ankle and severe bruises and contusions about the right shoulder, and will be... Read MORE...
Springfield Republican - Springfield, Massachusetts - June 21, 1907
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1907 - HURT BY JUMPING FROM CAR. Brakeman Thought Car Would Overturn and Leaped.
William H. Whalen, a brakeman employed by the Boston and Albany railroad, was seriously hurt late yesterday afternoon by jumping from a car which was being switched in the local freight yard. The car collided with another one, the forward trucks leaving the rails and the end being crushed like an eggshell. Evidently Whalen thought the car would overturn, as he jumped to the track below. He sustained a badly-sprained ankle and severe bruises and contusions about the right shoulder, and will be... Read MORE...
Springfield Republican - Springfield, Massachusetts - June 21, 1907
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1893 Fire at Henniker
HERKIMER [sic], N. H., June 20. - Noyea's Block is on fire, and the hotel, shoe manufactory, and other buildings in the business section of the town are threatened. A steamer, hose carriage and a large force of men were dispatched from Concord on a special train. Many wooden buildings are in the locality of the fire, and the town is without adequate facilities for coping with an extensive blaze.
The New York Times
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June 21, 1893
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1734 A terrible fire in Montréal destroys 46 houses an an old historical church.
A young black slave called Marie-Joseph-Angélique is found guilty of lighting the blaze and is hanged. After this disaster, the intendant Bégon orders that all houses will from now on be built of stones. www.republiquelibre.org June 21 - In Montreal, New France (Quebec), black slave Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city, is tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony. onthisday.com
June 21, 1734
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1939 June 21 – New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement after doctors reveal he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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June 21, 1939
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HERKIMER [sic], N. H., June 20. - Noyea's Block is on fire, and the hotel, shoe manufactory, and other buildings in the business section of the town are threatened. A steamer, hose carriage and a large force of men were dispatched from Concord on a special train. Many wooden buildings are in the locality of the fire, and the town is without adequate facilities for coping with an extensive blaze.
The New York Times
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June 21, 1893
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1734 A terrible fire in Montréal destroys 46 houses an an old historical church.
A young black slave called Marie-Joseph-Angélique is found guilty of lighting the blaze and is hanged. After this disaster, the intendant Bégon orders that all houses will from now on be built of stones. www.republiquelibre.org June 21 - In Montreal, New France (Quebec), black slave Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city, is tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony. onthisday.com
June 21, 1734
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1939 June 21 – New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement after doctors reveal he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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June 21, 1939
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1954 June 21 - A severe hailstorm struck Wichita KS and vicinity causing nine million dollars damage.
The Weather Channel
June 21, 1954
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1946 June 21 - 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas
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June 21, 1946
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1929 Quebec Bank Robbed
MONTREAL, June 21 - Two men held up the branch of the Banque Canadienne Nationale at Lanoraie, 50 miles east of Montreal yesterday afternoon. The men secured $200 and escaped in an automobile.
The Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
June 21, 1929
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The Weather Channel
June 21, 1954
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1946 June 21 - 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas
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June 21, 1946
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1929 Quebec Bank Robbed
MONTREAL, June 21 - Two men held up the branch of the Banque Canadienne Nationale at Lanoraie, 50 miles east of Montreal yesterday afternoon. The men secured $200 and escaped in an automobile.
The Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
June 21, 1929
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1886 INJURED IN A COLLISION. A WRECK DUE TO A CONDUCTOR'S NEGLECT OF ORDERS
EAST PEPPEREL, Mass., June 20. - The north-bound passenger train No. 49, on the Worcester and Nashua Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad, due here at 7:51 last evening, and consisting of a baggage car and two passenger coaches, collided with an extra south-bound freight train of 17 cars, about 30 rods from this station last night. Engineer Whittemore, of the passenger train, who discovered the other train approaching when rounding a curve close upon it, had barely time to reverse his...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
June 21, 1886
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1907 MISS ROBINSON’S BODY FOUND. Recovered From Pontoosuc Lake Early Yesterday Afternoon — Clothing Did Not Catch Fire.
At 2:30 yesterday afternoon the body of Miss Lucy May Robinson, who was drowned Tuesday night in Pontoosuc lake following the burning of the launch Gwendolin, was brought to the surface. The grappling-irons used by Police Sergeant Flynn and Officer McColgan caught in the skirt of the young woman’s dress, also the top of one of her shoes. The body was found at a point about 1000 feet from the Francis island, the water at that point being about 20 feet deep and well filled with weeds. It was...
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Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
June 21, 1907
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EAST PEPPEREL, Mass., June 20. - The north-bound passenger train No. 49, on the Worcester and Nashua Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad, due here at 7:51 last evening, and consisting of a baggage car and two passenger coaches, collided with an extra south-bound freight train of 17 cars, about 30 rods from this station last night. Engineer Whittemore, of the passenger train, who discovered the other train approaching when rounding a curve close upon it, had barely time to reverse his...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
June 21, 1886
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1907 MISS ROBINSON’S BODY FOUND. Recovered From Pontoosuc Lake Early Yesterday Afternoon — Clothing Did Not Catch Fire.
At 2:30 yesterday afternoon the body of Miss Lucy May Robinson, who was drowned Tuesday night in Pontoosuc lake following the burning of the launch Gwendolin, was brought to the surface. The grappling-irons used by Police Sergeant Flynn and Officer McColgan caught in the skirt of the young woman’s dress, also the top of one of her shoes. The body was found at a point about 1000 feet from the Francis island, the water at that point being about 20 feet deep and well filled with weeds. It was...
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Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
June 21, 1907
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America - Did you know?
1770: Boston Massacre: British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests.
Quebec - Did you know?
In the typical habitant dwelling-house, often reached by a ladder, was a loft or attic running the full area of the house, but so low that one could touch, the rafters everywhere. Here the children, often a dozen or more of them, were stowed away at ...Read MORE...Daily Life in New France (www.chroniclesofamerica.com/ french/ daily_life_in_new_france.htm)
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Memorial Tablet in Memory of the Grafton, Mass. Boys, who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the World War
The New Pet of the Household
The Most Perfect Oil Stove Made
Automatic Blue Flame Cooker
Central Oil and gas Stove Company
210 School St., Gardner, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898
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