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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated June 22, 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 22 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
1882 - Thief
John Timmerman, the Bel Air clerk who absconded recently with about $300, has written from Chicago to his wife and Mr. Kernochan declined to intercept the letter. It comes to light that Timmerman, worse than the unjust steward, in some cases gave company receipts to his friends for their debts without receiving a cent. Timmerman's wife, a daughter of Mr. Feige, once a partner with Johnson in the bottling business, is greatly saddened and says she cannot understand the affair. Several gentlemen... Read MORE...
The Berkshire County Eagle - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - June 22, 1882
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Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
Ecclesiastical Buildings at Nicolet, Que., Destroyed - Loss About $600,000.
Special to The Tribune.
Nicolet, Que., June 22 - A disastrous conflagration broke out here last evening which soon got beyond the control of the local fire brigade and utterly destroyed the magnificent new cathedral, the old parish church, the convent of the Sisters of L'Assomption, the residence of Mgr. Suzor, retired Bishop of Nicolet. The local fire brigade, assisted by the St. Hyacinthe brigade which came here ... Read MORE...
The Winnipeg Tribune - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - June 22, 1906
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1906 - Cathedral and Convent Burn
Ecclesiastical Buildings at Nicolet, Que., Destroyed - Loss About $600,000.
Special to The Tribune.
Nicolet, Que., June 22 - A disastrous conflagration broke out here last evening which soon got beyond the control of the local fire brigade and utterly destroyed the magnificent new cathedral, the old parish church, the convent of the Sisters of L'Assomption, the residence of Mgr. Suzor, retired Bishop of Nicolet. The local fire brigade, assisted by the St. Hyacinthe brigade which came here ... Read MORE...
The Winnipeg Tribune - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - June 22, 1906
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Veal Cutlets.
Cut them from the fillet, put them in a stew pan with a piece of nice pork, a clove of garlic, a bundle of thyme and parsley, pepper and salt, cover them with water and let them stew ten or fifteen minutes, lay them on a dish and...Read MORE...
The Virginia Housewife or Methodical Cook, 1828
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
The North end was the scene of another terrible accident this morning when William Fernald of Eliot, received injuries that will likely prove fatal.
He was employed on the bridge gang of the Boston and Maine railroad under foreman Preble and at the time of the accident, was engaged in tearing out the old stationary engine houses and runs at Walker's coal pocket.
A rope had been attached to a lot of staging and the whole mass was to be pulled over into the water. When it commenced to go a... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - June 22, 1898
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1898 - SERIOUS ACCIDENT. William Fernald Felled by a Falling Electric Light Pole
The North end was the scene of another terrible accident this morning when William Fernald of Eliot, received injuries that will likely prove fatal.
He was employed on the bridge gang of the Boston and Maine railroad under foreman Preble and at the time of the accident, was engaged in tearing out the old stationary engine houses and runs at Walker's coal pocket.
A rope had been attached to a lot of staging and the whole mass was to be pulled over into the water. When it commenced to go a... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - June 22, 1898
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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
LAS VEGAS, Nev., June 23 - (UP) - A dynamite explosion which claimed the lives of two men and injured three others late Saturday night, near the site of Boulder dam, was scheduled for investigation by a coroner's jury today.
The dead were William Bryant, 42, and Jim Sweeney. Lee Ivey, C. Buckston, 25, and Press Hughes, 28, were the injured, Ivey the most seriously.
The blast, which happened in the Nevada tunnel on the Six Companies' railroad to the damsite, occurred when Sweeney too... Read MORE...
Ogden Standard Examiner - Ogden, Utah - June 22, 1931
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1932 - CORONER'S JURY PROBES FATAL DAM EXPLOSION
LAS VEGAS, Nev., June 23 - (UP) - A dynamite explosion which claimed the lives of two men and injured three others late Saturday night, near the site of Boulder dam, was scheduled for investigation by a coroner's jury today.
The dead were William Bryant, 42, and Jim Sweeney. Lee Ivey, C. Buckston, 25, and Press Hughes, 28, were the injured, Ivey the most seriously.
The blast, which happened in the Nevada tunnel on the Six Companies' railroad to the damsite, occurred when Sweeney too... Read MORE...
Ogden Standard Examiner - Ogden, Utah - June 22, 1931
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
1872 - Dinner Party Rules for Women - Coffee follows the dessert, and when this enters, if your guests are gentlemen only, your duty is at an end. You may then rise, leave the room, and need not re-appear. If you have lady guests, you give the...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
Richford, Vermont, USA
RICHFORD, Vt., June 21. - The most disastrous flood since 1869 has visited this section. The booms in the Mississquoi River broke early this morning and thousands of logs belonging to the Richford Lumber Company, Baker, Brainerd & Co., and C. P. Stevens & Co., went down the stream, entailing a loss which can hardly be estimated.
Aside from the loss to the mill companies, a large number of men are thrown out of work, and the loss will be a serious one to the town. Another boom has broken... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 22, 1892
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1892 - Disastrous Flood in Vermont.
RICHFORD, Vt., June 21. - The most disastrous flood since 1869 has visited this section. The booms in the Mississquoi River broke early this morning and thousands of logs belonging to the Richford Lumber Company, Baker, Brainerd & Co., and C. P. Stevens & Co., went down the stream, entailing a loss which can hardly be estimated.
Aside from the loss to the mill companies, a large number of men are thrown out of work, and the loss will be a serious one to the town. Another boom has broken... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 22, 1892
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Richmond, Virginia, USA
Richmond Lineman Touched 3,000-Voltage Current With Ungloved Hand.
Special to The Washington Post.
Richmond, Va., June 21. - In sight of fellow-workmen Grover C. Weber, 25 years old, a lineman, was electrocuted when he caught a 3,000-voltage wire with his ungloved hand this afternoon. He was on a high ladder at the sandhouse of the Virginia Passenger and Power Company, and his body was held until the current was turned off.
Weber had the reputation of being the most reckless of workmen,... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, D.C. - June 22, 1910
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1910 - KILLED BY LIVE WIRE.
Richmond Lineman Touched 3,000-Voltage Current With Ungloved Hand.
Special to The Washington Post.
Richmond, Va., June 21. - In sight of fellow-workmen Grover C. Weber, 25 years old, a lineman, was electrocuted when he caught a 3,000-voltage wire with his ungloved hand this afternoon. He was on a high ladder at the sandhouse of the Virginia Passenger and Power Company, and his body was held until the current was turned off.
Weber had the reputation of being the most reckless of workmen,... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, D.C. - June 22, 1910
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Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
The sad disaster caused by the burning of the French Catholic church at Holyoke, Massachusetts, still causes great gloom in that part of the country. The deaths number about 80. A considerable number of the victims were French Canadians, and their charred and mangled corpses have been sent to their relatives in the Dominion for burial. On the 29th of May the services for over 48 victims were performed at Holyoke, in the basement of a partially completed Catholic church, a vast crowd being in... Read MORE...
The Times - London, England - June 22, 1875
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1875 - Burning of French Catholic Church
The sad disaster caused by the burning of the French Catholic church at Holyoke, Massachusetts, still causes great gloom in that part of the country. The deaths number about 80. A considerable number of the victims were French Canadians, and their charred and mangled corpses have been sent to their relatives in the Dominion for burial. On the 29th of May the services for over 48 victims were performed at Holyoke, in the basement of a partially completed Catholic church, a vast crowd being in... Read MORE...
The Times - London, England - June 22, 1875
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York, Maine, USA (Cape Neddick) (York Beach)
William Mackie, 11, Loses His Life While At Play
William Mackie, aged 11, of York Village, was drowned yesterday afternoon at the private swimming pool of Andrew Murray Williams at Highland Farm, York Village. He was playing with his brother Edward, aged 7, along the cement wall, when in some way he slipped. The younger brother ran a quarter of a mile to notify his parents. Floyd Rockwell recovered the body of the boy and physicians worked two hours in a vain attempt to revive the boy. He is... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - June 22, 1933
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1933 - BOY DROWNED IN POOL AT YORK
William Mackie, 11, Loses His Life While At Play
William Mackie, aged 11, of York Village, was drowned yesterday afternoon at the private swimming pool of Andrew Murray Williams at Highland Farm, York Village. He was playing with his brother Edward, aged 7, along the cement wall, when in some way he slipped. The younger brother ran a quarter of a mile to notify his parents. Floyd Rockwell recovered the body of the boy and physicians worked two hours in a vain attempt to revive the boy. He is... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - June 22, 1933
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Adams, Massachusetts, USA
North Adams, Mass., June 22. - The biggest cotton mill in America is to be built at once in Adams. This was decided at a meeting of capitalists last night.
The mill will employ over 1000 people, will have 80,000 spindles, and 2100 looms and will cost $1,000,000. It will be 425 feet long and 116 feet wide, with an ell, and will be five stories high.
The enterprise is brought to Adams by the Plunkett Brothers, and some of the heaviest capitalists in the country are interested in it. The... Read MORE...
Lewiston Sunday Journal - Lewiston, Maine - June 22, 1895
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1895 - The Biggest in America - A Mill to Be Erected in Adams, Mass., to Employ 1000 People.
North Adams, Mass., June 22. - The biggest cotton mill in America is to be built at once in Adams. This was decided at a meeting of capitalists last night.
The mill will employ over 1000 people, will have 80,000 spindles, and 2100 looms and will cost $1,000,000. It will be 425 feet long and 116 feet wide, with an ell, and will be five stories high.
The enterprise is brought to Adams by the Plunkett Brothers, and some of the heaviest capitalists in the country are interested in it. The... Read MORE...
Lewiston Sunday Journal - Lewiston, Maine - June 22, 1895
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1918 Anti-Draft Agitation Continues Near Quebec - Third Bomb Explosion Was Attempt to Blow Up Home of St. Croix Mayor
QUEBEC, June 21. - Trouble growing out of sentiment against the military service act is reported in several Quebec counties. The third bomb explosion in three months occurred today in Lotbiniere county, at Sainte Croix. A few nights ago a bomb was exploded near the residence of the mayor of the place. Young men in other parishes are reported to be participating in defiance of registration. Disturbances are also reported in Nicolet county.
Reading Times
Reading, Pennsylvania
June 22, 1918
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1918 June 22 – Suspects in the Chicago Restaurant Poisonings are arrested, and more than 100 waiters are taken into custody, for poisoning restaurant customers with a lethal powder called Mickey Finn.
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June 22, 1918
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1870 June 22 - The U.S. Congress creates the United States Department of Justice.
On June 22, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the “Act to Establish the Department of Justice” into law. This legislation officially created the United States Department of Justice, which began operations on July 1 of the same year. The department’s mission was to uphold justice, enforce federal laws, and protect the rights of citizens.
June 22, 1870
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QUEBEC, June 21. - Trouble growing out of sentiment against the military service act is reported in several Quebec counties. The third bomb explosion in three months occurred today in Lotbiniere county, at Sainte Croix. A few nights ago a bomb was exploded near the residence of the mayor of the place. Young men in other parishes are reported to be participating in defiance of registration. Disturbances are also reported in Nicolet county.
Reading Times
Reading, Pennsylvania
June 22, 1918
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1918 June 22 – Suspects in the Chicago Restaurant Poisonings are arrested, and more than 100 waiters are taken into custody, for poisoning restaurant customers with a lethal powder called Mickey Finn.
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June 22, 1918
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1870 June 22 - The U.S. Congress creates the United States Department of Justice.
On June 22, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the “Act to Establish the Department of Justice” into law. This legislation officially created the United States Department of Justice, which began operations on July 1 of the same year. The department’s mission was to uphold justice, enforce federal laws, and protect the rights of citizens.
June 22, 1870
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1981 June 22 - A young woman from Lubbock, TX, was struck by lightning.
The bolt of lightning struck just above her right shoulder near her neck, and passed right to left through her body, tearing her warm-ups, causing her tennis shoes to explode, and lifting her two feet into the air.
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June 22, 1981
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1914 MILLIONAIRE CRUSHED BY BOULDER IS DEAD
San Bernadino June 22. - George A. Ralphs, millionaire grocer of Los Angeles, died here several hours after a three-ton boulder had crushed his leg. The accident occurred in the San Bernadino mountains back of Arrowhead, when Ralphs, standing on the rock, moved aside to make room for Mrs. Ralphs to jump down beside him. The boulder gave way and he fell under it.
The Evening News
San Jose, California
June 22, 1914
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1910 2 DIE IN FIRE AT BEVERLY.
Three Other Men in Cottage Severely Injured Beverly, Mass., June 21. - Two men were burned to death and three others received severe injuries in a fire which destroyed the Century Club cottage and an adjoining small summer residence at Bates parks, in this city, today. The dead are Henry B. Barrett, a drug clerk, of Peabody, and Bert McShane, of Salem. The five men had hired the cottage for their summer vacation.
The Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
June 22, 1910
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The bolt of lightning struck just above her right shoulder near her neck, and passed right to left through her body, tearing her warm-ups, causing her tennis shoes to explode, and lifting her two feet into the air.
The Weather Channel
June 22, 1981
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1914 MILLIONAIRE CRUSHED BY BOULDER IS DEAD
San Bernadino June 22. - George A. Ralphs, millionaire grocer of Los Angeles, died here several hours after a three-ton boulder had crushed his leg. The accident occurred in the San Bernadino mountains back of Arrowhead, when Ralphs, standing on the rock, moved aside to make room for Mrs. Ralphs to jump down beside him. The boulder gave way and he fell under it.
The Evening News
San Jose, California
June 22, 1914
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1910 2 DIE IN FIRE AT BEVERLY.
Three Other Men in Cottage Severely Injured Beverly, Mass., June 21. - Two men were burned to death and three others received severe injuries in a fire which destroyed the Century Club cottage and an adjoining small summer residence at Bates parks, in this city, today. The dead are Henry B. Barrett, a drug clerk, of Peabody, and Bert McShane, of Salem. The five men had hired the cottage for their summer vacation.
The Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
June 22, 1910
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1843 Fire
Le Journal de Quebec, of Tuesday last, states that the house of Mr. Pierre Chouinard at Kamouraska, was destroyed by fire on Saturday last occasioned by a child playing with lucifer matches in a room where he was alone with another child of eight months old, who perished in the flames. The mother was absent at church at the time, and the father was also from home. The fire took in the bed, and the girl who endeavored to save the child, was partially injured by the flames.
Southern Patriot
South Carolina
June 22, 1843
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1869 Mr and Mrs Tom Thumb
Commodore Nutt and Minne Warren were married on Thursday, at the residence of Tom Thumb's mother, (Mrs. Stratton,) at West Haven, Conn. Tom Thumb and his pretty little wife, once Miss Lavina Warren, the sister of the bride, acted as groomsman and bridesmaid.
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Critic-Record
Washington, D.C.
June 22, 1869
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1880 Rats
A farmer in Preston, Conn., who was troubled with rats, purchased a cat with a reputation as a mouser, and rats were soon among the things that were. But on going into the cellar, one day, he saw rats sharing the noonday meal of the cat. The cat appeared to be charmed by them. The farmer allowed the strange friendship to exist for several days.
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Jackson Citizen
Michigan
June 22, 1880
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Le Journal de Quebec, of Tuesday last, states that the house of Mr. Pierre Chouinard at Kamouraska, was destroyed by fire on Saturday last occasioned by a child playing with lucifer matches in a room where he was alone with another child of eight months old, who perished in the flames. The mother was absent at church at the time, and the father was also from home. The fire took in the bed, and the girl who endeavored to save the child, was partially injured by the flames.
Southern Patriot
South Carolina
June 22, 1843
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1869 Mr and Mrs Tom Thumb
Commodore Nutt and Minne Warren were married on Thursday, at the residence of Tom Thumb's mother, (Mrs. Stratton,) at West Haven, Conn. Tom Thumb and his pretty little wife, once Miss Lavina Warren, the sister of the bride, acted as groomsman and bridesmaid.
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Critic-Record
Washington, D.C.
June 22, 1869
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1880 Rats
A farmer in Preston, Conn., who was troubled with rats, purchased a cat with a reputation as a mouser, and rats were soon among the things that were. But on going into the cellar, one day, he saw rats sharing the noonday meal of the cat. The cat appeared to be charmed by them. The farmer allowed the strange friendship to exist for several days.
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Jackson Citizen
Michigan
June 22, 1880
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America - Did you know?
1822: Denmark Vesey, an enslaved African American carpenter who had purchased his freedom, plans a slave revolt with the intent to lay siege on Charleston, South Carolina. The plot is discovered, and Vesey and 34 coconspirators are hanged.
Quebec - Did you know?
On Sunday mornings, residents of New France attended Mass. The rest of the day was spent playing games or dancing or in friendly visits of one family with another.
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