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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated June 8, 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 8 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Greenland, New Hampshire, USA
A barn and a cow stable on the Pickering farm on the shore of Great Bay in Greenland, was destroyed by fire early Tuesday evening, and the reflection from the flames lighted up the sky for miles around.
The farm has been vacant for some time, being sold by the Pickering brothers, J. B. and Edwin to John H. Brackett of Greenland some six years ago. It has been vacant for some time, the barn being used by W. R. Weeks and I. N. Carr for the storage of hay and there were about ten tons destroyed ... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - June 8, 1910
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1910 - FARM BUILDINGS DESTROYED Barn and Cow Stable on Pickering Farm Burned to Ground.
A barn and a cow stable on the Pickering farm on the shore of Great Bay in Greenland, was destroyed by fire early Tuesday evening, and the reflection from the flames lighted up the sky for miles around.
The farm has been vacant for some time, being sold by the Pickering brothers, J. B. and Edwin to John H. Brackett of Greenland some six years ago. It has been vacant for some time, the barn being used by W. R. Weeks and I. N. Carr for the storage of hay and there were about ten tons destroyed ... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - June 8, 1910
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Fargo, North Dakota, USA
THE WORST AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE DISASTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE.
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PROPERTY MELTS AWAY IN THIN AIR.
FLAMES RAGE ALMOST UNCHECKED FROM 2 O'CLOCK UNTIL 11 LAST NIGHT.
Moorhead, Minn., June 7 - About 3 o'clock this afternoon the alarm of fire was sounded, and it was reported that some ashes thrown from the Little Gem restaurant on Front street started the fire in the rear of HEARSEMAN'S store. The department was promptly on hand, but a strong wind from... Read MORE...
Bismarck Daily Tribune - Bismarck, North Dakota - June 8, 1893
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1893 - FARGO'S SAD DISASTER. ALMOST THE ENTIRE BUSINESS PORTION OF FARGO WIPED OUT BY FIRE. FOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE UNABLE TO COPE WITH THE RAGING ELEMENT.
THE WORST AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE DISASTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE.
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PROPERTY MELTS AWAY IN THIN AIR.
FLAMES RAGE ALMOST UNCHECKED FROM 2 O'CLOCK UNTIL 11 LAST NIGHT.
Moorhead, Minn., June 7 - About 3 o'clock this afternoon the alarm of fire was sounded, and it was reported that some ashes thrown from the Little Gem restaurant on Front street started the fire in the rear of HEARSEMAN'S store. The department was promptly on hand, but a strong wind from... Read MORE...
Bismarck Daily Tribune - Bismarck, North Dakota - June 8, 1893
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Huckleberry Biscuit
Having tested and tasted the article made from the following receipt, we pronounce it not bad to take, and we recommend housekeepers to try it: 6 tumblers of flour, 4 of huckleberries, 2 of sour milk, a piece of butter the...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Journal, Willimantic, Connecticut, August 7, 1863
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
NORFOLK, Va., June 8. - (AP) - Norfolk spent last night fighting a three million dollar waterfront fire.
Started by an explosion on an oil barge at the Buxton Line piers, the fire rode a strong wind along two hundred feet of wharves, destroyed a hotel, swept through the wholesale district and leaped across Main street to threaten the retail business center.
The explosion, the cause of which was sought by firemen today, occurred at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and it was after... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - June 8, 1931
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1931 - WATERFRONT FIRE CAUSES DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $3,000,000
NORFOLK, Va., June 8. - (AP) - Norfolk spent last night fighting a three million dollar waterfront fire.
Started by an explosion on an oil barge at the Buxton Line piers, the fire rode a strong wind along two hundred feet of wharves, destroyed a hotel, swept through the wholesale district and leaped across Main street to threaten the retail business center.
The explosion, the cause of which was sought by firemen today, occurred at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and it was after... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - June 8, 1931
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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
Presque Isle, Maine, USA (Maysville)
HIGH WIND LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXTENT OF THE DISASTER. SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.
Presque Isle, Me., June 8. - The entire northeasterly section of this village, comprising the district where were situated the most pretentious residences, was swept by fire, a high wind carrying the flames and embers from street to street until 100 dewelling houses and the Congregational church, the Masonic hall and several other structures had been reduced to ashes. The Canadian Pacific railroad station... Read MORE...
Austin Daily Herald - Minnesota - June 8, 1909
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1909 - MANY HOUSES BURNED DOWN. THOUSAND PEOPLE HOMELESS AT PRESQUE ISLE, ME. RAVAGES RESIDENCE SECTION. FIRE DESTROYS ONE HUNDRED DWELLINGS, THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, THE MASONIC HALL AND SEVERAL OTHER STRUCTURES
HIGH WIND LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXTENT OF THE DISASTER. SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.
Presque Isle, Me., June 8. - The entire northeasterly section of this village, comprising the district where were situated the most pretentious residences, was swept by fire, a high wind carrying the flames and embers from street to street until 100 dewelling houses and the Congregational church, the Masonic hall and several other structures had been reduced to ashes. The Canadian Pacific railroad station... Read MORE...
Austin Daily Herald - Minnesota - June 8, 1909
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Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Southport) (Greenfield Hill)
Four Freight Trains Demolished and Five Men Killed.
FAIRFIELD, Conn., June 7. - One of the most, disastrous freight wrecks in the history of the New Haven railroad occurred near here early today, when four freight trains piled into each other, killing five men, injuring at least seven, two fatally, and leaving two unaccounted for. The dead:
WILLIAM LAFRIE, engineer; Hartford, Conn.
Fireman, name unknown; scalded to death.
ROBERT GATES, fireman; London.
ROBERT BEACHY, engineer;... Read MORE...
Morning Oregonian - Portland, Oregon - June 8, 1911
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1911 - TRIPLE WRECK IS DEADLY
Four Freight Trains Demolished and Five Men Killed.
FAIRFIELD, Conn., June 7. - One of the most, disastrous freight wrecks in the history of the New Haven railroad occurred near here early today, when four freight trains piled into each other, killing five men, injuring at least seven, two fatally, and leaving two unaccounted for. The dead:
WILLIAM LAFRIE, engineer; Hartford, Conn.
Fireman, name unknown; scalded to death.
ROBERT GATES, fireman; London.
ROBERT BEACHY, engineer;... Read MORE...
Morning Oregonian - Portland, Oregon - June 8, 1911
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Gardiner, Maine, USA
ICEHOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED - LOSS $250,000.
GARDINER, Me., June 7. - A most disastrous fire, causing the loss of nearly $250,000 worth of property broke out in an elevator connected with the extensive icehouses of Bodwell & Allen, in Pittston, this afternoon. Within 15 minutes these buildings were totally destroyed. The flames then crossed the street to two dwellings owned by the firm and occupied by several tenants, and these also were burned. A sudden change in the wind carried... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 8, 1886
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1886 - A BIG FIRE IN MAINE
ICEHOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED - LOSS $250,000.
GARDINER, Me., June 7. - A most disastrous fire, causing the loss of nearly $250,000 worth of property broke out in an elevator connected with the extensive icehouses of Bodwell & Allen, in Pittston, this afternoon. Within 15 minutes these buildings were totally destroyed. The flames then crossed the street to two dwellings owned by the firm and occupied by several tenants, and these also were burned. A sudden change in the wind carried... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 8, 1886
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Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Montreal, Monday, June 7.
We were yesterday visited with a most destructive conflagration, which has laid in ashes a considerable number of buildings in the business part of our city. It commenced at 6 o'clock A.M., at the corner of St. Peter and Lemoyne streets, in the carpenter shop of J. MARTIN, which, together with his residence, was quickly consumed, and two of his children were burned to death. One died on the spot, and the other in the course of the afternoon. From this point the fire... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 8, 1852
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1852 - GREAT FIRE IN MONTREAL AND LOSS OF LIFE - LOSS ESTIMATED AT $1,000,000.
Montreal, Monday, June 7.
We were yesterday visited with a most destructive conflagration, which has laid in ashes a considerable number of buildings in the business part of our city. It commenced at 6 o'clock A.M., at the corner of St. Peter and Lemoyne streets, in the carpenter shop of J. MARTIN, which, together with his residence, was quickly consumed, and two of his children were burned to death. One died on the spot, and the other in the course of the afternoon. From this point the fire... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - June 8, 1852
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1887 Educational Advice
The average age of those who enter college is now seventeen. One hundred years ago it was fourteen, and it will be doubtless nineteen ere long, for our wisest educators affirm that a youth of sixteen seldom knows the value of study, and the older students do the best work.
Wilcox Progressive Era
Camden, Alabama
Wed., June 8, 1887
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1966 June 8 - Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
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June 8, 1966
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1925 Two Girls Perish In An Aeroplane
Cape Girardeau, Mo., June 8. - Pearl Bayfinger, 20, and Grace Lamer, 25, both of Cobden, Ill., were burned to death and John Hunter, St. Louis, was injured when an airplane in which they were riding fell to the ground and burst into flames here Sunday. The machine fell from a height of forty feet.
The Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
June 8, 1925
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The average age of those who enter college is now seventeen. One hundred years ago it was fourteen, and it will be doubtless nineteen ere long, for our wisest educators affirm that a youth of sixteen seldom knows the value of study, and the older students do the best work.
Wilcox Progressive Era
Camden, Alabama
Wed., June 8, 1887
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1966 June 8 - Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
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June 8, 1966
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1925 Two Girls Perish In An Aeroplane
Cape Girardeau, Mo., June 8. - Pearl Bayfinger, 20, and Grace Lamer, 25, both of Cobden, Ill., were burned to death and John Hunter, St. Louis, was injured when an airplane in which they were riding fell to the ground and burst into flames here Sunday. The machine fell from a height of forty feet.
The Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
June 8, 1925
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1937 $25,000 Fire At Prison
Michigan City, Ind., June 7. – (U.P.) – Fire of unknown origin late yesterday destroyed six buildings at the state prison honor farm, causing damage estimated at $25,000, state prison officials revealed today. Spontaneous combustion in a large hay barn was blamed as officials emphasized that there was no suspicion of arson. The buildings destroyed were the hay barn, a granary, ice house, oil house, implement storage shed and a pumphouse. The loss was fully covered by insurance.
Hammond Times
Hammond, Indiana
June 8, 1937
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1908 YOUNG AERONAUT KILLED. Skull Crushed Against Tree as Balloon Arises.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, June 7. - Luther Edward Jones, a 22 year old balloonist, was killed at Mildred Park this afternoon. At the balloon rose the parachute swung Jones through the air, his head striking on a sharp limb of a tree, crushing his skull and killing him instantly. He left a widow in Hot Springs, Ark., who is an aeronaut.
Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon
June 8, 1908
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1901 Boy Drowned at Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs, Colo., June 7. - Leonard Greely of Denver, aged 15, was drowned at Broadmor Casino lake this afternoon, while swimming with five other boys. He got into water over his depth and became exhausted. Efforts of associates to save him were unavailing.
The Durango Democrat
Durango, Colorado
June 8, 1901
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Michigan City, Ind., June 7. – (U.P.) – Fire of unknown origin late yesterday destroyed six buildings at the state prison honor farm, causing damage estimated at $25,000, state prison officials revealed today. Spontaneous combustion in a large hay barn was blamed as officials emphasized that there was no suspicion of arson. The buildings destroyed were the hay barn, a granary, ice house, oil house, implement storage shed and a pumphouse. The loss was fully covered by insurance.
Hammond Times
Hammond, Indiana
June 8, 1937
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1908 YOUNG AERONAUT KILLED. Skull Crushed Against Tree as Balloon Arises.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, June 7. - Luther Edward Jones, a 22 year old balloonist, was killed at Mildred Park this afternoon. At the balloon rose the parachute swung Jones through the air, his head striking on a sharp limb of a tree, crushing his skull and killing him instantly. He left a widow in Hot Springs, Ark., who is an aeronaut.
Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon
June 8, 1908
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1901 Boy Drowned at Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs, Colo., June 7. - Leonard Greely of Denver, aged 15, was drowned at Broadmor Casino lake this afternoon, while swimming with five other boys. He got into water over his depth and became exhausted. Efforts of associates to save him were unavailing.
The Durango Democrat
Durango, Colorado
June 8, 1901
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August 15, 1914 - Panama Canal opens to traffic.
Quebec - Did you know?
In early Quebec, French-Canadian women were dressed in a mantua, and an elegant headdress known as a "fontange", whereas men wore breeches and waist-length jackets, while voyageurs wore high-crowned felt hats decorated with ostrich feathers.
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