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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated March 15, 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 March 15 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Rockingham, Vermont, USA (Bellows Falls) (Saxton's River)
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt., March 14. - Five men were killed, one died later, four were severely injured and several suffered lesser injuries in a head-on collision late today between the Boston and Montreal Express, northbound, and a freight on the Rutland Railroad four miles north of here.
F. S. Lent of Rockingham, a passenger, who was taken to a hospital, died early tonight.
The other dead were the two engineers, one fireman and two brakemen.
For of the bodies were still under the wreckage... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 15, 1920
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1920 - SIX DEAD IN RUTLAND WRECK IN VERMONT Boston-Montreal Express and Freight Train Crash Head-On - Several Passengers Injured.
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt., March 14. - Five men were killed, one died later, four were severely injured and several suffered lesser injuries in a head-on collision late today between the Boston and Montreal Express, northbound, and a freight on the Rutland Railroad four miles north of here.
F. S. Lent of Rockingham, a passenger, who was taken to a hospital, died early tonight.
The other dead were the two engineers, one fireman and two brakemen.
For of the bodies were still under the wreckage... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 15, 1920
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1898 Free Fairy Calendar
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January 1898
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Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
On the 15th of March, 1769, town-meeting day, occurred the most destructive fire with which the town had ever been visited. The following account of it is taken from the Boston Chronicle of March 20, where it appeared as a communication from Portsmouth, under date of March 17.
"Last Wednesday morning, about 4 o'clock, the large mansion of Col. Jonathan Moulton of Hampton, together with two stores contiguous, was wholly consumed by fire. This melancholy accident, it is supposed, was... Read MORE...
History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire: From Its Settlement in 1638 to Autumn of 1892, page 215 - March 15, 1769
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1769 - COLONEL MOULTON'S BUILDINGS BURNED.
On the 15th of March, 1769, town-meeting day, occurred the most destructive fire with which the town had ever been visited. The following account of it is taken from the Boston Chronicle of March 20, where it appeared as a communication from Portsmouth, under date of March 17.
"Last Wednesday morning, about 4 o'clock, the large mansion of Col. Jonathan Moulton of Hampton, together with two stores contiguous, was wholly consumed by fire. This melancholy accident, it is supposed, was... Read MORE...
History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire: From Its Settlement in 1638 to Autumn of 1892, page 215 - March 15, 1769
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Snaps - Take one cup of molasses, three-quarters of a cup of sugar, one tablespoon each of powdered cloves, cinnamon and allspice. Add these to one-half cup of melted butter and beat in two teaspoons soda, and flour enough to roll. Roll very...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., September 29, 1880
Elmira, New York, USA
Another One.
Elmira, N. Y., March 10. – The explosion of a lamp in the press room of the Elmira Gazette at 8 o’clock yesterday evening, followed by the ignition and explosion of a can of benzine, which stood near, caused flames to spread quickly throughout the room, which was in the basement of the building. The pressman and his assistants escaped to the street and gave the alarm. When the firemen arrived the lower part of the building was all afire, and the flames were rushing up the elevator ... Read MORE...
The Ohio Democrat - New Philadelphia, Ohio - March 15, 1888
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1888 - Fire
Another One.
Elmira, N. Y., March 10. – The explosion of a lamp in the press room of the Elmira Gazette at 8 o’clock yesterday evening, followed by the ignition and explosion of a can of benzine, which stood near, caused flames to spread quickly throughout the room, which was in the basement of the building. The pressman and his assistants escaped to the street and gave the alarm. When the firemen arrived the lower part of the building was all afire, and the flames were rushing up the elevator ... Read MORE...
The Ohio Democrat - New Philadelphia, Ohio - March 15, 1888
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
At a Dinner-Party - after which all present were to attend a dance, it would be in best taste for the hostess to be in an evening dress, so that she will not detain her guests while she changes her...Read MORE...
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Deposit, New York, USA
Special to The New York Times.
Deposit, N. Y., March 14. - A disastrous fire started in the Oquaga House here at 4:20 o'clock this morning and destroyed property to the value of $50,000. The first to go was the hotel itself. Then the flames communicated to the Stone Opera House, which adjoins it, and to the buildings occupied by BECK'S cigar factory and the Central House, another big hotel.
The VAIL residence, east of the Oquaga House, was damaged and A. G. LOOMIS'S livery stables were on... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 15, 1903
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1903 - FIRE DID $50,000 DAMAGE. HOTEL, OPERA HOUSE, AND OTHER STRUCTURES BURNED IN DEPOSIT, N. Y.
Special to The New York Times.
Deposit, N. Y., March 14. - A disastrous fire started in the Oquaga House here at 4:20 o'clock this morning and destroyed property to the value of $50,000. The first to go was the hotel itself. Then the flames communicated to the Stone Opera House, which adjoins it, and to the buildings occupied by BECK'S cigar factory and the Central House, another big hotel.
The VAIL residence, east of the Oquaga House, was damaged and A. G. LOOMIS'S livery stables were on... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 15, 1903
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Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
Exeter, N. H., March 15. - Fire broke out in the Exeter cotton mills about 4 a.m. It started in the basement, and burned up through the building, destroying the engine room and the older part of the mill, which was destroyed once before.
The new part of the mill was saved. The fire was under control at 9:30.
Loss estimated at $250,000.
Two hundred and forty hands are thrown out of employment.
Help was summoned from neighboring places.
The building destroyed was a five-story... Read MORE...
Middletown Daily Press - Middletown, New York - March 15, 1893
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1893 - EXETER MILLS BURNED. Loss $250,000-Two Hundred and Forty Hands Made Idle.
Exeter, N. H., March 15. - Fire broke out in the Exeter cotton mills about 4 a.m. It started in the basement, and burned up through the building, destroying the engine room and the older part of the mill, which was destroyed once before.
The new part of the mill was saved. The fire was under control at 9:30.
Loss estimated at $250,000.
Two hundred and forty hands are thrown out of employment.
Help was summoned from neighboring places.
The building destroyed was a five-story... Read MORE...
Middletown Daily Press - Middletown, New York - March 15, 1893
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Biddeford, Maine, USA (Biddeford Pool)
BIDDEFORD, Me., March 14 - Seventeen patients at the Trull Hospital in May Street, this city, were removed from their beds today during a fire which destroyed a portion of the building, and the surgeons at the hospital completed an operation upon a female patient while the firemen were at work and while umbrellas were held over the operating table to ward off the water which was leaking into the operating room from the upper part of the building.
The fire, which was confined to two upper... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 15, 1906
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1906 - OPERATE DESPITE FIRE. Umbrellas Held Over Patient In a Maine Burning Hospital.
BIDDEFORD, Me., March 14 - Seventeen patients at the Trull Hospital in May Street, this city, were removed from their beds today during a fire which destroyed a portion of the building, and the surgeons at the hospital completed an operation upon a female patient while the firemen were at work and while umbrellas were held over the operating table to ward off the water which was leaking into the operating room from the upper part of the building.
The fire, which was confined to two upper... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 15, 1906
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1933 March 15 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises from 53.84 to 62.10. The day's gain of 15.34%, achieved during the depths of the Great Depression, remains to date as the largest 1-day percentage gain for the index.
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1900 March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
The Gold Standard Act a Law. Washington, March 15. - The gold standard act passed by congress, defining and fixing the standard of value, maintaining the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, and refunding the public debt, became a law yesterday through the signature of President McKinley.
Lebanon Daily News
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
March 15, 1900
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1879 Denmark prohibits importation of cattle from the United States into that kingdom.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 15, 1879
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1900 March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
The Gold Standard Act a Law. Washington, March 15. - The gold standard act passed by congress, defining and fixing the standard of value, maintaining the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, and refunding the public debt, became a law yesterday through the signature of President McKinley.
Lebanon Daily News
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
March 15, 1900
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1879 Denmark prohibits importation of cattle from the United States into that kingdom.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 15, 1879
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1879 At Georgetown, Mass., the son of a widow married a girl whose brother married the widow, and a child born to the first couple has an uncle and a grandfather and a grandmother and an aunt in the same persons.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 15, 1879
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1933 Nashville Counts Ten Dead, Pruden Eight. Several Other Communities Lashed. LIST GROWS.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Mar. 15 (AP) - The mad caprice of a tornado which lashed the Tennessee-Kentucky border last night left a toll of 35 known dead and more than 200 injured in the wreckage of homes which marked its path from the Mississippi to the Cumberland Mountains.
Launching its career on the Arkansas and Missouri side of the Mississippi early in the night, the twister swept down on Nashville and then on to the east, spending its fury in a final burst of destruction at and near...
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The Kingsport Times
Tennessee
March 15, 1933
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1907 Civil War Veteran Struck by Train
Butler, Pa., March 15. - Oliver Conklin deaf and 80 years of age, a veteran of the civil war, who had one eye destroyed at Spottsylvania Court House, was run down and killed by a Baltimore & Ohio switching engine at the Center avenue crossing. Conklin's home was in Clearfield, Pa., but he was visiting his son, James Conklin here. His body was rolled to a shapeless pulp under the fender.
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania
March 15, 1907
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 15, 1879
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1933 Nashville Counts Ten Dead, Pruden Eight. Several Other Communities Lashed. LIST GROWS.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Mar. 15 (AP) - The mad caprice of a tornado which lashed the Tennessee-Kentucky border last night left a toll of 35 known dead and more than 200 injured in the wreckage of homes which marked its path from the Mississippi to the Cumberland Mountains.
Launching its career on the Arkansas and Missouri side of the Mississippi early in the night, the twister swept down on Nashville and then on to the east, spending its fury in a final burst of destruction at and near...
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The Kingsport Times
Tennessee
March 15, 1933
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1907 Civil War Veteran Struck by Train
Butler, Pa., March 15. - Oliver Conklin deaf and 80 years of age, a veteran of the civil war, who had one eye destroyed at Spottsylvania Court House, was run down and killed by a Baltimore & Ohio switching engine at the Center avenue crossing. Conklin's home was in Clearfield, Pa., but he was visiting his son, James Conklin here. His body was rolled to a shapeless pulp under the fender.
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania
March 15, 1907
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1867 A Cotton Mill Destroyed at Augusta, Me.
AUGUSTA, Me., Thursday, March 14. The cotton-batting mill in this city was destroyed by fire at noon to-day. The machinery and a large quantity of cotton were destroyed. Loss $20,000.
The New York Times
New York, New York
March 15, 1867
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1892 Justice?
James Reiker, who hasn't got a red, has been in jail nearly four years in Lewiston, Maine, for a debt of $117.15, which he couldn't pay. But he has the satisfaction of knowing that under the law of that State it has cost the fellow who sent him there $400. $100 a year, to pay his board.
The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, North Carolina
March 15, 1892
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1910 Fire In Winooski.
Fire broke out in the Barnes building at the corner of Main and Centre sts., Winooski, March 12. The flames had gained considerable headway when the firemen arrived and great volumes of smoke were pouring from the windows. The hallway separates three families occupying the second floor, and they were compelled to seek safety with neighbors, making their escapes in their night clothing. The building is the property of M. J. Barnes, of Burlington and is insured. On the first floor, which is...
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St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
March 15, 1910
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AUGUSTA, Me., Thursday, March 14. The cotton-batting mill in this city was destroyed by fire at noon to-day. The machinery and a large quantity of cotton were destroyed. Loss $20,000.
The New York Times
New York, New York
March 15, 1867
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1892 Justice?
James Reiker, who hasn't got a red, has been in jail nearly four years in Lewiston, Maine, for a debt of $117.15, which he couldn't pay. But he has the satisfaction of knowing that under the law of that State it has cost the fellow who sent him there $400. $100 a year, to pay his board.
The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, North Carolina
March 15, 1892
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1910 Fire In Winooski.
Fire broke out in the Barnes building at the corner of Main and Centre sts., Winooski, March 12. The flames had gained considerable headway when the firemen arrived and great volumes of smoke were pouring from the windows. The hallway separates three families occupying the second floor, and they were compelled to seek safety with neighbors, making their escapes in their night clothing. The building is the property of M. J. Barnes, of Burlington and is insured. On the first floor, which is...
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St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
March 15, 1910
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1910 EXPRESS OFF RAILS
Two Mail Clerks and an Engineer Badly Injured. ACCIDENT AT SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Springfield, Mass., March 15 - Two mail clerks and an engineer were seriously injured today when the New York express, bound for Springfield from New York on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, jumped the rails in the southern end of the city. The engine rolled down the bank to the edge of the Connecticut river while two small cars, a baggage car, and a passenger car left the rails.
St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
March 15, 1910
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Two Mail Clerks and an Engineer Badly Injured. ACCIDENT AT SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Springfield, Mass., March 15 - Two mail clerks and an engineer were seriously injured today when the New York express, bound for Springfield from New York on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, jumped the rails in the southern end of the city. The engine rolled down the bank to the edge of the Connecticut river while two small cars, a baggage car, and a passenger car left the rails.
St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
March 15, 1910
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America - Did you know?
1941 - Bounty HuntingIn Michigan, a 1941 act titled “An act to provide for the payment of bounties for the killing of starlings and crows,” offered any citizen a bounty of three cents per each starling killed and ten cents per crow—so long as...Read MORE...
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March 1898
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