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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated March 29, 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 29 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
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The Ladies' Home Journal
December 1898
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Austin, Texas, USA
Part of the University Buildings Unroofed and Other Damage.
Austin, Tex., March 28. - The northern portion of the city was struck by a small sized cyclone this afternoon at 3 o'clock, which resulted in considerable damage to property, but fortunately no lives were lost.
The wind got in its most damaging work on the state university. The roof of Brackinridge hall was lifted off and carried across the street, falling on a dwelling house occupied by Mrs. Shepherd. The cottage was smashed,... Read MORE...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas, Texas - March 29, 1897
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1897 - GREAT BLOW AT AUSTIN.
Part of the University Buildings Unroofed and Other Damage.
Austin, Tex., March 28. - The northern portion of the city was struck by a small sized cyclone this afternoon at 3 o'clock, which resulted in considerable damage to property, but fortunately no lives were lost.
The wind got in its most damaging work on the state university. The roof of Brackinridge hall was lifted off and carried across the street, falling on a dwelling house occupied by Mrs. Shepherd. The cottage was smashed,... Read MORE...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas, Texas - March 29, 1897
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Toledo, Ohio, USA
(By Associated Press.)
TOLEDO, Mar. 29. - Eight persons are known to be dead and nearly 100 injured, some so seriously that their death is expected, in a storm of cyclonic intensity that struck Toledo and nearby villages in this section last night.
Raab's Corners, fifteen miles west of Toledo, and Genoa, eighteen miles southeast, were hard hit, the property damages running into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
About twenty-five homes in Genoa were demolished. Many of the occupants had... Read MORE...
The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel - Fort Wayne, Indiana - March 29, 1920
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1920 - Eight Known Dead.
(By Associated Press.)
TOLEDO, Mar. 29. - Eight persons are known to be dead and nearly 100 injured, some so seriously that their death is expected, in a storm of cyclonic intensity that struck Toledo and nearby villages in this section last night.
Raab's Corners, fifteen miles west of Toledo, and Genoa, eighteen miles southeast, were hard hit, the property damages running into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
About twenty-five homes in Genoa were demolished. Many of the occupants had... Read MORE...
The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel - Fort Wayne, Indiana - March 29, 1920
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Beef Olives
Cut slices from a fat rump of beef six inches long and half an inch thick, beat them well with a pestle, make a forcemeat of bread crumbs, fat bacon chopped, parsley a little onion, some shred suet, pounded mace, pepper and salt; mix...Read MORE...
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The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
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Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Jersey City, N.J., March 28. - (AP) - A three-story brick building suddenly crumbled Sunday and two persons were crushed to death in the wreckage. Three others were injured.
The building is in the factory section of Jersey City. It took police and firemen more than two hours before they could remove the bodies of DANIEL LAGALPA, 64, and his wife, JOSEPHINE, 54.
The rescuers pulled out the LAGALPAS' children, JOSEPH, 24, ANNA, 16, and JOAN, 14. The two girls were taken to Jersey City... Read MORE...
Billings Gazette - Billings, Montana - March 29, 1948
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1948 - TWO ARE KILLED AS BUILDING FALLS.
Jersey City, N.J., March 28. - (AP) - A three-story brick building suddenly crumbled Sunday and two persons were crushed to death in the wreckage. Three others were injured.
The building is in the factory section of Jersey City. It took police and firemen more than two hours before they could remove the bodies of DANIEL LAGALPA, 64, and his wife, JOSEPHINE, 54.
The rescuers pulled out the LAGALPAS' children, JOSEPH, 24, ANNA, 16, and JOAN, 14. The two girls were taken to Jersey City... Read MORE...
Billings Gazette - Billings, Montana - March 29, 1948
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
If muscles and nerves are over-strained, learn to shirk, somewhat judiciously, but surely. Let reason come to your aid, and compel yourself to take a rest, even in a change of work. The acquiescence and approval of the mind is necessary to rest...Read MORE...
Advice for Ladies - The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, December 25, 1885
Elgin, Illinois, USA
Special to The New York Times.
Elgin, Ill., March 28. - Eight people are known to have been killed and a hundred were injured when a tornado swept over this city shortly after noon today. The financial loss is estimated to be upward of $4,000,000. Virtually every building in Elgin was struck by the storm.
Late this afternoon a rumor came to Elgin that six persons thought to have been Chicagoans, who were motoring at the time the cyclone passed, were killed on a country road three miles east ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 29, 1920
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1920 - EIGHT KILLED, 100 HURT AT ELGIN IN STORM CAUSING $4,000,000 LOSS. TORNADO WRECKS BUSINESS SECTION AND DAMAGES VIRTUALLY EVERY HOME - WORSHIPPERS CRUSHED IN CHURCH - CITY PARALYZED - NOW UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Special to The New York Times.
Elgin, Ill., March 28. - Eight people are known to have been killed and a hundred were injured when a tornado swept over this city shortly after noon today. The financial loss is estimated to be upward of $4,000,000. Virtually every building in Elgin was struck by the storm.
Late this afternoon a rumor came to Elgin that six persons thought to have been Chicagoans, who were motoring at the time the cyclone passed, were killed on a country road three miles east ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 29, 1920
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Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
Hartford, Conn., March 28. - There was a bad accident on the New York and New England Railroad near Manchester at 8 o'clock this morning by which the engineer and fireman of a passenger train were killed. The train was an accommodation between Willimantic and Hartford. The crew was composed of CHARLES A. GRANT, conductor; JAMES E. KELSO, engineer, and THOMAS BOYLE, fireman. It left Manchester with three cars loaded with commuters bound for Hartford. Half a mile west of the station is a high... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 29, 1888
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1888 - A BAD RAILROAD ACCIDENT. BOTH THE ENGINEER AND FIREMAN KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
Hartford, Conn., March 28. - There was a bad accident on the New York and New England Railroad near Manchester at 8 o'clock this morning by which the engineer and fireman of a passenger train were killed. The train was an accommodation between Willimantic and Hartford. The crew was composed of CHARLES A. GRANT, conductor; JAMES E. KELSO, engineer, and THOMAS BOYLE, fireman. It left Manchester with three cars loaded with commuters bound for Hartford. Half a mile west of the station is a high... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 29, 1888
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Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)
DAMAGE SET AT $1,200,000
FLAMES BREAK OUT IN SACRISTY, SPREAD TO MONASTERY AND THEN TO BASILICA.
Apparatus Rushed From Quebec Able to Do Little to Check the Blaze -- Brothers Rush Into Blazing Structure to Save Famous Relics -- Scene of Fire Most Famous Mecca of Religious Pilgrims in North America.
Quebec, March 29. -- Fire today destroyed the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Beaupre, famous for its shrine, but the statue of Ste. Anne, with the historical relics to which miraculous cures have... Read MORE...
Lowell Sun - Lowell, Massachusetts - March 29, 1922
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1922 - FAMOUS SHRINE IN RUINS. BASCILICA OF STE. ANNE DE BEAUPRE DESTROYED BY FIRE BUT STATUE AND HISTORICAL RELICS ARE SAVED.
DAMAGE SET AT $1,200,000
FLAMES BREAK OUT IN SACRISTY, SPREAD TO MONASTERY AND THEN TO BASILICA.
Apparatus Rushed From Quebec Able to Do Little to Check the Blaze -- Brothers Rush Into Blazing Structure to Save Famous Relics -- Scene of Fire Most Famous Mecca of Religious Pilgrims in North America.
Quebec, March 29. -- Fire today destroyed the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Beaupre, famous for its shrine, but the statue of Ste. Anne, with the historical relics to which miraculous cures have... Read MORE...
Lowell Sun - Lowell, Massachusetts - March 29, 1922
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1945 March 29 - Providence, RI, hit 90 degrees to establish a March record for the New England area.
The Weather Channel
March 29, 1945
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1848 March 29 - Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
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March 29, 1848
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1945 March 29 - Providence, RI, hit 90 degrees to establish a March record for the New England area.
The Weather Channel
March 29, 1945
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1848 March 29 - Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
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March 29, 1848
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1902 BLIZZARD VICTIM FOUND
STEELE, N. D., March 28. - The body of C. R. Stewart, one of the two sheep herders who were lost in the blizzard at the Chicago ranch, was found two miles from the ranch last night and was buried today at Dawson. The search for McLachlan continues. Stewart was twenty-seven years old and came from Iowa.
The Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska
March 29, 1902
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1920 MICHIGAN TOWN FLOODED. Manistique River Breaks Bounds; 50 Families Are Homeless.
MANISTIQUE, Mich. (AP) - Approximately 50 families were driven from their homes early Sunday when the Manistique river broke its bounds. Nearly a half mile of the residential and business sections were flooded by water ranging in depth from two to six feet.
The Idaho Daily Statesman
Boise, Idaho
March 29,1920
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1920 Tornado
John Denver, of Joliet, Ill., was injured when his automobile was turned upside down by the wind. More than a score of barns in the neighborhood of Plainfield were demolished.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 29, 1920
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STEELE, N. D., March 28. - The body of C. R. Stewart, one of the two sheep herders who were lost in the blizzard at the Chicago ranch, was found two miles from the ranch last night and was buried today at Dawson. The search for McLachlan continues. Stewart was twenty-seven years old and came from Iowa.
The Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska
March 29, 1902
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1920 MICHIGAN TOWN FLOODED. Manistique River Breaks Bounds; 50 Families Are Homeless.
MANISTIQUE, Mich. (AP) - Approximately 50 families were driven from their homes early Sunday when the Manistique river broke its bounds. Nearly a half mile of the residential and business sections were flooded by water ranging in depth from two to six feet.
The Idaho Daily Statesman
Boise, Idaho
March 29,1920
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1920 Tornado
John Denver, of Joliet, Ill., was injured when his automobile was turned upside down by the wind. More than a score of barns in the neighborhood of Plainfield were demolished.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 29, 1920
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1920 RIDGE SWEPT AWAY, ONE MAN DROWNED - Flood Carries Iron Structure Down Stream at Brattleboro, Vt.
BRATTLEBORO, Vt., March 28. - The iron suspension bridge crossing the Connecticut River in this town was swept away by the swift current tonight. Cornelius Flanagan, an aged resident of the town, who was crossing, went down with the bridge. The structure was about 300 feet in length.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 29, 1920
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BRATTLEBORO, Vt., March 28. - The iron suspension bridge crossing the Connecticut River in this town was swept away by the swift current tonight. Cornelius Flanagan, an aged resident of the town, who was crossing, went down with the bridge. The structure was about 300 feet in length.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 29, 1920
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America - Did you know?
June 15, 1846 - Oregon Treaty fixes U.S.-Canadian border at 49th parallel; U.S. acquires Oregon territory.Quebec - Did you know?
Every winter, Quebec City builds an ice castle and often uses it to imprison people who are judged too glum for the holiday season.Picture of the Day
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Pleasant St., Mechanic Falls, Me., 1919
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The Ladies' Home Journal
October 1898
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