Welcome to our blog, where we embark on a captivating journey through time, exploring the rich tapestry of history and genealogy.
In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated March 6, 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 6 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Potato Chips - Peel a raw potato as apples are peeled, let the parings be as near as possible the same thickness, and let them be as long as possible; dry them thoroughly in a cloth, put them in the frying-basket and plunge it in boiling hot...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., May 11, 1881
J. R. Hewitt Saddle, Harness and Trunk Maker.
Corner of Main and E. Bridge Streets., Springfield, Mass.
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
The same law which imposes upon the husband the duty of supporting his wife, gives him a general and paramount claim to her...Read MORE...
The Young Husband’s Book, 1837
Detroit, Michigan, USA
March 6 - Charles King of Detroit is the first person to test drive a gasoline-powered automobile in Michigan.
The auto age
There is a great to-do in Detroit today. The city that the auto built, is celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the beginning of the Auto Age. For it was early in 1896 that Charles King put-putted a small gasoline-engined buggy along Detroit streets. And it was only a few weeks later that the incomparable motorman, Henry Ford, brought out his "horseless carriage."
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March 6, 1896
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1896 - March 6 - Charles King test drives gasoline-powered automobile
March 6 - Charles King of Detroit is the first person to test drive a gasoline-powered automobile in Michigan.
The auto age
There is a great to-do in Detroit today. The city that the auto built, is celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the beginning of the Auto Age. For it was early in 1896 that Charles King put-putted a small gasoline-engined buggy along Detroit streets. And it was only a few weeks later that the incomparable motorman, Henry Ford, brought out his "horseless carriage."
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March 6, 1896
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Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*
Montreal (CP) - Reports conflicted today as to the number of construction workers who died Wednesday night when a coffer dam collapsed at the Riviere des Prairies. Police in Laval des Rapides said they believed 18 men were killed, but an official of a construction firm set the toll at about 11.
The dam buckled under pressure of heavy chunks of ice broken away by a recent thaw. The Riviere des Prairies skirts Montreal's north shore.
About 20 men were working at the bottom of the dam when the ... Read MORE...
Lethbridge Herald - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada - March 6, 1958
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1958 - FEAR 18 MAY BE DEAD; COFFER DAM COLLAPSE. MEN TRAPPED WHEN WALL HIT BY ICE.
Montreal (CP) - Reports conflicted today as to the number of construction workers who died Wednesday night when a coffer dam collapsed at the Riviere des Prairies. Police in Laval des Rapides said they believed 18 men were killed, but an official of a construction firm set the toll at about 11.
The dam buckled under pressure of heavy chunks of ice broken away by a recent thaw. The Riviere des Prairies skirts Montreal's north shore.
About 20 men were working at the bottom of the dam when the ... Read MORE...
Lethbridge Herald - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada - March 6, 1958
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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)
From a humble beginning in an old factory building in 1958 to a modern new store in Amenia to serve the residents of the Harlem Valley area, Ames Discount Department Store has developed a unique history in the modern age of discount store retailing.
In 1958, Ames opened its first small store in an empty mill factory building in Southbridge, Mass., to rank as a pioneer in the new discount store field in New England. This first Ames store was replaced in 1971 with a modern self-service store... Read MORE...
The Harlem Valley Times - Amenia, New York - Thursday, March 6, 1975
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1975 - Ames Has Grand Opening At New Amenia Store
From a humble beginning in an old factory building in 1958 to a modern new store in Amenia to serve the residents of the Harlem Valley area, Ames Discount Department Store has developed a unique history in the modern age of discount store retailing.
In 1958, Ames opened its first small store in an empty mill factory building in Southbridge, Mass., to rank as a pioneer in the new discount store field in New England. This first Ames store was replaced in 1971 with a modern self-service store... Read MORE...
The Harlem Valley Times - Amenia, New York - Thursday, March 6, 1975
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1899 March 6 – Felix Hoffmann patents aspirin and Bayer registers its name as a trademark.
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March 6, 1899
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1857 March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.
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March 6, 1857
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1868 George Lieb, a colored carpenter of Savannah, Ga., fell backward from a third story scaffolding the other day,
turned a complete somersault, struck squarely on his feet, looked around to see if any one was hurt, and quietly climbed back to his work.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1868
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March 6, 1899
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1857 March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.
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March 6, 1857
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1868 George Lieb, a colored carpenter of Savannah, Ga., fell backward from a third story scaffolding the other day,
turned a complete somersault, struck squarely on his feet, looked around to see if any one was hurt, and quietly climbed back to his work.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1868
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1886 "Lean beefsteak and hot water for seventeen weeks" is the latest diet that such of the world's fat people who wish to get thin are trying.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1886
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1886 In Santa Barbara, Cal., they fine young men who practice on the clarionet [sic].
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1886
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1880 Hat-Making was first begun in Danbury, Conn., in 1780, the factory there employing three workmen and turning out three hats a day. There are now employed 1,800 persons, and they make 17,400 hats a day.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1880
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1886
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1886 In Santa Barbara, Cal., they fine young men who practice on the clarionet [sic].
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1886
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1880 Hat-Making was first begun in Danbury, Conn., in 1780, the factory there employing three workmen and turning out three hats a day. There are now employed 1,800 persons, and they make 17,400 hats a day.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1880
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1869 The Nevada Assembly has stricken out the word "white" from the Constitution by a vote of 24 to 14. The Constitutional Amendment for female suffrage was defeated.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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1869 The Minnesota House has passed a resolution removing the Capitol to Kandiyohi county. The female suffrage amendment was voted down.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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1869 A Methodist church in San Jose, Cal., was recently set on fire and destroyed because the pastor taught the Chinese with a view to their conversion. A threatening letter had been sent him, commanding him to cease.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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1869 The Minnesota House has passed a resolution removing the Capitol to Kandiyohi county. The female suffrage amendment was voted down.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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1869 A Methodist church in San Jose, Cal., was recently set on fire and destroyed because the pastor taught the Chinese with a view to their conversion. A threatening letter had been sent him, commanding him to cease.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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1869 The West Virginia Legislature has passed a bill removing the capitol from Wheeling to Charleston, the bill to take effect April 1.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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1869 The Maine Senate, by a vote of 14 to 10, has passed a bill allowing physicians to obtain legitimate subjects for the dissection table.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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1869 Two men were killed and three seriously injured on the 22d by the explosion of a blast on the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad, near Fonda, N. Y.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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1869 The Maine Senate, by a vote of 14 to 10, has passed a bill allowing physicians to obtain legitimate subjects for the dissection table.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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1869 Two men were killed and three seriously injured on the 22d by the explosion of a blast on the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad, near Fonda, N. Y.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 6, 1869
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1930 March 6, 1930: Clarence Birdseye's first frozen food appeared in grocery stores in Springfield, MA
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March 6, 1930
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1921 March 6 - Police in Sunbury, Penn, issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
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March 6, 1921
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1880 TORNADO RIPS CITY.
Toledo, O., March 5. - During the prevalence of a heavy storm of wind and rain, at an early hour this morning, a chimney of the Buckeye Brewery was blown down, falling on and crushing the engine house, in which Policeman JOHN HASSETT and M. T. DOYLE and the night watchman at the brewery had taken refuge. The former were killed and the latter seriously injured. The wind attained a velocity of 72 miles per hour, doing considerable damage.
Decatur Daily Republican
Decatur, Illinois
March 6, 1880
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The Old Farmer's Almanac www.almanac.com
March 6, 1930
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1921 March 6 - Police in Sunbury, Penn, issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
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March 6, 1921
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1880 TORNADO RIPS CITY.
Toledo, O., March 5. - During the prevalence of a heavy storm of wind and rain, at an early hour this morning, a chimney of the Buckeye Brewery was blown down, falling on and crushing the engine house, in which Policeman JOHN HASSETT and M. T. DOYLE and the night watchman at the brewery had taken refuge. The former were killed and the latter seriously injured. The wind attained a velocity of 72 miles per hour, doing considerable damage.
Decatur Daily Republican
Decatur, Illinois
March 6, 1880
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1914 Broke Through Gates - Auto Smashed Protection at Essex Road Crossing.
Old Saybrook, March 6. An automobile from Essex road, owner not known, as Gateman M. J. Mooney could not get the number because it was covered with slush, went right through the gates at the crossing without stopping as the 8:15 a. m. train was coming in from New London. The arm broke off in the body where the lift is manipulated and landed some distance on the track without injuring anyone.
The Day
New London, Connecticut
March 6, 1914
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Old Saybrook, March 6. An automobile from Essex road, owner not known, as Gateman M. J. Mooney could not get the number because it was covered with slush, went right through the gates at the crossing without stopping as the 8:15 a. m. train was coming in from New London. The arm broke off in the body where the lift is manipulated and landed some distance on the track without injuring anyone.
The Day
New London, Connecticut
March 6, 1914
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America - Did you know?
S&H Green Stamps were trading stamps popular in the United States from the 1930s until the late 1980s. They were distributed as part of a rewards program operated by the Sperry & Hutchinson company... Customers would receive stamps at the checkout...Read MORE...wikipedia
Quebec - Did you know?
In Quebec, it is regarded unlucky to present a gift of 13 flowers. Avoid giving chrysanthemums and white lilies as they are used during funerals.
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Meadow Street and Armory
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