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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated May 21, 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 May 21 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
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Amelia Earhart is First Woman to Fly Atlantic Ocean Alone
New York, May 21. (AP) - Word was received here this afternoon that Mrs. Putnam had taken off in her own plane for London.
Culmore, Ireland, May 21 (AP) Amelia Earhart Putnam brought down her read and gold monoplane in a field near here this afternoon and became the first woman ever to fly the Atlantic alone.
She landed on this side of the ocean five years to the day after Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Paris... Read MORE...
The Gettysburg Times - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - May 21, 1932
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1932 - May 20–May 21 – Amelia Earhart flies from the USA to Derry, Northern Ireland in 14 hours 54 minutes.
Amelia Earhart is First Woman to Fly Atlantic Ocean Alone
New York, May 21. (AP) - Word was received here this afternoon that Mrs. Putnam had taken off in her own plane for London.
Culmore, Ireland, May 21 (AP) Amelia Earhart Putnam brought down her read and gold monoplane in a field near here this afternoon and became the first woman ever to fly the Atlantic alone.
She landed on this side of the ocean five years to the day after Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Paris... Read MORE...
The Gettysburg Times - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - May 21, 1932
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Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
New has been received of the suicide at Spragueville, N.Y., of Abel Bergerson, who first poisoned his two young children with rat poison and then took the stuff himself.
Bergerson belonged to Eboulements, in the Province of Quebec, Canada and was accompanied to the United States by a French Canadian girl known in Eboulements as Lucie. It was her desertion that apparently induced the commission of the crime, for he left a letter, in which he said:
"I have nothing now to live for. My blonde ... Read MORE...
The North Carolinian - Elizabeth City, North Carolina - May 21, 1890
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1890 - MURDERER AND SUICIDE. Abel Bergerson Poisons His Two Children and Himself.
New has been received of the suicide at Spragueville, N.Y., of Abel Bergerson, who first poisoned his two young children with rat poison and then took the stuff himself.
Bergerson belonged to Eboulements, in the Province of Quebec, Canada and was accompanied to the United States by a French Canadian girl known in Eboulements as Lucie. It was her desertion that apparently induced the commission of the crime, for he left a letter, in which he said:
"I have nothing now to live for. My blonde ... Read MORE...
The North Carolinian - Elizabeth City, North Carolina - May 21, 1890
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Cider Cake - One cup sugar, half a cup of butter, one egg well beaten, one large cup of cider, one teaspoonful of soda, flour sufficient to make it as thick as pound cake. One cup of raisins can be added if desired.
Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Hunstville, Ala., May 20. (Special.) - T. W. Pratt, of Huntsville and W. A. Rigsby and others, of Augusta, Ga., have formed a company with a capital of $50,000 for the building and operation of a cotton oil mill in this city. The proposed mill will consume about sixty tons of seed a day and will employ about eighty men. It will be located in West Huntsville.
The new mill will be run in opposition to the trust and will compete with the Alabama cotton oil mill of Huntsville for the business of ... Read MORE...
The Atlanta Constitution - Atlanta, Georgia - May 21, 1900
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1900 - Huntsville's Cotton Oil Mill
Hunstville, Ala., May 20. (Special.) - T. W. Pratt, of Huntsville and W. A. Rigsby and others, of Augusta, Ga., have formed a company with a capital of $50,000 for the building and operation of a cotton oil mill in this city. The proposed mill will consume about sixty tons of seed a day and will employ about eighty men. It will be located in West Huntsville.
The new mill will be run in opposition to the trust and will compete with the Alabama cotton oil mill of Huntsville for the business of ... Read MORE...
The Atlanta Constitution - Atlanta, Georgia - May 21, 1900
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C. C. C.
Connecticut Clothing Co.
Bates & Lindsey
Putnam, Conn.
Southbridge, Mass.
In 1884, Col. Gustavus Davis Bates established the Connecticut Clothing co., in Putnam, with a branch at Southbridge, Mass., the firm name being Bates & Lindsey. In 1893, they sold out the Putnam store, and that in Southbridge in 1895.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut
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1903
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Kansas City, May 21 (AP) - The year's deadliest tornado thus far slashed across Kansas City's southern outskirts at sundown yesterday, leaving 35 dead and more than 200 injured in its 80-mile path.
Injured were still being dug out of wreckage as late as 7 a.m. (CST) today and the search for additional possible victims continued.
Martial law was declared in the Ruskin Heights - Hickman Mills area to expedite relief work, stop looting and keep out sight-seers.
The death toll included 29 ... Read MORE...
Chillicothe Constitution Tribune - Chillicothe, Missouri - May 21, 1957
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1957 - DEATH TOLL MOUNTS TO 35 AS TORNADO STRIKES KANSAS CITY. GREATEST LOSS OF LIFE IS IN RUSKIN HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION.
Kansas City, May 21 (AP) - The year's deadliest tornado thus far slashed across Kansas City's southern outskirts at sundown yesterday, leaving 35 dead and more than 200 injured in its 80-mile path.
Injured were still being dug out of wreckage as late as 7 a.m. (CST) today and the search for additional possible victims continued.
Martial law was declared in the Ruskin Heights - Hickman Mills area to expedite relief work, stop looting and keep out sight-seers.
The death toll included 29 ... Read MORE...
Chillicothe Constitution Tribune - Chillicothe, Missouri - May 21, 1957
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
No lady should drink wine at dinner. Even if her head is strong enough to bear it, she will find her cheeks, soon after the indulgence, flushed, hot, and uncomfortable; and if the room is warm, and the dinner a long one, she will probably pay the penalty of her folly, by having a headache all the ev
Columbus, Georgia, USA
Yesterday morning about 6:30 o'clock as No. 121, local freight of the Seaboard Air Line, was pulling into the city, the engine and one box car left the track near the Lummus gin plant, and ran for about 50 feet on the crossties. It seems that the switch on the spur leading into the Lummus company's yard had been turned for the train to enter the yard, and when the train reached this point the engine, instead of entering the yard, mounted the rail and dropped off onto the ties, followed by the... Read MORE...
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun - Columbus, Georgia - May 21, 1908
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1908 - TRAIN BUMPED ALONG ON THE CROSS-TIES. A Slight Freight Wreck on the Seaboard Yesterday.
Yesterday morning about 6:30 o'clock as No. 121, local freight of the Seaboard Air Line, was pulling into the city, the engine and one box car left the track near the Lummus gin plant, and ran for about 50 feet on the crossties. It seems that the switch on the spur leading into the Lummus company's yard had been turned for the train to enter the yard, and when the train reached this point the engine, instead of entering the yard, mounted the rail and dropped off onto the ties, followed by the... Read MORE...
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun - Columbus, Georgia - May 21, 1908
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Chiefland, Florida, USA
Chiefland, Fla. (UP) - An Air Force jet fighter crashed and exploded in a watermelon patch here Tuesday night, apparently taking its young pilot to his death.
Officials at MacDill Air Force Base identified the pilot at 1st Lt. ROBERT E. CRENSHAW, 24, of North Miami Beach. CRENSHAW was officially listed as "missing and presumably lost."
The jet was on a return flight from Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., to MacDill when the crash occurred. Witnesses said there apparently was no explosion or... Read MORE...
Delta Democrat Times - Greenville, Mississippi - May 21, 1958
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1958 - FIND NO BODY AS JET CRASHES IN FLORIDA FIELD.
Chiefland, Fla. (UP) - An Air Force jet fighter crashed and exploded in a watermelon patch here Tuesday night, apparently taking its young pilot to his death.
Officials at MacDill Air Force Base identified the pilot at 1st Lt. ROBERT E. CRENSHAW, 24, of North Miami Beach. CRENSHAW was officially listed as "missing and presumably lost."
The jet was on a return flight from Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., to MacDill when the crash occurred. Witnesses said there apparently was no explosion or... Read MORE...
Delta Democrat Times - Greenville, Mississippi - May 21, 1958
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1906 Ascutneyville Farmer Fatally Hurt.
A shocking accident occurred in Ascutneyville May 9, where by Henry Cady lost his life. Mr. Cady went to the barn to do his evening chores and fell through a floor about nine feet, striking on his head, a gash being cut and the man being so badly injured internally that he died Saturday night, May 12. He leaves a wife and three small children, the oldest being six years and the youngest three months old. Mr. Cady was 41 years old. St. Albans Daily Messenger, St. Albans, VT 21 May 1906
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
May 21, 1906
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1905 A Lewiston man is breaking his frisky young colt by a novel method.
He mounts his bicycle and leads his colt up and down the street as fast or as slow as he desires.
Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
May 21, 1905
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1904 May 21 – The International Federation of Association Football, FIFA, is established.
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May 21, 1904
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A shocking accident occurred in Ascutneyville May 9, where by Henry Cady lost his life. Mr. Cady went to the barn to do his evening chores and fell through a floor about nine feet, striking on his head, a gash being cut and the man being so badly injured internally that he died Saturday night, May 12. He leaves a wife and three small children, the oldest being six years and the youngest three months old. Mr. Cady was 41 years old. St. Albans Daily Messenger, St. Albans, VT 21 May 1906
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
May 21, 1906
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1905 A Lewiston man is breaking his frisky young colt by a novel method.
He mounts his bicycle and leads his colt up and down the street as fast or as slow as he desires.
Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
May 21, 1905
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1904 May 21 – The International Federation of Association Football, FIFA, is established.
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1870 The Legislature of California has appropriated to the State Fair, at Sacramento, $3,000, and to each of the District Fairs $2,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
May 21, 1870
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1902 Storm
A terrific waterspout struck the southern suburbs of Covington, Ky., and passed up the Miami valley with damages reported from as far as Dayton. Near Covington the water rolled down the hills in a wave 20 feet deep and 100 yards wide. The residence of Edward Wohrley was carried four blocks and dashed to pieces. The house was occupied by four families. All escaped except Mrs. Flachner and Willie Willen, aged four who were drowned.
Daily Iowa State Press
Iowa City, Iowa
May 21, 1902
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1851 President Fillmore sojourned at his father's residence at Aurora, New York, on Sunday and Monday.
The Sun
Baltimore, Maryland
May 21, 1851
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
May 21, 1870
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1902 Storm
A terrific waterspout struck the southern suburbs of Covington, Ky., and passed up the Miami valley with damages reported from as far as Dayton. Near Covington the water rolled down the hills in a wave 20 feet deep and 100 yards wide. The residence of Edward Wohrley was carried four blocks and dashed to pieces. The house was occupied by four families. All escaped except Mrs. Flachner and Willie Willen, aged four who were drowned.
Daily Iowa State Press
Iowa City, Iowa
May 21, 1902
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1851 President Fillmore sojourned at his father's residence at Aurora, New York, on Sunday and Monday.
The Sun
Baltimore, Maryland
May 21, 1851
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1858 FIRE IN CUMMINGTON.
The house of Mr. Jesse Reed on Cummington Hill was burned to the ground on Tuesday morning. The fire was discovered at about three o'clock breaking out near the chimney, from which it is supposed to have caught. The house was a fine one, built of stone, and just refitted throughout, preparatory to the approaching marriage of a son of Mr. Reed. Loss $15,000, insured for $600, at the Hampden office in Springfield.
The Berkshire County Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
May 21, 1858
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1908 COLLEGE GIRL KILLED WHEN HORSES RAN AWAY
Northampton, Mass., May 20. - Miss Ethel Borroughs, of Somerville, a senior, at Smith college was killed by being thrown from a carriage in which she was riding with a classmate, Miss Mary Doris, also of Somerville, and other friends in the neighboring town of Goshen. The span of horses started to run away, the girls became frightened and in attempting to get out of the carriage Miss Burroughs was thrown. She struck on her head, breaking her neck.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Columbus, Georgia
May 21, 1908
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1903 FIRE DESTROYS 250 HOUSES. One-fourth of the Population of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Left Homeless.
ST. HYACINTHE, Quebec, May 20.- A fire which started shortly after noon to-day in the shoe factory of the Cote Brothers, destroyed half a dozen flourishing industries and 250 houses, leaving nearly a quarter of the city's population homeless. The loss is placed at $400,000. Nobody knows how the fire started. When it was first noticed it had secured a firm hold upon the Cote factory. The wind was blowing half a gale at the time, and the buildings in the immediate vicinity were of such a...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
May 21, 1903
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The house of Mr. Jesse Reed on Cummington Hill was burned to the ground on Tuesday morning. The fire was discovered at about three o'clock breaking out near the chimney, from which it is supposed to have caught. The house was a fine one, built of stone, and just refitted throughout, preparatory to the approaching marriage of a son of Mr. Reed. Loss $15,000, insured for $600, at the Hampden office in Springfield.
The Berkshire County Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
May 21, 1858
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1908 COLLEGE GIRL KILLED WHEN HORSES RAN AWAY
Northampton, Mass., May 20. - Miss Ethel Borroughs, of Somerville, a senior, at Smith college was killed by being thrown from a carriage in which she was riding with a classmate, Miss Mary Doris, also of Somerville, and other friends in the neighboring town of Goshen. The span of horses started to run away, the girls became frightened and in attempting to get out of the carriage Miss Burroughs was thrown. She struck on her head, breaking her neck.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Columbus, Georgia
May 21, 1908
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1903 FIRE DESTROYS 250 HOUSES. One-fourth of the Population of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Left Homeless.
ST. HYACINTHE, Quebec, May 20.- A fire which started shortly after noon to-day in the shoe factory of the Cote Brothers, destroyed half a dozen flourishing industries and 250 houses, leaving nearly a quarter of the city's population homeless. The loss is placed at $400,000. Nobody knows how the fire started. When it was first noticed it had secured a firm hold upon the Cote factory. The wind was blowing half a gale at the time, and the buildings in the immediate vicinity were of such a...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
May 21, 1903
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1870 FIRES - Stores in Northampton, Mass., Burned--Loss $50,000.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 20 - The Edwards Church and the Hunt Building, at Northampton, were totally destroyed by fire last night. The loss is about $50,000, of which $20,000 falls upon the Church; $8,500 upon BENJAMI NORTH'S heirs, owners of the HUNT BUILDING; $15,000 upon R. J. FAIR, whose dry-goods and fancy store was in the building, and $5,000 upon EVERETT & HANMAN, jobbers, in the upper-story of the same.
The New York Times
New York, New York
May 21, 1870
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 20 - The Edwards Church and the Hunt Building, at Northampton, were totally destroyed by fire last night. The loss is about $50,000, of which $20,000 falls upon the Church; $8,500 upon BENJAMI NORTH'S heirs, owners of the HUNT BUILDING; $15,000 upon R. J. FAIR, whose dry-goods and fancy store was in the building, and $5,000 upon EVERETT & HANMAN, jobbers, in the upper-story of the same.
The New York Times
New York, New York
May 21, 1870
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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?
It’s in Montréal that you can see the highest inclined tower in the world - the Olympic Stadium tower.
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C. C. C.
Connecticut Clothing Co.
Bates & Lindsey
Putnam, Conn.
Southbridge, Mass.
In 1884, Col. Gustavus Davis Bates established the Connecticut Clothing co., in Putnam, with a branch at Southbridge, Mass., the firm name being Bates & Lindsey. In 1893, they sold out the Putnam store, and that in Southbridge in 1895.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut
Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families · Part 1
1903
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