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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated May 3, 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 3 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Sendol
For Relief of Distress and Discomfort Due to Simple Aches, Pains and Colds
Sendol Co., Kansas City, Mo.
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
A Rice Pudding
One quarter of a pound rice, one quarter of an ounce of cinnamon, to a quart of milk (stirred often to keep from burning) and boil quick, cook and add half a nutmeg, four ounces butter, four spoons rose-water, eight eggs; butter or ...Read MORE...
Amelia Simmons’ American Cookery, 1814
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
One of the worst train wrecks that has taken place for many years occurred shortly after noon today, in the Boston and Maine railroad yard, at the foot of Langdon steet.
The crash was between passenger train No. 29, which leaves Boston at 10 o'clock, due here at 12:10, and a switching engine, No. 483. The locomotives came together with such a crash that the noise could be heard nearly a mile away. Engine No. 483 of the passenger train was completely wrecked, and the tender of the engine... Read MORE...
The Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - May 3, 1909
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1909 - EDWIN HARNDEN KILLED IN RAILROAD WRECK. NOON PASSENGER TRAIN FROM BOSTON COLLIDES WITH SHIFTER IN YARD. SEVEN MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AND ALL THE OTHERS WERE SHAKEN UP IN TODAY'S ACCIDENT.
One of the worst train wrecks that has taken place for many years occurred shortly after noon today, in the Boston and Maine railroad yard, at the foot of Langdon steet.
The crash was between passenger train No. 29, which leaves Boston at 10 o'clock, due here at 12:10, and a switching engine, No. 483. The locomotives came together with such a crash that the noise could be heard nearly a mile away. Engine No. 483 of the passenger train was completely wrecked, and the tender of the engine... Read MORE...
The Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - May 3, 1909
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Vinco Herb Tablets, A Laxative
Vinco Herb Company, Lafayette, Ind.
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Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
Westport, Conn. - (AP) - State police at Westport barracks said Thursday night a fireman was killed and "ten or twelve" others badly burned when a large trailer truck which had left the road and overturned, caught fire and exploded.
At Norwalk hospital a spokesman said that "ten or twelve" men apparently "very badly injured" had been brought to the hospital. No names were available, the hospital reported.
At state police headquarters the desk officer said that a detail had been dispatched ... Read MORE...
Kingsport News - Tennessee - May 3, 1946
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1946 - ONE KILLED IN TRUCK BLAST.
Westport, Conn. - (AP) - State police at Westport barracks said Thursday night a fireman was killed and "ten or twelve" others badly burned when a large trailer truck which had left the road and overturned, caught fire and exploded.
At Norwalk hospital a spokesman said that "ten or twelve" men apparently "very badly injured" had been brought to the hospital. No names were available, the hospital reported.
At state police headquarters the desk officer said that a detail had been dispatched ... Read MORE...
Kingsport News - Tennessee - May 3, 1946
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Aged People Should Eat Very Little Meat
1851 Dog Law in Brighton
A special meeting of the town officers of Brighton was held on Monday, at which it was voted to destroy all dogs found running at large, that were not furnished with muzzles and collars, and the owners of which had not paid a license fee of $2. It was also voted that whoever killed any dog found transgressing the town regulations, should be paid fifty cents for killing, and an additional sum of twenty cents for interring the defunct canine.
Boston Evening Transcript
Boston, Massachusetts
May 3, 1851
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1851 Damage at Lewiston Falls
The Portland Advertiser learns that a portion of the Lewiston dam was carried away by the freshet on Monday afternoon. The extent of the injury has not been ascertained.
Boston Evening Transcript
Boston, Massachusetts
May 3, 1851
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1879 According to an experiment made with potatoes and corn last season, by Mr. S. B. West, of Columbia, Conn., and reported in the Ohio Farmer
by William H. Yeomans, the butt-ends of potatoes, and the kernels of corn from the butt-ends of the ears, each produced crops that were materially better than where the opposite course was pursued. In the case of the potatoes, the stalks from the butt-ends were much the larger and more forward at the first hoeing. The increase in the corn was some 20 per cent. in favor of the butt-end kernels. Of course, repeated experiments are necessary to settle a question of this character.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
May 3, 1879
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A special meeting of the town officers of Brighton was held on Monday, at which it was voted to destroy all dogs found running at large, that were not furnished with muzzles and collars, and the owners of which had not paid a license fee of $2. It was also voted that whoever killed any dog found transgressing the town regulations, should be paid fifty cents for killing, and an additional sum of twenty cents for interring the defunct canine.
Boston Evening Transcript
Boston, Massachusetts
May 3, 1851
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1851 Damage at Lewiston Falls
The Portland Advertiser learns that a portion of the Lewiston dam was carried away by the freshet on Monday afternoon. The extent of the injury has not been ascertained.
Boston Evening Transcript
Boston, Massachusetts
May 3, 1851
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1879 According to an experiment made with potatoes and corn last season, by Mr. S. B. West, of Columbia, Conn., and reported in the Ohio Farmer
by William H. Yeomans, the butt-ends of potatoes, and the kernels of corn from the butt-ends of the ears, each produced crops that were materially better than where the opposite course was pursued. In the case of the potatoes, the stalks from the butt-ends were much the larger and more forward at the first hoeing. The increase in the corn was some 20 per cent. in favor of the butt-end kernels. Of course, repeated experiments are necessary to settle a question of this character.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
May 3, 1879
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1875 Tornado
Augusta, Ga., May 1. - A fearful tornado struck Columbia, S.C., at half past 4 this afternoon. The steeple of the Presbyterian Church was demolished, and the roof of the market blown off. Although hundreds were in the neighborhood, no one was seriously hurt. The depots of the Greenville and Columbia and South Carolina railroads were unroofed and otherwise damaged. Threes were uprooted in every direction. Only one death is reported. The storm struck a passenger train on the Georgia railroad...
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Daily Republican
Decatur, Illinois
May 3, 1875
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1907 Hotel Burns
Durham, N. C., May 3. - Fire destroyed the Hotel Carolina, a four story frame structure located in the center of the city, entailing a loss of $175,000, fully covered by insurance. There were 50 or 75 guests, all of whom escaped without injury.
Coshocton Daily Age
Coshocton, Ohio
May 3, 1907
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1851 Washed Away
The Yamaska, a tributary of the St. Lawrence, in Canada, has undermined and washed away 72 acres of land, with three houses, out houses, cattle, horses, one woman and two children. Also 3,000 cords of wood.
Daily Free Democrat
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 3, 1851
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Augusta, Ga., May 1. - A fearful tornado struck Columbia, S.C., at half past 4 this afternoon. The steeple of the Presbyterian Church was demolished, and the roof of the market blown off. Although hundreds were in the neighborhood, no one was seriously hurt. The depots of the Greenville and Columbia and South Carolina railroads were unroofed and otherwise damaged. Threes were uprooted in every direction. Only one death is reported. The storm struck a passenger train on the Georgia railroad...
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Daily Republican
Decatur, Illinois
May 3, 1875
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1907 Hotel Burns
Durham, N. C., May 3. - Fire destroyed the Hotel Carolina, a four story frame structure located in the center of the city, entailing a loss of $175,000, fully covered by insurance. There were 50 or 75 guests, all of whom escaped without injury.
Coshocton Daily Age
Coshocton, Ohio
May 3, 1907
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1851 Washed Away
The Yamaska, a tributary of the St. Lawrence, in Canada, has undermined and washed away 72 acres of land, with three houses, out houses, cattle, horses, one woman and two children. Also 3,000 cords of wood.
Daily Free Democrat
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 3, 1851
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1952 May 3 - The first airplane lands at the geographic North Pole
A ski-modified U.S. Air Force C-47 piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph O. Fletcher of Oklahoma and Lieutenant Colonel William P. Benedict of California becomes the first aircraft to land on the North Pole. A moment later, Fletcher climbed out of the plane and walked to the exact geographic North Pole, probably the first person in history to do so.
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May 3, 1952
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1892 Fire
At Terrebonne, Quebec, John Moddy & Son's agricultural implement factory, which gives employment to over 100 hands, was destroyed by fire last night, with its many finished and unfinished implements. The loss is $75,000.
Patriot
Pennsylvania
May 3, 1892
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A ski-modified U.S. Air Force C-47 piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph O. Fletcher of Oklahoma and Lieutenant Colonel William P. Benedict of California becomes the first aircraft to land on the North Pole. A moment later, Fletcher climbed out of the plane and walked to the exact geographic North Pole, probably the first person in history to do so.
www.history.com
May 3, 1952
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1892 Fire
At Terrebonne, Quebec, John Moddy & Son's agricultural implement factory, which gives employment to over 100 hands, was destroyed by fire last night, with its many finished and unfinished implements. The loss is $75,000.
Patriot
Pennsylvania
May 3, 1892
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America - Did you know?
May 13, 1846 - Mexican War: U.S. declares war on Mexico in effort to gain California and other territory in Southwest. War concludes with signing of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Feb. 2, 1848). Mexico recognizes Rio Grande as new boundary with Texas...Read MORE...www.infoplease.com
Quebec - Did you know?
In New France, the habitant's homes were commonly built of felled timber or of rough-hewn stone, solid, low, stocky buildings, usually about twenty by forty feet or thereabouts in size, with a single doorway and very few windows. The roofs were...Read MORE...Daily Life in New France (www.chroniclesofamerica.com/ french/ daily_life_in_new_france.htm)
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The Old Oaken Bucket, South Lee Road, 1906
Perry Davis' cough medicine
New York, New York
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