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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated November 27, 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 November 27 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Hardwood Floors
Smooth as Glass
"Old English" Floor Wax
Barron, Boyle & Co., Cincinnati, O.
The Ladies' Home Journal
January 1898
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
On November 27, 1924, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in New York City. The parade was originally called the "Macy's Christmas Parade" to kick off the holiday shopping season, but it quickly became synonymous with Thanksgiving. The parade was organized by Macy's employees and featured animals from the Central Park Zoo, including elephants, camels, and monkeys, as well as floats, professional bands, and live animals borrowed from the zoo. The parade culminated in Santa Claus... Read MORE...
November 27, 1924
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1924 - November 27 – In New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held
On November 27, 1924, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in New York City. The parade was originally called the "Macy's Christmas Parade" to kick off the holiday shopping season, but it quickly became synonymous with Thanksgiving. The parade was organized by Macy's employees and featured animals from the Central Park Zoo, including elephants, camels, and monkeys, as well as floats, professional bands, and live animals borrowed from the zoo. The parade culminated in Santa Claus... Read MORE...
November 27, 1924
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Lisbon, Connecticut, USA
How to get the pipe through without taking up the drain was a problem. But Mr. Geer studied upon it, and after a while hit upon this admirable plan: He opened the lower end of the drain, and then catching an old calico cat that had been a resident of his family for several years, attached a small line to her leg; then thrusting her into the upper end, and giving a most unearthly "scat," she popped out at the other end, all covered with mud and water, with the line attached to her leg, quicker... Read MORE...
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - November 27, 1869
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1869 - Isaac S Geer, of Lisbon, Conn., in making some changes in a water pipe, found it needful to extend one through an under drain that ran several feet below the surface.
How to get the pipe through without taking up the drain was a problem. But Mr. Geer studied upon it, and after a while hit upon this admirable plan: He opened the lower end of the drain, and then catching an old calico cat that had been a resident of his family for several years, attached a small line to her leg; then thrusting her into the upper end, and giving a most unearthly "scat," she popped out at the other end, all covered with mud and water, with the line attached to her leg, quicker... Read MORE...
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - November 27, 1869
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Coffee Custard
Mix one egg with a teacup of ground coffee and pour over it one pint of boiling water. Let it boil five minutes, then pour in one cup of cold water and set it back on the range or stove for ten minutes. Strain it off into a...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Connecticut, June 30, 1880
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 27. - P. T. Barnum, the showman, is a thing of the past. He has settled up his business, and announced that he had turned his whole circus over to Mr. Bailey, who will own and conduct it, and that he himself has forever retired. Advancing years and a desire to enjoy his old age in quiet are the causes which led Mr. Barnum to close out. Mrs. Barnum is getting infirm. He shows his years, and he repeatedly announced that the cozy little brick cottage in which he intends to... Read MORE...
The Fort Wayne Sentinel - Fort Wayne, Indiana - November 27, 1888
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1888 - No Longer a Showman. Barnum Turns Over His Interests and Retires to Private Life.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 27. - P. T. Barnum, the showman, is a thing of the past. He has settled up his business, and announced that he had turned his whole circus over to Mr. Bailey, who will own and conduct it, and that he himself has forever retired. Advancing years and a desire to enjoy his old age in quiet are the causes which led Mr. Barnum to close out. Mrs. Barnum is getting infirm. He shows his years, and he repeatedly announced that the cozy little brick cottage in which he intends to... Read MORE...
The Fort Wayne Sentinel - Fort Wayne, Indiana - November 27, 1888
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Aged People Should Eat Very Little Meat
Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Passaic, N. J., Nov. 27. - The plant of the Passaic Beef Company on the Erie Railroad, near the station here, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The fire was one of the worst that this city has ever seen. The building was largely devoted to hold storage, and the firemen were driven back time and again by ammonia fumes which escaped from the tanks and pipes.
During the fire the big tank in which the ammonia is compressed blew up, George Mi?? and George Griffin, employes[sic] of the company,... Read MORE...
New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - November 27, 1899
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1899 - MEAT AND TURKEYS BURNED. Flames Destroy the Plant of the Passaic Beef Company.
Passaic, N. J., Nov. 27. - The plant of the Passaic Beef Company on the Erie Railroad, near the station here, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The fire was one of the worst that this city has ever seen. The building was largely devoted to hold storage, and the firemen were driven back time and again by ammonia fumes which escaped from the tanks and pipes.
During the fire the big tank in which the ammonia is compressed blew up, George Mi?? and George Griffin, employes[sic] of the company,... Read MORE...
New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - November 27, 1899
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East Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Broad Brook) (Warehouse Point) (Melrose) (Scantic) (Windsorville)
A serious accident occurred in East Windsor, Ct., on Monday. Two young men named Edward Osborne and William Wolf (according to a deposition of Osborne, now lying at the point of death) as they were hunting in the woods, Wolf drew up his gun and pointed at Osborne, who was only a rod off, and asked, 'Will you risk me?' He replied 'Yes.' Wolf then fired and the entire charge of shot entered Osborne's head through his eye. Wolf then helped him home and claimed he supposed the gun was half cocked.... Read MORE...
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Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - November 27, 1869
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1869 - Sad Accident
A serious accident occurred in East Windsor, Ct., on Monday. Two young men named Edward Osborne and William Wolf (according to a deposition of Osborne, now lying at the point of death) as they were hunting in the woods, Wolf drew up his gun and pointed at Osborne, who was only a rod off, and asked, 'Will you risk me?' He replied 'Yes.' Wolf then fired and the entire charge of shot entered Osborne's head through his eye. Wolf then helped him home and claimed he supposed the gun was half cocked.... Read MORE...
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Boston Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - November 27, 1869
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1890 Foot Race
Peter Teirney and Henry Feige, two heavyweights ran a foot race on Onota street Saturday for a purse of $5. The distance was 100 yards, and Tierney won by less that a foot in 10 3/4 seconds. Each man weighs about 200 pounds, and the time is doubted.
The Berkshire County Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Thurs., November 27, 1890
1869 A handbill, of which the following is a copy, was lately posted in sundry places in London:
"TO ALL FENIANS. "Vive la Republique! "The Queen will visit the city in state on Saturday, and on that day she will be shot. She seldom gives a chance. The opportunity won't be lost! "GOD SAVE IRELAND!" But the Queen was not shot, though she graced the opening of the Holborn viaduct with her presence.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
November 27, 1869
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November 27, 1926
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Peter Teirney and Henry Feige, two heavyweights ran a foot race on Onota street Saturday for a purse of $5. The distance was 100 yards, and Tierney won by less that a foot in 10 3/4 seconds. Each man weighs about 200 pounds, and the time is doubted.
The Berkshire County Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Thurs., November 27, 1890
1869 A handbill, of which the following is a copy, was lately posted in sundry places in London:
"TO ALL FENIANS. "Vive la Republique! "The Queen will visit the city in state on Saturday, and on that day she will be shot. She seldom gives a chance. The opportunity won't be lost! "GOD SAVE IRELAND!" But the Queen was not shot, though she graced the opening of the Holborn viaduct with her presence.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
November 27, 1869
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1926 November 27 - Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins
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November 27, 1926
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1891 MANY BUILDINGS DESTROYED. FIRE DOES MUCH DAMAGE IN THE BUSINESS PART OF ST. ALBANS, VT.
St. Albans, Vt., Nov. 26. - A fire, which broke out about 12:30 o'clock this morning, proved to be the most disastrous that St. Albans has known for many years. The total loss is estimated at $150,000. The flames were first seen in a small barn rented by CHARLES BAILEY, a hackman, and situated in the rear of a store in Main Street. The wind was blowing from a northerly direction, and it drove the fire into STROUD'S livery barns. Owing to the stiff breeze the fire had its own way until the...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
November 27, 1891
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1877 Avid Reader
Publishers of newspapers seldom meet with such conscientious subscribers as one Mrs. Butts, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Although seventy-five years old, she is reported to have recently walked from her home to New Bedford - a distance of fourteen miles - for the sole purpose of paying her subscription to a newspaper of that town.
Delaware County Daily Times
Chester, Pennsylvania
November 27, 1877
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1884 Horse Led to Chapel
Some students in the Industrial institute at Worcester, Massachusetts, recently led a horse up two flights of stairs to the chapel. Twenty-eight members or the classes have been suspended for refusing to confess the details.
The Belleville Telescope
Belleville, Kansas
November 27, 1884
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St. Albans, Vt., Nov. 26. - A fire, which broke out about 12:30 o'clock this morning, proved to be the most disastrous that St. Albans has known for many years. The total loss is estimated at $150,000. The flames were first seen in a small barn rented by CHARLES BAILEY, a hackman, and situated in the rear of a store in Main Street. The wind was blowing from a northerly direction, and it drove the fire into STROUD'S livery barns. Owing to the stiff breeze the fire had its own way until the...
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The New York Times
New York, New York
November 27, 1891
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1877 Avid Reader
Publishers of newspapers seldom meet with such conscientious subscribers as one Mrs. Butts, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Although seventy-five years old, she is reported to have recently walked from her home to New Bedford - a distance of fourteen miles - for the sole purpose of paying her subscription to a newspaper of that town.
Delaware County Daily Times
Chester, Pennsylvania
November 27, 1877
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1884 Horse Led to Chapel
Some students in the Industrial institute at Worcester, Massachusetts, recently led a horse up two flights of stairs to the chapel. Twenty-eight members or the classes have been suspended for refusing to confess the details.
The Belleville Telescope
Belleville, Kansas
November 27, 1884
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1888 Blizzard - MONTREAL, Canada, Nov. 27. - One of the most severe storms of snow and wind known here for years broke over this province and Ontario Sunday evening and still continues.
The wind at times blew as hard as seventy miles per hour. The streets and surrounding country are covered with snow drifts, ten feet deep in places, and the most severe cold prevails. The horse car lines are stopped...
The Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Tuesday, November 27, 1888
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1888 Steamer Frozen
The steamer Pomeranian, bound for Liverpool, which grounded at Sorel, attempted to reach Quebec Sunday with the aid of four tugs. Yesterday not only the steamer but the tugs, too, were frozen in solid. The Pomeranian will not get through this season. Her bows are badly cut by the ice, and the channel being so narrow, she will probably be forced ashore on the rocks and become a total loss. The Allan Steamship company, which owns her, will lose over $300,000.
The Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana
November 27, 1888
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1882 Yellow Fever
Yellow fever has broken out at St. Anne de la Pocatiere and St. Pacome. It spread from bodies of persons who died in the United States, and were taken home for interment.
St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
November 27, 1882
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The wind at times blew as hard as seventy miles per hour. The streets and surrounding country are covered with snow drifts, ten feet deep in places, and the most severe cold prevails. The horse car lines are stopped...
The Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Tuesday, November 27, 1888
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1888 Steamer Frozen
The steamer Pomeranian, bound for Liverpool, which grounded at Sorel, attempted to reach Quebec Sunday with the aid of four tugs. Yesterday not only the steamer but the tugs, too, were frozen in solid. The Pomeranian will not get through this season. Her bows are badly cut by the ice, and the channel being so narrow, she will probably be forced ashore on the rocks and become a total loss. The Allan Steamship company, which owns her, will lose over $300,000.
The Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana
November 27, 1888
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1882 Yellow Fever
Yellow fever has broken out at St. Anne de la Pocatiere and St. Pacome. It spread from bodies of persons who died in the United States, and were taken home for interment.
St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
November 27, 1882
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America - Did you know?
Observation of foreign travelers to America: They Sure Love Their Cheese Many foreigners have noticed that the people in the US love their cheese. There are obviously some exceptions, but most people love their cheese and put it on everything.
Quebec - Did you know?
Women in New France worked very hard. They had to take care of the house, cook for the family, take care of the younger children. Sometimes women had 15 children or more. Women made clothes for the family using cloth that she spun.
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1898 Free Fairy Calendar
The Ladies' Home Journal
January 1898
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