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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated October 23, 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 October 23 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
North Haven, Connecticut, USA
Now that the great centennial celebration is over, North Haven people are finding out that they had their pockets picked. Nine empty pocketbooks have been found in the cemetery. Four of the wallets belonged to George C. Linsley of North Branford, N. W. Potwin of Fair Haven, William B. Hall of Walllingford and George W. Smith of North Haven. The othres hae not been identified. Edward A. Smith, Mrs. S. L. Marks of Hardensburg, N.Y., and Justus F. Brockett and N. J. Beach of North Haven were among ... Read MORE...
The New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - October 23, 1886
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1886 - Pickpockets at North Haven
Now that the great centennial celebration is over, North Haven people are finding out that they had their pockets picked. Nine empty pocketbooks have been found in the cemetery. Four of the wallets belonged to George C. Linsley of North Branford, N. W. Potwin of Fair Haven, William B. Hall of Walllingford and George W. Smith of North Haven. The othres hae not been identified. Edward A. Smith, Mrs. S. L. Marks of Hardensburg, N.Y., and Justus F. Brockett and N. J. Beach of North Haven were among ... Read MORE...
The New Haven Evening Register - New Haven, Connecticut - October 23, 1886
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"Cuticura soap, manufactured by the Potter Drug and Chemical company, is an antibacterial medicated soap in use since 1865. Noted Boston philanthropist George Robert White (1847-1922) was once the president and owner of Potter Drug and Chemical. Cuticura contains triclocarban instead of the more usual triclosan. These two antibacterial agents have very similar molecularity. By themselves they kill 99.99% of bacteria and microbes (like fungus spores) on contact. Cuticura soap has been in use, and is relatively unchanged, since 1865." wikipedia
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Corona, California, USA
Mother and Babe Die From Attempt to Light Fire With Kerosene - Grief Unbalances Survivor's Mind.
Corona, Cal., Oct. 23. - As the result of the old experiment of pouring coal oil into a cookstove to revive a fire caused the horrible death of Mrs. Frederick Noble and her two-year-old daughter here, last night.
Shortly before 6 o'clock Mrs. Noble, who wished to prepare the evening meal, attempted to restore a fire that had burned in the stove by pouring oil upon the embers.
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The Evening News - San Jose, California - Wednesday, October 23, 1901
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1901 - Frightful Fate is Caused by Ignited Oil
Mother and Babe Die From Attempt to Light Fire With Kerosene - Grief Unbalances Survivor's Mind.
Corona, Cal., Oct. 23. - As the result of the old experiment of pouring coal oil into a cookstove to revive a fire caused the horrible death of Mrs. Frederick Noble and her two-year-old daughter here, last night.
Shortly before 6 o'clock Mrs. Noble, who wished to prepare the evening meal, attempted to restore a fire that had burned in the stove by pouring oil upon the embers.
An explosion... Read MORE...
The Evening News - San Jose, California - Wednesday, October 23, 1901
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Cookies Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, two eggs, four tablespoonfuls of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda, enough flour to make hard. Roll think and bake quick. Add spice if liked.
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Norwich, New York, USA (White Store)
During the recent meeting of the New York Dairymen's Association, Mr. Terry, of Norwich, N.Y., made an elaborate address on the subject of farm animals, which will be read with interest by dairymen and farmers everywhere. We have space only for the following leading points:
During the first cold storms in the fall many a mortgage is put upon our choicest cows. All stock should be sheltered early and during all cold, stormy weather. Give them light, warm and well-ventilated stables. No farmer ... Read MORE...
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - October 23, 1886
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1886 - FARM ANIMALS. Thorough Feeding the Most Economical Policy That Can Be Pursued.
During the recent meeting of the New York Dairymen's Association, Mr. Terry, of Norwich, N.Y., made an elaborate address on the subject of farm animals, which will be read with interest by dairymen and farmers everywhere. We have space only for the following leading points:
During the first cold storms in the fall many a mortgage is put upon our choicest cows. All stock should be sheltered early and during all cold, stormy weather. Give them light, warm and well-ventilated stables. No farmer ... Read MORE...
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - October 23, 1886
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Yonkers, New York, USA
NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH FATHER AND FRIENDS ON FISHING TRIP - MOTHER NEARLY CRAZED.
Special to the New York Times.
Yonkers, Oct. 22 - A boat in which were four men and a boy suddenly sank in midstream in the Hudson River off Fernbrook Street this morning, and all five occupants were drowned. The accident was witnessed by persons on the Yonkers shore, but before a boat could reach the spot the men had gone down.
Three of the victims were members of one family, the husband, son, and brother... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 23, 1905
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1905 - WEIGHTED BOAT SINKS; FIVE DROWN IN HUDSON. PERSONS ON YONKERS SHORE SEE PARTY GO DOWN IN MIDSTREAM. EFFORTS AT RESCUE IN VAIN.
NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH FATHER AND FRIENDS ON FISHING TRIP - MOTHER NEARLY CRAZED.
Special to the New York Times.
Yonkers, Oct. 22 - A boat in which were four men and a boy suddenly sank in midstream in the Hudson River off Fernbrook Street this morning, and all five occupants were drowned. The accident was witnessed by persons on the Yonkers shore, but before a boat could reach the spot the men had gone down.
Three of the victims were members of one family, the husband, son, and brother... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 23, 1905
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St Louis, Missouri, USA
St. Louis, Monday, Oct. 22.
The most terrific wind storm that ever visited this section of the country swept over this city at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, (doing an incredible amount of damage,) from the south, bearing a little eastward. It seemed to twist like a screw; lasted from ten to fifteen minutes; was about a quarter of a mile wide when it first struck, but grew narrower as it proceeded north.
Scores of buildings were unroofed and hundreds were more or less damaged. Trees and fences... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 23, 1866
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1866 - MISSOURI - DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO AT ST. LOUIS. BUILDINGS UNROOFED AND DEMOLISHED - MANY PERSONS INJURED - DAMAGES ESTIMATED AT $100,000.
St. Louis, Monday, Oct. 22.
The most terrific wind storm that ever visited this section of the country swept over this city at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, (doing an incredible amount of damage,) from the south, bearing a little eastward. It seemed to twist like a screw; lasted from ten to fifteen minutes; was about a quarter of a mile wide when it first struck, but grew narrower as it proceeded north.
Scores of buildings were unroofed and hundreds were more or less damaged. Trees and fences... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 23, 1866
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
At a Dinner-Party - after which all present were to attend a dance, it would be in best taste for the hostess to be in an evening dress, so that she will not detain her guests while she changes her costume.
Annapolis, Maryland, USA
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 22. - By the bursting of a lighted coal-oil lamp in the store of Louis S. Clayton, on Market-space here, about 4 o'clock this morning, a fire was started which caused the destruction of over $60,000 worth of property, the loss of two lives, and the injury of several other persons. Three loud explosions, which shook the houses for two squares on either side of Clayton's establishment, aroused the sleeping citizens of that portion of the city, and was the first intimation of... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 23, 1883
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1883 - A LARGE FIRE AT ANNAPOLIS. TEN HOUSES BURNED, TWO LIVES LOST, AND SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 22. - By the bursting of a lighted coal-oil lamp in the store of Louis S. Clayton, on Market-space here, about 4 o'clock this morning, a fire was started which caused the destruction of over $60,000 worth of property, the loss of two lives, and the injury of several other persons. Three loud explosions, which shook the houses for two squares on either side of Clayton's establishment, aroused the sleeping citizens of that portion of the city, and was the first intimation of... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - October 23, 1883
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Boise, Idaho, USA
Boise, Idaho Oct 23 – AP – Helen Louise BECK, eleven years old, was kicked to death at noon yesterday at Mayfield school east of here by the saddle pony which had carried her from her farm home to the little country school for many years.
The girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James O. Beck of Mayfield, left her classes at the lunch hour to find the horse fighting at the hitching rack behind the school with a saddle belonging to another pupil. Classmates said the girl walked up to her horse to... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - October 23, 1934
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1934 - Girl Killed By Her Pony
Boise, Idaho Oct 23 – AP – Helen Louise BECK, eleven years old, was kicked to death at noon yesterday at Mayfield school east of here by the saddle pony which had carried her from her farm home to the little country school for many years.
The girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James O. Beck of Mayfield, left her classes at the lunch hour to find the horse fighting at the hitching rack behind the school with a saddle belonging to another pupil. Classmates said the girl walked up to her horse to... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - October 23, 1934
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1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)
One of the greatest commodities in the United States today is a greyish powder commonly sold in 50-pound bags for about 10 cents a pound.
Modern Portland cement has a rather short but fabulous history. Back in 1824 an English mason named Joseph Aspdin mixed a compound composed of lime, silica, alumina and iron oxide. The result was a grayish substance which reminded him of the stone quarried from the isle of Portland off the British coast.
Joseph Aspdin's Portland cement proved to be the... Read MORE...
The Times - Hammond, Indiana - October 23, 1957
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1941 October 23 – Walt Disney's animated film Dumbo is released
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1869 The employes of the Erie Railroad work shops in Buffalo and Port Jervis were on a strike on the 18th.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1869 The lock-up in the village of Charlotte, N. Y., was burned on the 13th and two sailors, Alexander Fisher and Michael McLane, of Elyria, Ohio,
belonging to the schooner Cascade, of Green Bay, who were prisoners in the lock-up, were burned to death.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1869 The employes of the Erie Railroad work shops in Buffalo and Port Jervis were on a strike on the 18th.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1869 The lock-up in the village of Charlotte, N. Y., was burned on the 13th and two sailors, Alexander Fisher and Michael McLane, of Elyria, Ohio,
belonging to the schooner Cascade, of Green Bay, who were prisoners in the lock-up, were burned to death.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1871 An orchard at Santa Clara, Cal, has 3,000 fruit trees and any quantity of rhubarb plants and berry vines. The proprietor does business altogether in dried fruits. Not a pound of fruit is allowed to waste.
That which is partly decayed is converted into excellent vinegar. - Hearth and Home
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1892 PROVED A DEADLY SALUTE. SIX PERSONS WERE KILLED BY THE LOS ANGELES EXPLOSION.
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 22. - The "Discovery Day" celebration here ended last night with a display of fireworks. Henry Wilson, who was in charge of the display, had arranged to fire what he called a salute of bombs for the last part. The bombs consisted of short lengths of cast iron pipe in which cartridges were exploded, the noise of the explosions resembling that of cannon. Two went off successfully, but the third one burst, doing all the execution of a bombshell; six persons were either...
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah
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1892 FROZE ON THE PLAINS. JOHN PIERCE AND SON OF WYOMING DIED IN THE BLIZZARD.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 22. - [Special to Tribune] - The first report on the loss of life during the great blizzard of ten days ago came in this evening. JOHN PIERCE, a horse raiser, and his son, a lad of 7, perished on the prairie about fifty miles from this city. PIERCE with the boy undertook a trip of ten miles on the 13th. They stopped at a ranch and rested for an hour, and then struck into the hills and haven't been seen since. Both saddle-horses were found today, one dead and the other...
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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That which is partly decayed is converted into excellent vinegar. - Hearth and Home
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1892 PROVED A DEADLY SALUTE. SIX PERSONS WERE KILLED BY THE LOS ANGELES EXPLOSION.
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 22. - The "Discovery Day" celebration here ended last night with a display of fireworks. Henry Wilson, who was in charge of the display, had arranged to fire what he called a salute of bombs for the last part. The bombs consisted of short lengths of cast iron pipe in which cartridges were exploded, the noise of the explosions resembling that of cannon. Two went off successfully, but the third one burst, doing all the execution of a bombshell; six persons were either...
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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1892 FROZE ON THE PLAINS. JOHN PIERCE AND SON OF WYOMING DIED IN THE BLIZZARD.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 22. - [Special to Tribune] - The first report on the loss of life during the great blizzard of ten days ago came in this evening. JOHN PIERCE, a horse raiser, and his son, a lad of 7, perished on the prairie about fifty miles from this city. PIERCE with the boy undertook a trip of ten miles on the 13th. They stopped at a ranch and rested for an hour, and then struck into the hills and haven't been seen since. Both saddle-horses were found today, one dead and the other...
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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1865 Destructive Fire at Keene, N. H.
KEENE, N. H., Oct. 21. - About twelve o'clock on Thursday night fire was discovered in the rear of Richards' block, which was soon communicated to two blocks north of this, and owned by Colony Brothers. As soon as it was discovered that these three buildings could not be saved, a wooden building owned by Hon. T. M. Edwards, and occupied by the Post Office, was torn down, to prevent the flames from operating. The principal sufferers by the fire are: - George H. Richards' building, valued at...
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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KEENE, N. H., Oct. 21. - About twelve o'clock on Thursday night fire was discovered in the rear of Richards' block, which was soon communicated to two blocks north of this, and owned by Colony Brothers. As soon as it was discovered that these three buildings could not be saved, a wooden building owned by Hon. T. M. Edwards, and occupied by the Post Office, was torn down, to prevent the flames from operating. The principal sufferers by the fire are: - George H. Richards' building, valued at...
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Pioneer Remedies - Cuts Pack the cut with axle grease.
Quebec - Did you know?
Saint-Jean-Vianney was originally created as a parish municipality in 1935, and became a village on December 29, 1951. By 1971, the village had a population of 1,266. On May 4, 1971, the village ceased to exist after half the town was pushed into a...Read MORE...wikipedia
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Smith Bros. Cough Drops
"William Wallace Smith I (1830–1913) and Andrew Smith (1836–1895) were the sons of James Smith (c1800-1866) of Poughkeepsie, New York. James' family had emigrated from Fife, Scotland, to Canada in 1831, and James from St. Armand, Quebec, to the U.S. in 1847.
In New York, James opened an ice cream shop called "James Smith and Son." James Smith bought a cough drop recipe from a journeyman peddler named Sly Hawkins and in 1852 made his first batch of "Smith Brothers Cough Drops"." wikipedia
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