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 September 1, 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 September 1 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Losanteville)
On September 1, 1914, a tragic event marked the extinction of the passenger pigeon, once the most abundant bird in North America. The last known passenger pigeon, named Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoo. Martha's death symbolized the devastating impact of human activities on wildlife, particularly the consequences of overhunting and habitat destruction.
The passenger pigeon was once so plentiful that flocks would darken the skies for days as they passed overhead. However, relentless hunting ... Read MORE...
September 1, 1914
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1914 - September 1 - The last known passenger pigeon "Martha" dies in the Cincinnati Zoo.
On September 1, 1914, a tragic event marked the extinction of the passenger pigeon, once the most abundant bird in North America. The last known passenger pigeon, named Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoo. Martha's death symbolized the devastating impact of human activities on wildlife, particularly the consequences of overhunting and habitat destruction.
The passenger pigeon was once so plentiful that flocks would darken the skies for days as they passed overhead. However, relentless hunting ... Read MORE...
September 1, 1914
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1894 - September 1 – Great Hinckley Fire: A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota, kills more than 450 people.
The Great Hinckley Fire of 1894 was a devastating forest fire that struck the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, on September 1st. The fire, fueled by dry conditions and strong winds, quickly spread through the surrounding area, engulfing the town and surrounding forests. The firestorm was so intense that it created its own weather system, with witnesses reporting tornado-like winds and fire whirls.
The fire's impact was catastrophic, claiming the lives of more than 450 people and leaving... Read MORE...
September 1, 1894
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Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Asheville, Sept. 1 - (AP) - A terrific dynamite explosion that killed five men at a stone quarry here puzzled officials today.
The men,
WILLIAM BIZZELL, white.
HARLEY WEBB, white.
WILL HENRY, negro.
WESLEY MOORE, negro.
GUS DAVIS, negro.
They were perched on a perpendicular 200-foot cliff yesterday when 50 pounds of dynamite exploded and mangled the men beyond recognition.
W. H. Bizzell, father of WILLIAM BIZZELL and a quarry foreman, said the blast could have been caused by one of... Read MORE...
Daily Times-News - Burlington, North Carolina - September 1, 1938
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1938 - ASHEVILLE BLAST IS FATAL TO FIVE IN STONE QUARRY.
Asheville, Sept. 1 - (AP) - A terrific dynamite explosion that killed five men at a stone quarry here puzzled officials today.
The men,
WILLIAM BIZZELL, white.
HARLEY WEBB, white.
WILL HENRY, negro.
WESLEY MOORE, negro.
GUS DAVIS, negro.
They were perched on a perpendicular 200-foot cliff yesterday when 50 pounds of dynamite exploded and mangled the men beyond recognition.
W. H. Bizzell, father of WILLIAM BIZZELL and a quarry foreman, said the blast could have been caused by one of... Read MORE...
Daily Times-News - Burlington, North Carolina - September 1, 1938
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Plum Pudding - Boil and mash well one pound potatoes, one-half pound carrots; when cold and one pound each of flour, currants, and raisins, three-quarters pound raw sugar, eight ounces suet, a little salt, and a nutmeg grated; any other...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., January 14, 1880
Long Beach, New York, USA
Long Beach, N. Y. (AP) - Fire destroyed a Long Island boardwalk hotel Tuesday and killed a 65-year-old woman. About 400 persons, most of them elderly, escaped.
Deputy Fire Commissioner MARTIN HEALD said the dead woman was DOROTHY GOLLUBIER, 65, of the Bronx. Her body was found Tuesday night, five hours after the blaze began.
Long Beach Fire Chief EDWARD WAGENEN said firemen evacuated 200 persons from the six-story hotel. Ladders were used to rescue 80, including a group of 45 trapped on a ... Read MORE...
The Progress Index - Petersburg, Virginia - September 1, 1965
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1965 - WOMAN KILLED IN HOTEL FIRE ON NEW YORK BEACH.
Long Beach, N. Y. (AP) - Fire destroyed a Long Island boardwalk hotel Tuesday and killed a 65-year-old woman. About 400 persons, most of them elderly, escaped.
Deputy Fire Commissioner MARTIN HEALD said the dead woman was DOROTHY GOLLUBIER, 65, of the Bronx. Her body was found Tuesday night, five hours after the blaze began.
Long Beach Fire Chief EDWARD WAGENEN said firemen evacuated 200 persons from the six-story hotel. Ladders were used to rescue 80, including a group of 45 trapped on a ... Read MORE...
The Progress Index - Petersburg, Virginia - September 1, 1965
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Kensington, New Hampshire, sketches and reminiscences by Mace, Ida M Published 1909
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Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
James Mack, 35, years old, was burned to death, and Ernest Starke, 21 years old, received burns from which he died later in Hackensack Hospital, when an automobile truck driven by Mack turned over about five miles south of Hackensack and caught fire early yesterday morning. The men, both of whom lived in New Milford, were taking a truck load of peaches to New York from New Milford. After leaving Little Ferry they lost their way and struck a bad road, upsetting in a ditch. Mack was pinned under... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 1, 1921
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1921 - Truck Catches Fire
James Mack, 35, years old, was burned to death, and Ernest Starke, 21 years old, received burns from which he died later in Hackensack Hospital, when an automobile truck driven by Mack turned over about five miles south of Hackensack and caught fire early yesterday morning. The men, both of whom lived in New Milford, were taking a truck load of peaches to New York from New Milford. After leaving Little Ferry they lost their way and struck a bad road, upsetting in a ditch. Mack was pinned under... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 1, 1921
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
True love has ten thousand griefs, impatiences, and resentments, that render a man unamiable in the eyes of the person whose affection he solicits; besides that, it sinks his figure, gives him fears, apprehensions, and poorness of spirit, and often...Read MORE...
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1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)
THE NEW MOVING POWER
DAIMLER'S WONDERFUL MOTOR AND ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
The Various Vehicles That Can Be Seen Moved by It at Stuttgart - Daimler's Gas or Petroleum Motor - Combustible Air the Chief Ingredient - Its Portability - The Thorough Test That Has Been Made.
While in our age of steam and electricity nature's mysterious forces are made more and more subservient to the use of the general public; while railways have shortened distances wonderfully, as compared with the older... Read MORE...
St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis, Missouri - September 1, 1889
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Detroit, Michigan, USA
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 31. - The livery barn of J.H. COLES, No. 151 Gratiot Avenue, burned this morning with all its contents.
George S. HALL, a farmer from near Mt. Clemens, 65 years old, perished in the flames, and his son Henry HALL, about 20 years old, and a farmer named John PEARSEAL, barely escaped. They jumped from the second story, sustaining only a general shaking up.
Fifteen horses, several wagons, and a large lot of hay and grain were consumed. Coles' was the stopping place for... Read MORE...
Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - September 1, 1887
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1887 - Death In The Flames
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 31. - The livery barn of J.H. COLES, No. 151 Gratiot Avenue, burned this morning with all its contents.
George S. HALL, a farmer from near Mt. Clemens, 65 years old, perished in the flames, and his son Henry HALL, about 20 years old, and a farmer named John PEARSEAL, barely escaped. They jumped from the second story, sustaining only a general shaking up.
Fifteen horses, several wagons, and a large lot of hay and grain were consumed. Coles' was the stopping place for... Read MORE...
Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - September 1, 1887
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1868 September 1 - A panther was seen to go to a sheep-fold in Eden, Vermont, the other day, and it seized and carried away a sheep.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York
September 1, 1868
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1888 On the 27th John Virts was driving along the river road at Tiffin O., with his sister, when the horse jumped over a thirty-foot embankment, instantly killing them all.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 1, 1888
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1885 BURNED IN HER HOUSE.
BANGOR, Me., Aug. 31. - A neighbor of Mrs. Hannah Gibson, a widow who lived alone in Plymouth, while on his way to catch an early train Friday morning found Mrs. Gibson's house burned to the ground and the body of that lady in the ruins. It is thought that Walter Paine, an insane nephew of Mrs. Gibson, set the house on fire. He was taken to the insane hospital at Augusta this morning.
The New York Times
New York, New York
September 1, 1885
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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York
September 1, 1868
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1888 On the 27th John Virts was driving along the river road at Tiffin O., with his sister, when the horse jumped over a thirty-foot embankment, instantly killing them all.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 1, 1888
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1885 BURNED IN HER HOUSE.
BANGOR, Me., Aug. 31. - A neighbor of Mrs. Hannah Gibson, a widow who lived alone in Plymouth, while on his way to catch an early train Friday morning found Mrs. Gibson's house burned to the ground and the body of that lady in the ruins. It is thought that Walter Paine, an insane nephew of Mrs. Gibson, set the house on fire. He was taken to the insane hospital at Augusta this morning.
The New York Times
New York, New York
September 1, 1885
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1891 Don't Look
A Lewiston, Maine policeman has had two hotel keepers arrested on a charge of offering him $200 a month not to see anything. The logical inference from this is that the Lewiston policemen come high.
The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, North Carolina
September 1, 1891
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1939 September 1 - World War II begins: Germany invades Poland
September 1, 1939
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1897 September 1 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.
in 1897, at 6 am, over 100 people crowded onto the first train to travel through a tunnel under downtown Boston. More than 100,000 people would take the three-and-a-half minute trip that day. They were riding on the first subway line in the United States...
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September 1, 1897
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A Lewiston, Maine policeman has had two hotel keepers arrested on a charge of offering him $200 a month not to see anything. The logical inference from this is that the Lewiston policemen come high.
The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, North Carolina
September 1, 1891
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1939 September 1 - World War II begins: Germany invades Poland
September 1, 1939
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1897 September 1 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.
in 1897, at 6 am, over 100 people crowded onto the first train to travel through a tunnel under downtown Boston. More than 100,000 people would take the three-and-a-half minute trip that day. They were riding on the first subway line in the United States...
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September 1, 1897
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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 the mid 1800s, New France had a population of about 4 million. 1/2 were Catholic. 1/2 were Protestant. 1/3 of the population was French speaking.
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Kensington, New Hampshire, sketches and reminiscences by Mace, Ida M Published 1909
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