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 11, 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 11 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Women Know the vital importance of pure food and drink. That accounts for the success of
Blanke's Kofeko
The original malted grain coffee
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The Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898
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Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
Rochester, Sept. 11 - Still undetermined is the origin of a fire which early yesterday morning caused damage estimated at $100,000 to the MICHAEL block, drove seven persons into the street and threatened to wipe out the whole business district of the city.
The heaviest damage was suffered by the J. J. NEWBERRY Co., occupying the ground floor of the four-story structure. The store's entire stock was destroyed.
MR. and MRS. JOSEPH HUGHES were forced to flee from second floor rooms, escaping ... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - September 11, 1936
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1936 - ORIGIN OF $100,000 BLAZE AT ROCHESTER STILL UNDETERMINED. FIREMEN INJURED FIGHTING STUBBORN BLAZE THAT GUTTED MICHAEL BLOCK.
Rochester, Sept. 11 - Still undetermined is the origin of a fire which early yesterday morning caused damage estimated at $100,000 to the MICHAEL block, drove seven persons into the street and threatened to wipe out the whole business district of the city.
The heaviest damage was suffered by the J. J. NEWBERRY Co., occupying the ground floor of the four-story structure. The store's entire stock was destroyed.
MR. and MRS. JOSEPH HUGHES were forced to flee from second floor rooms, escaping ... Read MORE...
Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - September 11, 1936
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Ratfia Cakes
Take eight ounces of Apricock-Kernels, or if they cannot be had, Bitter-Almonds will do as well, blanch them, and beat them very fine with a little Orange-Flower-Water, mix them with the Whites of three Eggs well beaten, and put to...Read MORE...
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St Joseph, Missouri, USA
Hudson, Mo., Sept. 6.
ABE HAGER, P. M. on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, furnishes to the St. Louis Democrat the following account of a diabolical outrage on that road, on the 4th inst.
The passenger express train, bound west, was thrown into Platte River - the timbers of the east end of the bridge over the stream having been burned nearly through. The entire train went down, the engine turning over and the baggage, freight, mail and two passenger coaches piled on top.
The... Read MORE...
Grant County Herald - Lancaster, Wisconsin - September 11, 1861
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1861 - DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE.
Hudson, Mo., Sept. 6.
ABE HAGER, P. M. on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, furnishes to the St. Louis Democrat the following account of a diabolical outrage on that road, on the 4th inst.
The passenger express train, bound west, was thrown into Platte River - the timbers of the east end of the bridge over the stream having been burned nearly through. The entire train went down, the engine turning over and the baggage, freight, mail and two passenger coaches piled on top.
The... Read MORE...
Grant County Herald - Lancaster, Wisconsin - September 11, 1861
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"Dueber Grand" Ladies' and Gentlemen's Riding Wheel
The Only Strictly High-Grade Bicycle Made in America
Price, $55.00 Net Cash
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Canton, Ohio, U.S.A.
The Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898
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Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Carbondale, Ill., Sept. 10. - The engine of a steam thrashing machine owned by Tiggett and BIggs, exploded Monday, half a mile east of Carbondale, killing five men. The engine was blown to atoms. Some of the men were hurled 175 feet.
The victims are:
JOHN SNYDER.
JOHN BIGGS.
ANDREW TIGGETT.
JOHN TIGGETT.
IKE MILLER.
All the bodies were terribly lacerated. SNYDER'S legs were blown off; BIGGS'S skull was broken and his body terribly cut; MILLER'S neck, arms and legs were broken, and... Read MORE...
Logansport Journal - Logansport, Indiana - September 11, 1889
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1889 - FIVE THRASHERS KILLED. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION OF A BOILER HALF A MILE FROM CARBONDALE, ILL.
Carbondale, Ill., Sept. 10. - The engine of a steam thrashing machine owned by Tiggett and BIggs, exploded Monday, half a mile east of Carbondale, killing five men. The engine was blown to atoms. Some of the men were hurled 175 feet.
The victims are:
JOHN SNYDER.
JOHN BIGGS.
ANDREW TIGGETT.
JOHN TIGGETT.
IKE MILLER.
All the bodies were terribly lacerated. SNYDER'S legs were blown off; BIGGS'S skull was broken and his body terribly cut; MILLER'S neck, arms and legs were broken, and... Read MORE...
Logansport Journal - Logansport, Indiana - September 11, 1889
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Washington, DC, USA
The passenger train which left Washington at a quarter to seven o'clock, yesterday morning, for this city, met with an accident just after starting out, by which it was detained for over two hours behind schedule time, and in which several employees of the road were injured, some of them, perhaps, seriously.
From one of our reporters, who was on the train, we learn the following particulars:
When nearing Eldridge's Lane, (which is about twenty miles this side of the Federal capital,) the... Read MORE...
Philadelphia Press - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - September 11, 1861
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1861 - ACCIDENT ON THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
The passenger train which left Washington at a quarter to seven o'clock, yesterday morning, for this city, met with an accident just after starting out, by which it was detained for over two hours behind schedule time, and in which several employees of the road were injured, some of them, perhaps, seriously.
From one of our reporters, who was on the train, we learn the following particulars:
When nearing Eldridge's Lane, (which is about twenty miles this side of the Federal capital,) the... Read MORE...
Philadelphia Press - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - September 11, 1861
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
A seeming ignorance is very often a most neces
sary part of worldly knowledge. It is , for instance ,
commonly advisable to seem ignorant of what people offer to tell you ; and when they say, ' Have not you heard of such a thing ?' to answer, 'No...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
Waterville, Maine, USA
WIFE AND CHILD PRESENT
Bag of Dirigible Caught Fire and Machinery and Inventor Shot to Earth Before Crowd - Spark of Motor Caused Disaster.
Waterville, Me. - In full view of 25,000 spectators on the Maine fair grounds CHARLES OLIVER JONES, the well known aeronaut, of Hammondsport, N. Y., fell a distance of 500 feet to his death. Among the witnesses of the frightful plunge were MRS. JONES and her child. They were the first to reach the side of the dying man. The aeronaut expired about an... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - September 11, 1908
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1908 - C. O. JONES KILLED, HIS AIRSHIP BURNED - Aeronaut Dropped 500 Feet at Waterville, Me.
WIFE AND CHILD PRESENT
Bag of Dirigible Caught Fire and Machinery and Inventor Shot to Earth Before Crowd - Spark of Motor Caused Disaster.
Waterville, Me. - In full view of 25,000 spectators on the Maine fair grounds CHARLES OLIVER JONES, the well known aeronaut, of Hammondsport, N. Y., fell a distance of 500 feet to his death. Among the witnesses of the frightful plunge were MRS. JONES and her child. They were the first to reach the side of the dying man. The aeronaut expired about an... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - September 11, 1908
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1891 Tramp Law
What has become of our tramp law? Complaint comes from many parts of the state of the great number of tramps that infest the small towns. In Old Lyme and East Lyme, the people contemplate forming a league for mutual protection against the tramps. They steal, frighten women, and trouble the people in every way possible. It is time that the law that once rid the state of these nuisances was revived an reinforced in all its vigor.
The New Haven Evening Register
New Haven, Connecticut
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1960 September 11 - Hurricane Donna produced wind gusts to 121 mph at Charleston SC.
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1880 Fourteen years ago J. M. Sterling, of Monroe Mich., placed two gateposts of white oak in front of his residence.
When they were set, he bored into the top of each, with an inch and a half auger, a hole three inches deep, filled it with common salt, tightly plugged it, and capped the posts. A recent examination of the posts proved that they were as sound from top to bottom as when they were placed in position.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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What has become of our tramp law? Complaint comes from many parts of the state of the great number of tramps that infest the small towns. In Old Lyme and East Lyme, the people contemplate forming a league for mutual protection against the tramps. They steal, frighten women, and trouble the people in every way possible. It is time that the law that once rid the state of these nuisances was revived an reinforced in all its vigor.
The New Haven Evening Register
New Haven, Connecticut
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1960 September 11 - Hurricane Donna produced wind gusts to 121 mph at Charleston SC.
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1880 Fourteen years ago J. M. Sterling, of Monroe Mich., placed two gateposts of white oak in front of his residence.
When they were set, he bored into the top of each, with an inch and a half auger, a hole three inches deep, filled it with common salt, tightly plugged it, and capped the posts. A recent examination of the posts proved that they were as sound from top to bottom as when they were placed in position.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1869 Married 78 Years
At Smithfield, R.I., Jonathan Buxton, aged 102 years, is living with his wife Saloma, aged 101. This pair of nuptial century-plants have flourished side by side for 78 years, and have nine children living, the oldest being 72 years of age.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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At Smithfield, R.I., Jonathan Buxton, aged 102 years, is living with his wife Saloma, aged 101. This pair of nuptial century-plants have flourished side by side for 78 years, and have nine children living, the oldest being 72 years of age.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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America - Did you know?
The United States’ current 50-star flag was designed as a school project by 17-year-old Robert G. Heft. Heft received a B- for his efforts, but his teacher said he would reconsider the grade if Congress accepted Heft’s ostensibly mediocre design. In ...Read MORE...legendsofamerica.com
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Quebec contains more than 3% of the world’s fresh water reserves.
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The Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898
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