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.
1857 - September 11 – Mountain Meadows massacre in Utah.
The Mountain Meadows massacre of 1857 was a tragic event that unfolded in southern Utah during a tense period of conflict between Mormon settlers and passing emigrants. On September 11, a wagon train known as the Fancher-Baker party, comprised mainly of Arkansas families headed for California, found itself besieged by a combination of local Mormon militia and Native American allies. The emigrants, already wary due to earlier clashes and rumors of violence, were eventually persuaded to surrender ... Read MORE...
September 11, 1857
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
RAILROAD CAKE 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoonful of butter beaten to a cream 3 eggs beaten to a froth 1 cup flour 3 tablespoonsful sweet milk 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar 1/2 teaspoonful soda 1/2 teaspoonful salt (from an 1888 cookbook)
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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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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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
When the husband is driven from his home by a termagant, he will seek enjoyment, which is denied him at his own house, in the haunts of vice, and in the riots of intemperance.
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
September 11, 1891
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1960 September 11 - Hurricane Donna produced wind gusts to 121 mph at Charleston SC.
The Weather Channel
September 11, 1960
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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
September 11, 1880
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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
September 11, 1891
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1960 September 11 - Hurricane Donna produced wind gusts to 121 mph at Charleston SC.
The Weather Channel
September 11, 1960
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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
September 11, 1880
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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
September 11, 1869
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2001 September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, often referred to as 9/ 11, were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda against the United States. The attacks resulted in the destruction of the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City, significant damage to the Pentagon near Washington, D.C., and the loss of thousands of lives. The attacks had a profound impact on global politics and led to the United States' declaration of a "War on Terror," including...
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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
September 11, 1869
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2001 September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, often referred to as 9/ 11, were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda against the United States. The attacks resulted in the destruction of the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City, significant damage to the Pentagon near Washington, D.C., and the loss of thousands of lives. The attacks had a profound impact on global politics and led to the United States' declaration of a "War on Terror," including...
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September 11, 2001
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America - Did you know?
May 14, 1804 - Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, Mo., on expedition to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.
Quebec - Did you know?
It’s in Montréal that you can see the highest inclined tower in the world - the Olympic Stadium tower.
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Vt. Marble Co.'s Works, Proctor, Vt.
Mogul Cork Tips
Egyptian Cigarettes
Are Made From the Choicest Selections of Turkish Tobacco
15c. Per Package.
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January 14, 1905
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