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 14, 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 14 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (at sea)*
The sea has its own peculiar crimes - coopering, barratry, piracy, blackbird and, better known, perhaps, mutiny. It has its own queer unsolved crimes as the case of the Marie Celeste. But the sea today is a more law-abiding place than it used to be. The souvenir hunteres are the real sea criminals of modern times. There are accounts in the office of a well-known firm of passenger-carrying ships where the total losses of crockery, linen and plate in a single ship on a single trip were set out.... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - September 14, 1922
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1922 - Crimes Peculiar to the Sea.
The sea has its own peculiar crimes - coopering, barratry, piracy, blackbird and, better known, perhaps, mutiny. It has its own queer unsolved crimes as the case of the Marie Celeste. But the sea today is a more law-abiding place than it used to be. The souvenir hunteres are the real sea criminals of modern times. There are accounts in the office of a well-known firm of passenger-carrying ships where the total losses of crockery, linen and plate in a single ship on a single trip were set out.... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - September 14, 1922
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W. T. Warren & Son, Manufacturers of Coaches, Carriages, Sleighs, Sulkies, Trotting Wagons, Mining Cars... Dealers in all kinds of Hardwood Lumber, Coach, Carriage and Wagon Stock,
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Work Warranted Satisfactory in Every Particular
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Maine Potato Candy (also known as Needham’s)
Ingredients
• 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
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• 1 1/ 2 teaspoons vanilla
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Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 9. - [Special.] - David Anderson and two companions jumped from a slowly moving Chicago & North-Western train Saturday night. Anderson missed his footing and fell, striking his head a terrific blow on the rail. He was rendered unconscious and his companions had barely time to drag him from the track and prevent the wheels of the car passing over him. At it is, the physician is uncertain what the result of his injury will be. Anderson is about 21 years of age and employed... Read MORE...
Centralia Enterprise and Tribune - Centralia, Wisconsin - September 14, 1895
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1895 - THE USUAL RESULT. Green Bay Young Man Injured While Alighting from a Train.
Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 9. - [Special.] - David Anderson and two companions jumped from a slowly moving Chicago & North-Western train Saturday night. Anderson missed his footing and fell, striking his head a terrific blow on the rail. He was rendered unconscious and his companions had barely time to drag him from the track and prevent the wheels of the car passing over him. At it is, the physician is uncertain what the result of his injury will be. Anderson is about 21 years of age and employed... Read MORE...
Centralia Enterprise and Tribune - Centralia, Wisconsin - September 14, 1895
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Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Columbia, S.C., Sept. 13 (AP) - Four officers and three enlisted men were killed in the crash of an Army bomber Sunday a mile from the Columbia Army Air Base.
The plane, stationed at the base, was returning from a routine training flight and crashed on landing.
The dead, listed by Second Lieut. D. R. Moore, public relations officer:
Second Lieut. FRANCIS W. SPARKS, 27, the pilot, Columbia, S.C.
Second Lieut. MARTIN O. VANGSNESS, 22, Carplo, N.D.
Second Lieut. DONALD V. URQUHART, 27,... Read MORE...
Albuquerque Journal - Albuquerque, New Mexico - September 14, 1942
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1942 - SEVEN KILLED WHEN BIG ARMY BOMBER CRASHES. PLANE PLUNGES INTO GROUND WHILE LANDING.
Columbia, S.C., Sept. 13 (AP) - Four officers and three enlisted men were killed in the crash of an Army bomber Sunday a mile from the Columbia Army Air Base.
The plane, stationed at the base, was returning from a routine training flight and crashed on landing.
The dead, listed by Second Lieut. D. R. Moore, public relations officer:
Second Lieut. FRANCIS W. SPARKS, 27, the pilot, Columbia, S.C.
Second Lieut. MARTIN O. VANGSNESS, 22, Carplo, N.D.
Second Lieut. DONALD V. URQUHART, 27,... Read MORE...
Albuquerque Journal - Albuquerque, New Mexico - September 14, 1942
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Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Sioux City, Sept. 14. - An arson gang seeking revenge for some unknown reason is suspected of having set fire to the residence of the late Congressman J. B. Latta at 3 a. m. today causing the death of Elmer Moore, 17, protege of Latta. When the firemen dragged Moore out it was found that oil had been sprinkled both in the house and barn which also burned. In the last few years Latta ranch buildings were destroyed by incendiaries at the rate of two a year. In the absence of the family Moore and... Read MORE...
Iowa City Daily Citizen - Iowa City, Iowa - September 14, 1916
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1916 - SIOUX CITY BOY BURNS TO DEATH PROTEGE OF CONGRESSMAN LATTA LOSES LIFE WHEN HOUSE IS SET ON FIRE.
Sioux City, Sept. 14. - An arson gang seeking revenge for some unknown reason is suspected of having set fire to the residence of the late Congressman J. B. Latta at 3 a. m. today causing the death of Elmer Moore, 17, protege of Latta. When the firemen dragged Moore out it was found that oil had been sprinkled both in the house and barn which also burned. In the last few years Latta ranch buildings were destroyed by incendiaries at the rate of two a year. In the absence of the family Moore and... Read MORE...
Iowa City Daily Citizen - Iowa City, Iowa - September 14, 1916
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Storm Dresses — A lady who is obliged to go out frequently in bad weather, will find it both a convenience and economy to have a storm dress. Both dress and cloak should be made of a woolen material, (varying of course with the season,) which will...Read MORE...
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: A Complete Handbook for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society... by Florence Hartley, January 1, 1872
Bangor, Maine, USA
County Roads Impossible on Account of the Heat - Blazes Elsewhere.
Bangor, Me., Sept. 13. - It has now been more than a month since a single drop of rain fell in this section. Yesterday Bangor, which is miles from the center of the vast belt of forest fires now raging, felt their effect severely. The city was enveloped in a dense, heavy cloud of smoke, which found its way into the houses and left its odor everywhere. East of this city the outlook has grown more discouraging, especially along ... Read MORE...
The Sunday Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - September 14, 1889
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1889 - FOREST FIRES IN MAINE.
County Roads Impossible on Account of the Heat - Blazes Elsewhere.
Bangor, Me., Sept. 13. - It has now been more than a month since a single drop of rain fell in this section. Yesterday Bangor, which is miles from the center of the vast belt of forest fires now raging, felt their effect severely. The city was enveloped in a dense, heavy cloud of smoke, which found its way into the houses and left its odor everywhere. East of this city the outlook has grown more discouraging, especially along ... Read MORE...
The Sunday Inter Ocean - Chicago, Illinois - September 14, 1889
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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
Perfect Pasteurization Means Perfect Protection
Pasturization is simply heating milk - not boiling it.
By raising the temperature of the milk to 145 degrees Fahrenheit and keeping it at that point for thirty minutes, all harmful germs are destroyed, by the milk is not changed.
After heating, the milk, is immediately cooled to 40 degrees or less and flows to the bottling machine and is automatically filled and capped; thus avoiding contact with human hands.
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The Evening Herald - Klamath Falls, Oregon - September 14, 1925
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Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
One Woman Badly Injured in Accident Near Norwich.
Special to The New York Times.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 13. - Central Vermont train running from Brattleboro to New London to connect with a boat for New York, was derailed near Norwich, at 9 o'clock to-night. The locomotive left the rails and plunged down an embankment, but the cars remained on the track.
Only one passenger was badly injured. She is Mrs. Marie Cram, a nurse, residing at Norwich.
The other passengers were transferred ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 14, 1913
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1913 - BOAT TRAIN WRECKED.
One Woman Badly Injured in Accident Near Norwich.
Special to The New York Times.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 13. - Central Vermont train running from Brattleboro to New London to connect with a boat for New York, was derailed near Norwich, at 9 o'clock to-night. The locomotive left the rails and plunged down an embankment, but the cars remained on the track.
Only one passenger was badly injured. She is Mrs. Marie Cram, a nurse, residing at Norwich.
The other passengers were transferred ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 14, 1913
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Greenwich, Connecticut, USA (Glenville)
Special to The New York Times.
Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 13. - JIMMIE MEEHAN, aged fourteen, is dying at his home, next door to the Summer residence of WILLIAM H. TRUESDALE, President of the Lackawanna Road, owing to his desire to ride a circus pony.
JIMMIE was one of the lemonade boys at the amateur circus this afternoon, and afterward volunteered to lead MR. TRUESDALE'S son's pony, DAN, to JOHN WAHL'S stables, a half mile away. CALVIN TRUESDALE had ridden the pony in the ring. JIMMIE was... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 14, 1902
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1902 - ACCIDENT AFTER THE CIRCUS. PRESIDENT TRUESDALE'S SON'S PONY THROWS A BOY, FATALLY INJURING HIM.
Special to The New York Times.
Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 13. - JIMMIE MEEHAN, aged fourteen, is dying at his home, next door to the Summer residence of WILLIAM H. TRUESDALE, President of the Lackawanna Road, owing to his desire to ride a circus pony.
JIMMIE was one of the lemonade boys at the amateur circus this afternoon, and afterward volunteered to lead MR. TRUESDALE'S son's pony, DAN, to JOHN WAHL'S stables, a half mile away. CALVIN TRUESDALE had ridden the pony in the ring. JIMMIE was... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 14, 1902
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)
Benning W. De La Mater
Thursday, September 14 PITTSFIELD -- Fire investigators determined the fire that scorched a condemned house at 363 Columbus Ave. Tuesday night was an act of arson.
"We found more than one point of origin," said Pittsfield Deputy Chief Mark Cancilla. "It looks to have been intentionally set."
Investigators were on scene yesterday and learned from combing through the slumped wreckage that flames were started in both a first-floor wall and in an area on the second... Read MORE...
The Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - September 14, 2006
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 - Officials: Fire set on purpose
Benning W. De La Mater
Thursday, September 14 PITTSFIELD -- Fire investigators determined the fire that scorched a condemned house at 363 Columbus Ave. Tuesday night was an act of arson.
"We found more than one point of origin," said Pittsfield Deputy Chief Mark Cancilla. "It looks to have been intentionally set."
Investigators were on scene yesterday and learned from combing through the slumped wreckage that flames were started in both a first-floor wall and in an area on the second... Read MORE...
The Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - September 14, 2006
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1876 September 14 - A little girl died at Barnard, Vermont, the other day by paralysis caused by the poison in colored stockings which she had been in the habit of wearing.
Juniata Sentinel and Republican
Mifflintown, Pennsylvania
September 14, 1876
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1937 September 14 - The mercury soared to 92 degrees at Seattle, WA, a record for September.
The Weather Channel
September 14, 1937
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1934 Communist Plot Rumored To Dynamite Water Supply
CUMBERLAND, R.I., Sept. 14. - (UP) - Unconfirmed rumors of a communist plot to dynamite Pawtucket's water supply spread today and police guards were assigned to the reservoir at Diamond Hill in this town. Neither state nor local police would admit having received tips indicating such a plot, however.
The Evening Standard
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
September 14, 1934
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Juniata Sentinel and Republican
Mifflintown, Pennsylvania
September 14, 1876
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1937 September 14 - The mercury soared to 92 degrees at Seattle, WA, a record for September.
The Weather Channel
September 14, 1937
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1934 Communist Plot Rumored To Dynamite Water Supply
CUMBERLAND, R.I., Sept. 14. - (UP) - Unconfirmed rumors of a communist plot to dynamite Pawtucket's water supply spread today and police guards were assigned to the reservoir at Diamond Hill in this town. Neither state nor local police would admit having received tips indicating such a plot, however.
The Evening Standard
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
September 14, 1934
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1830 Water Snakes
Mr. Ephraim Wheelock, of Southbridge, Mass. while mowing, came in contact with a large water snake, measuring 3 feet 9 inches. After killing it, he cut it open, and found it to contain 43 live ones.
Huron Reflector
Norwalk, Ohio
September 14, 1830
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1886 September 14 - George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon
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September 14, 1886
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Mr. Ephraim Wheelock, of Southbridge, Mass. while mowing, came in contact with a large water snake, measuring 3 feet 9 inches. After killing it, he cut it open, and found it to contain 43 live ones.
Huron Reflector
Norwalk, Ohio
September 14, 1830
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1886 September 14 - George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon
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September 14, 1886
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America - Did you know?
1773: Boston Tea Party: Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax.
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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1905
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