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 18, 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 18 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
1927 - September 18 – The Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (later known as CBS) is formed and goes on the air with 47 radio stations.
The formation of the Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (CBS) in 1927 was a significant event in the history of broadcasting in the United States. CBS was created through the consolidation of various radio stations and networks, including the United Independent Broadcasters and the Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System.
At its inception, CBS had 47 radio stations under its network, making it one of the largest broadcasting networks in the country at that time. The network quickly... Read MORE...
September 18, 1927
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1899 - September 18 – Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is registered for copyright as ragtime music enjoys mainstream popularity in the United States.
The registration of Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" for copyright in 1899 marked a significant moment in the history of music. Ragtime, a genre characterized by its syncopated rhythms and lively melodies, was becoming increasingly popular across the United States at the turn of the 20th century.
Scott Joplin, often referred to as the "King of Ragtime," was a composer and pianist whose contributions to ragtime music are highly regarded. The "Maple Leaf Rag" is one of his most famous... Read MORE...
September 18, 1899
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
After the Civil War, the US banking system grew rapidly and seemed to be set on solid ground. But the country was hit by many banking crises. One of the worst happened in 1873 – during the time of the Freedman’s Bank.
The panic started with a problem in Europe, when the stock market crashed. Investors began to sell off the investments they had in American projects, particularly railroads. Back in those days, railroads were a new invention, and companies had been borrowing money to get the... Read MORE...
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September 18, 1873
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1873 - September 18 – The New York stock market crash triggers the Panic of 1873, part of the Long Depression.
After the Civil War, the US banking system grew rapidly and seemed to be set on solid ground. But the country was hit by many banking crises. One of the worst happened in 1873 – during the time of the Freedman’s Bank.
The panic started with a problem in Europe, when the stock market crashed. Investors began to sell off the investments they had in American projects, particularly railroads. Back in those days, railroads were a new invention, and companies had been borrowing money to get the... Read MORE...
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September 18, 1873
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1870 - September 18 – Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
In September 1870, during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone National Park, one of the most iconic natural wonders of the park was officially discovered and named. Henry D. Washburn, leading the expedition, along with Nathaniel P. Langford and Truman C. Everts, came upon a remarkable geothermal feature that would later become world-renowned: Old Faithful Geyser. Located in what is now known as the Upper Geyser Basin, Old Faithful earned its name due to its incredibly regular... Read MORE...
September 18, 1870
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Sucre a la Crème
Sucre a la crème is a traditional fudge from the Quebec region of Canada. Often called Penuche by many. There are many versions, though this one is the most common.
Ingredients
• 3 cups brown sugar
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Newton, New Jersey, USA
Orange, N.J., Sept. 17. – Some members of a local band that went with Morristown fire company on an outing to Newton, in Sussex County, yesterday, bring news of an accident at Newton that cost at least two lives.
The members of Washington Engine Company, No. 1, of Morristown had spent the day in enjoyment with their friends, and at evening formed in line to march to the station.
While they were marching, a man named WARD drove a team and wagon recklessly through the crowd.
Paul... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 18, 1892
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1892 - Killed Two in the Procession.
Orange, N.J., Sept. 17. – Some members of a local band that went with Morristown fire company on an outing to Newton, in Sussex County, yesterday, bring news of an accident at Newton that cost at least two lives.
The members of Washington Engine Company, No. 1, of Morristown had spent the day in enjoyment with their friends, and at evening formed in line to march to the station.
While they were marching, a man named WARD drove a team and wagon recklessly through the crowd.
Paul... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 18, 1892
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St Paul, Minnesota, USA
By Associated Press.
South St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 17 - The giant bomber plane which crashed in flames near here had broken apart in the air, an Air Force general said Wednesday.
Streaking fire as it plummeted groundward Tuesday night, the B52 jet tore a hole 300 feet long by 15 feet deep in the AUGUST KAHL farmyard. The plane exploded as it hit, setting fire to the farm buildings.
Of the eight men aboard, only the co-pilot survived by parachuting.
Air Force officials said CAPT. JACK D.... Read MORE...
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, Utah - September 18, 1958
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1958 - GIANT PLANE SPLIT IN SKY, A.F. SAYS.
By Associated Press.
South St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 17 - The giant bomber plane which crashed in flames near here had broken apart in the air, an Air Force general said Wednesday.
Streaking fire as it plummeted groundward Tuesday night, the B52 jet tore a hole 300 feet long by 15 feet deep in the AUGUST KAHL farmyard. The plane exploded as it hit, setting fire to the farm buildings.
Of the eight men aboard, only the co-pilot survived by parachuting.
Air Force officials said CAPT. JACK D.... Read MORE...
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, Utah - September 18, 1958
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Never sit down to the piano uninvited, unless you are alone in the parlor. Do not take any book you may find in the room away from...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
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
FLAMES ORIGINATED IN KLOSSER'S CANDY KITCHEN - H. L. NEWTON THE PRINCIPAL LOSER - MOSES & SON'S DEPARTMENT STORE CONSUMED.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Sept. 16. - An entire block of stores in the heart of the business district was destroyed by fire, which started shortly after midnight this (Wednesday) morning.
The fire originated in Klosser's candy kitchen, and it was some time before the departments had it under control.
Early estimates of the damage done place the loss at... Read MORE...
Marshall Expounder - Marshall, Michigan - September 18, 1903
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1903 - STORES BURNED UP. FIRE AT SAULT STE. MARIE CONSUMES ENTIRE BUSINESS BLOCK. LOSSES WILL TOTAL $300,000.
FLAMES ORIGINATED IN KLOSSER'S CANDY KITCHEN - H. L. NEWTON THE PRINCIPAL LOSER - MOSES & SON'S DEPARTMENT STORE CONSUMED.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Sept. 16. - An entire block of stores in the heart of the business district was destroyed by fire, which started shortly after midnight this (Wednesday) morning.
The fire originated in Klosser's candy kitchen, and it was some time before the departments had it under control.
Early estimates of the damage done place the loss at... Read MORE...
Marshall Expounder - Marshall, Michigan - September 18, 1903
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St Johnsbury, Vermont, USA
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., Sept. 17. - An automobile, speeding at the rate of fifty miles an hour at the Caledonia County fair grounds, to-day dashed over an embankment fifteen feet high, causing the death of Herbert Lamphere. Dr. John M. Allen, who was operating the machine, was severely injured, and another man, named Fred Garrick, was hurt.
The accident occurred in the course of an automobile race. Dr. John M. Allen had made the first quarter of the fourth heat in 23 seconds, closely followed by... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 18, 1903
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1903 - DEATH-DEALING AUTOMOBILE. Machine Runs Away at a Vermont Fair, Killing One Man and Injuring Two.
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., Sept. 17. - An automobile, speeding at the rate of fifty miles an hour at the Caledonia County fair grounds, to-day dashed over an embankment fifteen feet high, causing the death of Herbert Lamphere. Dr. John M. Allen, who was operating the machine, was severely injured, and another man, named Fred Garrick, was hurt.
The accident occurred in the course of an automobile race. Dr. John M. Allen had made the first quarter of the fourth heat in 23 seconds, closely followed by... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 18, 1903
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Granby, Massachusetts, USA
PLANE DEMOLISHED, WRECKAGE STREWN OVER GRANBY AREA.
Granby - Seven Westover Field heavy bomber crewmen were killed early yesterday morning here when their plane, in which they were training for night combat flight, crashed and burned in a swampy wooded area two miles north of the field.
Wreckage from the ship was spread over a wide area and second growth trees were sheared clean to the ground at the point where the bomber crashed. Parts of the motor were found up to several hundred feet... Read MORE...
Berkshire Evening Eagle - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - September 18, 1944
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1944 - WESTOVER FIELD BOMBER CRASH KILLS SEVEN.
PLANE DEMOLISHED, WRECKAGE STREWN OVER GRANBY AREA.
Granby - Seven Westover Field heavy bomber crewmen were killed early yesterday morning here when their plane, in which they were training for night combat flight, crashed and burned in a swampy wooded area two miles north of the field.
Wreckage from the ship was spread over a wide area and second growth trees were sheared clean to the ground at the point where the bomber crashed. Parts of the motor were found up to several hundred feet... Read MORE...
Berkshire Evening Eagle - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - September 18, 1944
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada (York)
400 HOLIDAYERS ESCAPE FLAMING DEATH AMID SCENES OF HORROR.
Toronto, Ont., Sept. 17. (AP) - Nearly 200 ship-board holiday-makers, most of them Americans, died in a racing night-time fire that swept flames and panic through the Canadian pleasure cruiser Noronic in a few scant minutes early today.
Awakened by screams and smoke, more than 400 others scrambled or jumped to safety through the flames that turned the 36-year-old Great Lakes queen into a blackened sunken hulk at her dock... Read MORE...
Portland Sunday Telegram - Portland, Maine - September 18, 1949
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1949 - 200 DIE ON FIERY SHIP. GREAT LAKES QUEEN BURNS. HOLOCAUST SINKS PLEASURE CRUISER AT TORONTO DOCK.
400 HOLIDAYERS ESCAPE FLAMING DEATH AMID SCENES OF HORROR.
Toronto, Ont., Sept. 17. (AP) - Nearly 200 ship-board holiday-makers, most of them Americans, died in a racing night-time fire that swept flames and panic through the Canadian pleasure cruiser Noronic in a few scant minutes early today.
Awakened by screams and smoke, more than 400 others scrambled or jumped to safety through the flames that turned the 36-year-old Great Lakes queen into a blackened sunken hulk at her dock... Read MORE...
Portland Sunday Telegram - Portland, Maine - September 18, 1949
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Stafford, Connecticut, USA (Stafford Springs) (Staffordville)
STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn., Sept. 17. - Two prisoners confined for the night in the town lock-up, Ernest Branford, aged twenty-seven years, and John Marsh, aged forty, met their death early this morning in a small fire which originated in the cell occupied by Marsh.
The two men were arrested last evening for drunkenness, and were locked up in separate cells. At 6 o'clock this morning passersby saw smoke issuing from the lock-up and investigated to find the place filled with smoke and Marsh's... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 18, 1898
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1898 - TWO PRISONERS CREMATED. Double Fatality in a Connecticut Town Lock-up Fire.
STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn., Sept. 17. - Two prisoners confined for the night in the town lock-up, Ernest Branford, aged twenty-seven years, and John Marsh, aged forty, met their death early this morning in a small fire which originated in the cell occupied by Marsh.
The two men were arrested last evening for drunkenness, and were locked up in separate cells. At 6 o'clock this morning passersby saw smoke issuing from the lock-up and investigated to find the place filled with smoke and Marsh's... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 18, 1898
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1923 SCORE FLEE HOTEL FIRE AT BETHLEHEM.
Bethlehem, Sept. 18. - The second disastrous hotel fire in the White Mountains this season occurred here Sunday night. The blaze, starting in a storeroom on the rear of the third floor of the Arlington Hotel, situated in the fashionable West End here, gutted the rear wing, caused the loss of several thousand dollars and drove out a score of guests. The Arlington is a landmark in Bethlehem and is owned and conducted by FREDERICK C. ABBEE of Maiden, Mass. He has run the hotel for the past 29...
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Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
September 18, 1923
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1869 Four men engaged in tearing down an old building at Ogden Mine, near Newton, N.J., the other day, were killed by its premature fall, which buried them in the ruins.
They all leave large families.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 18, 1869
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1886 William Fay, of Acton, Mass., three years old, was born with his legs so twisted that he could look down on the soles of his feet.
About three months ago a doctor of Lowell took charge of him, and to-day the lad walks about as well as any one, with his little limbs as straight as normally, although inclosed in iron rigging that will be worn until the legs are strong. Leading physicians who have watched the case pronounce it a triumph of surgery. - Boston Journal.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 18, 1886
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Bethlehem, Sept. 18. - The second disastrous hotel fire in the White Mountains this season occurred here Sunday night. The blaze, starting in a storeroom on the rear of the third floor of the Arlington Hotel, situated in the fashionable West End here, gutted the rear wing, caused the loss of several thousand dollars and drove out a score of guests. The Arlington is a landmark in Bethlehem and is owned and conducted by FREDERICK C. ABBEE of Maiden, Mass. He has run the hotel for the past 29...
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Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
September 18, 1923
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1869 Four men engaged in tearing down an old building at Ogden Mine, near Newton, N.J., the other day, were killed by its premature fall, which buried them in the ruins.
They all leave large families.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 18, 1869
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1886 William Fay, of Acton, Mass., three years old, was born with his legs so twisted that he could look down on the soles of his feet.
About three months ago a doctor of Lowell took charge of him, and to-day the lad walks about as well as any one, with his little limbs as straight as normally, although inclosed in iron rigging that will be worn until the legs are strong. Leading physicians who have watched the case pronounce it a triumph of surgery. - Boston Journal.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 18, 1886
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1897 DEADLY LIVE WIRE
Denver, Sept 16. - August Plym, a saloon-keeper, was instantly killed at noon today, when in inadvertently seized a badly insulated live electric wire on the roof of the Windsor livery stable, at 18th and Blake streets. He leaves a wife and two young children. He was assisting his wife to hang a clothes line, and grabbed the wire to keep him from falling.
Aspen Weekly Times
Aspen, Colorado
September 18, 1897
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Denver, Sept 16. - August Plym, a saloon-keeper, was instantly killed at noon today, when in inadvertently seized a badly insulated live electric wire on the roof of the Windsor livery stable, at 18th and Blake streets. He leaves a wife and two young children. He was assisting his wife to hang a clothes line, and grabbed the wire to keep him from falling.
Aspen Weekly Times
Aspen, Colorado
September 18, 1897
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America - Did you know?
February 4, 1789 - George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States in a vote by state electors.
Quebec - Did you know?
In New France, socially, the seigneur and his family did not stand apart from his neighbors. All went to the same church, took part in the same amusements upon days of festival, and not infrequently worked together at the common task of clearing the ...Read MORE...Daily Life in New France (www.chroniclesofamerica.com/ french/ daily_life_in_new_france.htm)
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