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In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated September 24, 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 24 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Sharon, Vermont, USA
A few weeks ago the White River log drive of the International Paper Company, amounting to about 4,000,000 feet, which has been in the boom at Sharon for two months, was let out, there being expectation of the higher water to float the logs. They would not move and are now strewn along the river for fiver or six miles below there, without water enough to float a toy boat. It promises to be very late in the season before they are safely stored in their yard at Bellows Falls. The water in both... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - September 24, 1900
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1900 - Log Drive Stranded
A few weeks ago the White River log drive of the International Paper Company, amounting to about 4,000,000 feet, which has been in the boom at Sharon for two months, was let out, there being expectation of the higher water to float the logs. They would not move and are now strewn along the river for fiver or six miles below there, without water enough to float a toy boat. It promises to be very late in the season before they are safely stored in their yard at Bellows Falls. The water in both... Read MORE...
St Albans Daily Messenger - St Albans, Vermont - September 24, 1900
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Metallic Band Sleigh Bells
Manufactured by F. Armstrong, Bridgeport, Conn.
1880s
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Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
Hampton Beach, N. H. Sept 23 - A fire starting in a box of rubbish tonight destroyed 45 buildings and caused a loss estimated at $250,000 in the most crowded part of this summer resort before the flames were checked by dynamite. Five hotels, two theaters, business blocks, and scores of cottages were leveled over a compactly built area of two acres.
The hotels destroyed were the Ashworth House, the most pretentious on the beach; Janvrin, Grand View, Lawrence, and the DeLancey. The regular... Read MORE...
Washington Post - Washington, D.C. - September 24, 1915
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1915 - FIRE SWEEPS COAST RESORT. $200,000 Blaze at Hampton Beach, N. H., Destroys 45 Buildings
Hampton Beach, N. H. Sept 23 - A fire starting in a box of rubbish tonight destroyed 45 buildings and caused a loss estimated at $250,000 in the most crowded part of this summer resort before the flames were checked by dynamite. Five hotels, two theaters, business blocks, and scores of cottages were leveled over a compactly built area of two acres.
The hotels destroyed were the Ashworth House, the most pretentious on the beach; Janvrin, Grand View, Lawrence, and the DeLancey. The regular... Read MORE...
Washington Post - Washington, D.C. - September 24, 1915
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Chicken Mayonnaise - Cut up some chickens and fry them nicely in butter. Let them get cold, then trim into good shape and put them in a covered dish with salt, pepper, oil and vinegar as for salad; add a few pieces of onion and a little...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., November 17, 1880
Oswego, New York, USA
Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 23. - Fire in the Welland, a four-story wooden and stone building used as a dormitory by young women students at the Oswego State Normal School, caused 100 girls to flee from their rooms in haste early today. The fire was discovered in the laundry, in the basement of the building. Soon the first and second floors were filled with smoke. The preceptress, MISS ELIZABETH HATMER, was overcome by the smoke, her room being located directly above the laundry.
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The New York Times - New York, New York - September 24, 1907
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1907 - GIRL STUDENTS ESCAPE FIRE. ONE IN OSWEGO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL LEAPS FROM WINDOW.
Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 23. - Fire in the Welland, a four-story wooden and stone building used as a dormitory by young women students at the Oswego State Normal School, caused 100 girls to flee from their rooms in haste early today. The fire was discovered in the laundry, in the basement of the building. Soon the first and second floors were filled with smoke. The preceptress, MISS ELIZABETH HATMER, was overcome by the smoke, her room being located directly above the laundry.
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The New York Times - New York, New York - September 24, 1907
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
A social philosopher has said "Women need more amusement, a broader companionship than is possible in the isolated home. To the isolated household with its debilitating and multifarious labors can a large part of woman's ill health be...Read MORE...
Advice for Ladies - The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, December 25, 1885
Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA (Podunk)
Special Train Strikes an Engine, but No One Is Injured.
East Brookfield, Mass., Sept 23. - The special train conveying the Archbishop of Canterbury from Bar Harbor, Me., to Washington was wrecked on the Boston and Albany division of the New York Central Railroad near the station here today. The archbishop was not injured, although considerably shaken up. J. Pierpont Morgan, of New York, who was on the train, accompanying the archbishop, also escaped injury.
The train, running at the rate of ... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, D.C. - September 24, 1904
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1904 - ARCHBISHOP IN WRECK.
Special Train Strikes an Engine, but No One Is Injured.
East Brookfield, Mass., Sept 23. - The special train conveying the Archbishop of Canterbury from Bar Harbor, Me., to Washington was wrecked on the Boston and Albany division of the New York Central Railroad near the station here today. The archbishop was not injured, although considerably shaken up. J. Pierpont Morgan, of New York, who was on the train, accompanying the archbishop, also escaped injury.
The train, running at the rate of ... Read MORE...
The Washington Post - Washington, D.C. - September 24, 1904
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Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada
Five Members of a Family Swept into the Champlain River
Quebec, Sept. 23. - A report comes from St. Luc, Champlain county, of a disastrous landslide on the Champlain river Saturday night. Zephirim Normandin's house was carried away and five members of the family were buried in the debris. Three children escaped by jumping through windows, one of whom has since become insane as the result of the calamity. After great difficulty the residents of the vicinity succeeded in digging out the five... Read MORE...
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City, Iowa - September 24, 1895
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1895 Buried in a Landslide
Five Members of a Family Swept into the Champlain River
Quebec, Sept. 23. - A report comes from St. Luc, Champlain county, of a disastrous landslide on the Champlain river Saturday night. Zephirim Normandin's house was carried away and five members of the family were buried in the debris. Three children escaped by jumping through windows, one of whom has since become insane as the result of the calamity. After great difficulty the residents of the vicinity succeeded in digging out the five... Read MORE...
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City, Iowa - September 24, 1895
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Buckland, Massachusetts, USA
[Yes, this sad story was actually in the newspaper in 1866 - unbelievable!]
There is a maniac now living in Buckland, Mass, named Josiah Spaulding, who, the Springfield Republican says, has been confined in an iron cage for over fifty years, and for more than thirty years has not stood erect. He has become so deformed that it is impossible to straighten his limbs by natural force. he refuses to be clothed, and will not suffer anything to remain on him, and is only kept warm in winter by... Read MORE...
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Albany Evening Journal - Albany, New York - September 24, 1866
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1866 - A FEROCIOUS MANIAC
[Yes, this sad story was actually in the newspaper in 1866 - unbelievable!]
There is a maniac now living in Buckland, Mass, named Josiah Spaulding, who, the Springfield Republican says, has been confined in an iron cage for over fifty years, and for more than thirty years has not stood erect. He has become so deformed that it is impossible to straighten his limbs by natural force. he refuses to be clothed, and will not suffer anything to remain on him, and is only kept warm in winter by... Read MORE...
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Albany Evening Journal - Albany, New York - September 24, 1866
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1900 Died in His Apple Orchard
Henry S. White died at his home in Charlotte Saturday morning of heart trouble. He died while sorting apples in his orchard. Mr. White was a well-to-do farmer and had been for a good many years a resident of Charlotte. He was about 40 years old and leaves a wile fand an aged father and mother.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
September 24, 1900
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1900 Giant Potato
Charles S Conant, of Jamaica, has dug a potato this season that weighed two poinds, two and a half ounces, and consisted of one large potato with a family of nine little potatoes growing from it.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
September 24, 1900
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1908 Vermont Mable for Carnegie Library
The Vermont Marble Company at Proctor has recently made a contract for the marble exterior of the Carnegie Library, which Andrew Carnegie has given to the city of Washington. The contract amounts to, more than $100,000. The erection of the building will not begin until next spring, so the company has about six months to get its contract completed, giving the workmen steady employment during what is usually the dull season in the winter time.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
September 24, 1900
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Henry S. White died at his home in Charlotte Saturday morning of heart trouble. He died while sorting apples in his orchard. Mr. White was a well-to-do farmer and had been for a good many years a resident of Charlotte. He was about 40 years old and leaves a wile fand an aged father and mother.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
September 24, 1900
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1900 Giant Potato
Charles S Conant, of Jamaica, has dug a potato this season that weighed two poinds, two and a half ounces, and consisted of one large potato with a family of nine little potatoes growing from it.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
September 24, 1900
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1908 Vermont Mable for Carnegie Library
The Vermont Marble Company at Proctor has recently made a contract for the marble exterior of the Carnegie Library, which Andrew Carnegie has given to the city of Washington. The contract amounts to, more than $100,000. The erection of the building will not begin until next spring, so the company has about six months to get its contract completed, giving the workmen steady employment during what is usually the dull season in the winter time.
St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
September 24, 1900
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1935 September 24 – Earl W. Bascom and his brother Weldon produce the first night rodeo held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi.
In 1935, on September 24th, Earl W. Bascom and his brother Weldon made history by organizing and producing the first-ever night rodeo held outdoors under electric lights. This groundbreaking event took place in Columbia, Mississippi, marking a significant development in the world of rodeo sports. The introduction of electric lighting allowed for the rodeo to be held after sunset, providing spectators with a thrilling and unique nighttime entertainment experience.
September 24, 1935
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1887 Switzerland has recently adopted by popular vote a new law placing the the entire control of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the hands of the government...
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 24, 1887
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1870 A fox in Randolph, Vt., is credited with taking two hundred and fifty turkeys, twenty goslings, and a number of lambs.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 24, 1870
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In 1935, on September 24th, Earl W. Bascom and his brother Weldon made history by organizing and producing the first-ever night rodeo held outdoors under electric lights. This groundbreaking event took place in Columbia, Mississippi, marking a significant development in the world of rodeo sports. The introduction of electric lighting allowed for the rodeo to be held after sunset, providing spectators with a thrilling and unique nighttime entertainment experience.
September 24, 1935
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1887 Switzerland has recently adopted by popular vote a new law placing the the entire control of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the hands of the government...
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 24, 1887
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1870 A fox in Randolph, Vt., is credited with taking two hundred and fifty turkeys, twenty goslings, and a number of lambs.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 24, 1870
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1892 Fire at Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., September 23. - A fire last night in the plant of the union school furniture company, destroyed the factory, office and four other buildings. Loss aggregated $100,000.
The Daily Journal and Tribune
Knoxville, Tennessee
September 24, 1892
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1818 Body Floats Ashore
The body of a female, enclosed in a coffin, with a rope twisted three times round it, and caulked, to appearance, with oakum, floated ashore at the Parish of L'Ange Gardien, Lower Canada, on the 1st inst.
Berkshire Star
Massachusetts
September 24, 1818
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1892 A Millionaire Killed by a Fall.
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 23,- J. H. Wicks, a millionaire of New York city, and president of the Wick's Refrigerator Company, with headquarters at Rochester, N. Y., fell out of the second-story window of a house tonight and was instantly killed. He was entirely nude, and it was supposed was intoxicated. He fell sixteen feet to the stone sidewalk, striking on the back of his head, breaking his neck and fracturing his skull.
The Sun
Baltimore, Maryland
September 24, 1892
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich., September 23. - A fire last night in the plant of the union school furniture company, destroyed the factory, office and four other buildings. Loss aggregated $100,000.
The Daily Journal and Tribune
Knoxville, Tennessee
September 24, 1892
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1818 Body Floats Ashore
The body of a female, enclosed in a coffin, with a rope twisted three times round it, and caulked, to appearance, with oakum, floated ashore at the Parish of L'Ange Gardien, Lower Canada, on the 1st inst.
Berkshire Star
Massachusetts
September 24, 1818
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1892 A Millionaire Killed by a Fall.
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 23,- J. H. Wicks, a millionaire of New York city, and president of the Wick's Refrigerator Company, with headquarters at Rochester, N. Y., fell out of the second-story window of a house tonight and was instantly killed. He was entirely nude, and it was supposed was intoxicated. He fell sixteen feet to the stone sidewalk, striking on the back of his head, breaking his neck and fracturing his skull.
The Sun
Baltimore, Maryland
September 24, 1892
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America - Did you know?
June 15, 1800 - The U.S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.
Quebec - Did you know?
In the mid 1800s, the average couple in New France had 6 to 8 children, with one or more lost to disease during their childhood.
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Market Street looking North from Fourth Street Shopping District, Wilmington, Del.
