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 5, 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 5 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to "The passage of the Coercive Acts" (also known as Intolerable Acts by the Colonial Americans) by the British Parliament. The Intolerable Acts had punished Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
The Congress was attended by 56 delegates... Read MORE...
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1774 - September 5 - First Continental Congress formed in Philadelphia
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to "The passage of the Coercive Acts" (also known as Intolerable Acts by the Colonial Americans) by the British Parliament. The Intolerable Acts had punished Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
The Congress was attended by 56 delegates... Read MORE...
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts
March 14, 1944
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Plum Pudding - Boil and mash well one pound potatoes, one-half pound carrots; when cold and one pound each of flour, currants, and raisins, three-quarters pound raw sugar, eight ounces suet, a little salt, and a nutmeg grated; any other...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., January 14, 1880
1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Be careful always that the details of your dress are perfectly finished in every point. The small articles of a wardrobe require constant care to keep in perfect order, yet they will wofully revenge themselves if...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
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Asbury Park, N.J., Sept. 4. - Fire at about 1 A.M. this morning destroyed the big Hotel Guernsey, at Grand and Seventh Avenues, owned and managed by MESSRS. LUNGER and STEINMETZ of Philadelphia. The building, which was a substantial four-story structure, was totally burned in an hour from the time the fire started. The loss on the house will reach $20,000, on which there was a small insurance. There was only $1,500 insurance on the furniture, which was valued at $6,000.
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The New York Times - New York, New York - September 5, 1894
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1894 - HOTEL INMATES EVICTED BY FIRE. DESTRUCTION OF THE GUERNSEY AT ASBURY PARK, WITH A LOSS OF $20,000.
Asbury Park, N.J., Sept. 4. - Fire at about 1 A.M. this morning destroyed the big Hotel Guernsey, at Grand and Seventh Avenues, owned and managed by MESSRS. LUNGER and STEINMETZ of Philadelphia. The building, which was a substantial four-story structure, was totally burned in an hour from the time the fire started. The loss on the house will reach $20,000, on which there was a small insurance. There was only $1,500 insurance on the furniture, which was valued at $6,000.
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The New York Times - New York, New York - September 5, 1894
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Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Bowling Green, KY - Sept 4 -(Special) - At 8 o'clock this morning, Joseph Newton, a car repairer, while at work on a damaged car in the L & N yards here, was crushed in such a horrible manner between two cars that his death was the matter of only a little time. He was at work at one end of a car standing in the yard, when another train backed against the car on which he was at work, and caused the accident. Newton was thirty years of age, was married and the father of four children. He had been ... Read MORE...
Courier Journal - Louisville, Kentucky - September 5, 1891
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1891 - UNDER THE WHEELS. A Car Repairer Killed in the Yards at Bowling Green
Bowling Green, KY - Sept 4 -(Special) - At 8 o'clock this morning, Joseph Newton, a car repairer, while at work on a damaged car in the L & N yards here, was crushed in such a horrible manner between two cars that his death was the matter of only a little time. He was at work at one end of a car standing in the yard, when another train backed against the car on which he was at work, and caused the accident. Newton was thirty years of age, was married and the father of four children. He had been ... Read MORE...
Courier Journal - Louisville, Kentucky - September 5, 1891
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Springfield, Illinois, USA
Springfield, Ill., Sept. 4. - A horrible accident occurred at the state fair grounds this afternoon.
The west tower on the great machinery hall, which is now being roofed, collapsed and fell in, burying several men beneath its ruins.
CHARLES HOBSON and JAMES PARKER, both plumbers of Lincoln, Neb., who were at work on the ground floor were killed. They were covered with several tons of brick and mortar...
Neither building nor tower was braced, but whether this caused the accident or not... Read MORE...
Omaha Daily Bee - Omaha, Nebraska - September 5, 1895
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1895 - BURIED UNDER TONS OF DEBRIS. TOWER OF ONE OF THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIR BUILDING COLLAPSES.
Springfield, Ill., Sept. 4. - A horrible accident occurred at the state fair grounds this afternoon.
The west tower on the great machinery hall, which is now being roofed, collapsed and fell in, burying several men beneath its ruins.
CHARLES HOBSON and JAMES PARKER, both plumbers of Lincoln, Neb., who were at work on the ground floor were killed. They were covered with several tons of brick and mortar...
Neither building nor tower was braced, but whether this caused the accident or not... Read MORE...
Omaha Daily Bee - Omaha, Nebraska - September 5, 1895
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1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)
MONUMENT FOR SUPPOSED SEWING MACHINE INVENTOR
Lyons, France, Aug. 23. - (Correspondence of Associated Press) - A monument is to be erected here soon in honor of Bartholomew Thimonnier, whom the French claim was the inventor of the sewing machine.
Thimonnier, a tailor's assistant, constructed his first working model in 1829, and was thrashed by his fellow workmen who complained that his "devilish invention" would take the bread out of their mouths. Destitute and forgotten, Thimonnier died... Read MORE...
Salisbury Evening Post - Salisbury, North Carolina - September 5, 1919
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Charlton, Massachusetts, USA (Charlton City) (Charlton Depot)
Charlton, Mass., Sept. 5. - Two persons were killed and thirteen injured, three or four probably fatally, as the result of a trolley car on the Worcester and South Bridge street railway system leaving the rails and crashing into a tree a mile east of this village early today.
The dead:
MISS GRACE NELSON, Springfield, 20 years old.
MISS MORAN.
The car was taking to Worcester a party of people who had been attending an "old home" dance in Charlton and was running at a high rate of speed.... Read MORE...
Lima Daily News - Lima, Ohio - September 5, 1905
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1905 - LEFT THE RAILS. TWO PERSONS KILLED AND THIRTEEN INJURED IN A TROLLEY WRECK. OLD HOME DANCE IN A MASSACHUSETTS TOWN ENDED IN DISASTER FOR PARTICIPANTS.
Charlton, Mass., Sept. 5. - Two persons were killed and thirteen injured, three or four probably fatally, as the result of a trolley car on the Worcester and South Bridge street railway system leaving the rails and crashing into a tree a mile east of this village early today.
The dead:
MISS GRACE NELSON, Springfield, 20 years old.
MISS MORAN.
The car was taking to Worcester a party of people who had been attending an "old home" dance in Charlton and was running at a high rate of speed.... Read MORE...
Lima Daily News - Lima, Ohio - September 5, 1905
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1868 Russia sends 14,000 criminals to Siberia every year.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 5, 1868
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1868 King Christian, of Denmark, has taken out a patent for refining petroleum.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 5, 1868
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1868 Quebec believes that it suffers more from street beggers than any other city on the globe.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 5, 1868
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 5, 1868
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1868 King Christian, of Denmark, has taken out a patent for refining petroleum.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 5, 1868
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1868 Quebec believes that it suffers more from street beggers than any other city on the globe.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 5, 1868
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1868 In the little town of Mansfield, Mass., resides Mr. John H. Potter, who learned to read by overlooking the primer upside down, and who has ever since kept up the habit, partly from choice and partly from pride.
He reads everything wrong end first, and his case is probably the only instance of the kind on record. He is quite a well-read man, and is now in his forty-seventh year.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 5, 1868
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1881 September 5 - Great "Thumb Fire" (Huron Fire) killed 282 people, damages $2,347,000, was first natural disaster served by American Red Cross (Michigan)
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September 5, 1881
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1868 Captain Pierce, of Warren, R.I., has made three voyages yearly to Cuba for fifty-five years, without a single loss to himself or the insurance companies.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 5, 1868
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He reads everything wrong end first, and his case is probably the only instance of the kind on record. He is quite a well-read man, and is now in his forty-seventh year.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 5, 1868
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1881 September 5 - Great "Thumb Fire" (Huron Fire) killed 282 people, damages $2,347,000, was first natural disaster served by American Red Cross (Michigan)
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September 5, 1881
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1868 Captain Pierce, of Warren, R.I., has made three voyages yearly to Cuba for fifty-five years, without a single loss to himself or the insurance companies.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 5, 1868
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1958 September 5 - 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC
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September 5, 1958
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1909 Ogdensburg Hotel Burns.
OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Sept. 4. - The Erwin Hotel in this city was burned to-day, causing a loss estimated at $15,000. The guests escaped in their night clothing, saving few of their personal effects. The fire started in a shed near the hotel.
The New York Times
New York, New York
September 5, 1909
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1853 Destructive Fire at Augusta, Me., - Several Mills, &c., in Ruins - Large Number of Workmen thrown out of Employment.
AUGUSTA. Saturday, Sept. 3. About 2 o'clock this morning a destructive fire broke out in the spool factory of HARNDEN & LELAND, and spread speedily, communicating to the large machine-shop used by the railroad company, and to a four-mill, saw-mills, grist-mills, and two drying houses. The loss is estimated at $75,000 - partly insured. Many people are thrown out of employment.
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New York, New York
September 5, 1853
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September 5, 1958
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1909 Ogdensburg Hotel Burns.
OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Sept. 4. - The Erwin Hotel in this city was burned to-day, causing a loss estimated at $15,000. The guests escaped in their night clothing, saving few of their personal effects. The fire started in a shed near the hotel.
The New York Times
New York, New York
September 5, 1909
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1853 Destructive Fire at Augusta, Me., - Several Mills, &c., in Ruins - Large Number of Workmen thrown out of Employment.
AUGUSTA. Saturday, Sept. 3. About 2 o'clock this morning a destructive fire broke out in the spool factory of HARNDEN & LELAND, and spread speedily, communicating to the large machine-shop used by the railroad company, and to a four-mill, saw-mills, grist-mills, and two drying houses. The loss is estimated at $75,000 - partly insured. Many people are thrown out of employment.
The New York Times
New York, New York
September 5, 1853
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1890 Kind Deeds
Elizabeth Comstock, an aged Quaker preacher in Union Springs, N. Y., has visited in her lifetime 122,000 persons, and nearly twice that many sick persons in and out of the poor houses, on battlefields, etc.
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New Oxford, Pennsylvania
September 5, 1890
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1896 LEG CUT OFF BY A CAR.
Ware - Patrick McAuly, 69, of Pine street, father of McAuly, the noted ball player for the Washington team, while returning from his barn to his house across the spur track last evening was run over by a car that was backing into the Otis company’s mill yard, and had his left leg torn off below the knee. Dr. W. W. Miner, assisted by Drs. Ryan and Blodgett, amputated the leg above the knee.
The Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
September 5, 1896
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Elizabeth Comstock, an aged Quaker preacher in Union Springs, N. Y., has visited in her lifetime 122,000 persons, and nearly twice that many sick persons in and out of the poor houses, on battlefields, etc.
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New Oxford, Pennsylvania
September 5, 1890
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1896 LEG CUT OFF BY A CAR.
Ware - Patrick McAuly, 69, of Pine street, father of McAuly, the noted ball player for the Washington team, while returning from his barn to his house across the spur track last evening was run over by a car that was backing into the Otis company’s mill yard, and had his left leg torn off below the knee. Dr. W. W. Miner, assisted by Drs. Ryan and Blodgett, amputated the leg above the knee.
The Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
September 5, 1896
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America - Did you know?
1836 - Alabama become the first state in the U.S. to officially legalize Christmas.
Quebec - Did you know?
On Sunday mornings, residents of New France attended Mass. The rest of the day was spent playing games or dancing or in friendly visits of one family with another.
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