February 29 News - 1704 - French forces from Quebec and Native American forces under the command of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville attacked the village of Deerfield, Massachusetts.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1952 - THOUSANDS SEE THEATRE GO UP IN $75,000 BLAZE.

Fire Thursday gutted the 42-year-old Furby theatre, 597 Portage avenue, causing damage estimated at $75,000.

No one was injured.

Friday morning city engineering officials probed the ruins and one said the tower at the front of the building was in a "pretty precarious position." A complete report on the state of the building was expected by Friday afternoon.

HANS FRIES, owner of the Dandy Diner Food Bar, 601 Portage, and JOHN GILLESPIE, 696 Academy Rd., turned in the first alarms after... Read MORE...

Winnipeg Free Press -  Winnipeg, Manitoba -  February 29, 1952
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1704 - February 29 - French forces from Quebec and Native American forces under the command of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville attacked the village of Deerfield, Massachusetts.

February 29, 1704 - Queen Anne's War - Deerfield Massacre - Major Jean-Baptiste de Rouville and his four brothers attack and burn an English settlement at Salmon Falls in the Connecticut River valley with a band of 250 French and Abenaki Indians, killing 43 civilians and capturing over 100; the attack was in part a religious crusade to retrieve a French church bell acquired by the Indians of New France that had been captured by a privateer, taken to Salem and sold to the people of Deerfield,... Read MORE...

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 In winter, most of Canada is covered by a thick layer of snow. In Quebec City, there is an average layer of snow on the ground for 140 days a year. During the peak of winter there is a pack of more than half a meter of snow. The first snow falls in...Read MORE...



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February 28 News - 1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated - 1853 Potato Chips are Invented!

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1878 - Courting Advice

We are two sisters, good-looking, sociable, refined and educated, but we have no admirers. We will not talk nonsense and think, perhaps that is the cause. What is your opinion ?
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1827 - February 28 – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

On February 28, 1827, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first U.S. railway chartered for commercial transport of passengers and freight. There were skeptics who doubted that a steam engine could work along steep, winding grades, but the Tom Thumb, designed by Peter Cooper, put an end to their doubts. Investors hoped a railroad would allow Baltimore, the second largest U.S. city at the time, to successfully compete with New York for western trade.

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Indian Slap Jacks

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Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

1917 - 3 TROLLEY CARS CRASH. FOG CAUSES ACCIDENT ON HACKENSACK TRESTLE - MOTORMEN MAY DIE.

Hackensack, N. J., Feb. 27. - Three trolley cars met in a crash on a trestle over the Erie Railroad this morning. As a result, the three motormen are in the hospital in a serious condition.

There is a single track on the trestle, and as a car enters it a signal is flashed. A heavy fog hid the signal lights today. A car bound from Newark to Edgewater entered the stretch of track and about half way over the trestle crashed into an eastbound car.

A third car, bound for Edgewater, struck the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  February 28, 1917
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA

1904 - FIRE RUINED THE CAPITOL WISCONSIN'S MAGNIFICENT CAPITOL BUILDING TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE ONE MILLION DOLLAR LOSS

LOSS IS FIXED AT $1,000,000 EXCLUSIVE OF VALUABLE RELICS BURNED
THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO INSURANCE ON THE BUILDING, THE STATE HAVING CHANGED FROM INSURANCE IN COMPANIES TO A SYSTEM OF STATE INSURANCE - CAPITOL FIGHT EXPECTED.
Madison, Wis., Feb. 27. - Wisconsin's picturesque capitol, the pride of the state for decades, is in ruins. All that remains intact from the devastating flames which started early this morning is the extreme north extension, the contents of which are practically ruined by... Read MORE...

The Grand Forks Daily Herald -  Grand Forks, North Dakota  -  February 28, 1904
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Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

1906 - BY FLAMES AND EXPLOSIONS, FIVE HUNDRED SHIRT FACTORY GIRLS IN PERIL.

Unsuccessful Attempt to Burn the Boy's Hall of the Louisana Industrial School.

Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 28. - Five minutes after some 500 factory girls had marched out of the big factory of the Star Shirt Co., Tuesday, the building was a roaring furnace, and within an hour it was in ruins. The fire was most spectacular, but was confined to one building of the group owned by Hutchinson, Peirce & Co., of New York.

Twenty of the girls became panic-stricken and were taken from the windows to... Read MORE...

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1854  February 28 – The Republican Party (United States) is founded in Ripon, Wisconsin.

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1849  February 28 – Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay.
The California leaves New York Harbor on October 6, 1848, rounds Cape Horn at the tip of South America, and arrives at San Francisco, California after the 4 month 21 day journey.
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1900 February 28, 1900 - A massive storm spreads record snows from Kansas to New York State. Snowfall totals ranged up to 43 inches at Rochester NY.

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1853  August 24 - 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs NY)

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February 28, 1928

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1906  KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF NITRO-GLYCERINE
(By Associated Press.) MARIETTA, O., Feb. 27. - In a terrific explosion of nitro-glycerin[sic], H. B. Kerr, an employe of the Marietta Torpedo Company, was killed, little Yondar Cross seriously injured and a dozen persons injured. Kerr had gone to the glycerine magazine two miles beyond Williamstown, W. Va., for a load of glycerine and had just started from the magazine when the explosion occurred.

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February 28, 1906

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1917  MIDSHIPMEN FIGHT FIRE. Dangerous Blaze at Annapolis Prevented by Them from Spreading.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 27. - A battalion of midshipmen from the Naval Academy tonight fought a fire which started in the business section of this city. When the fire got beyond control of citizens, the cadets were dispatched by Superintendent Edward W. Eberle with bluejackets and two fireboats, and kept the fire from spreading. Captains Eberle and Louis M. Nulton directed the work of the middies.

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February 28, 1917

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 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin is published. It becomes one of the most influential works to stir anti-slavery sentiments.

 

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 The surrounding regions of Quebec are “missing” gravity. This area has the lowest gravity on Earth.

 

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February 27 News - 1898 - EXPLOSION DURING A FIRE. FIVE FIREMEN AND A DRAYMAN WERE KILLED AT KALAMAZOO, MICH., LAST NIGHT.

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1896 - February 27 - Court Calendar Attachments

CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT, UTLEY, J. - WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26
Charles T. Aldrich Jr., the Sutton mill superintendent who shot and seriously wounded Albert Baker last Saturday, was arraigned, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.
State Detective Peleg F. Murray, who has been at work upon the case for the past few days, informed the court that he had called upon Baker, the victim of the shooting, in company with his attending physician, Tuesday afternoon. He found him in a critical condition,... Read MORE...

Worcester Daily Spy -  Worcester, Massachusetts -  February 27, 1896
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

1898 - EXPLOSION DURING A FIRE. FIVE FIREMEN AND A DRAYMAN WERE KILLED AT KALAMAZOO, MICH., LAST NIGHT.

Kalamazoo, Mich., Feb. 26. - Fire broke out in Hall Bros.' laboratory at 10 o'clock this evening.

While the firemen were trying to put out the fire in the second story a terrific explosion took place below, blowing up the entire side of the building. The first explosion was followed by two others. Firemen on the ladders were blown in every direction by the fearful concussion. The flames shot high into the air and it looked for a moment as if there would be an awful conflagration. The crowd... Read MORE...

Kansas City Sunday Journal -  Kansas City, Missouri -  February 27, 1898
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Potato snow (1892)

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Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

1901 - HACKENSACK ARMORY BURNED. NATIONAL GUARD DANCE WAS IN PROGRESS WHEN FIRE STARTED - BUILDING ALSO THE OPERA HOUSE.

Hackensack, N. J., Feb. 26. - The Hackensack Armory, which was also the Opera House, was destroyed by fire tonight, and shortly after midnight the side walls began to tumble in. The building had been Hackensack's pride for a number of years, and when it was sold under foreclosure proceedings a couple of years ago, Company M of the Fourth Regiment was enabled to buy it through the liberality of the residents of the village.

Within an hour tonight the building, which was of brick, with two... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  February 27, 1901
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1890s
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Columbus, Ohio, USA

1909 - $200,000 FIRE IN COLUMBUS. Blaze Destroys Five-Story Building Opposite the One in Which It Started.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 26. - Fire which started by a gas explosion early to-day in the four-story building occupied by the Brunswick Bowling Company, opposite the rear of the Chittenden Hotel, spread to the five-story building occupied by the Tracy-Wells Company and destroyed it with the contents. The total loss is placed at $200,000.

Many tenants occupied the upper rooms of the Brunswick Bowling Company and twenty families were driven out. Several soldiers who happen to be near helped to... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  February 27, 1909
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1894  Col. Cheney's Home Destroyed.
ASHLAND, N. H., Feb. 26.---The home of Col. Thomas P. Cheney, United States Pension Agent for New-Hampshire and Vermont, was burned to the ground yesterday morning. Col. Cheney, his wife, and daughter Annie, together with Miss Grace Applebee, a guest barely escaped, clad only in the lightest clothing. Miss Applebee, who gave the alarm to the neighbors, ran several rods on the snow without clothing, and had both feet badly frozen. Mr. Cheney received a wound in the forehead, the result of an...
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February 27, 1894

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1943  February 27 – Smith Mine disaster: an explosion at Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, United States kills 74 coal miners.

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1827  Februray 27 - 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans

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 May 13, 1846 - Mexican War: U.S. declares war on Mexico in effort to gain California and other territory in Southwest. War concludes with signing of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Feb. 2, 1848). Mexico recognizes Rio Grande as new boundary with Texas...Read MORE...



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 The Loup-Garou
A staple of Quebecois folklore, the story of the loup-garou AKA werewolf goes something like this: A young man named Andre wants to become a hunter and trapper and unknowingly apprentices with a man who’s a werewolf. What’s more,...Read MORE...



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February 26 News - 1900 - BARRE BARBER SHOP BLOWS UP. Explosion of a Hot Water Heater Wrecks a Building and Knocks Man Senseless.

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Geneva, New York, USA

1900 - BY A FAST EXPRESS. SIX MEMBERS OF A FAMILY ARE HURLED TO INSTANT DEATH. DISASTER OCCURRED ON A CROSSING. DIN OF A WINTER'S GALE DROWNED THE THUNDER OF THE APPROACHING TRAIN, AND THE HORSE WAS DRIVEN INTO THE VERY JAWS OF DEATH

GRUESOME FEATURES OF THE ACCIDENT.

Geneva, N.Y., Feb. 26. - A carriage containing seven persons was struck by an express train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Tuttle's crossing.
The dead - MRS. AMY SMITH, 48; BERT SMITH, 23; MISS MIRANDA SMITH, 20; GLEE SMITH, 15; CATHERINE SMITH, 8. The injured - PORTER SMITH, husband of Mrs. Smith and father of the other victims; GARDNER SMITH, 21.

The family had spent the evening at a friend's house near Tuttle Corner's crossing, and started home a... Read MORE...

The Daily Herald -  Delphos, Ohio -  February 26, 1900
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Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

1934 - COLLEGE STUDENTS GAS VICTIMS WHEN FURNACE EXPLODED. NINE MEN PERISH TOGETHER WITH DOG IN FRATERNITY HOUSE AT HANOVER - ALL WERE POPULAR.

Hanover, N. H., Feb. 26. - (UP) - Nine Dartmouth college students who had gone to bed in their fraternity house early Sunday after an evening of gaiety, were dead today, suffocated in their sleep by carbon monoxide gas from a faulty furnace.

The tragedy was discovered by Merton D. Little, janitor, when he visited the Theta Chi house late Sunday afternoon. Dr. Ernest Martin Hopkins, president of the college, who learned of the tragedy while entertaining a group of the alumni at tea, withheld... Read MORE...

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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

Never walk fast in the
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St Paul, Minnesota, USA

1884 - FIRE AT ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 26. - A most disastrous fire has occurred here. The building destroyed was a large four-story warehouse at the corner of Pine and Prince streets, west end. The building was occupied by MAST, BURFORD, BURWELL & Co., dealery in agricultural implements, the rest of the structure being occupied by the offices of the St. Paul Harvesting works, the stove concern of BRAND & Co., and store rooms of GLIDDEN, GRIGGS & Co., wholesale grocers, the latter firm also having a large stock ... Read MORE...

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Stockton, California, USA

1879 - HAVOC IN A CROWD. TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE CAUSED BY A CALIFORNIAN ENGINEER'S STUPIDITY.

San Francisco, February 22. - A terrific explosion took place today of El Dorado Street, Stockton. A crowd of more than two hundred people had assembled to witness the trial of a new propeller pump set in Stockton Slough and run by a threshing engine. Those who stood near were prostrated. The body of the engineer was blown a distance of 150 feet through the crowd. Ten or twelve dead bodies lay in one heap at the northwest corner of the bridge. Others were strewn dead and drying on the street,... Read MORE...

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Vergennes, Vermont, USA

1900 - Heavy Fire Loss of Vergennes Firm

The Vergennes Manufacturing Company's plant caught fire Wednesday, February 21, and was burned to the ground. The loss is seven or eight thousand dollars and the plant was insured for $4,500. The firm were manufacturers of furniture, sash, doors and blinds and house furnishings and also ran a sawmill in connection with their other business. They employed 15 men. About $2,000 of finished work ready for shipment was burned. Several men lost their kits of tools on which their was no insurance. The ... Read MORE...

St. Albans Daily Messenger -  St. Albans, Vermont -  February 26, 1900
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Louisville, Kentucky, USA

1898 - A COSTLY SMOKE. NATIONAL TOBACCO WAREHOUSE AT LOUISVILLE, KY., BURNED.

THREE MEN WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED, TWO OF WHOM MAY DIE.
HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WERE ENDANGERED -- THE LOSS WILL BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS, FULLY INSURED -- MANY PERSONS OUT OF WORK.

Louisville, Ky., Feb. 26 - Picking, drying and steaming warehouses of the National Tobacco Co., situated at Twenty-fourth and Main Streets, were totally destroyed by fire Friday morning. The loss will amount to $1,000,000, fully covered by insurance. Mr. W. R. Duke, of New York, president of the... Read MORE...

Daily Public Ledger -  Maysville, Kentucky -  February 26, 1898
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1890  Merrimac Glove Factory Fire
The works of the Merrimac Glove Factory, at Warner, N. H., together with a large amount of stock, were burned yesterday morning. The loss is $40,000; insurance $25,000.

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February 26, 1890

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1884  THE WORK OF DEATH. FOUR LIVES LOST AT A FIRE IN JACKSON, MICHIGAN. SURROUNDED BY FLAMES THE VICTIMS JUMP FOR THEIR LIVES.
Jackson, Mich., Feb. 26. - A conflagration swept away the Union Hall block, a four-story building, costing $125,000 in 1864, and containing four stores, a bank, a hotel and a theatre, and also burned to the ground three frame buildings and half destroyed two more, which joined the Union block on the east. Four lives are reported lost, but the body of only one has been found. It proved to be that of CHARLES CORNELL, a crippled soldier. JOHN PRIOR, MRS. BANKS, a colored waiter, and an unknown...
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The Evening Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
February 26, 1884

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1929  February 26 – The Grand Teton National Park is established by the United States Congress.

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1972 February 26, 1972 - The Buffalo Creek disaster occurred in the Buffalo Creek Hollow of Logan County in West Virginia.
A coal slag dam on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek burst sending a fifty foot wall of water down a narrow valley killing 125 persons and causing 51 million dollars damage. Three days of rain atop a six inches snow cover prompted the dam break.
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1870  An Amsterdam (N. Y.) man has invented a patent glass coffin, which can be hermetically sealed after the air is exhausted, thus preserving bodies perfectly without embalming.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870

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1870  John Goold was recently released from the State Prison at Thomaston, Maine,
on account of a dying confession of a man who, years before, had committed a murder for which Goold suffered imprisonment.

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Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870

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1869  Salem and South Danvers (Mass.) Oil Company gave each of their seven workmen a New Year's gift of $100.


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February 26, 1870

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1870  The Congregational church at Townsend Centre, Mass., have discontinued the use of fermented wines at their communion services, using instead the expressed juice of raisins.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870

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1870  There are 226,000 children in Maine between the ages of four and twenty-one, and only fifty per cent of these attend school.


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1870  At a recent celebration of the Lord's Supper, in Bradford, Mass., the silver goblets used by the church in 1730, 140 years ago, were made use of.


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February 26, 1870

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1732  February 26 - 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia

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1930  February 26 - 1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)

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1892  Newsboy Run Over and Killed
Last Friday evening as two Lake cars were passing at D street in Pueblo, a newsboy dodged behind one and in coming in front of the other was struck by it and instantly killed. He was taken to McMahon & Colliers undertaking rooms were he was identified as Snell Johnson, son of a railroad employee living near the corner of Sixth and Greenwood streets. The boy was about 11 years old.

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Akron, Ohio
February 26, 1892

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1900  BARRE BARBER SHOP BLOWS UP. Explosion of a Hot Water Heater Wrecks a Building and Knocks Man Senseless.
(Special to the Messenger.) BARRE, Feb. 26. - A hot water heater exploded this morning in the barber shop of William Miers on Main street, blowing out the front of the shop and sending several pieces of the heater through the walls into the adjoining stores. Fred Beckman, one of the three barbers in the shop at the time, was knocked senseless and at noon had not recovered consciousness. He was hurt about the head but it is not yet known how seriously.

St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
February 26, 1900

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 1971 - No Pig Greasing in Contests

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Quebec - Did you know?

 An older French Canadian man may kiss the hand of a woman. Accept this gesture graciously. A foreign man shouldn't kiss the hand of a French Canadian woman, who would be quite shocked.

 

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Satin Skin Cream
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February 25 News - 1882 - Clever Woman

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A New Idea in Trunks
The Stallman Dresser Trunk
F. A. Stallman, Columbus O.

The Ladies' Home Journal
July 1898

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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Baked Cabbage Ball

ake a large, firm cabbage, boil whole in salt and water till tender enough to eat, but not to fall to pieces; then lay in cold water till ready for use, or until perfectly cold. Take the leaves from the stalk without breaking...Read MORE...



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Home Laundry Bucket $1

Home Laundry Bucket Co., Cortland, N.Y.

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June 1898

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Portland, Oregon, USA

1916 - Funeral Is Halted While 14 Months Old Boy Is Carried Home.

Nick Falotico, the 14 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Falotico, 615 Fourth Street, was possibly fatally injured by being struck by Finley & Sons' Hearse during a funeral yesterday afternoon. The funeral party stopped while the child was taken home and a physician summoned, and then went on to Riverview Cemetery.

The child was sitting in front of his home near Fourth and Sheridan Streets when the funeral party approached. He jumped up and ran out into the road, evidently intending to... Read MORE...

Morning Oregonian -  Portland, Oregon -  February 25, 1916
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Superior, Wisconsin, USA

1925 - Workers Survive When Blast Blows Roof From Plant

Superior - George Murray and Carl Malyszeski, both of Washburn, are recovering at a Washburn hospital after a miraculous escape when the smokeless powder dryer house of the Dupont plant was blown to pieces.
The roof was blown 150 feet from the rest of the building and the front of the building was also blown away.

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Sheboygan Press -  Sheboygan, Wisconsin -  February 25, 1925
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1823 - Fire

A cotton factory at Meredith, New-Hampshire was totally consumed on Thursday, the 12th inst; Such was the rapidity of the flames that the building was destroyed in 37 minutes, and of seven females, who were at work in the upper part of the building when the fire broke out and whose escape was cut off by the progress of the flames, six were compelled to leap from a window 30 feet from the ground, and were much injured in fractures and bruises, and one was taken, almost suffocated, from a small... Read MORE...

American Mercury -  Hartford, Connecticut -  February 25, 1823
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1912 - Ty Cobb Offered Match - Wanted in Pittsfield, Mass., to Meet Billy Mantel

Failing to induce Young Britt or George Chaney to sign agreements for a match, Ty Cobb, the Philadelphian, will likely leave the city in a few days for Pittsfield, Mass., where he has been offered a match with Billy Gallant, a young New Englander, who has attracted much attention of late. Cobb made a hit with the fans of the Massachusetts town recently when eh outpointed Harry Thomas, the English champion, in 10 rounds. The Philadelphian is in good shape now and is confident that he can defeat... Read MORE...

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Baltimore American -  Baltimore, Maryland -  February 25, 1912
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1870  February 25 - Profits of the Dairy
A farmer in Bakersfield, Vermont, during the past dairy season, has made from fifteen cows 3,000 pounds of butter. He sold it for 45 cents a pound, realizing $1,350. He also raised ten calves, now worth $100, and 1,000 pounds of pork, which he sold for $130; making as the proper income of dairy $1,580, besides supplying the family.

Weekly Oregon Statesman
Salem, Oregon
February 25, 1870

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1882  February 25 - Mrs. Stewart was alone and unarmed when two tramps took forcible possession of her house, at New Vineyard, Me.
While they were eating and drinking in the kitchen, she whittled a stick into the shape of a pistol, blackened it with soot, then made a fierce onslaught on the rascals, who fled precipitately.

The Lafayette Adviser
Lafayette, Louisiana
February 25, 1882

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1897  C.N. Paquin, postmaster of St. Cuthbert, Berthier county, Quebec, is in trouble.
He is $21,00 behind in his payments. The matter has been reported by the post office department to the justice department. It was first discovered by Assistant Inspector Chillers of Three Rivers. He was in Montreal lately and found that money orders from St. Cuthbert were being presented for payment to one Paquin, Montreal, supposed to be a brother of Postmaster Paquin, for $2,000. Chillers stopped payment and then it was discovered that Postmaster Paquin had been carrying this amount since...
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The Ottawa Journal
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
February 25, 1897

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1919  February 25 – Oregon places a one cent per US gallon (0.26¢/liter) tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.

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1901  February 25 – U.S. Steel is incorporated by industrialist J. P. Morgan as the first billion-dollar corporation.

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February 25, 1901

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1936  February 24th - 25th - 1936 - Vermont and New Hampshire received brown snow due to dust from storms in the Great Plains Region. A muddy rain fell across parts of northern New York State.

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February 25, 1936

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1888  Charles Wingard and Annie Fox, his niece, who eloped from Monroe, Mich., and were captured an taken to Alliance O., committed suicide with pistols on the 22d.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 25, 1888

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1888  At Palmer, Mass., the Inabaug [sic] river overflowed on the 21st, flooding the town and doing great damage.


St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 25, 1888

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1871  Proud of his accomplishment
An enterprising son of four years, in West Springfield, Massachusetts, told his mother in great glee the other morning that he had made a nice fire in a bureau drawer, and he had. Prompt action, however, saved the house, and rendered unnecessary the presence of the firemen, who were about rushing to the spot.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 25, 1871

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1850  Destructive Fire
A fire occurred on the 17th inst., in Rhany's [R. Haney's] extensive hardware store, Batavia, New York. There being no water, the flames spread with great rapidity, consuming Mr. Gordon's house, his office and dwelling the rear of the American Hotel, and several other buildings. The total loss by this fire is estimated at $50,000, on which there is partial insurance.

The Adams Sentinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
February 25, 1850

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1851  School Fire
The Grand Jury of the Court of Queen's Bench, at Three Rivers, ignored the Bill against Mr. Forquin, M. P. P. and others, charged with having set fire to a school house at Yamaska. Five school rioters were convicted, and three of the witnesses were tried and convicted of perjury for denying the truth of the statements they had made in their preliminary examinations.

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New York, New York
February 25, 1851

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1947  February 25 - The German state of Prussia is officially abolished by the Allied Control Council.

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February 25, 1947

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1847  Fire In Brimfield
The beautiful Congregational Church in Brimfield, Mass. was consumed by fire on Sunday forenoon last. It broke out during divine service, and took from one of the stove pipes in the ceiling through which it passed. Loss between $5000 and $6000; insured $3000.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Boston, Massachusetts
February 25, 1847

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 1839 - Apples and Apple Cider in New England

Apple trees have been cultivated and apple cider produced in New England from early Colonial days, when the region's first apple orchards were planted. The American folk hero "Johnny Appleseed" (John...Read MORE...



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Quebec - Did you know?

 Quebec banned ads for toys and fast food aimed at children under 13, resulting in lowered childhood obesity rates.

 

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July 1898

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February 24 News - 1874 - A Curious Clock

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 February 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 February 24 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.

A Conference of Six Churches in the Congregational Chruch, Preston City, October 16th, 1912

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1896 - February 24 - MILLBURY. Albert Baker's Condition. Wounded Boy Suffering Much Pain, and Case Still Serious

The condition of Albert Baker, the boy shot by C. T. Aldrich, Jr., Saturday, is still serious. He had a bad night Saturday night, as reported by Dr. Cronin. The wound is very painful and his nervous system is completely shattered. Edward Fallon, who was one of the mill hands that held Aldrich for a few moments when Baker was trying to get away, will be a very important witness at the trial, Wednesday. He has left the employ of Aldrich. He said: "I do not care to work for a man that would shoot... Read MORE...

Worcester Daily Spy -  Worcester, Massachusetts -  February 24, 1896
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Lewiston, Maine, USA

1903 - THE ODLIN SLOT MACHINES - Taken from Him by the Deputy Sheriffs Yesterday to Be Destroyed Today.

The ex-city marshal Odlin's got a bunch of nickel-in-the-slot machines at his home on Newman street. These machines were seized by him while he was city marshal. They were initially stored in the Lewiston city building, but as Odlin was nearing completion of his term of office, he removed them to his home. The machines have been confiscated and will be destroyed. Odlin told Sheriff Cummings that even though "the law states that the slot machines shall be destroyed," once Odlin had left office... Read MORE...

The Lewiston Daily Sun -  Lewiston, Maine -  Tuesday morning, February 24, 1903
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To make a Cheshire Pork Pie for Sea.

Take some salt pork that has been boiled, cut it into thin slices, an equal quantity of potatoes pared and sliced thin, make a good crust, cover the dish, lay a layer of meat seasoned with a little pepper, and ...Read MORE...



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Melrose, Massachusetts, USA

1930 - BEAN FACTORY BLAST CRITICALLY BURNS MAN

Melrose, Feb. 23. - (AP) - Armand Thiberg, an employe[sic] of Friend Brothers, bakers, was critically burned about the face and hands tonight when a large gas oven in the company's bean factory exploded. At Melrose hospital it was believed he would lose the sight of one eye.

Thiberg had come to the factory to light the ovens. It was believed that the heater did not light and that gas collecting in the oven became ignited. Thiberg was thrown across the room by the force of the blast, which... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  February 24, 1930
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1871 - The Poisoning Case in East Windsor, Conn. - The Suspected Woman Bound Over for Trial.

HARTFORD, Feb, 23 - Mrs. ANN STILES, who was arrested on suspicion of being the person who sent the boxes of candy containing arsenic by mail to two families in East Windsor, was examined before EDMUND WATSON, Justice of the Peace, in that town, yesterday. The testimony of LESTER DEWEY, the husband of Mrs. SARAH M. DEWEY, who was most dangerously poisoned, the Postmasters who received and delivered the boxes, was heard, and she was bound over for trial in the sum of $2,500. She will be brought... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  February 24, 1871
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1893  ACCIDENTS TO RAILROAD TRAINS. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND TWO WERE FATALLY INJURED.
CHESTER, Vt., Feb. 23. - A big snowplow on the Central Vermont Railroad, pushed by two engines, left the rails and tumbled down an embankment two miles above Ludlow this morning. The snowplow was smashed and one engine. The snowplow was smashed and one engine was shattered. Section Boss Brown of Bellows Falls was fatally injured and Roadmaster Sheehan of Rutland had both legs broken.

The New York Times
New York, New York
February 24, 1893

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1885  February 24 - The Congregational church at Conway, Mass., was totally destroyed by fire last night. Loss, $12,000.


The Times
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 24, 1885

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1890  February 24 – Chicago is selected to host the Columbian Exposition

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February 24, 1890

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1872  Three young sons of Mr. Miller, of Sharon, Mass., were drowned in that town the other day, by breaking through the ice.


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Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 24, 1872

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1868  February 24 - 1st US parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile Alabama)

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February 24, 1868

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1930  INJURED IN PLANE CRASH
Roswell, N. M., Feb. 23. - (AP) - Onis Reynolds of Roswell, was injured, perhaps fatally, here today in an airplane crash, when his plane fell from an altitude of 200 feet as he attempted to make a turn. William Kennedy, a passenger, escaped with minor injuries. The plane was demolished.

The Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
February 24, 1930

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1957  THREE BOYS KILLED WHEN CAVE COLLAPSES.
Anaheim, Calif., Feb. 23 (AP) - Three boys were killed yesterday when a cave they were digging in an embankment collapsed. Buried under tons of earth were LARRY JOSEPH SCHARER, 12; STEPHEN WAYNE JONES, 10, and WILLIAM DAVID BARRON, 7. BILLY HUSHMAN, 10, who was digging with the others in a bank of dirt at a freeway project, went home about 1 p.m. to get a shovel. When he returned, he found the cave obliterated.

The News and Tribune
Jefferson City, Missouri
February 24, 1957

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1900  BIG LOSS. Fire in Alabama Does Damage to the Extent of Many Thousands.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 23. - An explosion of a gasoline stove in the basement of the Metropolitan hotel this afternoon was followed by a fire which burned that building and the Hewett block adjoining, causing a loss of about $160,000. The insurance amounts to about three-fourths of the loss. After two hours' hard work by the firemen the flames were beyond control and fearing the entire block, including the Potter buildings and the Morris hotel, would be swept away, a telegram was sent to...
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Grand Forks Daily Herald
Grand Forks, North Dakota
February 24, 1900

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1874  A Curious Clock
A Thompson, Connecticut, clock company has shipped a curious clock to San Francisco, to be placed in the tower of the greatest hotel on the continent, where it will furnish the time for 500 dials, which are to be operated by compressed air carried in pipes all over the building. The building has 500 rooms and there is to be a dial in every room.

The Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas
February 24, 1874

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1893  Train Wreck
GARDNER, Mass., Feb. 23. - A train on the Central Massachusetts Railroad, eastbound, left the track a mile east of Jeffersonville this morning. Two milk cars went down a ten-foot embankment, and were capsized. One passenger coach left the track. There were only a few passengers aboard, and no one was seriously injured, though all received slight bruises and considerable of a shaking up. The accident was caused by the spreading of the rails.

The New York Times
New York, New York
February 24, 1893

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1880 ire
At East Lyme, Conn. The woolen mill of the Atlantic Mills Co., at East Lyme, Ct., was burned Monday afternoon. Loss $50,000.
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St. Albans Daily Messenger
St. Albans, Vermont
February 24, 1880

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 A South Dakota miner started calling Mount Rushmore by this name after a visiting New York attorney – Charles Rushmore – inquired about the granite cliff’s name. The name stuck and became official in 1930.

 

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 In New France, the vast majority of newcomers were either soldiers or indentured workers. Before crossing the Atlantic, the indentured workers had signed a contract providing for a predetermined stay. Most of them saw it as a temporary contract, not ...Read MORE...



History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.

 

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The White Sewing Machine Company was a sewing machine company founded in 1858 in Templeton, Massachusetts, by Thomas H. White and based in Cleveland, Ohio, since 1866. Founded as the White Manufacturing Company it took the White Sewing Machine Company name when it was incorporated in 1876. wikipedia

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