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 30, 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 30 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)
Man of Wide Business and Social Interests.
End Comes at His Home in Southbridge.
SOUTHBRIDGE, Sept 30 - George W. Wells, president of the American Optical Company, died of neuritis at his home here today.
Mr Wells had been a sufferer from neuritis since February, 1911. The effots of physicians and specialists at Hot Springs, New York and Mt Clemens failed to give substantial relief, and this infliction, together with complications that later developed as a result, have been... Read MORE...
The Boston Globe - Boston, Massachusetts - Monday September 30, 1912
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1912 - Death Takes George W. Wells - Head of Amercian Optical Company
Man of Wide Business and Social Interests.
End Comes at His Home in Southbridge.
SOUTHBRIDGE, Sept 30 - George W. Wells, president of the American Optical Company, died of neuritis at his home here today.
Mr Wells had been a sufferer from neuritis since February, 1911. The effots of physicians and specialists at Hot Springs, New York and Mt Clemens failed to give substantial relief, and this infliction, together with complications that later developed as a result, have been... Read MORE...
The Boston Globe - Boston, Massachusetts - Monday September 30, 1912
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
How To Fry Quick Doughnuts
Put a frying kettle half full of fat over the fire to heat.
Shift together one pound of flour, one teaspoonful each of salt and bicarbonate of soda, and half a saltspoon full of grated nutmeg.
Beat half a pound of ...Read MORE...
March 17, 1885 Daily Missoulian
1935 - September 30 - Roosevelt Dedicates Boulder Dam (later to be known as Hoover Dam)
Government Spending Is To Be Ended
Private Industry Mus Now Maintain Recovery Pay Says F.R.
by Frederick A. Storm
United Press White House Correspondent
BOULDER DAM, Nev., Sept. 30 (U.P.) - Government spending has created the purchasing power - now it is up to private industry to maintain the recovery pace set by the New Deal, President Roosevelt told the nation today.
The 108,000,000 Boulder dam completed with PWA funds, and American's greatest engineering achievement since the... Read MORE...
The Daily Herald - Provo, Utah - September 30, 1935
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Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Frightful Casualty in Canada - Eleven Persons Killed and Twenty-five Wounded.
SOREL, Quebec, September 29 - About 7 o'clock last night a train coming from Yamaska run over an obstruction supposed to have been maliciously placed across the track. Six platform cars, upon which there were about seventy laborers, were in front and the engine in the rear and running at a fair speed. Two or three platform cars were upset by the shock and the men on board were fearfully crushed and mangled. Eleven... Read MORE...
The Times - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - September 30, 1875
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1875 - PERILS OF THE RAIL
Frightful Casualty in Canada - Eleven Persons Killed and Twenty-five Wounded.
SOREL, Quebec, September 29 - About 7 o'clock last night a train coming from Yamaska run over an obstruction supposed to have been maliciously placed across the track. Six platform cars, upon which there were about seventy laborers, were in front and the engine in the rear and running at a fair speed. Two or three platform cars were upset by the shock and the men on board were fearfully crushed and mangled. Eleven... Read MORE...
The Times - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - September 30, 1875
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Never try to outshine your guests in dress. It is vulgar in the extreme. A hostess should be dressed as simply as is consistent with the occasion, wearing, if she will, the richest fabrics, exquisitely made, but avoiding any display of jewels or gay ...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
Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
DYNAMITE CAUSES DISASTER
Car Runs Into Box of High Explosive in Boston Which Had Dropped From a Truck Onto the Track - Concussion Felt at Great Distance - Crowd of Three Thousand Gathers at Spot.
Boston, Mass. - By the explosion of a fifty-pound box of dynamite under a crowded trolley car in Melrose, a suburb of this city, six persons were killed outright - among them a woman and her child - three others received fatal injuries from which they died in the hospital and seventeen more were... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - September 30, 1904
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1904 - KILLED IN TROLLEY CRASH Half a Score Dead and Many More Injured by Explosion.
DYNAMITE CAUSES DISASTER
Car Runs Into Box of High Explosive in Boston Which Had Dropped From a Truck Onto the Track - Concussion Felt at Great Distance - Crowd of Three Thousand Gathers at Spot.
Boston, Mass. - By the explosion of a fifty-pound box of dynamite under a crowded trolley car in Melrose, a suburb of this city, six persons were killed outright - among them a woman and her child - three others received fatal injuries from which they died in the hospital and seventeen more were... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - September 30, 1904
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Pensacola, Florida, USA
Pensacola, Fla., (via Flomaton, Ala., by courier)
Sept. 29. - Flood followed hurricane wind, and rain this morning, and the city tonight is nearly submerged. Seven and one-half inches of rain fell in a little over three hours and the main streets of the city were turned into veritable rivers by this tremendous downpour. In some instances the water is shoulder deep. First floor cellars and many residences were deluged. Business is at a standstill. Debris of every description is floating through ... Read MORE...
Washington Times - Washington, D.C. - September 30, 1906
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1906 - DELUGE FOLLOWS FATAL HURRICANE; USE STREET BOATS. THIRTY KNOWN DEAD NEAR PENSACOLA, WITH LOSS OF $8,000,000.
Pensacola, Fla., (via Flomaton, Ala., by courier)
Sept. 29. - Flood followed hurricane wind, and rain this morning, and the city tonight is nearly submerged. Seven and one-half inches of rain fell in a little over three hours and the main streets of the city were turned into veritable rivers by this tremendous downpour. In some instances the water is shoulder deep. First floor cellars and many residences were deluged. Business is at a standstill. Debris of every description is floating through ... Read MORE...
Washington Times - Washington, D.C. - September 30, 1906
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1892 BEQUEST FOR STAMFORD. The Litte Town Remembered by Millionaire Houghton.
DEDHAM, Mass., Sept. 30. - The will of Andrew J. Houghton, the millionaire Boston brewer, contains only these public bequests: "To The Baptist and Methodist Episcopal churches of Stamford, Vt., $500 each, and to the town of Stamford, Vt., $500, the income to be used in keeping the town burial ground in good condition."
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St Albans, Vermont
September 30, 1892
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1915 BARNARD TO HAVE PASTOR. Oldest Vermont Universalist Parish Receives Large Bequest.
Barnard, Sept. 28. - At a recent parish meeting of the Universalist church it was voted to secure a permanent pastor as soon as possible. Barnard is the oldest Universalist paris hin Vermont and was an early pastorate of "Father" Ballou, the great Universalist theologian. No regular pastor has been settled here for many years, but the recent bequest of a large fund and a parsonage now make this possible.
St Albans Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
September 30, 1915
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1970 September 30 - A nineteen month drought in southern California came to a climax.
The drought, which made brush and buildings tinder dry, set up the worst fire conditions in California history as hot Santa Anna winds sent the temperature soaring to 105 degrees at Los Angeles, and to 97 degrees at San Diego. During that last week of September whole communities of interior San Diego County were consumed by fire. Half a million acres were burned, and the fires caused fifty million dollars damage.
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September 30, 1970
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DEDHAM, Mass., Sept. 30. - The will of Andrew J. Houghton, the millionaire Boston brewer, contains only these public bequests: "To The Baptist and Methodist Episcopal churches of Stamford, Vt., $500 each, and to the town of Stamford, Vt., $500, the income to be used in keeping the town burial ground in good condition."
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St Albans, Vermont
September 30, 1892
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1915 BARNARD TO HAVE PASTOR. Oldest Vermont Universalist Parish Receives Large Bequest.
Barnard, Sept. 28. - At a recent parish meeting of the Universalist church it was voted to secure a permanent pastor as soon as possible. Barnard is the oldest Universalist paris hin Vermont and was an early pastorate of "Father" Ballou, the great Universalist theologian. No regular pastor has been settled here for many years, but the recent bequest of a large fund and a parsonage now make this possible.
St Albans Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
September 30, 1915
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1970 September 30 - A nineteen month drought in southern California came to a climax.
The drought, which made brush and buildings tinder dry, set up the worst fire conditions in California history as hot Santa Anna winds sent the temperature soaring to 105 degrees at Los Angeles, and to 97 degrees at San Diego. During that last week of September whole communities of interior San Diego County were consumed by fire. Half a million acres were burned, and the fires caused fifty million dollars damage.
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September 30, 1970
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1882 In order to provide electricity to the paper industry, the nation's first hydro-electric central station, the Vulcan Street Plant on the Fox River, began operation on September 30, 1882. (Appleton, Wisconsin)
September 30, 1882
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1897 BIG BREWERY BURNED.
LaCrosse, Wis., Sept. 21. - Early Thursday morning fire was discovered in the roof of the brew house of the John Gund Brewing company's plant. The malt house contained several car loads of malt and about 5,000 bushels of barley, which was totally destroyed, and the office building, which stands across the street, was not burned, and a part of the engine-room was also saved. The cold storage contained about 12,000 barrels of beer, which is also destroyed. The total loss will exceed $200,000.
Iowa State Reporter
Waterloo, Iowa
September 30, 1897
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1903 Silver Workers Make Demands
Meriden, Conn., Sept. 30. - A demand for a nine hour day with ten hours' pay has been presented at all the factories of the International Silver company in this city and elsewhere, and it is understood that a similar demand has been made or will be made on every silver shop in the United States and Canada. In addition to the nine hour demand an allowance of "time and a half" for overtime work is asked for.
Pittston Gazette
Pittston, Pennsylvania
September 30, 1903
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September 30, 1882
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1897 BIG BREWERY BURNED.
LaCrosse, Wis., Sept. 21. - Early Thursday morning fire was discovered in the roof of the brew house of the John Gund Brewing company's plant. The malt house contained several car loads of malt and about 5,000 bushels of barley, which was totally destroyed, and the office building, which stands across the street, was not burned, and a part of the engine-room was also saved. The cold storage contained about 12,000 barrels of beer, which is also destroyed. The total loss will exceed $200,000.
Iowa State Reporter
Waterloo, Iowa
September 30, 1897
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1903 Silver Workers Make Demands
Meriden, Conn., Sept. 30. - A demand for a nine hour day with ten hours' pay has been presented at all the factories of the International Silver company in this city and elsewhere, and it is understood that a similar demand has been made or will be made on every silver shop in the United States and Canada. In addition to the nine hour demand an allowance of "time and a half" for overtime work is asked for.
Pittston Gazette
Pittston, Pennsylvania
September 30, 1903
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1876 Earthquake
A distinct shock of earthquake was felt on the 22d at New Bedford, Fairhaven and Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Arizona Weekly Citizen
Tucson, Arizona
September 30, 1876
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1858 Accident
At Canaan, Ct., on the 17th, a bright little boy of eight years, son of Edwin Ives, while playing about his father's factory, was caught in a belt, and instantly carried over a shaft revolving with great velocity, horribly mangling his body. He lived but two hours after the accident.
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Massachusetts
September 30, 1858
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A distinct shock of earthquake was felt on the 22d at New Bedford, Fairhaven and Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Arizona Weekly Citizen
Tucson, Arizona
September 30, 1876
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1858 Accident
At Canaan, Ct., on the 17th, a bright little boy of eight years, son of Edwin Ives, while playing about his father's factory, was caught in a belt, and instantly carried over a shaft revolving with great velocity, horribly mangling his body. He lived but two hours after the accident.
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Massachusetts
September 30, 1858
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America - Did you know?
It costs the government 1.7 Cents to mint a penny.
Quebec - Did you know?
Within the typical habitant dwelling-house there were usually two, and never more than three, rooms on the ground floor. The doorway opened into the great room of the house, parlor, dining-room, and kitchen combined. A "living" room it surely was!...Read MORE...Daily Life in New France (www.chroniclesofamerica.com/ french/ daily_life_in_new_france.htm)
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Mt. Pleasant House, Woodford City, Vt., 1910
