Is Your Ancestor in this Newspaper Column?

So often we look for the leaves on our family tree on the obituary page of newspapers, but neglect to peruse the other pages in these publications. Even in big cities, neighborhood activities were frequently reported in the newspaper. These brevities give us a glimpse of the day-to-day happenings in our ancestors’ lives. Could one of…

Wilson Pounded Severely

From the front page of the Chicago Daily News, June 30, 1894: “ASSAULTED FLAGMAN WILSON. Men Jump Off a Switch-Engine and Pound Him Severely. The regular flagman whose station is at the Clinton street crossing of the Pennsylvania passenger tracks stopped work yesterday to go to a funeral. Station Master Glenn of the Union depot…