As much as we’d like to think the 19th century was a kinder gentler time, the truth is that everyday life was filled with close calls. People frequently dashed out of the way of fast-moving horses, streetcars and trains. And, as is reported in the article below, they weren’t always successful. Something to keep in…
Looking for family history in Chicago between census records? The City in Brief columns can be a source of information about an elusive ancestor. The excerpt below is from the front page of the Chicago Daily News January 21, 1882.
Tri-State Employment Co. posted the following advertisement in the classifieds section of the Minneapolis Journal on December 4, 1915: WANTED – MARRIED COUPLES “We have jobs at Dupree, N.D., Kilkenny, Minn., Cambridge, Minn., Cartio [sic], N.D., Roberts, Wis., Lanesboro, Minn., Benford, N.D., Bloomington Ferry, Minn. and Wilton, N.D., where they furnish separate house, give you…
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