#new bremen ohio

[middleland]

New Bremen Coffee Co. and Books, Inc. by Robby Virus

Via Flickr:

115 West Monroe Street, New Bremen, Ohio. A coffee shop in a renovated 1895 building.     

[captain-price-unofficially]

1896 Columbia Model 40 bicycle with Colt machine gun, at the Bicycle Museum of America in New Bremen, Ohio

[zerosecurity]

Crown Equipment Corporation a Major Forklift Manufacturer Hacked

Key Takeaways

- Crown Equipment Corporation, a major forklift manufacturer, faces a suspected cyberattack and global IT outage. - Production plants have been shut down, and employees report unpaid due to IT issues. - While the company remains tight-lipped, employees and online discussions suggest a potential ransomware attack. - The lack of official communication has fueled speculation and criticism of Crown's incident handling. - The situation highlights the importance of cybersecurity preparedness and transparent communication during data breaches or cyberattacks.According to reports, Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world's largest manufacturers of forklift trucks and industrial equipment, has been the victim of a suspected cyberattack. The incident has resulted in a global IT outage, forcing the company to shut down production plants worldwide and leaving employees without access to critical systems. About Crown Equipment CorporationCrown Equipment Corporation, headquartered in New Bremen, Ohio, United States, is the fifth-largest manufacturer of forklift trucks, industrial trucks, and high-rack conveyors globally. The company has regional headquarters in Australia, China, Germany, and Singapore, with its European headquarters located in Feldkirchen near Munich, Germany. Crown also operates a production facility in Roding, Bavaria, Germany. Worldwide IT Systems Down and Production HaltedSince Monday, June 10, 2024, production at Crown's sites in Roding, Germany, has been at a standstill due to a reported IT system outage. The company's websites (crown.com) are inaccessible, with attempts to visit resulting in an error message stating "crown.com is temporarily unavailable." Additionally, the company's phone lines appear to be down, making it challenging to reach them. Suspicions of a Cyberattack and Ransomware InvolvementWhile Crown Equipment Corporation's management remains tight-lipped about the situation, reports from employees and online discussions suggest a potential cyberattack, possibly involving ransomware. Employees have taken to social media platforms like Twitter and Reddit to express their frustrations, claiming they have not been paid due to the IT issues One Twitter user, allegedly a Crown employee, stated, "thanks for letting your servers be hacked and not paying your employees. It's not like we have bills or anything. I thought I worked for a better company." Another tweet from a purported employee read, "Hey Jon, I work for Crown Equipment, a billion-dollar company with 19,000 plus employees. We were hit with a cyberattack and are currently not working. Now they tell us no pay! This after bragging about being an employee-first company, have to love corporate America." A Reddit thread was started to discuss the hack:https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1denozy/crown_lift_trucks_experiencing_phishing_hack/ Lack of Official Communication and SpeculationCrown Equipment Corporation has yet to release an official statement regarding the nature of the incident or the extent of the impact. This lack of communication has fueled speculation and rumors within the cybersecurity community and among employees. Reports indicate that the company has advised employees not to clear data from their tablets and has implemented additional security measures, such as reducing the timeout function for multi-factor authentication (MFA) and restricting access to Office 365 applications like email, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive to company devices only. Handling of the Incident CriticizedThe way Crown Equipment Corporation has handled this incident has drawn criticism from cybersecurity experts and observers. The lack of transparency and clear communication has left customers and employees in the dark, leading to widespread speculation and concerns about the potential data breach and its implications. Read the full article

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Pee Wee's Bike! This modified 1953 Schwinn DX that was used in the 1985 film "Pee-wee’s Big Adventure," starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, appears at the Bicycle Museum of America in New Bremen, Ohio.

This is one of 4 known to exist (12 were made for the movie) 8 were destroyed after filming. The late Paul Reubens owns 2 of them, with the other belonging to Bicycle Heaven Museum In Pittsburgh.

[instaviewpoint]

Pumpkin Facts That You Never Knew

October 11 2023 1. The latest U.S. record (2019) for the largest pumpkin ever grown weighed in at 2,517.5 pounds by Karl Haist of Clarence Center, New York. 2. Pumpkins are 90% water. 3. Pumpkins were once considered a remedy for freckles and snakebites. 4. The largest pumpkin pie ever made was 20 feet in diameter and weighed 3,699 pounds. It was made at New Bremen Pumpkinfest in Ohio.  5.…

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Events 4.12 (before 1940)

240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York. 1012 – Duke Oldřich of Bohemia deposes and blinds his brother Jaromír, who flees to Poland.[citation needed] 1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day. 1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships. 1776 – American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain. 1782 – American Revolution: A Royal Navy fleet led by Admiral George Rodney defeats a French fleet led by the Comte de Grasse at the Battle of the Saintes off Dominica in the Caribbean Sea. 1796 – War of the First Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte wins his first victory as an army commander at the Battle of Montenotte, splitting the Austrian and Piedmontese armies away from each other, and marking the beginning of the Piedmontese surrender in the war. 1807 – The Froberg mutiny on Malta ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli. 1820 – Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece. 1831 – Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse. 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. 1862 – American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw). 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. 1865 – American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army. 1877 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal. 1900 – One day after its enactment by the Congress, President William McKinley signs the Foraker Act into law, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule. 1910 – SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched. 1917 – World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans. 1927 – Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front. 1927 – Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople, and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history. 1928 – The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. 1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed. 1934 – The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers. 1937 – Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.

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2024 olympians representing non country of residence part 8

Puerto Rico: Jose Alvarado, basketball (Brooklyn, New York); Jacqueline Benítez, basketball (Coolbaugh Township, Pennsylvania); Gian Clavell, basketball (Miami, Florida); George Conditt IV, basketball (Chicago, Illinois); Darian Cruz, wrestling (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Aleem Ford, basketball (Lawrenceville, Georgia); Alli Gibson, basketball (Stockton, California); Arella Guirantes, basketball (Brookhaven, New York); Mya Hollingshed, basketball (Bellaire, Texas); Jordan Howard, basketball (Gilbert, Arizona); Brianna Jones, basketball (Babylon, New York); Tayra Meléndez, basketball (Boston, Massachusetts); Chris Ortiz, basketball (Brooklyn, New York); Ayden Owens-Delerme, athletics (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); India Pagán, basketball (New London, Connecticut); Mariah Pérez, basketball (Newark, New Jersey); Isaiah Piñeiro, basketball (Auburn, California); Steven Piñeiro, skateboarding (Orlando, Florida); Jasmine Quinn-Camacho, athletics (Orlando, Florida); Isalys Quiñones, basketball (Chula Vista, California); Ethan Ramos, wrestling (Hawthorne, New Jersey); Davon Reed, basketball (Ewing Township, New Jersey); Sofía Roma, basketball (Queens, New York); Kristen Romano, swimming (Lancaster, New York); Trinity San Antonio, basketball (Moreno Valley, California); Gabby Scott, athletics (San Diego, California); Jonovan Smith, wrestling (Los Angeles, California); Stevie Thompson; Jr., basketball (Torrance, California); Maycey Vieta, diving (Jefferson Township, Ohio) & Tremont Waters, basketball (New Haven, Connecticut) Refugee Team: Farida Abaroge, athletics (Strasbourg, France); Omid Ahmadisafa, boxing (Munich, Germany); Yahya Al-Ghotany, taekwondo (Azraq, Jordan); Mohammad Alsalami, athletics (Berlin, Germany); Amir Ansari, cycling (Stockholm, Sweden); Matin Balesini, swimming (Guildford, U.K.); Francisco Centeno, shooting (Ciudad Mexico, Mexico); Muna Dahouk, judo (Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands); Saeid Fazloula, canoeing (Karlsruhe, Germany); Tachlowini Gabriyesos, athletics (Tel Aviv, Israel); Yekta Galeh, weightlifting (Berlin, Germany); Eyeru Gebru, cycling (Nancy, France); Amir Hassanjani, canoeing (Augsburg, Germany); Fernando Jorge, canoeing (Cape Coral, Florida); Dorian Keletela, athletics (Lisbon, Portugal), Adnan Khankan, judo (Damascus, Syria); Dominic Lobalu, athletics (Ngong, Kenya); Perina Lokure-Nakang, athletics (Kakuma, Kenya); Iman Mahdavi, wrestling (Milan, Italy); Farzad Mansouri, taekwondo (Manchester, U.K.); Alaa Maso, swimming (Hanover, Germany); Kasra Mehdipournejad, taekwondo (Berlin, Germany); Jamal Mohammed, athletics (Tel Aviv, Israel); Ramiro Mora, weightlifting (Blackpool, U.K.); Cindy Ngamba, boxing (Bolton, U.K.); Dina Pouryounes-Langeroudi, taekwondo (The Hague, The Netherlands); Mohammad Rashnonezhad, judo (Amsterdam, The Netherlands); Nigara Shaheen, judo (Toronto, Ontario); Arab Sibghatullah, judo (Mönchengladbach, Germany); Saman Soltani, canoeing (Vienna, Austria); Luna Solomon, shooting (Lausanne, Switzerland); Musa Suliman, athletics (Bern, Switzerland); Manizha Talash, breakdancing (Madrid, Spain); Hadi Tiranvalipour, taekwondo (Rome, Italy); Jamal Valizadeh, wrestling (Le Mans, France); Dorsa Yavarivafa, badminton (London, U.K.) & Mahboubeh Zharfi, judo (Berlin, Germany) Republic Of Congo: Freddy Mayala, swimming (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Congo) Romania: Szőcs Bernadette, table tennis (Bremen, Germany); Silvian Colodrovschi, water polo (Aix-En-Provence, France); Felix Duchampt, triathlon (Clermont-Ferrand, France); Andrei Mândrilă; rowing (Chișinău, Moldova); Rebecca-Aimee Papuc-Diaconescu, swimming (Las Vegas, Nevada) & Ilie Sprîncean, canoeing (Criuleni, Moldova) Rwanda: Diane Ingabire, cycling (Girona, Spain); Clementine Mukandanga, athletics (Siena, Italy) & Oscar Peyre-Mitilla, swimming (Marseille, France) St. Kitts & Nevis: Zahlia Allers-Liburd, athletics (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) & Naquille Harris, athletics (Bronx, New York) St. Lucia: Jayhan Odlum-Smith, swimming (Antibes, France)

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Countries and subdivisions

Alaska

Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island (CANADA)

California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine (THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

Baja California Sur, Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Durango, Culiacan, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Morelos, Ciudad de Mexico, Estado de Mexico, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan, Quintana Roo (MEXICO)

Corozal, Orange Walk, Belize District, Cayo, Stann Creek, Toledo (BELIZE)

Canada, The United States of America, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Bermuda, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands

Cuba, Jamaica, The Cayman Islands, Ayiti, La Republica Dominicana, Puerto Rico, The United States Virgin Islands, The British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint-Martin, Sint Maarten, Saint-Barthelemy, Saba, Sint Eustatius

Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago

Islas de la Bahia, San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Dependencias Federales de Venezuela

Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana

Rondonia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Amapa, Para, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias, Distrito Federal, Tocantins, Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul (BRAZIL)

Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman, Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan, Santiago del Estero, Formosa, Chaco, Santa Fe, Cordoba, San Luis, Mendoza, Misiones, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, Antartida y Islas Atlantico del Sur (ARGENTINA)

Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Islas Galapagos (Galapagos Islands)

Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Ireland

Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland, England, Cornwall, Wales, Guernsey, Jersey (THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Jan Mayen Island, Svalbard, Norge (Norway), Sverige (Sweden), The Aland Islands, Suomi (Finland), Eesti (Estonia), Latvija (Latvia), Lietuva (Lithuania), Kaliningrad Oblast

Byelorussia (Belarus), Ukraine, Crimea, Sevastopol, Transnistria, Moldova, Romania

Bulgaria, Hellas (Greece), Shqiperi (Albania), Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Srbija (Serbia), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hrvatska (Croatia), Slovenija (Slovenia)

Magyarorszag (Hungary), Osterreich (Austria), Slovensko (Slovakia), Csko Republika (Czech Republic), Polska (Poland)

Deutschland (Germany), Danmark (Denmark), Nederlands (The Netherlands), Belgie (Belgique/Belgium), Letzebeurg (Luxembourg), Liechtenstein, Suisse (Schwyz/Switzerland), San Marino, Citta del Vaticanum (Vatican City), Italia (Italy), Monaco, France, Andorra, Espana (Spain), Portugal

Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Sachsen (Saxony), Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt), Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), NordRhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Rhineland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Saarland, Hessen (Hesse), Thuringen (Thuringia), Bayern (Bavaria), Baden-Wurttemburg (GERMANY)

Liguria, Piemonte (Piedmont), Valle d'Aosta, Lombardia (Lombardy), Trentino-Alto Adige (SudTirol), Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Umbria, Toscano (Tuscany), Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Apulia (Puglia), Basilicata, Calabria (ITALY)

Hauts-de-France, Ile-de-France, Centre-Val de Loire, Grand-Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, Auvergne-Rhone-Alps, Provence-Alps-Cote d'Azur, Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pays-de-la-Loire, Bretagne (Brittany), Normandie (Normandy) (FRANCE)

Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, La Rioja, Pais Vasco (Basque Country), Navarra (Navarre), Aragon, Catalunya (Catalonia), Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, Extremadura, Castilla y Leon, Madrid Comunidad, Castilla la Mancha (SPAIN)

Azores, Madeira, Islas Canarias (Canary Islands), Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, Islas Baleares (Balearic Islands), Corse (Corsica), Sardegna (Sardinia), Sicilia (Sicily), Malta, Djerba, Kriti (Crete), Rhodos (Rhodes), Lesvos (Lesbos), Kypros (Cyprus), Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Northern Cyprus

Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Al Misr (Egypt), Sudan

Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Somalia, Kenya

South Sudan, Republique Centrafricaine (Central African Republic), Tchad (Chad), Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania

Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia

Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroun (Cameroon)

Guinea Ecuatorial (Equatorial Guinea), Gabon, Republique du Congo (Congo-Brazzaville, The Republic of the Congo), Democratique Republique du Congo (Congo-Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo), Angola

Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, eSwatini, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi

Mozambique, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda

Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), Sao Tome e Principe (Sao Tome and Principe), Ascension Island, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte, Madagasikara (Madagascar), Reunion, Mauritius, British Indian Ocean Territory

Murmansk, Karelia, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Leningrad, Saint Petersburg, Pskov, Novgorod, Tver, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Moscow Oblast, Moscow Smolensk, Kaluga, Tula, Ryazan Bryansk, Oryol, Lipetsk, Tambov, Penza, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Orenburg Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Rostov, Krasnodar Krai Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia-Alania, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan Stavropol Krai, Kalmykia Republic, Astrakhan, Volgograd, Saratov Mordovia, Chuvashia, Mari El, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Bashkortostan Perm Krai, Kirov Oblast, Komi Republic, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, Tyumen, Omsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Khakassia Republic, Tuva Republic, Krasnoyarsk Krai Irkutsk Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Sakhalin Oblast (RUSSIA)

Russiya (Russia), Kartvelia (Georgia), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nakhchivan, Turkiye (Turkey)

Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Socotra, Oman, The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq

Gaza, West Bank (PALESTINE)

Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Umm al Quwain, Ras al Khaimah, Ajman, Fujairah (THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Karakalpakstan, Kazakhstan

Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan (PAKISTAN)

Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Zhongguo (China), Viet Nam, Kampuchea (Cambodia), Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapura (Singapore), Myanmar

Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang Uyghur, Tibet, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau, Hainan, Guangxi Zhuang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hunan, Anhui, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia Hui, Qinghai (CHINA)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Bharatam (India), Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Brunei Darussalam, The Philippines, Taiwan, Nippon (Japan)

Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, Pashchim Bengal (West Bengal), Odisha, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagarhaveli, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Keralam (Kerala), Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands (INDIA)

Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali, Nusa Tanggara (INDONESIA)

Luzon, Cebu, Mindanao, Palawan (THE PHILIPPINES)

Okinawa, Ryukyu Island, Kyushu, Honshu, Shikoku, Hokkaido (JAPAN)

Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory (Canberra), Jervis Bay, Victoria, Tasmania (AUSTRALIA)

Australia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, New Zealand, Niue, Tokelau, Papua New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, Palau, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Nauru, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Pitcairn Island, French Polynesia

Hawai'i

[transilvaniaroots]

The Enigma of Michael's Half-Brother, Johann Hermann

Lines from the page of manifest that mentions him (he is on first line of 30 passengers on this page). Below him is Michael Gassner headed to the same place, with his last residence the same as Johann.

This was chapter 2 of my booklet, "Unwinding the Mystery of Johann Hermann from the Land of Transylvania to the Shores of Baltimore: Documenting the Hermann Lineage," which was an early Father's Day present in June 2017. I still have a lot of questions about this Johann Hermann fellow, so I thought I'd reprint it here.

Johann Hermann is a figure who has never been talked about in this history. In fact, I have never heard, from what I can remember, of Michael’s brother by name. The Family Bible mentions a man named “John Hermann” as Michael’s father, with his first name Anglicized and obviously being Johann originally. But, this Johann figure is not mentioned although he is part of Hermann family story. Why?

Originally posted on my WordPress blog on Feb. 8, 2021

As mentioned in the previous chapter, Michael was going to East Pittsburgh to join his half-brother, with Sara/Jara Wenzel, his cousin (it seems) was going to the same address. As I noted before, they may have planned this trip in advance together and even traveled by train together. This would not be a surprise. Johann was well established in the US by the time Michael and Sara/Jara got there. He had come over four years before Michael and was born in 1878, making him 10 years older, or age 28 by the time they arrived. [1] On the manifest of the passenger ship which left from Bremen, he is described as a married laborer who can read and write, with his last residence called Neudorf (Neudorf in Deutsch), which is in Western Romania. Like Michael, he also landed in the port of Baltimore, possibly at Locust Point, but was bound for New Castle, PA. It is no stretch to say that he could have still gone down to East Pittsburgh from 1902 to 1906. This is a possibility. Other aspects are clear: He paid his own passage and had only had $8 on him. Other realities however, are even more fascinating.

Johann was planning to, when he arrived on the Frankfurt steamship, visit a cousin named Andras/Andreas Bruckner, with Andras the Hungarian name for Andrew, who lived in New Castle. [2] There was another man named Michael Gassner whose last residence was also Neudorf and was also going to New Castle, PA, by rail, just as Johann would have done in 1902. As it turns out, Andras was a brother-in-law of Simon Suiker or Sniker, age 32, who last lived in Hungary. In 1905, he traveled to visit Andras, who was living in New Castle, on the Cassel passenger ship which left from Bremen and arrived in Baltimore. Adding to this, there is a man named Andreas/Andras Bruckner who was born in 1905 and applied for US passport in Bucharest in 1923, with his father Andras, who had emigrated from Hungary to the US in 1899. Both had been born in Hoghilag (Halvelagan in German and Holdvilág in Hungarian), Romania. The Andreas born in 1905 later was baptized at the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Castle on January 28, 1906. While some say that I should look into the records of that church, especially if it was the only Lutheran church in New Castle at the time, this seems to be like falling down the rabbit hole.

Other records on Johann are unclear. There are records of a Johann Hermann marrying in Ohio in November 1906, but there is no proof this is him. [3] There are scattered records of a “John Herman” and “John Hermon.” They relate to a man living in Somerset, PA, in 1910 and in Carnegie, Allegheny, PA, in 1942, with the birth date on a WWII draft card saying March 31, 1878, and that he was born in Austria. These could be Johann, but this cannot be confirmed. Even so, there are other records that point to his inhabitance in New Castle. The New Castle directories provide some information. The city directory in 1902 lists a Felix Herman and John Hermann, laborers, living in New Castle.

John Hermann could be Johann. By 1903, four individuals with the surname of Hermann are living in the same town, on Scioto (Sciota?) street, just like Felix and John in 1902, and three others (Kate, Michael, and Mike), two of which also live on Scioto. [4] John is not listed here, so he may have moved. After all, the 1904 and 1906 directories list no one with the Hermann surname. Other records seem to indicate that he may have not moved until after 1905. These records are other city directories showing that this John Hermann was living with a woman named Sarah (his wife) on Scioto Street in New Castle in 1905, along with others showing that someone with the Hermann surname still lived in the city (not John) 1908-1909, and ten with the Herman surname living there by 1909, but none living there in 1901. This indicates that Johann (or John as his Anglicized name seems to be) would have been the first Hermann to establish their roots in the United States. There are many other sources which could have been consulted, but this still sheds light into the life of Johann. [5] Still, some questions remain about Johann, but this a start in learning more about our collective past.

On the left is from the 1903 directory, on the left is from the 1905 directory.

© 2021-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Notes

[1] Johann Hermann, 1902, “Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948,” database with images, FamilySearch, Immigration, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, NARA microfilm publications M255, M596, and T844 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL film 1,454,812. Accessed June 2017.

[2] The following paragraph comes from research conducted by maryfamilyresearch, a reddit user who describes themselves as “Native German, Prussia.” It has been summarized and condensed here.

[3] Johann Hermann and Susanna Elsasser, 17 Nov 1906, “Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013,” database with images, FamilySearch, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, reference 145 p; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 886,219; Johann Hermann and Susanna Elsasser, 17 Nov 1906, “Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958,” database, FamilySearch, citing Cuyahoga County, Ohio, reference 2:3ZPW21J; FHL microfilm 886,219; John Hermon in household of Gabriel Trucsang, Quemahoning, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch, enumeration district (ED) ED 156, sheet 13B, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1420; FHL microfilm 1,375,433; John Herman, 1942, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch, NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); New Castle Directory, 1902, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA, page 269. Accessed June 2017.

[4] New Castle Directory, 1903, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA, pages 83 and 272. Accessed June 2017; New Castle Directory, 1904, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA; New Castle Directory, 1906, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA. Both were accessed in June 2017; New Castle Directory, 1905-1906, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA, page 278; New Castle Directory, 1908-1909, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA, page 53; New Castle Directory, 1909-1910, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA, page 292; New Castle Directory, 1900-1901, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA. All accessed in June 2017.

[5] Sources consulted include the New Castle Public Library. Other possible sources are Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Genealogy hosted by family search or the Lawrence County Historical Society, among others.

[uniqueartisanconnoisseur]

The Bicycle Museum of America

The Bicycle Museum of America

The Bicycle Museum of America

What happens when you put two travel writers together and they see a museum sign? Of course they stop! That’s what happened when Sara Broers of Travel With Sara and I spied the Bicycle Museum of America sign while driving through Ohio.

We had a scant half hour, really just 20 minutes to tour this world class museum. That was it if we were going to make it on…

[middleland]

October Walk by Lindsay Mauch

Via Flickr:

Foliage begins to turn along the Miami Erie Canal, New Bremen, Ohio.

[roadie1963]

Monday Photo Montage for January 30, 2023 - Bicycle Museum of America, New Bremen, OH (Part 4)

[nasaorion]

Orion’s top images of 2020

The Orion program showed its resilience this year during an unprecedented time, racking up several success stories building and testing the spacecraft in preparation for upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon. From hot fire and structural testing, to crew and service module assembly activities, progress on Orion brought the agency closer to sending the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024, and sustainable lunar exploration by 2028.

Ensuring crew safety, a hot fire test was conducted on the Northrop Grumman-built attitude control motor – which provides steering for Orion’s  launch abort system in the event of an emergency during ascent – at the company’s facility in Elkton, Maryland. The 30-second hot fire was the third and final test to qualify the motor for human missions, beginning with Artemis II.

During a three-month testing campaign at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, the Orion spacecraft was subjected to the extreme temperatures and electromagnetic environment it will experience on Artemis I – Orion’s first uncrewed test flight to the Moon atop the agency’s  Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Testing wrapped up early and the vehicle was readied for its journey back to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center aboard the agency’s one-of-a-kind Super Guppy.

Before NASA astronauts fly Orion on missions to the Moon and back, testing is necessary to verify the spacecraft’s ability to withstand the stresses of launch, climb to orbit, the harsh conditions of deep space transit, and return to Earth. Engineers from NASA and its prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, completed testing on Orion’s Structural Test Article (STA) for Artemis I. The STA is structurally identical to Orion’s main spacecraft elements: the crew module, service module and launch abort system.

The first element machined for the Artemis III Orion crew module – a cone panel with openings for windows, which will provide a spectacular view – was designed by Lockheed Martin, and manufactured by AMRO Fabricating Corp., of South El Monte, California. The completed panel made its way to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, where engineers will weld it with other elements as part of Orion’s pressure vessel.

Orion’s European Service Module primary structure for the Artemis III mission arrived at the Airbus facility in Bremen, Germany, from its Thales Alenia Space manufacturing site in Turin, Italy. The service module will be equipped with components to power Orion and provide life support to astronauts – such as air, water, heat and cooling -- during the mission that will land the first woman and next man on the Moon.

Three spacecraft adapter jettison fairing panels were fitted onto Orion’s service module inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy. Once secured, the panels encapsulate the service module to protect it from harsh environments such as heat, wind, and acoustics as the spacecraft is propelled out of Earth’s atmosphere atop the SLS rocket during NASA’s Artemis I mission.

[ultraheydudemestuff]

Julius Boesel House

Quellhorst Rd.

New Bremen, OH 45869

The Julius Boesel House is a historic house north of the village of New Bremen in the northwestern part of the state of Ohio. Located in German Township in southwestern Auglaize County, it is a well-preserved Queen Anne mansion. Said to be designed by J.A. Chapin of Lima, the design of the house is based heavily on Design No. 53 from George Franklin Barber's Cottage Souvenir #2. The house was built for Julius Boesel, a leading member of New Bremen society.

The design mixed brick and frame construction, sitting atop a stone foundation, to produce this twenty-room, two-and-a-half story house. When Boesel and his family moved into the house in late October 1895, the local newspaper spoke favorably of the new building, calling it "one of the finest in the county" and observing that the "view of the building while coming from Lock Two almost makes a person feel as though he were entering the suburb of a big city."  Included on the property was a massive carriage house.

After being extensively modified in the third quarter of the twentieth century, the house was purchased in 1976 by Donald and Jacqui Kuck, who began a long-term restoration program. Included in their program was the removal of intrusive elements such as lowered ceilings and carpets on the walls.  The Kucks were able to restore the house to the point that it qualified for addition to the National Register of Historic Places, and it was listed with the Register on March 30, 1985.

[handeaux]

17 Curious Facts About Cincinnati's Miami & Erie Canal

Of Course, Daniel Drake Thought Of It

Since he was behind almost every improvement ever contemplated in pioneer Cincinnati, it should surprise no one that Daniel Drake proposed a canal system in his 1815 book, “A Picture of Cincinnati.” Drake was, as usual, ten years ahead of his time, but his proposal closely matched the route ultimately selected when the canal was laid out in 1825.

Just The Facts

The Miami & Erie Canal extended 244 miles from Cincinnati to Toledo. Construction began in 1825 and was completed in 1845, at a total cost of $8,062,680.07. Along the route, the canal crossed 19 aqueducts and employed 106 locks. The last 10 of these locks carried barges from Court Street down to the Ohio River at Cincinnati along a channel now buried under Eggleston Avenue. The peak year for traffic was 1851, after which competition from railroads increased every year. The canal was abandoned in 1913 after a catastrophic flood in Dayton destroyed essential infrastructure.

Up & Down

Along its path, the canal climbed 395 feet upward from Lake Erie to reach its highest level. Known as the Loramie Summit, this plateau extended almost 20 miles between New Bremen to Lockington, north of Piqua, Ohio. From there, the canal descended 513 feet until it reached the Ohio River. The final 100-foot drop ran from Court Street to the Ohio River in Cincinnati.

From Barges To Superhighways

Long stretches of the Miami & Erie Canal are now traversed by automobiles, especially on I-75, U.S. Route 24, and Ohio Route 25. Automobiles were often the third vehicles to follow these routes. As the canal was abandoned, boats usually gave way at first to interurban rail lines in the 1920s and 1930s. Automobiles followed only after the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 funded the construction of interstate highways.

Cincinnati’s Rhine

Without the canal, there would be no Over-the-Rhine. The first references to Cincinnati’s “Little Deutschland” neighborhood as “Over-the-Rhine” appear around the time of the Civil War. Originally a put-down, the city’s German residents came to appreciate the idea that they felt more at home once they crossed over the Canal (the “Rhine”) into familiar territory.

The “Other” Canal

The Miami & Erie Canal was not the only canal serving Cincinnati. The Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal was completed in 1843 and connected Cincinnati to Indiana’s Whitewater Canal near Harrison, Ohio. This short canal was in operation for only 20 years and was converted to a railroad right-of-way after 1862. A tunnel constructed for the Cincinnati & Whitewater canal can still be seen in Cleves.

The Lakes Abide

Some of Ohio’s largest lakes were originally created to ensure a consistent flow of water for the canal. Grand Lake St. Marys was one of these feeders and was the world's largest reservoir when built. Indian Lake, originally a collection of small lakes and wetlands, was converted into a large supply basin for the canal. Along the length of the canal, smaller basins – including LeSourdsville Lake – allowed barges to turn around, dry dock, or exchange cargo.

Holy Water

A couple of local African American churches dunked converts in the Canal. One Northside church performed its rites at a location known then as Baptist Hill. The other congregation baptized a half-mile south of the Bruckmann Brewery, beneath the western slopes of Clifton.

Liquid Gold

Canal transportation was appropriate if you didn’t need cargo in a hurry and if your cargo was unlikely to spoil. Whiskey, in other words, was nearly the perfect canal cargo, and a lot of liquor went up and down the canal. A single barge could carry 500 barrels of whiskey at 50 gallons each. At pre-Prohibition prices averaging $1 a quart retail, that’s a $100,000 boatload.

A Taste Of Venice

The City of Cincinnati celebrated its Centennial in 1888. As part of the festivities, an immense exhibition was staged at Music Hall. For this extravaganza, the 1,248-foot-long “Machinery Hall” was erected along the rear of Music Hall, over the flowing canal. The interior of the hall was decorated in a Venetian theme, accentuated by a fleet of gondolas poled along by singing gondoliers. The Italian boats returned every year into the early 1900s.

A Lock On A Name

Lockland, our suburban neighbor straddling the “Split” on I-75, has nothing to do with security devices requiring a key. A half-dozen Ohio towns contain “Lock” in their names, all reflecting their erstwhile position along the various canals connecting Lake Erie to the Ohio River. At Lockland, I-75 barrels right through the former canal locks.

Ice Is Nice

As an exposed and relatively shallow stream, the canal regularly froze each winter. In the sections near towns and cities, the annual freeze brought out skaters and even horse-drawn sleighs. The frozen canal also generated substantial supplies of commercial ice to icemen issued permits by the State of Ohio. One of the biggest storage facilities was located at LeSourdsville, north of Hamilton, capable of holding a two-year supply of that pre-refrigeration necessity.

Swimming Hole

Every boy in Cincinnati knew the “secret” sign: Two fingers held up in what later became the sign for “peace” meant it was time to go swimming. Every boy in Cincinnati also knew the warning shout, “Cheese it! The Cops!” – a signal to grab your clothes and scatter.

Beware The Naked Man

The canal had barely been excavated when Cincinnati City Council passed an ordinance in 1828 outlawing bathing in the waterway. The ordinance began: “Whereas much lewdness and obscenity daily occur from the public and lascivious manner in which men and boys expose themselves in bathing in the Miami canal in the city of Cincinnati . . . ” By the late 1800s, naked men were still in plain view along the local waterways. But nakedness was not the only crime. Even worse, these flagrantly unclothed males were naked on Sunday. Skinny-dippers created an offensive impediment to good folks crossing the Mill Creek bridge on their way to church:

Dangerous Waters

Charles Ludwig’s little book, “Playmates of the Towpath,” published in 1929 by the Cincinnati Times-Star, is filled with anecdotes about parents paddling their sons (and, rarely, daughters) for swimming in the canal. The book is equally packed with stories about swimmers being rescued or drowning. Although seemingly placid and tame, the canal claimed many lives over the years. Drownings were common, but infectious diseases from dysentery to cerebral meningitis spawned in the polluted waters as well.

And Gross, Too

Even those former boys who in their dotage fondly remembered swimming in the Miami & Erie Canal recalled the stench from industrial wastes including grease, acids, and chemical salts; rotting animal carcasses; the occasional corpse; and the contents of the innumerable chamber pots emptied into the stream from tenements along the banks. When a swimmer yelled “floater,” there was no telling what was on the way, but everyone scrambled out of the water.

The Last Boat

Cargo barges had disappeared from the canal by the early 1900s and long-distance passenger service vanished after the 1913 flood demolished some of the upstream locks. It is believed the final excursion boat on the Cincinnati section of the canal hosted a party of “Free Setters,” a society of men dedicated to beer drinking. Fittingly, the 27 July 1917 voyage started at the Gerke Brewery at the Plum Street bend and ended at Bruckmann’s near the Ludlow Viaduct.

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Events 4.12 (before 1960)

240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York. 1012 – Duke Oldřich of Bohemia deposes and blinds his brother Jaromír, who flees to Poland. 1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day. 1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships. 1776 – American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain. 1807 – The Froberg mutiny on Malta ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli. 1820 – Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece. 1831 – Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse. 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. 1862 – American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw). 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. 1865 – American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army. 1877 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal. 1900 – One day after its enactment by the Congress, President William McKinley signs the Foraker Act into law, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule. 1910 – SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched. 1917 – World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans. 1927 – Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front. 1927 – Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history. 1928 – The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. 1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed. 1934 – The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers. 1937 – Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England. 1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt's death. 1945 – World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 50 miles from Berlin. 1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.