Religion and Social Movements
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3.2KHarry Houdini Exposes Boston’s Witch of Lime Street
Harry Houdini, the world’s most famous magician, came to Boston in 1924 to expose as a charlatan a popular medium named “Margery.”...
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2.9KCharles Stearns Wheeler, the Transcendentalist Pioneer Who Inspired Walden
Charles Stearns Wheeler built a shanty in 1836 near Flint’s Pond in Lincoln, Mass., and the next summer Henry David Thoreau spent...
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4.2KBanbury Cake, the Puritans’ Favorite Treat
On Dec. 24, 1706, Judge Samuel Sewall brought a Banbury cake to a sick friend in Boston. Sewall, best known as one...
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4.4KBrahmin Anti-Semites Fight the Brandeis Nomination to the Supreme Court
Louis Brandeis didn’t become one of the greatest Supreme Court justices ever without a dogfight. The bitter battle over the Brandeis nomination...
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2.8KThe Sentinelle Affair: Keeping The French in Franco American
In 1919, the Federation of Canadian Catholic Churches in America decided to tackle the need for better schools. Catholic parish schools served...
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