All posts tagged "alcoholism"
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3.6KMassachusettsJohn Adams Skipped the Inauguration of His Successor. So Did His Son.
At 4 AM on a warm spring day, a stagecoach rumbled from the White House carrying the outgoing president of the United...
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6.1KArts and LeisureRebekah Harkness, the Scorned Socialite of Watch Hill, R.I.
Rebekah Harkness spent much of the Standard Oil fortune she inherited on the ballet. Not just going to performances, but sponsoring entire...
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7.0KMassachusettsJohn Quincy Adams’ Bad Boy Brother Charles
John Quincy Adams’ diary must have been irresistible reading for his bad boy brother Charles. John Quincy started his diary at the...
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6.8K1Arts and LeisureGordon Bennett, the Madcap, Scandal-Mongering Publisher Who Built the Newport Casino
Today in Britain people utter ‘Gordon Bennett’ when someone says something unbelievable, disgusting, surprising or outrageous. They probably don’t know they’re referring...
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5.8K1Arts and LeisureThe Many Loves of Margarett Sargent McKean, Mad Brahmin Artist
For half her life, Margarett Sargent struggled against the strictures and demands of her Boston Brahmin upbringing. Then for the other half,...
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7.9K2Crime and ScandalElmer McCurdy, From Maine Plumber to Dumbest Outlaw to Traveling Corpse
On October 11, 1911 an Oklahoma sheriff’s posse had Elmer McCurdy on the run. The Maine man – a plumber-turned-outlaw – had...
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