All posts tagged "Ayer"
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9.1K3Business and LaborFrederic Tudor in 1806 Brings Cocktails and Ice Cream to the Rest of the World
In 1805, Frederic Tudor decided to make his fortune by selling ice to people in tropical climates. He planned to hook them...
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10.4K2ConnecticutThe 1965 Drought, New England’s Worst Ever
It will probably be several centuries before the Northeast United States again suffers anything like the 1965 drought. It was the driest...
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20.4K15ConnecticutThe 1918 Flu Epidemic Kills Thousands in New England
As World War I raged in Europe, New Englanders died at home from a foe more deadly than bullets: the 1918 flu...
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12.5K7Crime and ScandalThe Festive Murder Trial of Jessie Costello
In the summer of 1933, the murder trial of a brassy Peabody, Mass., housewife named Jessie Costello captured the world’s attention. Festive...
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3.8KMassachusettsDenton Crocker Writes a Love Letter From a Train, 1943
Denton Crocker spent World War II fighting the Allies’ deadliest enemy in the South Pacific: the mosquito. Malaria struck as many as...
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13.5K3Business and LaborJames Cook Ayer, Sarsaparilla King of Lowell, Mass.
In 1843, James Cook Ayer mixed up a cherry cough medicine in a Lowell, Mass., apothecary while his boss was on vacation...
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