All posts tagged "Boston"
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173Arts and LeisureEdith Wharton in Paris During World War I
Life for Edith Wharton in Paris was lived in stimulating freedom and aristocratic luxury until World War I broke out. Shocked by...
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1.1KBusiness and LaborThe Working Girls of Boston: Immoral Floozies or Honest Toilers?
During the Gilded Age, the working girls of Boston had to contend not just with low pay but with reputations as immoral...
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1.5KArts and LeisureHenry Savage Puts The Showgirls in the Broadway Show
At age 20, Mildred Taylor Mills’ future seemed stable. Heir to her father’s modest fortune, the Westport, Conn. girl was “for a...
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1.0KCrime and ScandalTavern Tales: Stories from Boston’s Colonial Taverns
Murder, affairs, brawls and politics! They all had a home in Boston’s colonial taverns. Taverns provided vital services in colonial times. Strangers...
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1.9KMassachusettsThe Brahmin Celebrity Priest Who Wrote O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Little Town of Bethlehem was written by a parish priest considered to be the greatest preacher of his day. His name...
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1.9K1Crime and ScandalA Fake Priest Gets a New England Mob Boss Out of Prison
Ray Patriarca ruled as the New England mob boss for 25 years from his Coin-O-Matic “vending business” on Atwell’s Avenue in Providence....
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