All posts tagged "candy"
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44.3K32MassachusettsThe Orphan Train and the Children Who Rode It
In 1926, a four-year-old orphan named Lorraine Williams and 13 other children were scrubbed, dressed in new clothes and put onto an...
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9.0K1Connecticut300 Years of New England Christmas
The New England Christmas started out as an ordinary work day for Puritans who frowned on the papist revelry of their Anglican...
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18.3K7Crime 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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16.1K6Business and LaborMilton Bradley and Life’s Checkered Past
In 1860, Milton Bradley decided America needed a new game, and so he created a modern blend of the old-fashioned morality games...
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7.5K8MassachusettsRose Kennedy, An Old-Fashioned Girl (Sort Of)
Rose Kennedy didn’t drink and she didn’t smoke. She told people who offered her a drink or a cigarette, “Well, I am just...
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10.4K13Business and LaborThe Ritz-Carlton Opens in Boston, May 19, 1927
When the Ritz-Carlton hotel opened in 1927 in Boston, it required guests to adhere to a dress code. The hotel forbade women to...
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