All posts tagged "Cranston RI"
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4.6KBusiness and LaborHow Narragansett Beer Survived Prohibition (But Still Couldn’t Escape the Government)
Narragansett beer survived Prohibition, but it couldn’t escape the government. Not because government agents tried to shut down the brewery during Prohibition,...
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34.0K8Arts and LeisureHow To Talk Rhode Island
To talk Rhode Island requires more than a passing knowledge of the expression ‘No school Fosta Glosta’ or the difference between a...
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15.9K2Arts and LeisureYogi Berra Hits His Way Through New England (Sometimes Under an Assumed Name)
Yogi Berra might never have starred for the New York Yankees had he not talked his way onto the Navy team based...
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11.9K13Crime and ScandalThe Murder of Amasa Sprague, and the Irishman Persecuted for the Crime
On a cold and snowy New Year’s Eve in 1843, Amasa Sprague finished a large family dinner in his Cranston, R.I., mansion...
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