All posts tagged "doctor"
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4.1KPolitics and MilitaryDisaster in Rhode Island Waters: The USS Bennington
On the early morning of May 26, 1954, fighter jets started to catapult into the air from the USS Bennington (CVA 20),...
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4.0KConnecticutA Brahmin Suffragist Suffers a Night of Terror in Prison
On the night of Nov. 14, 1917, 63-year-old Mrs. John Winters Brannan wrapped herself in her heavy sealskin coat to protect herself...
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11.9KNew HampshireDr. Calvin Cutter and the New Hampshire Baptists who ‘Murdered’ his Wife
In 1835, the Baptists in Nashua, N.H., grew in numbers so fast they began planning a second church in the city. The...
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5.5K7MaineMartha Ballard: As Good, In Some Ways, As the Best Doctors
Martha Ballard somehow managed to deliver 797 babies in Hallowell (now Augusta), Maine, between 1785 and 1812. She kept her now-famous diary...
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