All posts tagged "humor"
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11.0KCrime and ScandalDiamond Jim Fisk, Murdered for the Love of a Beautiful Woman
Jubilee Jim Fisk liked to live large – too large for his own good. He rose from humble beginnings in Vermont to...
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7.2KPolitics and MilitaryCaleb Gibbs Leads George Washington’s Secret Service
At the dawn of the Revolutionary War, it became clear to George Washington that he needed personal protection. He formed the Commander-in-Chief’s...
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13.6KArts and LeisureThe Outrageous Comical Brown Comes to Town
If you live in a New England town with town hall, a school, a church or an opera house, chances are good...
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7.7K8New HampshireAbraham Lincoln in New England – Five Fast Facts
Before he moved into the White House, Abraham Lincoln came to New England twice. Newspapers reported extensively on Abraham Lincoln in New...
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17.3K3MassachusettsMen in Drag: The Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Some of New England’s most distinguished statesmen and jurists kept a part of their past quiet later in their careers. They had...
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16.2K2Rhode IslandHow Percy Marks Got Fired from Brown for Exposing the Depravities of the Ivy League
In 1924, an obscure Brown University English instructor named Percy Marks rocketed to fame with his first novel, The Plastic Age, an...
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