All posts tagged "Malden Mass."
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39.0K4Business and LaborTimothy Dexter, the Ridiculous Millionaire Who Sold Coals to Newcastle
Timothy Dexter was considered a lucky fool for selling coal to Newcastle and bed warmers to the tropics – and somehow making...
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17.5KArts and LeisureEd Ames, Ukrainian Boy from Malden, Gets Longest Television Laugh Ever
Ed Ames, best known for playing Mingo on the Daniel Boone television series in the 1960s, was actually a Ukrainian Jew from...
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13.4K3Arts and LeisureErle Stanley Gardner and His Fiction Factory
Before Erle Stanley Gardner created the fictional lawyer Perry Mason, he lived the part of a pugnacious defense attorney. He represented the...
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3.4K3Arts and LeisureJune 12, 1843: Lydia Patterson Meets ‘Very Familiar’ Girls at the High School for Misses
Lydia Patterson didn’t want to seem too nosy during her first hour at boarding school in Portland, Maine, on June 12, 1843....
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26.0K31MassachusettsHarriet Hanson Robinson, Lowell Mill Girl
Harriet Hanson Robinson went to work as a Lowell mill girl when she was 10 years old to help support her family....
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