All posts tagged "new deal"
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5.9K2ConnecticutDutch Elm Disease, the Nightmare on Elm Street
When Dutch elm disease first appeared in southwestern Connecticut, horrified New Englanders responded immediately to save their beloved elms, state agriculture experts...
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3.8KConnecticutBridgeport Elects a Socialist Mayor Again and Again and Again
Bridgeport, Conn., elected for 24 years a socialist mayor named Jasper McLevy, beloved in the city despite his friendship with a notorious...
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29.8K13Arts and LeisureHow To Talk With a New Hampshire Accent
The New Hampshire accent started with the English colonists who first arrived in North America. They brought with them speech patterns from...
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8.1K1ConnecticutSix Historic Places Connected to Illicit Love Affairs
Illicit love affairs are as much a part of history as are war and elections, and the New England Historical Society doesn’t...
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5.1K4MaineTomah Joseph, the Indian Elder Who Taught a President
The friendship between an Indian elder named Tomah Joseph and a 10-year-old rich kid would change the way Native Americans were treated...
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12.1K6Arts and LeisureThe Missing Kennebunkport Mural of the WPA
Towns and cities across America are dotted with WPA-era murals—many of them tributes to the working classes of America. But not Kennebunkport....
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7.0KBusiness and LaborThe Vinegar Valentine That Ruined a Romance
George Whitney had no use for the nasty greeting card known as the vinegar valentine. Whitney was the Valentine Czar of the...
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31.8K3ConnecticutHercules Had It Easy Compared to the Great 1938 Hurricane Tree Cleanup
The Great 1938 Hurricane blew down so many trees that paper mills were still processing them nine years later. Trees downed by...
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19.4K5New HampshireThe Tragic Love Affair of Former NH Gov. John Winant and Sarah Churchill
Former New Hampshire Gov. John Winant carried on a secret love affair with Winston Churchill’s favorite daughter during World War II. It...
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4.4K5Politics and MilitaryIda May Fuller Gets the First Social Security Check
Ida May Fuller of Ludlow, Vt., received the first Social Security check on Jan. 31, 1940. The check was numbered 00-00-0001, the...
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