All posts tagged "newspaper"
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3.2KArts and LeisureWhy Do We Say Hello? Thank Connecticut
You won’t find the word “Hello” in any plays by Shakespeare, letters by John Adams, Webster’s early dictionaries, newspapers, poems, or novels...
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7.9KConnecticutNew Haven, ‘the Wickedest City’ – The Devil and Man At Yale in 1895
In 1895, hundreds of ministers and church leaders came to New Haven for a conference of the Christian Worker’s Association. Little did...
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5.3KArts and LeisureHenry Savage Puts The Showgirls in the Broadway Show
At age 20, Mildred Taylor Mills’ future seemed stable. Heir to her father’s modest fortune, the Westport, Conn., girl was “for a...
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8.1KbostonMary Antin, Poster Child for Letting Immigrants Into America
Mary Antin wrote a poem praising George Washington just a few years after she arrived in Boston a poor, 13-year-old Russian Jew...
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9.2KArts and LeisureWhen Connecticut Went in for Comic Book Burning
On Feb. 26, 1955, a small group led by Mrs. Charles B. Gilbert of Norwich, Conn., posed for a photographer in front...
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14.9KMaineThe Ladies of Gray, Maine, Bury an Unknown Confederate Soldier
The Ladies of Gray had good reason to despise the Confederacy and its people. The small Maine town sent 200 of its...
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