All posts tagged "newspapers"
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17.5KArts and LeisureCaptain Kidd’s Treasure and the Secrets of the Astor Fortune
John Jacob Astor made a fortune. But did he do it as a fur trader, as he told everyone? Or, was his...
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8.0K7MaineMaine’s Elijah Lovejoy: The First Casualty of the Civil War
On November 7, 1837, Henry West – a shop owner in Alton, Ill. – needed a peaceful solution to an armed standoff...
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28.3K8ConnecticutP.T. Barnum’s Grandson, Herbert Barnum Seeley, Throws the Greatest Bachelor Party on Earth
Herbert Barnum Seeley inherited a large portion of his grandfather P.T. Barnum’s estate, but none of his common sense. In December of...
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9.9K14Crime and ScandalProfessor Marvin Hewitt Takes a Twisting Journey from Dropout to Imposter to Rocket Scientist
In 1954, University of New Hampshire president Robert Chandler had a problem faculty member, Professor Kenneth Yates. He was ‘undoubtedly a brilliant...
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12.0K1Politics and MilitaryMelvin Dwinell – The Vermonter Who Wanted to Kidnap Abraham Lincoln
In May of 1861, Melvin Dwinell let loose a typical broadside at the North in his Rome, Georgia Courier newspaper under the headline: How...
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15.6K5Arts and LeisureRose Wilder Lane, the Secret Behind the Little House Books
In 1931, 44-year-old Rose Wilder Lane saw a manuscript of a book called Pioneer Girl. It told the story of a homesteader...
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