All posts tagged "Peabody"
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18.7K51MassachusettsThe Great Northeastern Blackout of 1965
At dusk on Nov. 9, 1965, 11-year-old Jay Hounsell was walking down the road in Conway, N.H. He was on his way...
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16.5K7Crime and ScandalThe Festive Murder Trial of Jessie Costello
In the summer of 1933, the murder trial of a brassy Peabody, Mass., housewife named Jessie Costello captured the world’s attention. Festive...
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14.4K6Business and LaborMilton Bradley and Life’s Checkered Past
In 1860, Milton Bradley decided America needed a new game, and so he created a modern blend of the old-fashioned morality games...
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10.0K14Crime and ScandalThe Short, Wild Life of Harry Crosby, Publisher of Jazz Age Geniuses
After Harry Crosby was nearly killed in World War I, he vowed to live fast and die young. His success scandalized Boston...
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8.9K9MassachusettsRose Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Daughter, Becomes Candidate for Catholic Saint
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, the youngest daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a candidate for something the Puritans abhorred: Catholic sainthood. She was born...
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23.8K20Arts and LeisureThe Two Loves of Louisa May Alcott
Before Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women, she wrote a book about a young girl named Sylvia in love with an intellectual...
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