All posts tagged "poverty"
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18.0K5MassachusettsA French Parish Gets an Irish Priest, And War Breaks Out in Fall River
In 1884, a French parish in Fall River, Mass., locked its Irish pastor out of the church and made his life a...
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7.0K2Arts and LeisureThe Raging Blizzard That Killed Mr. and Mrs. Tarbox in 1819
Samuel Tarbox and his wife are still remembered nearly 200 years after they froze to death in a fearful March snowstorm. To...
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11.7K3Arts and LeisureLittle Women Surprises Louisa May Alcott With Its Amazing Success
Louisa May Alcott called Little Women some ‘rubbish’ she ‘scribbled.’ When she gave her manuscript to her publisher, she hoped for a...
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4.6KConnecticutThe Prohibition Era Begins in Litchfield, Conn. in 1789
In 1789, Ephraim Kirby, Jebediah Strong, David Buel and more than 100 of their neighbors decided to swear off strong drink. They...
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11.5K3New England PlacesSix French Place Names in Six New England States
French place names reveal much about the history of a city or town. They reflect the great historical events that took place...
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24.5K9Science and NatureSix Ways the Little Ice Age Made History
The Little Ice Age changed New England history in ways that historians are only beginning to understand. Though scientists don’t agree on...
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