All posts tagged "prostitution"
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5.1K1Crime and ScandalIn 1919, A Private Detective Nailed the Murderer of Lucina Broadwell
When Barre, Vt., police in 1919 first saw the naked body of Lucina Broadwell in a vacant lot, they immediately suspected her...
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6.8K1MassachusettsWhen Massachusetts Abolished the State Police
In 1875, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts abolished the state police department. It was only 10 years old, the first state police force...
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11.8KConnecticutHartford’s Sex Workers of 1913: An Intimate Portrait
In 1913, a juicy report on Hartford’s 200 sex workers came into such demand that the city quickly ran out of copies....
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16.9K9Business and LaborSix Irish Landmarks in New England
Irish landmarks commemorate the history of Irish immigrants in places you might not expect throughout New England. There’s more to Irish-American history...
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6.0K9Arts and LeisureFanny and Oliver, The Unlikely Pair Who Secured the Legacy of Walt Whitman
On July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman was first published – to widespread shock and awe. Today’s literary classic was 1855’s...
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18.2K3Arts and Leisure10 Colonial Insults for Lollpools, Doxies and Prigs
Language being an ever-evolving thing, colonial insults of 1700 might be something quite different in 2020. So a prig of yesteryear is...
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10.0K7Crime and ScandalFan Jones, The Madame Who Reigned Over the Devil’s Half Acre in Bangor
When Penobscot logging was at its peak, lumbermen flocked to the bordello run by Fan Jones near the Devil’s Half Acre in...
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11.5K10Crime and ScandalKing Charles Solomon, Boston’s Answer to Al Capone, Gunned Down in Mob Shooting
King Charles Solomon ruled Boston’s underworld without challenge until a small-time gangster gunned him down in the men’s room of the Cotton...
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9.4K15ConnecticutStep Right Up! 14 Little-Known Facts About The Entertaining Life of P.T. Barnum
Think you know all about P.T. Barnum, newspaper editor, progressive mayor and hospital founder? Though a legend for his hoaxes and his...
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7.0K11Arts and LeisureBanned in Boston No Longer: The Man Who Stood Up to the Censors
H.L. Mencken in 1926 fought back against the overzealous censorship that inspired the catchphrase ‘Banned in Boston.’ He did it by getting...
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