All posts tagged "prostitution"
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22.2K9Business 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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11.0K9Arts 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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33.5K3Arts 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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15.0K8Crime 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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14.3K5ConnecticutJennie Cramer – New Haven’s “Beautiful Victim” of 1881
Jennie Cramer and her mother Christina had an awful fight on Thursday, August 4, 1881. Jennie and her friend Blanche Douglass had...
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17.5K10Crime 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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