All posts tagged "Valentine’s Day"
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14.5K3Business and LaborConversation Hearts, A Sweet Story
Centuries before a Cambridge, Mass., candy company started making conversation hearts in 1901, British men and women exchanged ‘kissing comfits’ to sweeten...
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12.3K7Business and LaborEsther Howland, Worcester’s Valentine Queen
Esther Howland built up a business selling Valentines in her hometown of Worcester, Mass., leaving the city’s fame as the Valentine Capital...
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