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Tag Archives: Milford
A New Hampshire April Fool
Over the past 14 years I’ve written several stories about April Fools Day as it relates to New Hampshire and New England. The custom of playing pranks was most certainly brought to New Hampshire by the first European colonists. A … Continue reading
One Hundred Years Ago: New Hampshire’s Thanksgiving of 1919
Thanksgiving Day of 1919 was celebrated with feelings of both great sorrow and hope. Within the previous two years, at least 4,000 New Hampshire residents had died before their time (war causalities plus those who died unexpectedly from the flu). … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, NH Tidbits, NH WW1 Military
Tagged 100, 1919, Ago, bank, Day, Farmington, flavors, Hampshire, hand grenade, Hillsborough, hundred, ice cream, local, Milford, Nashua, new, New Hampshire, news, NH, One, Peterborough, Thanksgiving, Victory Arch, years
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New Hampshire Suffragist, Performer, Composer, Poet, Human Rights Advocate: Abby J. (Hutchinson) Patton of Milford (1829-1892)
“She was interested in the education of women and was an earnest believer in women’s suffrage, which movement she has aided by tongue and pen,” is how she was described in the book, “A Woman of the Century; Fourteen Hundred-Seventy … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Abby, alto, anti, anti-slavery, contralto, family, famous, Hampshire, Hutchinson, Ludlow, Milford, musician, new, New Hampshire, NH, Patten, Patton, singer, singers, slavery, suffrage, suffragist
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New Hampshire Tidbits: Milford New Hampshire’s Oddity Party of 1876
In olden times, Oddities were people with odd or strange looks or mannerisms. Think–Barnum & Bailey’s side show. Parties where attendants would dress as ‘oddities’ were being held as late as 1900 when there was a newspaper report in Sheldon … Continue reading