Tag Archives: music

Cow Concerns: Is Hotcha Music Bad for Bovine Health?

Posted on 15 December, 2013 by Janice Brown

The federal department of agriculture has gravely suggested that those farmers who have installed radios in their barns to delight the livestock should tune in on softer gentler music. Cows give more milk when contented, it seems, and no cow … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s First Female Aviator, Well-Known Photographer and Philanthropist: Bernice Blake Perry (1905-1996)

Posted on 28 March, 2013 by Janice Brown

Bernice Gertrude Blake was born in Manchester, New Hampshire on 2 March 1905,  one of four children born to Edward C. & Gertrude (Hurd) Blake.  Her father was an English-Canadian immigrant who had founded Blake’s Creamery, originally as a milk … Continue reading →

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Orford New Hampshire Poet, Musician, and Teacher: Fannie H. (Runnells) Poole (1863-1940)

Posted on 7 July, 2011 by Janice Brown

Fannie Huntington Runnells was born in Orford, New Hampshire in 1863, the daughter of minister-historian, and died in 1940.  Her … Continue reading →

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Bartlett New Hampshire’s Author, Lady Blanche Elizabeth Mary Annunciata (Noel) Murphy (1845-1881)

Posted on 21 July, 2006 by Janice Brown

Lady Blanche Elizabeth Mary Annunciata Noel was born 25 March 1845 at Exton Hall in England, daughter of Charles George Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough and Lady Ida Harriet Augusta Hay, and godchild of Queen Victoria. She died 21 March … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire: Where Every Composer Is A Winner

Posted on 1 May, 2006 by Janice Brown

New Hampshire legislators must love music….

as demonstrated by our state having the unusual distinction of officially adopting NINE state songs… Continue reading →

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