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New Hampshire Epitaph: Killed With An Axe By An Insane Brother
An epitaph on a stone located in Central Cemetery in New Ipswich, New Hampshire is succinctly understated: “Mr. Gilman Spaulding was kill’d with an ax by an insane Brother, Sept. 19, 1842 AEt. 38.” I was recently contacted about this … Continue reading
Posted in History, R.I.P, Really Old News
Tagged asylum, ax, axe, Brattleboro, brother, Charles, death, Gilman, insane, insanity, killed, murder, New Hampshire, New Ipswich, NH, Spaulding, Vermont, VT, Windham
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New Hampshire 1877: Disastrous Mardi Gras Transplant
The attempt to transplant the Old World ceremonies of Carnival and Mardi Gras to our northern soil has always proved disastrous. Southern cities have had considerable success in frolics of this kind, but as a rule such attempts elsewhere turned … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Really Old News
Tagged disaster, disastrous, failure, mardi gras, north, nothern
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A New Hampshire Valentine Warning of 1850
ST. VALENTINE’S–On Thursday, St. Valentine will hold his annual festival. Single ladies and gentlemen may expect the usual quantity of favors, while “the little god Cupid” acts as post-boy. Old bachelors should fortify their bosoms with an extra covering of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, Really Old News
Tagged Gazette, love-lorn, missive, New Hampshire, NH, Portsmouth, romance, soft impeachment, valentine
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The Kangas Family: Finnish Immigrants to New Hampshire
Between 1890 and 1920 1,558 immigrants from Finland became New Hampshire residents. This fact is dwarfed by the statistics that show in the same time period that 44,420 of the immigrants were French Canadian, 14,890 were Irish, followed by those … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History
Tagged Finland, Finnish, immigrant, Kangas, Manchester, mill, New Hampshire, NH
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John B. Varick Co. — New England’s Largest Hardware Business in 1915
This brief description of the JOHN B. VARICK COMPANY is the perfect way to begin this blog post. “The John B. Varick Co. was established in 1845, on the same spot where the present Varick Building stands, by John P. … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men
Tagged business, Company, concern, construction, establishment, guns, hardware, iron, John, John B., Manchester, New Hampshire, New York, NH, NY, Poughkeepsie, sprinkler, toys, Varick
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