Category Archives: History

New Hampshire Customs and Games for Halloween in 1916

Posted on 28 October, 2013 by Janice Brown

PLANS FOR HALLOWEEN from Portsmouth Herald, (Portsmouth NH) October 30, 1916 Halloween, the celebration of which has been handed down to us by the Druids of ancient times, is the one night of all nights in the year when ghosts … Continue reading →

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White Star Line Steamships: The Changing Face of Early 20th Century Immigration

Posted on 25 October, 2013 by Janice Brown

When someone speaks about immigration, like many others I picture the crowded steerage of the Titanic movie. Indeed many of the ships that carried 19th century third-class immigrants were crowded, dirty and disease-ridden–the horrors we think about were real. But … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Witches’ Night of 1879

Posted on 22 October, 2013 by Janice Brown

WITCHES NIGHT From the earliest times men have been trying to look ahead. The ancient Egyptians had oracles where their gods were supposed to answer the questions of men by dreams and other ways; the ancient Greeks also had famous … Continue reading →

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Penacook New Hampshire’s First Female Legislator, Physician, Educator and Civic Leader: Mary Louise (Rolfe) Farnum (1870-1965)

Posted on 18 October, 2013 by Janice Brown

Nineteen hundred and twenty was a landmark year for the women of New Hampshire.  The 19th Amendment, which granted women’s suffrage (the right to vote) nationwide in 1920, was ratified. New Hampshire ratified the amendment on September 10, 1919, but … Continue reading →

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Old Haunted Houses Reported in New Hampshire Newspapers

Posted on 12 October, 2013 by Janice Brown

DANGER OF HAUNTED HOUSES (1792). —  A girl who was a servant in a house reputed to be haunted, was suspected, and at length fairly convicted, of pregnancy; she fell on her knees before her mistress, craving forgiveness, alleging indeed … Continue reading →

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