Category Archives: Really Old News

Portsmouth NH 1846: Customs of Valentine’s Day

Posted on 12 February, 2014 by Janice Brown

From: Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics (Portsmouth NH) Vol LVII, Issue 7, Page 3  — Saturday, February 14, 1846 VALENTINE’S DAY — It is a popular superstition that the first two single people who meet in the morning of … Continue reading →

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An 1876 Valentine Rejection

Posted on 10 February, 2014 by Janice Brown

And we think Valentine’s Day is too commercialized… JOHN’S VALENTINE–It was the evening of Valentine day when he called on her, and she stuck her head out of the door as he knocked, and sobbed, “If you had sent me … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Resolution Makers 1914

Posted on 5 January, 2014 by Janice Brown

RESOLUTION MAKERS From: Portsmouth Herald, December 31, 1914 Any weakling can make resolutions. It needs a strong man to keep them. That is perhaps why New Year’s resolutions are so often futile. The strong do not wait for high days … Continue reading →

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A Happy New Hampshire New Year 1841

Posted on 1 January, 2014 by Janice Brown

A happy new year.–Before we again shall have an opportunity to address our friends and readers, the present year will have passed away & the New Year of Eighteen hundred and forty two will be ushered in upon us. And … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Famed Checkerologists of the 19th & 20th Centuries

Posted on 28 December, 2013 by Janice Brown

Interesting stories, photographs and genealogical material can be gleaned from  the unlikeliest of sources. In this case it an  antique booklet about American checkers (the game is called draughts in Europe) that caught my eye. Who would have know that … Continue reading →

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