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Chief Nurse of WW1 Expeditionary Forces, Red Cross Chief Nurse Harvard Unit, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School of Nursing Founder, National Association President and Pioneer of American Nursing: Nashua New Hampshire’s Carrie May Hall (1873-1963)

Posted on 30 June, 2016 by Janice Brown

Carrie M. Hall’s career was long and varied. She was first an educator, then an organizer, and always a nurse. Because of her essential and important role in the American Red Cross, as Chief Nurse of the World War 1 … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Tidbits: Milford New Hampshire’s Oddity Party of 1876

Posted on 22 February, 2016 by Janice Brown

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 →

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Not New Hampshire: President John Q. Adam’s New Years Day of 1827

Posted on 31 December, 2015 by Janice Brown

Are you expecting a crowd on New Year’s Day? Is your home the epi-center of your family’s festivities on January 1st? Be happy that the following did not happen to you.  It did to John Quincy Adams in 1827.

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Cow Stories: Claremont New Hampshire’s American Mammoth Ox and Hon Isaac Hubbard

Posted on 8 December, 2015 by Janice Brown

My regular readers know, due to my blog title, that it is mandatory for me to throw in a bovine story from time to time. I came across a marvelous lithograph of a great ox, and heard a tale immediately … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Missing Places: Janesville

Posted on 6 October, 2014 by Janice Brown

New Hampshire has had very few places named after women.  In fact, I don’t know of any others beside Janeville (Janesville in some documents).  Leave it to the city “fathers” to obliterate the name of the only ancient village in … Continue reading →

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