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- Valley News - Upstart prevails in Grafton County sheriff’s contest on New Hampshire’s First Woman Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs: Helen Kenney of Concord, M. Jennie (Wood) Kendall of Nashua, and Lillian (Christian) Bryant of Conway
- Upstart prevails in Grafton County sheriff’s contest – Westlebanon Valley News on New Hampshire’s First Woman Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs: Helen Kenney of Concord, M. Jennie (Wood) Kendall of Nashua, and Lillian (Christian) Bryant of Conway
- Friday’s Family History Finds | Empty Branches on the Family Tree on Samuel Joy and His Spite Tombstone in Durham New Hampshire
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Tag Archives: New Hampshire
Thanksgiving in New Hampshire 2015
Over the years I have posted many stories about Thanksgiving on this blog. I’ve kept the tone light, included lots of delicious or ancient recipes. I have attempted to draw my readers into the past, in order to experience how … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, Humor
Tagged 2015, celebration, holiday, Indian, Jon, mark, New Hampshire, NH, poet, poetry, quotation, quote, stewart, Thanksgiving, twain
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Newmarket New Hampshire’s Tiger No. 1 and Its Creator Edward S. Lesley
Fire can be a great creator or a great destroyer. In 1936 several newspapers carried a story about annual Fire Prevention week, where it describes that Ahun, a little town of 2,000 people in central France, claimed a notable record … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men
Tagged 1, 1852, 1952, ancient, antique, Department, Dover, equipment, fire, fireman, firetruck, hand, handtub, Lassley, Lesley, Leslie, MA, man, market, Massachusetts, mechanic, new, New Hampshire, Newburyport, Newmarket, NH, no, number, old, pump, tiger, Tiger No 1, truck, tub
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New Hampshire Slanguage: Fagged Out
I remember my grandparents and parents using the term, “fagged out,” to mean exhausted or weary. Although I cannot prove that the term originated in New Hampshire, an ancient newspaper from this state seems to contain the earliest usage … Continue reading
New Hampshire’s Most Celebrated Artist: Exeter’s Elizabeth Jane (Gardner) Bouguereau (1837-1922)
Elizabeth (Gardner) Bouguereau was one of the most celebrated women painters in the world. She was born in Exeter New Hampshire in the old colonial home of the Gardners, near the square. She attended the public and private schools of … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Adolphe, artist, Bouguereau, celebrated, classical, EJ, Elizabeth, Exeter, famous, Gardner, Jane, Lasalle, New Hampshire, NH, noted, painter, Paris, portraits, salon, William, William-Adolphe
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Ghastly and Ghostly Halloween Stories Gleaned from Old New Hampshire Newspapers
With Halloween quickly approaching in the Granite State, many thoughts turn to ghouls, ghost, skeletons, and everything haunted or creepy. This need to scare ourselves silly is not a modern day occurrence. In looking back to the ancient newspapers, reporting … Continue reading
Posted in Haunted New Hampshire, History
Tagged 2015, apparition, creepy, Devil, fish, ghost, ghoul, goblin, Halloween, haunted, made, New Hampshire, newspaper, NH, photograph, skeleton, stage, story, tale, theater, ugly, vampire
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