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A New Hampshire Valentine Warning of 1850

Posted on 14 February, 2015 by Janice Brown

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 →

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Valentine’s Day in New Hampshire, 1872

Posted on 14 February, 2014 by Janice Brown

Farmer’s Cabinet (Amherst NH) Vol 70, Issue 31, Page 2; Wednesday, February 14, 1872 To day, (the 14th) is known in the calendar as St. Valentine’s Day. Many believe St. Valentine a myth like Santa Claus; but this is an … Continue reading →

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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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Predicting Valentine’s Day’s Soft Impeachments

Posted on 14 February, 2011 by Janice Brown

Sometimes, despite the best of efforts, our predictions end up out in the New Hampshire puckerbrush. Early in 1858 the … Continue reading →

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