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Thursday, April 17

New Hampshire in 1918: The "Spanish Flu" Influenza Epidemic

by Janice Brown on Thu 17 Apr 2008 09:42 PM EDT

The year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen was a bad one for New Hampshire--and everyone else in the world. ... more »

Keywords: flu, influenza, infectious

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Monday, March 31

New Hampshire Glossary: Temperance

by Janice Brown on Mon 31 Mar 2008 12:00 AM EDT

Temperance is defined as having control over ones own actions.

From a historical perspective, temperance usually refers to not drinking ... more »

Keywords: temperance, spirits, alcohol

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Sunday, January 27

New Hampshire Glossary: Patent Medicine

by Janice Brown on Sun 27 Jan 2008 12:00 AM EST

The definition of patent medicine is a medical compound or mixture of drugs, sometimes called a "nostrum," that is proprietary, ... more »

Keywords: nostrum, patent, Shaker, medicine, herbalism, herb

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Monday, January 21

New Hampshire Glossary: Pistereens and Johannes

by Janice Brown on Mon 21 Jan 2008 12:00 AM EST

In the colonial days of Bedford New Hampshire, a man by the name of Matthew Patten kept a diary of ... more »

Keywords: money, monetary, coin

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Saturday, January 5

New Hampshire Glossary: Bannock

by Janice Brown on Sat 05 Jan 2008 12:00 AM EST

Bannock is a simple or quick- bread cooked on a hearth, or in a frying pan. This type of bread ... more »

Keywords: bread, food, cook, colonist, colonial

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Monday, December 3

New Hampshire Glossary: Salt-Works

by Janice Brown on Mon 03 Dec 2007 12:00 AM EST

Salt was one of colonial New Hampshire's most important products. Today it is viewed as primarily a seasoning, but in ... more »

Keywords: salt, Portsmouth, nh, Newhampshire, New, manufacture, Hampshire

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Friday, November 9

New Hampshire Glossary: Tin Reflector Oven

by Janice Brown on Fri 09 Nov 2007 10:56 AM EST

Tin reflector ovens were used to cook food in the late 18th century and early 19th century, in conjunction with ... more »

Keywords: oven, tin, cook

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Wednesday, September 26

New Hampshire Glossary: Quarantine

by Janice Brown on Wed 26 Sep 2007 12:00 AM EDT

Probably only the older Americans alive today have personally experienced being quarantined. A "quarantine" is a situation where people, animals ... more »

Keywords: sick, infectious, contagious, isolate, yellow, ship, flag

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Sunday, August 19

New Hampshire Glossary: Smallpox

by Janice Brown on Sun 19 Aug 2007 12:00 AM EDT

Before the introduction of inoculation, small-pox was the most fatal disease in Great Britain and the American colonies. It killed about ... more »

Keywords: smallpox, doctor, disease

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Monday, July 9

New Hampshire's Mount Washington Cog Railway

by Janice Brown on Mon 09 Jul 2007 12:00 AM EDT

The Mountain Washington Cog Railway is unique--it is the first cog railway built in the world, and it has the ... more »

Keywords: railway, railroad, nh, Newhampshire, New, cog

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Thursday, July 5

New Hampshire Genealogy: Surname LNU

by Janice Brown on Thu 05 Jul 2007 11:04 AM EDT

It seems everywhere I go, the surname LNU pops up out of the woodwork. It is very popular in New Hampshire... more »

Keywords: unknown, surname, funny, crest, humor

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Monday, June 18

New Hampshire Glossary: Garrison House

by Janice Brown on Mon 18 Jun 2007 12:00 AM EDT

A Garrison House was a fortified building (sometimes called a "fort") of colonial New
Hampshire where troops were stationed, and ... more »

Keywords: Hampshire

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Monday, June 4

New Hampshire Glossary: Whetstone

by Janice Brown on Mon 04 Jun 2007 12:00 AM EDT

whetstone- a sharpening stone used to sharpen the edge of metal tools and weapons (such as knives, scissors, and ... more »

Keywords: whetstone, sharpen, stone, rock, quarry, Newhampshire, New, mine, Hampshire

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Wednesday, May 23

New Hampshire Glossary: Rhubarb

by Janice Brown on Wed 23 May 2007 12:00 AM EDT

Not native to the United States, rhubarb can be found on the list of good imported from Europe in the ... more »

Keywords: rhubarb, pie, vegetable

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Friday, May 11

New Hampshire Glossary: Black Fly (They're Back!)

by Janice Brown on Fri 11 May 2007 08:11 AM EDT

Black flies are tiny annoying insects that occur in large numbers in the spring and early summer months in New ... more »

Keywords: nh, Newhampshire, New, insect, fly, bug, black

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Monday, May 7

New Hampshire Glossary: Lithobolia--The Stone Throwing Devil

by Janice Brown on Mon 07 May 2007 12:00 AM EDT

Lithobolia, or the Stone-Throwing Devil, was a term used to describe a type of poltergeist that reportedly harassed a New ... more »

Keywords: throwing, devil, witch, stone, nh, Newhampshire, New, Hampshire, castle

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