Tag: Massachusetts
Lightning Tore the Shoe Off a 10-Year-Old Boy’s Foot
A single bolt of lightning tore through a Massachusetts neighborhood, injuring a young boy and knocking people and animals off their feet as it passed….
Boston Boy Who Stole a Bicycle Was Sentenced to Spend Saturdays in Bed
In 1906, a Boston judge found an unusual punishment for a boy who had stolen a bicycle. There would be no jail cell, no fine,…
Peabody Mourns Children Lost in School Blaze
The grief in Peabody, Massachusetts, settled into the homes of twenty-one families after fire swept through St. John’s Parochial School and trapped the young girls…
The Rat Lady Who Helped Win the War
At a small white cottage in Granby, Massachusetts, Miss Abbite Lathrop tended to one of the strangest wartime households in America: a family of roughly…
Police Clubs Fell on Lawrence Textile Strikers
In the fall of 1912, the textile city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was still raw from one of the most famous labor uprisings in American history:…
The Barn in Salisbury, Massachusetts That Welcomed Hoboes
In the early 1900s, the word “hobo” carried a whole world of meaning. It could suggest poverty, wandering, hard luck, railroad travel, or simply a…
Mysterious Green Bottle With Masonic Symbols Found Buried at Cornerstone
In April 1919, a curious discovery at an armory building in Springfield (Massachusetts?) captivated local antiquarians—a mysterious green bottle buried at a cornerstone. It featured…
Police Clash with 800 Strikers at Hood Rubber Co. in Watertown
Massachusetts police armed with night sticks attacked 800 strikers outside the Hood Rubber Co. plant, seriously injuring two women and one man. The conflict ended…
Names of Those Executed During the Salem Witch Trials of 1692
The Salem witch trials of 1692 were a series of court trials and convictions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. The trials began…
6 Unsettling Facts About the Medfield Insane Asylum
The Medfield Insane Asylum, in Medfield, Massachusetts, was established in 1892 and in only a few years, stories about the asylum began to circulate among…
