Tag: Massachusetts
Springfield Woman Freed Herself After Burglars Ripped Telephone From Wall
Masked burglars entered the Springfield, Massachusetts, home of Alderman A. H. Rogers one night in April 1909. An alderman was an elected member of the…
Man Risks His Life on Melting Ice to Save 10-Year-Old Boy
A ten-year-old boy’s plunge through the ice of the Saugus River in Lynn, Massachusetts, set off a desperate rescue in February 1920, with one man…
Two Teachers Found Dead Inside an Exclusive Boston Finishing School
For years, Elizabeth Bailey Hardee and Sarah Chamberlain Weed had followed remarkably similar paths. Both graduated from Wellesley College, became teachers, and eventually joined together…
Railroad Brakeman Killed Instantly by Lightning During Worcester Storm
A violent summer storm swept over Worcester, Massachusetts, on a Saturday night in June 1910, leaving behind death, injury, and damage across the city. At…
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…
