An old man died and left two children, a boy and a girl. No one wanted them. Their father settled them on the town and the town sent them to the poor farm.
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In the Barn: Luman & Alma Smith
It’s early afternoon, not yet two o’clock on October 23, 1879, when Luman Smith returns to his farm in Williston. His little girl runs out to meet him and they go to the barn together, talking of this or that, then turning at the sound of footsteps, his father-in-law coming over.
The Suncook Town Tragedy (Marietta Ball, Part 2)
October 6, 1875. Wednesday morning in St. Albans and Aldis Brainerd is reading the paper. He’s at his house on North Main Street or at his offices in the Brainerd Block. He’s taking breakfast, perhaps, or sitting at his desk when he opens The Daily Messenger.
The East Hill Murder (Marietta Ball, Part 1)
On Friday, July 24, 1874, Marietta Ball dismissed her class and closed up the schoolhouse. As usual she intended to pass the weekend with her friend Clara Paige and left directly from the school, carrying her nightdress, slippers, and underclothes in a bundle under arm.
The McCaffrey Murders
Tressa was up. Lillian Gallup heard movement upstairs and assumed it was her houseguest Tressa Dustin. It was just after eight in the morning. Lillian waited but Tressa didn’t come down. An hour later, Lillian went upstairs and found the guest room empty.