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The Greeneville Sun
01 Dec 2025
Celebrate An 1850s Christmas At The Dickson-Williams Mansion
The public is being invited to a special holiday open house and tour of the historic Dickson-Williams Mansion in downtown Greeneville this Friday, Dec. 5, from 5-8 p.m ....
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Why Chile Might Be South America’s Most Overlooked Adventure Capital
New York Observer 30 Nov 2025
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This 1850s Doctor Prescribed Handwashing Decades Before Germ Theory
NDTV 28 Nov 2025
Ignaz Semmelweis cut childbed deaths dramatically by insisting doctors wash their hands, and was mocked for it. His story explains why simple hand hygiene still protects health today and why evidence... .
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Niagara Gazette
16 Nov 2025
The Skinner school for Black children roiled Niagara Falls in the 1850s
It began in a back room where we were surrounded by piles of boxes, files, a nearby coffee machine, and just enough room for a table — the way many good things start ... .
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What’s it like to celebrate Christmas the 1850s way? Find out at Wade House
Oshkosh Northwestern 14 Nov 2025
Wade House Carriage Driving Days weekend ... 13-14. The event, called A Wade House Christmas, will bring the 1850s stagecoach inn to life with holiday customs inspired by English and German traditions, according to a community announcement.
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Doomscrolling in the 1850s
The Atlantic 13 Nov 2025
The recorded a 118 percent increase in the number of newspapers printed in the United States just in the 1850s, when nearly 1 billion copies were printed under some 4,000 different titles (this was about 30 papers for every person in the country).
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Event to celebrate Thanksgiving as it was in 1850s Waterford
The Day 30 Oct 2025
The Waterford Historical Society will present "Harvest to Hearth. Thanksgiving in 1850s Waterford" from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 8 ... What that meant for mid-19th-century Waterford residents ... There will be hearth cooking in the Beebe-Phillips House ... ....
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'I followed an 1850s map to a mystery location and couldn't believe what I found'
The Mirror 28 Oct 2025
A history lover who used Ordnance Survey maps of Oxfordshire from the 1850s as a guide, was left stunned after tracking down two structures dating back thousands of years ... .
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