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From: "Betty" <>
Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] "Banned in Boston" (MENCKEN) (CHASE)
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:32:49 -0400


Hi again,

In this morning's MassMoments e-mail there is the story about how the phrase
"Banned in Boston" came about:

http://www.massmoments.org:80/moment.cfm?mid=104

The major part of the story involves:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_and_Ward_Society

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/01/01/dwight_strong_watch_and_ward_society_leader_dies/

http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~law00001


Betty (near Lowell, MA)






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