From the Wellfleet section of the Aug. 18, 1875 issue of the Provincetown Advocate, selected and edited by Kaimi Rose Lum That old saying “Contrary as a hog” has been […]
History
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They Talk, Think, and Dream Fish
From the Aug. 10, 1919 issue of the Boston Daily Globe, selected and edited by Kaimi Rose Lum So much for the excitement of war days in Provincetown. Now for […]
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A Veteran of the Battle of the Bulge Has a Message of Diplomacy
Physicist Frank Tangherlini finds a rifle heavier than it once seemed
WELLFLEET — A clap of thunder punctuated Frank Robert Tangherlini’s recollections of decades of public service at a gathering at his son’s house here on July 25. The physicist was […]
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The Ways of the Denizens of the Deep
From the Aug. 2, 1890 issue of the Provincetown Beacon, selected and edited by Kaimi Rose Lum A more discouraging outlook for trap or weir fishing than the present could […]
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Where Once Was Dangerfield
From the July 28, 1869 issue of the Provincetown Advocate, selected and edited by Kaimi Rose Lum Pond Village is more regularly built than Provincetown, but stands in a cramped […]
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Sea Serpents Seen Whithersoever
From the July 9, 1833 issue of the Newburyport Herald, selected and edited by Kaimi Rose Lum The sch. Charles, of Provincetown, Jacob Cook, master; James M. Needham, mate, arrived […]
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Forts Useless and Ridiculous
Life was tedious at the Civil War fortifications on Long Point
On March 5, 1864, Massachusetts ceded jurisdiction of Provincetown’s Long Point to the United States for a military reservation. People in town didn’t like the idea much, although they did […]
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The Poster Show at Town Hall
From the July 4, 1918 issue of the Provincetown Advocate, selected and edited by Kaimi Rose Lum To write an honest article about a patriotic poster show wants, as our […]
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Of Wharves and Whales
From the July 1, 1856 issue of the Provincetown Banner, selected and edited by Kaimi Rose Lum Wharves Opposite to almost every man’s estate, in town, and extending more or […]
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Frederick Hammett and His Truro Cancer Research Lab
In a cottage on the bay, marine life offered far-reaching findings on cell growth
TRURO — Few took notice of the unimposing whitewashed cottage with a red roof and green shutters when it was completed in May 1930. The one-room structure, built on land […]
THAT WAS THEN
Launching of Steamer Provincetown
From the June 24, 1920 issue of the Provincetown Advocate, selected and edited by Kaimi Rose Lum Groton, Conn, June 19 — With water from the famous Pilgrim Spring, one […]
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Noogaahz Wixon Wants You to Know Who the Nauset Are
A collection of artifacts is becoming a museum and community space in Brewster
BREWSTER — Researching the history of the Nauset people for his 2024 history-memoir, After Aspinet, made Noogaahz Wixon feel like he was walking through a ghost town. Learning about colonial […]
THE BURREN NOTEBOOK
Isn’t That Interesting?
Storytelling in a place where the natural, human, and divine worlds co-exist
I believe in the fairies. I do. It doesn’t hurt that science these days is talking about parallel universes and worm holes, and that particles are neither here nor there […]
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How 2013 Closing of Provincetown High School Still Echoes Today
Tipping point came fast for the ‘heart of the community’
PROVINCETOWN — The four towns of the Nauset Regional School District — Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, and Brewster — are embarking this year on a state-supported study of whether two or […]
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Icebound, in Stereoscope
The Arctic freeze of 1875 and G.H. Nickerson’s ‘views’
The oldest of Cape Cod’s old-timers could not remember when it had been colder or when more ice had piled up in the harbors. January 1875 had begun seasonably enough. […]
