February 2004 - New Hampshire Magazine

With an entire symphony orchestra on stage, you can’t expect a raffle winner to be named without some kind of fanfare. And so, in fine game-show style, the announcement is accompanied by a darkly dramatic timpani roll, then punctuated by a smart cymbal crash. It’s all part of the fun at concerts of the New Hampshire Philharmonic, which bills itself…

Got Moxie?

February 1, 2004

New Hampshire Magazine Staff,

Back in the 1880s, Dr. Augustin Thompson patented a nostrum called Moxie, which he produced at a small plant in Lowell, Massachusetts. He said the carbonated drink was “food for the nerves which has been proven to cure imbecility and loss of manhood.” When Congress passed the Pure Food and Drugs Act in 1906, unsubstantiated medical claims were outlawed, so…