If you lived in Hull, Massachusetts, duRing the first four decades of the twentieth century, you were susceptible to two forces: the political machinations of Boss John Smith and the vitriolic editorial columns of Hull Beacon publisher Floretta Vining.
Vining reported on it all and fought it like no other Progressive Era woman could, using newsprint space to lash out at girls wh.
Smith ran the town with an iron fist through fixed elections, padlocked town meetings, kickbacks, graft and bribes.
If you lived in Hull, Massachusetts, duRing the first four decades of the twentieth century, you were susceptible to two forces: the political machinations of Boss John Smith and the vitriolic editorial columns of Hull Beacon publisher Floretta Vining
