Our Brooklyn Letter of February 5 1894
Our Brooklyn Letter notes Brooklyn Tabernacle’s collapse and raised questions of governance and honesty. It mentions Mayor’s push to slow trolley speeds and promotes two instructional books for writers while offering Beecher titles. It includes homely remedies for insomnia and tips on glazed bakery rolls and a personal fashion shift by Ezanor King.
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Greene Avenue
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Brooklyn Hagle
Board of Trustees
Tabernacle
Beecher
Fisischmann
Country Circus Returns to Providence Opera House
The Country Circus resumes at the Providence Opera House February 12 for three nights with a full ring show and a grand 15 minute street parade. Lewis Morrison portrays villains in Faust style drama while Charles Barnard and C B Jefferson wrote the original production. Mrs Mary S Ransom will preach at Advent Christian Church. Harper's Young People offers Washington Irving and Longfellow portraits as February 27 bonus gifts.
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Providence
Charles Barnard
Nick
Mr. Morrison
MepHesti
Providece Opera House
Thorsday
Faust
Mary
Ransom
New Bedford
Mass
Advent Christian Church
Washington Irving
Henry W Longfellow
Local Social Roundup Highlights Residents and Events
In Warren last week, visitors included Miss Guy of Fall River and Miss Mabel White of Bridgeport staying with relatives. Dr. Barney moved into the former Dr. Woodbury residence on Washington Street as services held for Ash Wednesday. A new Main Street hall opens for amusements owned by Ch. Trombley, while the widow of Dr. Woodbury receives a $3000 Royal Arcanum check. Community gatherings featured an Indies whist party, a large ACOF ball, and a turkey supper at Fessenden House after adjournment to the Fessenden House. Subscriptions to the Phoenix offered a chair prize. a Methodist Ladies’ turkey supper concert drew good attendance. Mrs. Mary P. Turner turned 86 with friends gathering on Miller Street. A sleighing party of 60 from Providence Path Market visited, with supper at the Fessenden House. George S. Brown marked his 81st birthday at his daughter’s home on Washington Street with a family dinner and social. Sidewalk snow problems persisted after last winter, hindering walkers. George Haile Free Library opened its antiquarian rooms for the fourth anniversary with coins and specimens donated by Miss Josephine Care.
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George S Brown
Frank €. Cole
Washington Street
Cour
George Haile
Josephine Care
Revival Services Led by Dr Coburn in Local Churches
Evangelist Dr William Coburn began revival at the First Baptist Church last Saturday evening continuing through today except Sunday in the Methodist Church. Miss Mary Horton of Boston joins as gospel singer for two weeks with additional help from Evangelist T D Roberts starting February 17. Roberts, once with a wild life, now leads rescue work and collaborates with Moody Mills Gordon. Coburn and Horton plan services at Congregational and Methodist churches with candle talks for youth.
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William Coburn
First Baptist
Coburn
Mary Horton
Boston
Horston
Evangelist T D. Roberts
Dr. Coburn
Mr Roberts
Boston Industral Home
Harison Avenue
Huis
Mr Moody
Shay Mills
A J Gordon
Bo Fay Mills
San Francisco
Hind
Wises Harten
The February Peterson Magazine on Bermuda and Scotland
The February Peterson Magazine offers a brim full issue with notable travel pieces on The Bermuda Islands by H. O. Walsh and a Scotland rambles through Edinboro Town by Mary Gray Umsted. It features stories by Mignon Villara and P. D. Natt, plus poems by Louise Chandler Moulton and others. Subscription details list The New Peterson Magazine at 1 dollar a year, Philadelphia.
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Peterson Magazine
Bermuda Islands
H. O. Walsh
Edinboro
Mary Gray Umsted
Scot
Old City
Robert N. Keely, Jr
Nicaragua
Louise Chandler Moulton
Florence Barte Coates
Ernest McGaffey
Louise Stockton
South Third Street
Philadelphia
A Little Deceiver in Floral Trade
A note on Vick's New Branching Aster being mistaken for chrysanthemums, its value and temptation to florists, with advice to grow outdoors. It urges sending 10 cents for a Floral Guide from James Vick's Sons, Rochester, NY, noting the 10 cents could be deducted from first order.
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Vick
James Vick
Appointment of Administrator for Bristol deceased estate
request by Louisa A B Gross and others to appoint Tour EK Brown of Bristol or a suitable person as administrator of the late Bristol intestate. Hearing set for February 19 at 10 pm in Town Clerk's Office Bristol. Notice ordered to be published fourteen days weekly in Bristol Phoenix.
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Louisa A B Gross
Pextos
Lider Brown
Bristol
EK Brown
Wuel Bristol
Bristol Phoenix Herbers
EF Bennett
George H. Farrington
George H. Farrington Lnte
Bristol Phanix
Bee F. Bennety
Abrisstol
Tee K Tate
Elizabeth B Greene
George W. Simmons
Bristol Phenix
Herbert F Kennett
William R. Taylor
William R Taylor, Jr
John B. Taylor
William K. Taylor Jr
Providence
Casid
Herbert F. Bennett
Court of Probate Meets in Cornell Chamber
The Court of Probate held its monthly meeting in the Cornell Chamber before Judge William H Spooner. The last will of Nancy L Bakers was admitted and John P Reynolds approved as executor without bonds. Multiple petitions for estate administrations and sales of real estate were approved or continued, with notices issued for several estates including Henry S Wood Caroline P Lindsey Job Pearce and Charles Diman.
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Court of Probate
Cornell
William H Spooner
Nancy L. Bakers
John P. Reynolds
Moses Wood
Henry S Wood
Henry 8
George H Peck
Caroline P Lindsey
George H. Peck
Alexander G Sanford
Warren
Job Pearce
Catherine D W. Pearce
Harriet Sanford
Belle F
John H Soule
Charles F. Brown, Jr
Permisson
Augustus O. Bourn
Augustus O Bourn, Jr
Huldah B. Bourn
John B Slade
Charles Diman
John W. Eddy
Luter Brown
George H Farrington
Ender
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Ezanor King
Providence Opera House
Lewis Morrison
Charles Mabel
Mabel White
Bridgeport
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Main and
State Street
Sarah Hail
Josephine Barrus
Maria Allan
CH. Trombley
Dr Woodbury
Royal Arcanum
ACOF
Armory Hall
Fessenden House
the Phoenix
Ladies’ Society
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Mary P. Turner
Miller Street
Providence Pathe Market
Union Revival Services
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Luder Brown
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Dorrance and Westminster Sts
Providence,r. I
Shepard & Company
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W. L. Douglas
W. L. Ugilas
W. Douglas
Brockton
Masa
Soren McGaw
Buck Brothers
Westmaster Street
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