Our Brooklyn Letter Explores Mind and Society
In this Our Brooklyn Letter from February 26 1894, the author laments excess shopping social sport and gossip while urging personal concentration meditation and self guided growth. It argues women should govern their lives by conscience seek inner knowledge and form small groups for development. It also contrasts intuitive cooks with those trained by study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamondas
New York
Buffalo
Fleischmann
Ecxanor Kurs
Town Council Recommends Tax Levy For 1894
Town meeting held February 12 1894 voted to recommend a tax not less than 58000 nor more than 59000 on ratable estates for the year with any surplus to reduce debt. a 5 percent discount for early payment and 6 percent interest for late payment. The levy allocates funds to State Tax Interest on debt Public Schools Water Supply Fire Department Street Lights Overseer of the Poor Highway and Crushed Stone Sidewalks Memorial Day Fourth of July Bristol Home for Destitute Children Hydration Engine Co Dreadnaught H L Co King Philip Fire Co and unpaid 1898 bills. Deduction from Public Schools and other sources brings total to 36810205.
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Rogers Free Library
Polk Town Council
Bristol
Hydraution Engine Co
Dreadnaught H. & L. Co
King Philip Fire Co
Barrington Notes on Ice Cutting Death and Centennial Funds
Mr Tiffany and Mr Leonard finished cutting ice on Nayatt Pond with an average thickness of fifteen inches. Rev E E Philips preached on Idolary at Crownville M E Church and led the Epworth League. William H Atlen, aged merchant, died at his home aged 75. John Jenks elected trustee of the second centennial fund for 1970, started 1870 and now held by Rhode Island Trust Company.
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William Leonard
Nayatt Pond
E. E. Philips
M. E
Crownville
Epworth
William H. Atlen
John Jenks
Rhode Island Trust Company
First Outdoor Crops for Early Lettuce and Radishes
The article advises setting up a protected outdoor bed near a south or southeast wall to grow early lettuce and radishes with minimal effort. It suggests deep rich soil, hotbed-like preparation, and extending the season by using a frame with sash. Seedlings can start in flats inside a kitchen window and be transplanted later.
Local Notes Span Weather, Raffles, and Repairs in Warren
Thomas Bramhall and wife spent Sunday in town as frigid air kept temperatures around six degrees below zero. Miss Mabel White sailed to Paris on the Westernland. Rev Ackley returned from New York and Philadelphia. Rev Father Benson preached at St. Mark's. Unclaimed letters at the post office include Davenport, Read, Sargent, Kenyon, Bausa, Plaut, Ricard, Charlelard. The Mendelssohn and Thalia clubs planned events. a police raid on a disorderly tenement led to a sentence. Tramps with frozen feet were treated at the lock-up. The Board of Canvassers reviewed voter lists. tax rolls showed slight upticks. Dr Nelson Tall’s sleigh accident occurred in snow. horse saved, man and driver later rescued. About 150 visited Royal Arcanum at Magasoit Corner for supper and initiation of two candidates. Antiquarian coins found in Ark ruins donated to George Haile Free Library. A 1744 coin and 1734 coins dated Georgius II Rex noted. A 1960 military and civic program from A M Stevens. Novelty store offered major price reductions to make way for wallpaper. Baptist Ladies Sewing Society met at Miller Street parsonage.
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Thalia Club
Armory Hall
Warren Artillery
Joseph Davenport
Eugene A. Read
G. W. Sargent
Mary Kenyon
Elaver Bausa
Micala Plaut
Nor Ricard
Joseph Charlelard
Tobin Post
A. R
Relef Corps
State Farm
Magsasoit Corner
Royal Arcanum
Providence
George Haile Free Library
John Fogarty
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Georgius 2d Rex
M Stevens
Peabody's
Ladies Sewing Society
Baptist Church
Miller Street
Local Bank Board Sees New Director elected in Yalo County
Mrs Emma C Langenvar has been elected to the board of directors of the Yalo county savings bank in California. Mrs Hicks-Lord displays a stomacher adorned with a large diamond sun, a central star emerald, rubies, and diamond rays. Mrs Rebecca Ann Lichner of New May, Tennessee, is claimed to be the oldest woman in the state at 117, born December 18, 1776, of Norwegian descent.
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Emma C Langenvar
Yalo County
Cal
Hicks-Lord
Rebecca Ann Lichner
New May
Tus
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Mr. Tiffany
Warren
Thomas Bramhall
Fall River
Mercury
Mabel White
Paris
Westernland
William W. Ackley
Philadelphia
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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
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Cole's Hotel
Mendelsshon Club
Mary Merchant
Main Street
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Riversideyg
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Douglas
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J. B. Barnaby Co. Cor
Dorrance and Westminster Sts
Providence, R. I
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Clusides
Buck Brothers
Westminter Street
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John P Reynolds
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