Town Meeting Debates Tax Levy and Relief Fund Plans
Debate on a 40 cent per $100 tax levy ends with an adopted amount between 304000 and 307000. Actions authorize borrowing 150000, relief fund administration for firemen, land purchase of 300 to connect Reservoir and State streets, and refer leasing to the Town Council. Voter count shows 354 admitted to the hall with 210 men and 55 women recorded.
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Gen. Callan
Col Cheesman
Luke H Callan
Col Cheesmans
Don Callan
Leving
Sewer Commission
Benjamin M . MacDougall
United States Rubber Company
Reservoir Avenue
Hawaiians adopt 1820 alphabet for Bible translation
The Hawaiians gained a written language in 1820 when missionaries provided an 11 letter alphabet. They used symbols such as a e i o u k l m p w with w sometimes pronounced as y. They coined words like popoki for cat and rendered the name Jim as Kimo with a distinctive pronunciation.
Bold Striding Investor Arrives At Marble Mansion
A cab halted before a imposing marble mansion. The visitor, described as swarthy and bronzed, stepped out with health and youth in his gait. He climbed the steps and rang the bell, then exclaimed Tax for Blotzwister as the door opened.
Domesday Books Highlighted in Public Record Office Collection
The Domesday books form a principal exhibit in the Public Record Office, which since 1888 has centralized national archives from multiple offices. The Domesday survey began under William the Conqueror in 1085 and reflects England’s medieval administration.
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Victorian
National Archives
Public Record Office
Chancery
Exchequer
Treasury
Home Office
Foreign Office
War Office
Admiralty
Board of Trade and Customs
England
London
Teutonic Race Overview in Early Europe
The Teutonic peoples are described as those European populations speaking Teutonic languages. This includes English speakers in the British Isles, German speakers in Germany Austria Hungary and Switzerland, Flemish in Belgium, Saindinasians of Sweden and Norway, and most inhabitants of Helland and Denmark outside Europe. The text notes expansion to Africa Americas Australasia and beyond.
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Europe
British Isles
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Switzerland
Belgium
Sweden
Norway
Helland
Denmark
Africa
America
Jefferson Bible One of Nation's Treasures
Pathfinder Magazine notes the Jefferson Bible, a 46 page compilation begun in 1804 by Thomas Jefferson using four Gospels cut and pasted into two volumes. He planned it for Indians and read from it nightly. by 1819 he added Greek Latin and French Testaments with maps, calling it The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus
Palestine
National Museum
Washington
Pathfinder Magazine
Silence as Expression Across Foundations and Faith
A North American Times writer argues that true mysticism and martyrdom require living issues expressed in utterance. Pure silence—whether of communion or repression—fails to fulfill individual lives without translation into words, while indifference, vanity, and contempt produce harmful quiet.
Birds That Live Long in the Wild
The article surveys estimates of natural bird lifespans noting most data come from captive subjects. It mentions vultures hawks crows parrots and other species with few parrots living to a high age and questions the reliability of longevity records in wild populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitsgazin
Wedding Fees and Domestic Dreams in a Frayed Age
A fragmented reminiscence contrasts wedding fees with family life. It links ministerial costs to modest household joys such as curtains porch swings ice cream and new stockings, while lamenting strained finances and the rector’s needs amid a strained communal scene.
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Reeters
Tartans Pictured In A Frivolous Shopping Misadventure
A Glasgow Edinburgh shop tale sees two customers ask to view tartan cloths. The assistant, after rolling each tartan to reveal its pattern, jokes that they do not want to buy tartan but plan to buy a pack of playing cards with tartan backs to learn which design is prettiest.
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Edinburgh
Woten
Wwe
Dom Perignon and Champagne’s Saint Benedictine spark
In 1068 the Benedictine monk Dom Perignon was appointed cellarer of his monastery and devised the idea of marrying wines from nearby vineyards. This blending led to the creation of Champagne as a distinct sparkling wine.
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Dom Perignon
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