Philip Livingston a Key Figure in America’s Early Days
The article profiles Philip Livingston a New York signer of the Declaration of Independence born 1716 in Albany. It notes his Yale education his roles as merchant alderman and advocate in the Continental Congress and his influence on Edmund Burke and George Washington. It also details his civic work founding the New York Society Library the Chamber of Commerce and support for King’s College now Columbia.
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Livingston
Philip Livingston
New York
Philadelphia
Ethan Allen
Philp Livingston
Albany
Yale
England
Edmund Burke
Burke
House of Commons
Brooklyn Heights
Washington
New York Harbor
Aval
Continental Congress
York
New York Society Library
Chamber of Commerce
State Hospital
King's College
Columbia
Lost Pass Book No 16317 at Industrial Trust Co Bristol
A lost or destroyed pass book numbered 16317 issued by Industrial Trust Co Bristol has been reported. The bank has stopped the book and an application has been made for a duplicate in the legal manner. Return to the bank if found.
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The
Industrial Trust Co
Bristol
Corn in Pueblo rites and the sacred meal tradition
The article describes corn as a central sacred element in Pueblo and Navajo ceremonies. It details the mother ear of white corn carried by the medicine man, pollen from corn and squash in sanctifications, and corn jars found with cliff dwellings and mounds, indicating corn's ancient spiritual importance.
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Indianapolis
Hindu Frenzy as Sun Eclipse Stirs Religious Fear
The article describes hundreds of thousands of Hindus from Calcutta gathering along the Ganges to bathe and pray for protection from a sun swallowing demon. Businers halt activity and households suspend work as utensils are broken and sleep and travel stop during the eclipse.
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Calcatth
Ganges
Composition of Soviet Judiciary by Occupation and Party Ties
Data from the people's commissariat of justice shows 2,600 judges in the USSR with 1,416 peasants and 882 workmen. Among 1,400 judges of instruction 627 are peasantry and 202 workmen. Eighty-three percent are Communist party or Komsomol affiliated. Only 112 women hold responsible positions in the judiciary.
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
People’s Commissariat of Justice
Communist Party
Komsomol
Intelli
Hair Splitting On The Platform
An elderly passenger asks if the porter is his train, and the careful porter corrects him with humor about the train engine being used for Springfield. The exchange underscores the porter’s strict accuracy and company ownership of trains.
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Springfield
Veteran recollection rattles through blizzard years
The Kansas City Star humorously recalls Riley Rezzidew and Sam Slackputter in a quirky exchange about recalling the date of the great blizzard of 1886. The veteran stridently questions whether the event occurred in 1884 or 1887, playfully lamenting memory lapses.
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Bello
Rile
Sam T Slackputter
Petunia
Old Riley Rezzidew
Kansas City Star
Turkish assembly considers civil code restricting interfaith marriages
The modified Swiss civil code, pending ratification in Turkey, bans marriage between Muslims and Christians. It also prohibits polygamy and divorce by the husband’s whim, declaring marriages contracted with Christians null.
Mortgage Sale Notice for Catholic Congregation Lot 4 Bristol
A mortgagee sale notice announces the bid by the mortgage holder at sale or adjournment. Providence lawyer William G. Troy represents the holder, listing the property as Lot 4 on the Byfield Plat of land in Bristol bounded by Franklin and Woodbridge streets. The document appears dated April 30 with subsequent 5 7 14 21 dates.
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Perea
Rot Tor
Rhode Yeland
Bristol
Catholic Congrations Society
Cee
Franklin Street
Woodbridge Street
William G Troy
Grosvenor Building
Providence
R. I
Bristol Old Ferry Road land taking description summary
Rhode Island state land action describes the purchase for road improvements along Read-Ferry Road in Bristol. It details plat 145 and center line references, describing easterly and westerly land bounds and walls at specified station points, signed by three state board members.
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Bristol
Rhode Island
State Board of Public Roads
Oped
Bristol Old Ferry Road
State Board OF Public
Rosenjamin F. Robinson Ohn
A. H. Bodington
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Joshua Maddeman
GEORGE W GARDINER EBEN N_ LITTLEFIELD
Earl
Crawford
Chester R Martin
Cunliffe Bullock
William Metcalfe
James R Maccoll
Michael F Dooley
Frederick S Peck Ward E Smith
Robert J Connery
Ellery Holbrook
Trust Department
Henry C Jackson
Florrimon M Howe
William Groelker Howard W. Fitz Charles H. W. Mandeville
George E Gale
Ernest Clayton
Everett S Hartwell
Clayton D Sheldon
Harry Cowen
Clyde A Ames
Joshla Maddeman
H Martin Brown
Ben N
Littlefield
Zzra Dixon Lyman
BO Goff Samuel M
Nicholson
Ames BO Maccol
Harold J Gross
Livingston Beeckman Waltitr S Ballou Tames M
Pindleton Veretti
Rogers Berling
Ostby
John S. Holbrook
Bond Department
Elmer F Seabury
Nicholas E Carr
Carleton E Taft
Board of Directors
H Rathbun
A Hoffman
Alfred M Coats
Baldrich Florrimon
M Howe
Frederic W Howe
Walter Fangell
Frederick Jen¢Okes
James H Higgins
Harry Parsons
George M Parks
Paul C Nicholson
Charles O Read
Ross
Foreign Department
W Granville Meader
Felix Ferraris
Andrew Ferences
Herbert G Beede
Joseph B McIntyrf
Joseph W Freeman Howard J. Greene Forrest W Taylor Webbster Knight
George W Gardiner Byron S Watson
Harold T Merriman
Joseph Samuels
Ervins Dunn
Frederick S Peck
Westminster ST
Westminster 8&T
Broad ST
Atwells Avenue
Federal Reserve System
Providence Woonsocket Pascoal
Pawtucket
Warren East
Newport
Wickford
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State OF Rhode Island
Ferry Road
Wood Street
Bristol Ferry
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