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100 years ago

100 years ago

All Christian comfort is denied, Dog Days! The great bulk of 19th-century Arkansans had to be stoic since they could not afford to spend two months in the Adirondacks each summer. This was especially true of women. Wives cooked meals on open fireplaces, or after about 1890, on wood-burning cast iron stoves. Both women and men often worked long hours in the cotton or corn fields. Life was most uncomfortable for enslaved men and women, who often labored under both a hot sun and an armed overseer....

All Christian comfort is denied, Dog Days! The great bulk of 19th-century Arkansans had to be stoic since they could not afford to spend two months in the Adirondacks each summer. This was especially true of women. Wives cooked meals on open fireplaces, or after about 1890, on wood-burning cast iron stoves. Both women and men often worked long hours in the cotton or corn fields. Life was most uncomfortable for enslaved men and women who often labored under both a hot sun and an armed overseer. ...

Bill Braithwaite, staunch advocate for Barrington communities, dies at 92 William "Bill" Braithwaite Dyllis Braithwaite, middle, and her husband, William, were honored as pillars of Barrington last year by Village President Karen Darch. Daily Herald File Photo, 2019   Updated 12/13/2020 7:32 PM With its rolling hills, Barrington reminded J. William "Bill" Braithwaite of his native Connecticut, according to his wife, Dyllis. That was in 1955, when Braithwaite decided to settle i...