Reduced Taxes in Hempstead

New York, 1895

The Hempstead trustees have reduced the taxes 14 cents on the $100. The rate has been fixed at 66 cents and the sum of $5,900 will be raised for various purposes. The total valuation this year is $933,550, an increase over last year of $30,625.


A Post Office Boycott

With a view of breaking the boycott against Postmaster Lane of Manor, the authorities at Washington have taken a hand in the controversy, and trainmen and messengers on the Long Island railroad have been warned against receiving mail matter aboard the train unless it passes through the post office, on penalty of immediate dismissal.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.