November 9, 1916 - Reception Announced

Here is the engagement reception announcement from the Sentinel newspaper. I can not find a listing for the paper but you can see the writing on the bottom of the article.

 Reception Announced

Announcement of a reception to be given by Miss Helen Rosenstein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rosenstein, of 534 West 111th street, New York, and Joseph G. Shapiro, of Shelton, whose engagement was recently announced, has been made. The reception will take place at the bride's home on Sunday, November 19, from 3 to 6 o'clock.
Sentinel Nov. 9, 1916

The next letter is November 15.

February 1, 1914 - Personal Tax Bill

Having just paid the second installment of our property taxes yesterday this is comical to me. I spend lots time figuring out where I will pull the money from and how I will make it happen again. I manage to do this twice a year and am amazed every time. Coming across this receipt in Joe's papers was quite comical.

I do not know what he was paying taxes on but I did look up the street address which is Fairmont Place in Shelton, CT and that street still exists and it is a short walk to Howe Avenue where he went to pay the taxes.

The next post will be a short newspaper article on February 13.