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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1879
Page
4
The account details a powerful governor in Haha province who used oppression to rule a vast estate held under the sultan. It cites brutal acts including the feather glove punishment with lime and water, and a cruel incident where a youth had a foot cut off for trespassing a garden wall.
A string of quips and repartee features exchanges among notable figures. Wit from a sergeant, Sidney Smith, Talleyrand, Jerrold, Sheridan, and a bachelor highlights pointed humor about requests, fathers, beauty, barristers, bachelorship, Shakespeare, and grave-diggers.
A whimsical collection of aphorisms notes social quirks and observations. It contrasts women’s shopping habits with a grocery bill, the man who won’t walk, and a ferry race wager. It jokes about stamps, coal on sidewalks, and fashion trends while painting vivid city scenes with playful verse.
The text explains ventilating a room by opening lower window parts while upper parts stay closed to stop warm air from rising. It notes warm air in rooms is lighter than outside air and will escape upward if outlets exist. A doorway candle test shows inward draft at low level and outward flow near the top. It also claims warm room air rises up chimney flues, so open fireplaces serve as ventilation with a ceiling opening.
The press recalls the murder of actor B C Porter by James Currie and the shooting of companion Barrymore in Marshall Texas. Currie, a railroad detective, drew revolvers after insults to a lady, displaying two pistols and acting as a dangerous aggressor in a public restaurant near the station.
The essay extols common sense as a defining gift shaping character and governance. It links practical wisdom to success in business, finance, and public life, praising rulers, merchants, and financiers who embody steady judgment and restraint. It notes common sense as the backbone of progress and moral society, contrasting it with parade and trickery.
Benjamin Davids rushed through smoke to save his wife Catherine Doyle and six children in a New York tenement fire. He threw his sons Jacob and Morris to safety before jumping himself. Morris was wounded in the hip and Jacob’s leg broke. Catherine Doyle was cut by a butcher’s hook, and Davids suffered facial burns and singed hair as the family survived and were taken to hospital.
Ayrton and Perry present a concept that emotion can be stirred by moving bodies and predict a new visual art of movement driven by an instrument altering period amplitude and phase of harmonic motion. They note Eastern traditions using motion and color to evoke feelings and cite Japanese operas as examples.
A wall collapse caused a fatality and serious injuries among three workers at a construction site. The disaster damaged nearby property and prompted an immediate investigation into safety practices.
The Senate reports the Army Appropriation bill back without amendment and considers Blaine’s proposed end of section six text restricting armed presence near polling places. It also discusses Bayard’s repeal bill of Revised Statutes sections 820 and 821, and admission of Mr Bell to the New Hampshire seat amid adjournments and executive sessions.
Shirley Dare urges American ladies and gentlemen to wear hand knit thread stockings of wool and silk. She notes they cost four dollars a pair, suggesting editors avoid cheap alternatives as newspaper men prefer ten to fifteen dollar stockings. The Norristown Herald comments on editorial resistance to cheaper, lower quality hosiery.
A fragment from the Oil City Derrick quotes a poet joking that inspiration, not waste, is kept in the waste basket. The lines read be ginning now inspiration seize my muse and reference the basket as a place for ideas.
A hapless mendicant sought aid from Mrs. Caruthers recalling youth and old friendships for cold buckwheat cakes and boots. She refused and slammed the door after his request for a dollar. Sackett’s marsh near Berlin yields up to 35000 bushels of cranberries in a good year.
A watch's tick marks time as a drum's rhythm keeps tempo in a study of timing and tempo in musical performance. The piece links mechanical timekeeping to percussion in historical music practice.
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