30 Apr 1879
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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1879
Page
1
Excerpted verse fragments feature a speaker addressing a friend about departuring at sea and a master’s knock at the door. The dialogue contrasts勇 fears of ice and night with resolve to depart, ending with a farewell. the lines invoke a stormy arctic voyage atmosphere.
Farmer Hezekiah Lazier visits Miss Keturah Kiddle to choose a wife but is rejected. He faces comic interruptions from a bantam voice and a moved umbrella, and Miss Kiddle ultimately declines his proposal confirming her independence while Lazier pursues a codfish and reconsideration.
A whimsical collage from the New York Star blends reflections on pedestrian life and everyday curiosities. It riffs on humor, thrift, children, nature, fashion, and playful imagery, curling through lines about robins, boys, violets, and a house-cleaning festive old lady.
A Miss Virginia French poem in the Picayune leads a Tehneseean suitor to New Orleans where he wins her as wife after requesting the poetess’s name. Chicago telephone wires reportedly attract lightning, with offices reset by the strike. Cornell University forms an experimental fertilizer station to test fertilizers seeds and grasses with university and agricultural society leaders on the board.
The article cites B G Jenkins of the Royal Astronomical Society arguing that sun spot variations drive terrestrial events like rain and crop failures, and that planetary influences from Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune caused past plagues and will bring extraordinary magnetic activity and great plague in the next seven years, pegged to Jupiter’s perihelion around 1883.
A man on Thirty-first Street in Chicago was set upon by four large dogs, including a bulldog that sunk its fangs into his right arm. He fought off the animals with help from bystanders, the bulldog was killed, and Munchausen sustained severe injuries to his arm and legs. Doctors fear a poor recovery.
A historical survey notes railroads began 1830 with rapid growth after 1848. It cites 80,000 miles in the U S, nearly half the world total, and details decennial mileage changes, costs per mile, employment impact, and Europe’s totals. It tallies capital stock and debts, and estimates national property values and the railroad share of capital.
A physician attributes certain seasickness to excess blood in nervous centers, especially the spinal area connected to the stomach and vomiting. Remedies include cooling the spinal region with ice, iced drinks, lying still with eyes closed, a tight belt, and chloroform on sugar, though some cases remain incurable.
The text prescribes home remedies for a cold including fasting at supper, drinking cold water, dry toast for breakfast, and frequent morning walks. It warns against feeding the cold and claims digestion affects susceptibility, while hot drinks are discouraged for disturbing digestion and increasing skin sensitivity.
Bonner, valued at over $1.5 million, has invested more than half of his wealth into advertising. The statement highlights aggressive promotion as a key tactic, likened to a magician’s wand.
A mosaic of curious items notes social quips, legal tidbits, and oddities from the era. It cites Newberry’s wealth, tea world output, and Yale Princeton Dartmouth clerks, with remarks on journalism, fashion, and widow by grace lore.
The Tlarrsbug Patriot reports Benjamin Singerly once proprietor of the Daily State Journal died in transit to Pittsburgh. Relatives planned to move his body to Philadelphia but the casket weighed heavy and the corpse had undergone petrefaction turning marble like yellow skin. The body weighed nine hundred eighty pounds when raised for transport.
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