06 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1879
Page
1
An excerpted poem celebrates long distance journeys by ships and the ever present watchful love. The speaker, A. D. F. Randolph, notes outward sailing toward distant lands while love remains a constant guide. The verse envisions ships circling the world with beloveds nearby in spirit.
A Georgia woman recalls spring 1865 refuge life under raider threat after Sherman and Wilson advances. She details escape by swamp camp with Mrs Willis, the role of enslaved workers, the rescue of a five gallon demijohn and the tense encounter with a Federal raider who turns out to be a messenger of peace as armistice arrives and the refugees return home.
The report lists miles of railroad in each state and territory for last year versus 1877. Several states show gains, including New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Wisconsin, while some regions remain unchanged such as Maine Connecticut Louisiana Indian Country and Nevada.
A fragment notes a nail invention for driving nails and a rural boy aiming to nail any sun he can reach, described in a rural Saturday night context.
A Rome Sentinel item lampoons a boy who whistles nonstop from dawn to night and mocks the chaos caused in workplaces and homes. Workers quit, lunacy rises, and several attempts to silence him fail until roof-top fish-horns briefly quell the sound.
The London Saturday Review describes Helouan with Khedive villa, Mansour Pasha's residence, and noble shows of Arab and harem life. It notes heat, shaded streets, cool plastered houses, and fashion at the hotel. Harper's Weekly adds on menhaden fishery along the Atlantic coast, its uses in oil, manure, leather, soap, and as bait, and warns against wasteful fishing practices and enforcement in Canada.
A school team asserts access to newspapers at home improves reading, pronunciation, spelling, geography knowledge, grammar, writing quality, and participation in debating societies, highlighting how sustained newspaper reading fuels vocabulary, clarity, and broad knowledge.
Adam Helmer of Port Huron Michigan armed a gun and descended to hunt a burglar. His wife, awakening, crept downstairs and they met in dim light where Helmer shot and killed her, mistaking her for an intruder.
Catherine Webster is executed in England for killing her mistress Mrs Thomas at Richmond. She confessed sole involvement, with no accomplice, and portions of the body found in a Thames box leading to her arrest in Ireland on March 28. The crime involved strangulation, dismemberment, and theft of property, with Church briefly implicated and then discharged.
An American engineer describes the Great Wall of China as 1 728 miles long, eighteen feet wide, and fifteen feet thick at the top. Foundations are granite with compact masonry above. towers rise every 200 to 300 yards, twenty four feet in diameter and twenty five to thirty feet high. The wall is straight through varied terrain with bridges over Brooks and rivers and flanking towers along wider streams.
A travel writer notes that Russia’s new prisons signal civilization, with six state prisons for 3 600 convicts, plus two more large jails in Siberia and Trans-Caucasia. A Mennonite group from Russia arrives in New York, planning West colonization with about $100,000 and household gear, highlighting peaceful, thrifty communities akin to Omish roots.
The American Agriculturist extols fruit as a healthful food, noting its high water content and nitrogen balance. It says fruit provides acids that refresh and tone the system, especially in warm weather, and advises eating plenty of ripe, freshly gathered fruit for cooling and health benefits.
In the Kieff military court trial three Nihilists were condemned to death. Gendarmes wore coats of mail. one shot in the head died, others were wounded slightly. Indented mail showed bullets impact. Six Nihilists were wounded. brothers Ivichevich died, Brandtner and Antonoff survived only to be hanged.
The report notes 13 000 fish varieties with one tenth in fresh water, about 100 000 men in Britain’s herring fishery using 3 000 vessels, and Lowestoft catching 22 million herrings in two days. It mentions 67 lobster canning establishments in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Balt imore oyster beds covering 3 000 acres yielding 25 million bushels annually, and oysters shipped from Baltimore to Europe after three years of growth.
United States Secretary of Legation at Vienna forwards an abstract of Vienna's annual police report. It highlights long service of servant girls, many balls held during the year, and 1395 unions including 382 charitable and 277 social groups. The report notes 14,161 members in political societies and rewards for long service. The summary commends the value of the document to U S police authorities.
The Inter Ocean surveys global railway tunnels, listing 957 total and 291 miles. Notable examples include England’s Kilsby 14 miles at $1.5 million, Mount Cenis in Italy at 74 miles, Hoosac in America at 43 miles, and the Sutro Tunnel in Nevada as a major achievement.
A Texan descendant of a kinswoman of General Washington holds a sun-dial and a walking-stick once belonging to the first President, tracing their provenance to the early American leader.
The poem reflects a wedding morning at the altar with vows and blessings. It questions whether marriage will be joy or misery, contrasting social rituals with a deeper hope for a harmonious life. It imagines a union guided by love that endures into heaven.
A collage of short items from various papers includes quips about dogs, watermelons, and flax. newspaper snippets mention Wisconsin farmers and a February reference. The text mixes verse and aphorisms with notes about Napoleon III and Victor Emmanuel, and a playful summer vignette ending with James Ff Coales.
A Gold Hill woman turns her husband’s gambling habit into a family asset. She borrows $200 to start a fake bank and to collect his wages through gaming profits. After repaying the debt she expands to buying diamonds stocks and a mansion, then travels with her husband and three children.
The article traces early gas discovery in England by Dr. Clayton and experiments beginning in 1792. It notes early apparatus in Birmingham and lighting at the Lyceum Theatre in London, with the first U S attempt in Baltimore in 1816. Gas companies formed in Boston 1882 and New York 1893, but operations began after a failed start, then success nationwide.
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