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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1879
Page
4
A mix of 19th century fashion tips describing warm wools and street wear, hats and bonnets, silhouettes, trims, and hair. followed by a biographical rundown of U.S. presidents noting estates, wealth, and end-of-life finances from Adams to Buchanan and Lincoln.
Esther Ray of Prairie Farmer offers practical advice for farm families. She urges wives to streamline kitchens, prepare meals ahead, use cool rooms or a summer kitchen, and keep flies out with screens or mosquito netting. She recommends a brief afternoon rest for health and efficiency.
A collection notes experiments showing bell sound vanishes under exhausted air and a pistol report at sea height. Hen egg production declines after four years. Trotting records from 1820 to 1878 are listed. German railway memoranda reveal mountain line heights up to 7 021 feet. Cricket and grasshopper sounds are mentioned.
A New York paper contrasts contagion and infection for yellow fever, arguing fever is not contagious through contact but spread via damp, warm materials. The piece notes expert views and contrasts with small pox, then reports a string of diverse items from a pedestrian contest winner to fires, murders, and Civil War era dispatches with locations like Providence Boston Rochester and Deadwood.
New York owner R B Conklin describes his gelding Rarus a twelve year old endurance standout. He recalls a narcotic incident three years ago thwarted by prompt action and asserts intimate knowledge of the horse’s condition. Conklin notes offers of forty thousand dollars but plans to keep him for posterity.
The People warns that single women traveling by rail through tunnels should secure jewelry, especially earrings, after a case where a passenger saw an earring caught in a man's beard after the train exited a tunnel. The notice suggests many may be robbed in this way.
The New York Repress notes that diamonds attract lightning and sometimes other phenomena. A recent incident involved a thief being attracted and the owner distracted while lightning was found nearby.
An assortment of reports details heavy rain in Norfolk Virginia with storm damage. fires and wreckage at various farms. a fatal shooting in Yazoo City between James Dixon and James Barksdale. a Kansas murder of station agent J. W. Cotton by a tramp. plus world items on education exhibits, Irish riot, Panama canal plans, and sports results.
On October 25, 1848 Boston marked the arrival of Cochituate Lake water with a sunrise gun salute bells, flags, arches, and a two hour procession. Citizens cheered when the fountain released pure water, a chorus rang out and the city rejoiced over the new supply.
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a reliable remedy for constipation indigestion and bowel irritation noting gradual gentle effects without griping and claiming appetite and sleep benefits. It also promotes Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup as a cure for skin diseases and various ailments with assurances that druggists sell both products.
A discourse extols the wise legislator who elevates public well being over private gain, praising collective good over individual interests. The text also markets remedies and products, noting Dr. Pierce's medicines, Brown's Trophes, stock offerings, Mason & Hamlin organs, pure starches, and tobacco, framed as wellness and investment items.
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