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Newspaper

Branford Gleaner

Location

Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1878

Page

4

Religious Services Schedule Across Local Congregations

The notice lists multiple churches with service times and leaders. Babruer Cuoxoa-Reesee hosts morning and evening prayers. Opmenusaa TioxaL Cuvrom led by Rev W Mill has 10 45 am and 7 30 pm services. Tannrr Eriscorat Ciunes by Rev Henry Olmsted offers 10 45 am and 1 45 pm with Sunday school at 12 15. Deanford Point services at 7 pm. Maxr's Roman Catherrre Cource led by Rev Father E Martin holds Sunday 10 30 am and weekday 7 30 am.

Deanford Point T. Maxzr Roman Catherre Cource Father E Martin Sand

STRANGER'S QUIDE MEETINGS AND SOCIETIES NOTES

Local clubs and fraternal groups list regular meeting times at Town Hall and other venues. St Marys T A B Society meets third Tuesday at 7 30 p m with Thomas Regan as secretary. Branford Corner Band rehearses Monday and Thursday at 7 30 p m led by P H McKenna. Widow's Son Lodge F A M holds first and third Wednesdays. Emerald Social Club meets first and third Fridays at 7 p m. Ancient Order Hibernians meets third Thursday at 8 p m with James Holley secretary.

St. Mary's T. A B. Society Town Hall Thomas Regan Branford Corner P. H. McKenna Branford Temperance Corps Town Mall Frank Albee Widow's Son Lodge John Eades Ww. M Emerald Social Club Janes Reynolds Ancient Order Hiberniana James Holley

Local items from the annals page note social and town events

Annals items report Jacksonville football, Hartford visits, Busy Bee society, fairbank scales by J Hutchinson Co, Branford Lock Works workers in Norwich, Mr Lewis Beardsley ill, sloop Meteor carrying coal, Village Improvement Society meeting, wedding of Lester Linsley and Etta Button, music at East Wallingford, Widows Son Lodge airmed, Congregational winter schedule, Thanksgiving service and local sermons, Green park work progress, and peat works sale near Saltosall Lake with peat briquettes boiled in used kerosene oil.

Patents List Issued for Connecticut Inventors

A March to February list shows patents granted in Connecticut with names like Turner Yalesville Delite Bridgeport and Arnold Norwalk for shelves spindles switches and clasps. Other items include dishware India rubber bats and curtain fixtures with assignees in New Haven Hartford Bridgeport and Norwalk.

Connecticut John E. Earle New Haven Conn Lewis W. Turner Yalesville Jared Ho Smith Norwich Thomas P. Taylor Bridgeport Walker P. Burtram Norwalk Thomas B Doolittle Alonzo C Arnold J. H. Avkee Frank Atleshar James C. Stanley New Hartford John Jepson West Meriden Meriden Britannia Co Charles E. Longden George Watkinson L. Candee & Co India Richard White Hartford

Burglars Raided Blanzard House After Feasting at Spencer's

Odd fragment notes thieves took a good overcoat and seal-skin cap from the depot area and left after a "sumptuous repast" at Mr. Spencer's larder. They reportedly enjoyed a picnic without borrowing from the captain.

Blanzard House

Local Happenings and Y M C A Sunday School Opened

Mr and Mrs Winslow spent the Sabbath in town. Y M C A members organized a Sunday school in Kelseytown with thirty attending the first session. A Thanksgiving wedding is reported with the bridal party taking the 4 o clock express to Pond Meadow. The sixth Morgan Hall lecture on The Holy Land occurs Friday Nov 29 with maps and illustrations. Tramps are plentiful and no provision is yet made. Rumors of robberies reach the town and feeders of tramps may be robbed first.

Kelseytown Pondmeadow Morgan Hall The Holy Land

Madison Notes: lectures reunions and lamps in town

The Madison Literary association debated whether man is the creature of circumstances at Coe's Hall with a negative result. A Sutton school reunion will be held Thanksgiving evening at Coe's Hall. Street lamps up and more ordered brighten streets. Rev Eldridge to lecture December 4 at M E church on Ambition with proceeds for Mrs Hayden in Sandusky Ohio receiving donor clothing for her children.

Trinity Church Madison Literary Association Coe’s Hall George H. Sutton A. M New Haven Lee’s Academy Old Madison Eldridge M. E. Church Brrs Hayden Sandusky Ohio

Happy Family Portrait by McIntosh Captures Stevens Household

The photographer McIntosh has captured a picture of the Happy Family scene featuring D. H. Stevens and his wife in a moment that shows their domestic embrace. The image is noted as the notable work under his tenure here.

McIntosh D. H. Stevens

Sermon series and a youth dance tale from youth days

The article recalls a childhood scene with Rev William Miller delivering an introductory sermon on the Bible on a Sunday afternoon. It notes a forthcoming series promising a feast of fat things for Book lovers and mentions youths traveling to Madison for a dance, hindered by a broken axle. A parallel incident recounts W. A. Snow, a mail carrier, whose horse startled by a blanket caused a wagon wreck, yet he walked home afterward.

William Miller W. A. Snow Here Clinton

Thanksgiving in Greenfield and North Branford church

The Rev. Mr. Banks spent Thanksgiving at his Greenfield home. The Rev. Mr. Curtiss of North Branford preached a Thanksgiving sermon in the North church. A Mack, newly relocated, is drawing sizable trade in that village area.

Mr. Banks Greenfield Mr. Curtiss North Branford North Church Mack

Minstrel Debt and Jail Stay Catching Local Attention

The Erie County jail holds Neil Bryant a negro minstrel unable to pay a debt claimed by Lew Benedict’s claim against Bryant’s former troupe. Benedict and Bryant dispute the salary amount and contract terms from 1875. Bondsmen face potential litigation as executions falter and imprisonment persists.

Neil Bryant Dan Bryant Erie County Lew Benedict Bryant Lew Hhis A. B. Benedict Meech Benedict Dar Bayy

Localized Miscellaneous Fragments From Historic Page

Fragmentary OCR text with mixed items mentions horses, barrels and wagons, a delivery, and a runaway event. Names and clear details are unclear, leaving a brief, unclear record of historical note without coherent narrative or verifiable facts.

Distress in English Laborers Reflects Global Trade Slump

A London mood of severe business downturn spills into Britain wide, with heavy imports from the United States outpacing exports. Reports from Sheffield describe extreme poverty among mechanics living in tenements with no clothing, furniture, or fuel, relying on charity as a public relief meeting is urged by the mayor.

England United Sta Bette United States Europe London Sheffield

Population of Large Cities in Official Estimates

The latest official population estimates list London at 8 533 484 and Paris at 1 851 792. Other major cities include Peking 1 500 000 Canton 1 800 000 New York 689 362 Berlin 994 343 Philadelphia 850 856 Tokio 800 000 Vienna 690 548 St Petersburgh 669 741 Bombay 644 405 Kyoto 560 000 Glasgow 555 933 Osaka 530 000 Brooklyn 527 830 Liverpool 527 033 St Louis 500 000 Naples 457 407 Chicago 440 000 Calcutta 429 535 Nanking 400 000 Madras 397 552 Hamburg 393 588 Birmingham 377 846 Manchester 359 213 Baltimore 355 000 Boston 354 765 Shanghai 320 000 Dublin 314 666 Buda Pesth 314 401 Amsterdam 302 226 San Francisco 300 000 Leeds 293 189 Rome 282 214 Sheffield 282 130 Cincinnati 280 000 Breslau 259 346 Melbourne 250 678 Havana 250 000. There are thirty nine cities with 250 000 or more and an aggregate around 24 009 000.

London Paris Peking Canton Berlin Philadelphia Tokio Japan Vienna St. Petersburg Bombay Kyoto Glasgow Ozaka Broklyn Liverpool St. Louis Naples Chicago Calcutta Nanking Madras Hamburg Birmingham Manchester Baltimore Boston Shanghai Dublin Buda-Pesth Amsterdam San Francisco Leeds Rome Shofield Cincinnati Bresliu Melbourne Havana

Wallingford News Notes Tornado Aftermath and Local Trades

In Wallingford the tornado history draws mixed reactions. Mrs. Wooster Ives buys the building west of Ives’s hotel and E. B. Wallace purchases the least ruined tornado ruin for removal. Dexter Hall buys B. T. Jones’s meat market in Jon’s block as merchants fill windows for holiday trade. Elijah Beamont dies aged 77. Campbell reports 100 gallons maple syrup from Vermont. Politicians predict Grant or Blaine as 1880 Republican presidential contenders.

Thus Great Sale Opens Wednesday November 20 and Onward

Thus Great Sale will commence Wednesday November 20 and continue until further notice. Men's Fare Gum Boots priced at $2.85 as part of the sale.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Frank Clark Jacksonville Florida Fannie E. Benton Busy Bee Society Emma Olmstead Fairbank J. Hutchinson & Co Branford Lewis Beardsley Meteor H. B Lampher Village Improvement Society F. D. Hadley Lester B. Linsley Etta Button Montunene T R Jude Minnie Sarah Williams East Wallingford Widows Son Lodge Congregational Church Crawford Florence Evangeline C. W. Gaylord Anna R Gaylord Dr. Gaylord Baptist Church C. C. Smith Episcopal Church Newington New England N. H Consolidated Road Lidly Chas J. Willums New York J. W Webster Saitons'all Lake Thomas B. Delite Eugene F. Phillips Providence R. L Bernard McGovern Tures John T. Lanman New London Perfum Snuth & Egge Mfg. Company Amon Brown John Rogers New Canaan Gordon W. Wall Wallingford Simpson, Hall, Miller & Company Mr. and Mrs. Winslow Town Madison Mr. Gallup Ledyard Guilford Fowler's Mary Stannard Lart’s Spencer Kingston N. Y Cee Ea Torsel Bureau of Vital Statistics of Ives Wooster Ives Centre Street Dexter Hall B. T. Jones Jon’s Block Plains E. B. Wallace Elijah Beamont Campbell Vermont Grant Blaine New York Commercial Advertiser Ats Burgess & Burgess Chapél Burgess &4 Burgess Ytoinity Chapel Banksope Chapel Street Register Building New Haver Eli F. Rogers Calkins Congress Boy's Congress York Boys & Chidren J. M Smith Burdett C. F. Bradley & Co Centennial Ama. Tea Companys State Street Fredrick Jourdan Paace Pink Spruce N.B First Tee Chapel Mt
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