10 Dec 1879
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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1879
Page
1
A long Victorian vignette contrasts patient craft in art and literature with a reckless stock scheme. It follows Ninkum’s misadventure as broker Sharpit and ally Fliers exploit a market surge and bust, leaving Ninkum with a costly lesson and a sudden windfall.
A cautious observer, Ninkum, tours a bustling broker scene during a 1879 market craze. Brokers push hard sells on "Spangles" "Red Dogs" and "Bulge" while outsiders hear tales of quick profits, copper veins, and large margins, fueling a chaotic but enticing street atmosphere.
In a speech on Japan Hong Kong trade Governor Hennessey highlights edible seaweeds as a potential Atlantic coast crop. He cites Chinese demand, 1878 imports of over 20 million catties valued at 456 thousand, and notes great culinary esteem and labor-driven growth potential for seaweed production.
A New York correspondent recalls a moral young man seeking a church seat for his wife and himself. He learns pews cost top prices and that the committee won’t split a pew, pricing two seats at eighty dollars and warning cheaper options are up in the gallery. The piece critiques church wealth and exclusion.
A letter from Elbridge T. Gerry of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children appeals to the U.S. President to spare Yakoob Beg’s four sons from a forced eunuch fate and offers rescue and care if commuted to banishment. The piece also recounts a police mystery of a deserted husband whose wife and two children vanish, reappear on a Western move, and inspire a later revealing tale.
San Francisco sea-lions, once hunted for oil and skins by Faraltone, thrived after hunting ended and protections kept them off the cliff houses. Their numbers have doubled or tripled in three years, feeding more on fish and instigating calls for legal changes. Legislators face lobby-backed resistance to repeal, keeping protection in force.
A burglar testifying in general sessions describes the cycle of an ex convict. He explains how a starting with five dollars leads to rejection, poverty, and relapse into theft. The account frames charity and social exclusion as factors in crime.
The organ sound shifts from heavy diapason to soft flute as the congregation coughs along, unaware of Dr Boll’s Cough Syrup renowned for its efficacy.
An old tale recalls a slave who proved ears of corn can have an odd number of rows. His master vowed freedom if he produced such an ear. In autumn the slave brought a sound ear with thirteen rows and earned his papers. Later he admitted he altered the ear by removing a row before harvest.
The statement highlights how strategic advertising yields the top achievements for a business. It emphasizes the link between promotional effort and market impact across campaigns and brands.
A Lambertville New Jersey woman lost a bracelet gold dollar with a monogram after a sleigh ride. The coin passed through many hands across Philadelphia, Trenton, Detroit, Chicago and Colorado Springs before a California trip interrupted the tale. A returning letter from Detroit finally brought the coin back to Lambertville.
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