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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1878
Page
1
The poem reflects on the old year as a giver of joys and woes, counting hours and debts, with December awaiting the new year. It weaves themes of birth and death, blessings and losses, and the passage of time through symbolic stanzas and rhythmic refrains.
In a tense boat race between the Cheviots and the Goths, the Cheviots overcome odds with a heavier boat and iron resolve. Kate cheers from the riverbank as Geoffreys fights to win for his club and her favor, amid bets and crowd frenzy.
A historical summary recounts a 1762 peasant weaver who poisoned veal to kill his wife’s meal guest, his own death from convulsions, and a later narrative of a French man allegedly murdered by his brother’s inheritance ploy. It includes a Venice perfumer’s plot and a gun misfire that killed the shooter.
A report argues Italy bears heavy taxation with Prediali real property levy around 30 percent of land income and movable property taxes near thirteen percent while grain duties like maciato push costs high. It notes peasant taxation is indirect and inconsistent across regions and diet reflects tax structure and farm livelihoods.
The United value rose from 18 billion dollars to 60 billion, reflecting a substantial increase over the last several years. The Massachusetts House of Representatives contains its members, including six manufacturers, contributing to the state’s economic fabric.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate trains use red white and green signals and readers complain glare makes color distinction difficult. Report mentions potential risk at partial charge. No clear event or source details provided.
A Louisiana paper reports fifty leprosy cases traced to a single individual who settled on the lower Lafourche region about twenty years ago, prompting an inquiry by legislators into the matter.
A garbled note claims the official award list for British exhibitors at the Paris exposition was issued by order of a royal highness the prince of es. The fragment suggests a typographical blunder in the published list.
An article claims Prof. Schiff of Florence euthanizes about two dogs daily for research, totaling fourteen in ten years, drawing action from the humane society which now suspends stray dog killings and imposes painless death for such animals.
The British ship Emerald stopped at Tristan d'Acunha last summer to check on the colony, deliver ad malty cargo, and locate shipwrecked passengers. Islanders welcomed visitors as mice ravaged crops while cats failed to control the vermin, leaving both pests thriving.
A Philadelphia newspaper sketches Robert Heller’s account of Indian jugglers in Calcutta and Malabar hill. He describes a naked mango-tree trick and a cobra charmer whose staged serpent was slain by an officer, prompting rumors of Heller’s death and accusing the juggler Sehib.
The piece portrays Afghanistan as a pastoral, divided land where tribes roam and trade is left to Persians Arabs and the English. It notes Oabul as the key city near Baba peak with sun baked brick houses mosques and a citadel while describing a severe winter and pleasant summers.
The state department in Washington receives two unusual presents. A life size portrait of George in a traditional face with breeches and coat, valued as fine art, may be placed in the secretary’s office. Samoa sends a six foot square coconut fiber chest, 800 years old, valued at £5,000, containing the Samoa treaty as a goodwill token.
At a Richmond Virginia Public Health meeting Dr Bemiss recounted a nine teen year old volunteer who offered to work in a Southern village during a yellow fever outbreak. The boy cared for patients despite danger and eventually contracted the fever but recovered, inspiring others with his duty to his widowed mother.
A Fort Worth area resident reports an eagle snatching a thirty pound pig on the northwestern prairie. Mr. Stringer, a black powder marksman, fired from about two miles away, hitting the eagle as it climbed with the pig. Both creatures fell, the hunt ending with the bird mortally wounded.
A collage of curiosities and wry remarks from the era, including science tidbits about glass and plants, jokes about secrecy and love, anecdotes of deception, odd legalities with pigs, and a London post office mushroom story. It mixes humor with small facts about pottery in Trenton and a probate quip about wills to newspapers.
Four partners in India owned a cat divided by legs with beads on each leg and an owner covered a leg with an oil rag. The cat burned cotton bales and Indian rag stock, causing total loss. The suit sought damages from the partner owning the leg with the oiled rag. The judge ruled the leg owners shared liability among the three other partners.
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