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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1879
Page
4
The note states 1880 is a leap year and that until July 4 the year is the 104th since American independence. It reads as a dated historical calendar remark with no further events or persons identified.
The list records ecclesiastical cycles and holy day dates including Dominical letters Epact solar and lunar cycles Golden and Roman periods and major observances from Ash Wednesday February 11 to Advent Sunday November 28 and Christmas December 25 with the sequence of holy days in the liturgical year.
The year 1880 features six eclipses six total sun and moon and two solar. Eclipses include a total solar eclipse January 11 visible in San Francisco and a December 16 total lunar eclipse invisible in the U S. An annular eclipse on July 1 is invisible in North America and a December 4 partial eclipse is invisible in America. The moon is described as governing the year and seasons span 904 and 92 and 94 and 91 days across winter spring summer and autumn.
Astronomy brief lists visibility windows for Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn and Mercury with various date ranges from March to October and notes on post and pre mid year visibility. The fragments mention Mercury dates including April 25 and August 23 and November 2.
The text defines solar day as 24 hours measured by a mean time piece and describes astronomical civil nautical and calendar days. It outlines mean lunar month as 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2 seconds and 521 thirds, explains year lengths and leap years, and notes the Gregorian calendar error of one day in about 3571 years.
The article traces how the year began on different dates before the Gregorian reform. It notes Christmas Day Christmas March Easter and other starting points, explains the shift to January 1 under Gregory XIII, and describes Civil Ecclesiastical and Historical Year differences in England up to 1192 and beyond.
A list assigns each weekday to a deity or celestial body with Sunday named for the Sun and Monday for the Moon. The sequence continues with Dies Mercurii for Tuesday and Dies Jovts for Wednesday, Dies Veneris for Thursday, Dies Saturni for Friday, and Saturday remains unnamed.
A quirky summary notes the human skeleton contains over 200 bones and more than 500 muscles. It mentions the average male height around five feet, weight of the heart eight to twelve ounces, and includes humorous, fictionalized asides about romantic mishaps and exaggerated muscle counts.
Judge Eldridge of the circuit court at Emphis Tennessee requires court officers to be prompt or face a fine. He was late once and ordered the clerk to enter a fine against himself for absence without an excuse. An area and other advocate argued, but the judge insisted the fine stand.
General Grant arrives in Philadelphia to a six hour procession of fifty thousand along Chestnut Street. Mayor Stokley welcomes him, Independence Hall is lit and archways adorn the route. Grant tours the Union League House and Academy of Fine Arts before night concludes.
Mr. Voorhees presents a petition from 7,000 veterans claiming depreciation of pay in greenbacks created the debt to them, urging a law to grant the difference between greenbacks and gold plus six percent interest. The Senate considers related legal tender and immigration inquiries and commissions a study of interoceanic canal routes.
In 1878 the real and personal property taxed in Nevada was valued at 28,246,009 39. This year the estimate is 28,788,047.27, an increase of 540,087.88.
A discussion on tubercular disease noting optimism from postmortem findings in Edinburgh and the possibility of cure through studying the disease. The latter portion lists estimated 1879 values for major US farm products including corn, beef, wheat, cotton, oats, and pork with figures in dollars.
A collection of early 20th century notices touts Hostetter's Bitters for kidney and bladder vigor, warns of organ torpidity, and promotes remedies for liver discomfort with Dr Motes Vegetable Liver Pills. Also advertised are the Candee 95 per cent Rubber Boots with a three month warranty, catalog details, and endorsements for coughs, Mason & Hamlin Organs, and telegraphy training.
Fragmentary numeric sequence and letter tokens appear without clear article context. The readable items include stray figures like 48Kip 747 108 35 085 36 40 and percentages, lacking identifiable people, places, or events to ground a proper news summary.
The article notes butter prices were low with several lots thought well made at 8 to 10 cents. It promotes the Perfected Butter Colt by Wells, Richardson & Co., claiming it keeps butter pure, prevents color changes, and preserves freshness without turning red or rabid.
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