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Branford Gleaner

Location

Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1879

Page

4

Woman's Mining Company Planned by New York Ladies

A group of New York women organize the Woman's Mining Company to raise 25000 dollars for mining ventures in San Juan county Colorado. The firm will be led by women with a bureau of information and a Woman's Bullion Club. Mrs Jeanette Norton, a Pennsylvania heiress, is linked to mining developments and a mill project nearby.

Woman's Bullen Cin New York Woman's Mining Company San Juan Colorado Bureau of Jeanette Norton Pennsylvania Bureau of Information Cynthia Leonard Chicago Sorosis C. A. Blodgett Social Science Congress New York Tribune Hostetter Hostetter & Smith Pittsburgh Hontetter

Turbans and Fashions in Ladies Headwear Bargains

Turban bonnets remain the favorite for young ladies with various styles from satin crowns and beaded fringes to large bows and left ear emphasis. Fanchon handkerchief bonnets and owl or parrot accents appear, with fur trims returning for matching dresses. Lapies surcoats, English coats, and wrap options in cream, brown, and black shades offer wardrobe versatility at prices from $1.50 to $20.

Satin de Lyon Armor

News and Notes for Women from Old Time Society

A column highlights women’s topics from Muscatine and Cincinnati to Rome and St. Petersburg. It notes a leap year club, winter archery, Paris magazine founder welcoming guests yearly, a Pulaski County matron’s 410 pound weight, a quilt of 123 456 789 pieces, suppression of the St. Petersburg Gazette, an elderly marchioness in Denmark, a London club kiss controversy, a permanent Boston cooking school, Rome trial fashion, Mrs. Train’s Pacific railway commissions, and merchants using women as collectors due to unpaid bills.

Carlotta Muscatine Cincinnati Archery Society Exposition Hall Mme Edmond Adam Paris Pulaski County Indiana St. Petersburg Marchioness of Winchester Denmark London Ladies Club Boston Woman's Education Association Rome G. F. Train Pacific Railway

Various European and American News Briefs

A long roundup of events includes Miss Howard winning a six day walking race in New York, Captain Boyardee’s ball shooting feat, the New England Society dinner in New York with Curtis and Sherman speeches, a corset factory fire with injuries, and the Boston Hoosac Tunnel opening. Also noted are Erie railroad earnings, Maine arson crowds, mutiny at sea, deaths of George Bull and Judge Hackett, and political appointments and Indian Territory debates.

Miss. Howard New York Sapere Boyardas New England Society George William Curtis Sherman United States General Sherman Army Navy Boston Hoosac Tunnel Western Railway North Adams Mass Erie Railroad Company Tuutthew Gleason Englestown N. J John Margaret James E. W. French Adjutant-General’s Bangor Augusta Arsenal Maine Francesco Donovarra George W. Bull Albany N. Y Grand Central Depot John K. Hackett

Foreign News Notes From the World Feared in Kabul and Cuba

The dispatches describe the Burman king ordering executions of princes in Mandalay, unrest in Afghanistan with General Roberts potentially at risk near Cabul, a shipwreck threat to the Nellie Ware, and diverse incidents from Paris cold to a Borussia survivors’ rescue. Also reported are Blackfeet destitution, Nihilists arrested in Kiev, a Bolton colliery accident, and Chilean war weariness.

Burmah Madalay Afghanistan Roberts Cabul United States Vera Cruz Mexico Nellie Ware New York Rochester N. Y Havana Cuba Paris South Africa Secucveni Borussia Williams Liverpool New Orleans Queenstown Mallowdale Corunna Fayal Winnipeg British America England Canada Edison London Montreal Kiev Russia Odessa Bolton Engand Cabal Yakoob Khan Frederick Roberts Candahar Tyler Pirtrend Roumelia

Derivations of Words Relating to Money

This piece traces the linguistic roots of monetary terms from pecuniary to guineas and francs. It links money words to weight, design, state heads, places like Stirling, Joachims valley, and the term sterling, noting uncertainties while highlighting notable origins and theories.

Moneta Rome Juno Manlius Teste Tele Daric Darius Philip Louis d Napoleon Joachims Valley Bohemia Francorum Rez Stirling

Chinese Population on Pacific Coast Declines

The estimate suggests about 62,000 Chinese on the Pacific coast, down from 100,000 when anti Chinese agitation began a few years ago. The figures indicate a shrinking community rather than growth amid earlier hostilities.

Pacific

Almanac and miscellany ads from Hostetter's era

Advertises Hostetter's Almanac 1880 with multilingual print run and health testimonials. Promotes cheap rubber boots and the 95 percent sterling rubber boot standard. Endorses Mason & Hamlin organs, Sherman & Co agent seeks county rep. Miscellaneous notices urge Piso's Cure, telegraphy, and Gilbert glass starch items.

Sherman & Co Marshall, Miah Piso R. Valentine Janesville Wis C. Gilbert

Uterine Health Cure Promoted By Howarth and Ballard

An advertisement touts a remedy for female weakness including falling womb Whites chronic inflammation and ulcers of the womb. It claims to cure hemorrhage suppressed or irregular menstruation and offers pamphlets with treatment details and physician certificates. Lead postal card option lists Howarth and Ballard Urrea N Y and states price at $1.50 per bottle.

A & Postal Dr. Sanford Broadway New York Lyon Parces Tieats Howarth & Ballard Urrea N. Y

Nature’s Hop Bitters Advertises Nervous Tonic

An advertisement urges readers to avoid stimulants and instead use Hop Bitters as a natural brain and nerve tonic. It claims to quiet nerves, invigorate the body, cure disease, and restore vital energies without intoxication.

Kidney-Wort Promises Cure for Female Health Ailments

An advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as the sole remedy for constipation and all kidney and liver disorders affecting women. It urges every woman to use the celebrated medicine for health and strength.

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