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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1879
Page
4
A playful verse notes a funny creature in the home and a curious baby observer. The lines juxtapose whimsy with maternal duties as the household scene centers on the baby’s antics and the creature’s presence.
Lead white blues and browns color the wardrobe while Guipure lace returns. Paris trends show waterproof cloaks, corsage belts, and twisted flannel outfits for mid winter. Hair is low at the neck for day wear and high elaborate for evening. Fur trims shift to border underskirts as velvet and brocade mix in gowns.
A Paris correspondent extols Mrs Mackay as an ideal hostess in the American colony. She praises intellect, languages, beauty, and noble character, denies scandalous rumors, and notes her modesty and aversion to publicity.
The ancient arena at Nimes draws crowds from across France for a cow fight and revelry. Spectators from English nobility to Provençal commoners cheer as absinthe and coffee flow, then a cake-and-coin melee erupts, leaving participants scraped yet merry in a vivid, roiling crowd.
Fragmentary notes describe a field near Wedmore once linked to a palace site. The text mentions a rector named Sydenham Hervey and a trench or wheel anomaly, with references to Danes and earth covering walls. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
An account recounts the deaths and downfalls of early conquistadors and explorers, noting Columbus’s death in sorrow, Balboa’s beheading, Cortes’s dishonor, Pizarro’s murder, and other harsh end conditions among figures like Narvaez, Ovando, and Alvarado.
A cryptic remark contrasts gossip with truth, noting that people rarely question entitlement when indulging in rumor yet urge restraint when the claim shifts to deception. The dialogue hints at scrutiny shifting with the nature of statements and the social reaction to them.
A broad sweep of 19th century items reports New York political shifts with figures like Robert W. Mackey and Caleb Cushing, Maine and Massachusetts legislatures, and Greenback delegates in Boston. It notes harsh winter weather halting rail traffic, a life-saving volunteer corps on the East River, a Charleston fire, and national financial figures while naming various deaths and public notices.
The St. Paul Dispatch reports a youth bought a rival’s quit claim to a girl’s affections for $10, paid $5, got credit for the balance, pawned his overcoat for $5 to buy a gift, stole the coat, and was jailed.
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