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Branford Gleaner

Location

Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1880

Page

4

Fashion Notes on Trims and Turbans in New Paris Paris Styles

The article surveys millinery and dress trends with trimmings such as ostrich feather bands, satin gowns, cashmere coats, and lace pins. It notes New York Paris influence, new bonnet shapes, velvet coats, turban styles, and vivid color accents in jewelry, scarves, and accessories. It mentions Madam Sin-Fu-Gen, the first Chinese wife of a Berlin minister, and describes evolving gown silhouettes and sleeve designs reflecting Queen Anne influence.

New York Madam Sin-Fu-Gen Berlin Prussia Paris Valenciennes

The Queen of Spain's Pardo Apartments Described in Detail

An 18th century style tour of the Castle of Pardo recounts eight rooms of the queen's apartments. It notes white satin and blue flowers in the first room, a rosewood cabinet with Sevres panels, a yellow satin boudoir, a small equestrian statue of the king as a child, a red and gold music room with two grand pianos, a workroom opening to a garden terrace, and a lavish bedroom with ecru silk hangings and Louis XVI furniture. The suite also includes a bathroom near a room for attendants and a dressing room with silver pine furniture and blue flower silk walls.

Spain Castle of Pardo Ecru

Chicken Pie From Frugal Home Kitchen

Take two chickens about two pounds each and cut into serving pieces. Simmer in water with one tablespoon salt and half a teaspoon white pepper until tender, about one hour. Remove bones and set aside. Make crust with two cups beef suet, one cup butter, three cups flour. Line a four quart dish with two thirds crust, add chicken and the cooking liquid, a quart or enough cold water, a pinch of pulverized sage, and a lump of butter the size of a walnut. Bake one hour in a moderate oven.

Horrific North China Famine Report From Shanghai Relief

The Shanghai relief committee issued a stark famine report on northern China. It describes widespread starvation, cannibalism, and depopulated districts as crops failed year after year. One survivor described sixteen family members lost. another boy was the sole survivor of a large clan.

China Ora Shanghai Relief Committee Mr. Hilbert Vaiw Richard Shanse Honan Pase Fali Mali Gazette

Orphan Hears of Fortune After Long Odyssey in Eureka

A seventeen year old Iowa bound boy drifted after leaving his boss in Omaha. He lived rough for a year, subsisting on restaurant waste and saloons until Ford and Hathaway took him in at their ranch. An Illinois uncle left him $50,000, and after a nationwide search he was traced to Eureka. The administrator settled his claim by sending him to Chicago to begin his new life and fortune.

Eureka Iowa Omaha Messrs Ford & Hathaway Illinois Ford Chicago Leadville Col Robert E. Lee Mobile Ala Lancaster Albert Barnes Mattie Ford Milfard Barnes Jordan Warrenton Miami Powder Works Yellow Springs Ohio Kentucky State Penitentiary Frankfort Springer Wilmington Del Bank of Sweden St. Louis Democratic Legislative Caucus United States Kellogg Barataria Cherryvale Kansas E. S. Henderson William McLain Ane Egraph Bprs Fe Pecaine Veach Brazil Ind R R. Roberta William Elder Jones J. C. George R. L. Gibson Washington Senate James Russell Lowell Massachusetts England John W. Foster Indiana Russia Lucius Walrohiid Wisconsin Spain Philip H. Morgan Louisiana Island Belfast Henry W. Leonard New Jersey Campeachy Eli H. Murray Utah Territory House Committee Yorktown Bosnia Antoine de Gramont York Ireland Tokio Japan Tokiomes Canada Jules Favre French Academy Newcastle Under Tyne Rio Janeiro Trafic Panama Salvador Cuba Holland Poland Cauca Central America Grant Havana

Washington as a Fireman in 1774 Friendship Company

The Friendship Fire Company, still existing, formed in 1774 by mutual aid volunteers who carried two buckets and a linen bag. George Washington served as an honorary member, inspected engines in Philadelphia, bought a small engine for 80 pounds 10 shillings, and once helped man the Alexandria engine during a market fire, urging idle gentlemen to read and act.

Washington Friendship Fire Company Ornaburg Philadelphia Harper’s Magazine

Early 1880s Crime and Disaster Roundup Across Nations

A sweeping recap notes court cases and executions, railroad wrecks, and fires. It highlights a New York raid on a social ills house, a fatal train collision, a Tennessee or Delaware death, and violent incidents in Boston and Oswego alongside floods, famines, and political shifts in multiple states.

Senate Debates Civil Rights Amendment and International Canal Plans

Senatorial proceedings reveal a joint resolution proposing a citizenship based suffrage equal for all citizens and a pledge to not deny voting rights by state or federal power. Other actions include petitions on maritime canal routes, greenback withdrawal, and a Potomac bridge funding bill.

Ferry United States Cockrell St. Louis Congress Platt West Interoceanic Transit Company Kernan Citizens of New York Alexander Hamilton John Kelly Senate House Cincinnati Messrs Edmunds Garland Board of Visitors Weat Point Military Academy Beck Mde Bayard Mr. Morgan Coke

What shall we do with our boys

The question repeats in the Danielsonville Sentinel as residents note the public can plan, but the boys resist guidance. The paper frames this as a community concern about youth behavior and social influence.

Danielsonville

Nostetter's Stomach Bitters Promoted for Rheumatism

The article asserts rheumatism origins vary but Nostetter's Stomach Bitters reliably subdues tendencies. It contrasts Bitters with objectionable or ineffective remedies and urges early treatment while cautioning rheumatic exposure.

Nostetter

95 Per Cent Sterling Boot From Candee Rubber Co

An ad style note promotes the Candee Rubber Co of New Haven Connecticut and its 95 Per Cent Sterling Boot praised as pure durable rubber with a three month warrant and a date-punch feature. The article also lists other patent medicines and ads for health remedies and household products.

Candee Rbber Co New Haven

How Hop Bitters Helped Father Though Declared Incurable

A Rochester, New York woman testimonials to Utica Herald praising Hop Bitters for her father’s recovery from a long illness deemed incurable. She notes steady improvement and gratitude from family as health returns.

Rochester N. Y Utica Herald

Kidney-Wort Tonic Boosts Kidneys and Liver Functio

A testimonial style note urges readers to use Kidney-Wort to renew kidney bowel and liver action. It promises immediate tonic power and restored natural life, urging purchase and use at once.

Ancient Mine Workings Unearthed in White Pebble Pit Relic Find

Miners uncover relics from ancient mining operations in the White Pebble pit including tools furnace snails and three statues within a cavern temple. Stone artifacts suggest Phanician influence and pagan mine gods linking to early metallurgy. Similar copper shore discoveries near Lake Superior echo age old mining activity.

White Pebble Pit Solomon

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