Connecticut convention probes statewide debt plan in Middletown
A Middletown gathering debated a plan where Connecticut would assume seventeen million dollars of local debt and pay four percent interest, using a sinking fund to retire it in fifty years. The article contrasts this with rising divorces in New England and notes the Cincinnati marriage aid society as a positive reform amid social commentary and satirical quips.
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Marshals Go Without Pay Pity From Editors
Southington Phoenix notes editors share sympathy as United States Marshals face missing pay, reflecting a common strain between law enforcement funding and newsroom earnings.
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Lake George as ideal camping retreat
Harper's Magazine praises Lake George as a perfect camping spot with surrounding mountains, numerous coves and 365 islets. It notes quiet retreats, pine and birch shade, and pleasure boats, plus abundant fish and game. The air is invigorating, with north winds giving a pure, dustless atmosphere.
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Removal of state battle flags to capitol set for Sept seventeen
Hartford July 10 1879 circular states the 1879 General Assembly ordered transfer of the state battle flags from the arsenal to the new capitol. The removal is fixed for Wednesday Sept 17 1879, the Antietam anniversary, with all late war soldiers invited to escort the colors. Regiments should appoint a representative and inform the Adjutant General by Aug 1.
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Connecticut News and Local Happenings Roundup
General Francis A Waleen of the Air Force dies in office four year term after four years service. A daughter of Mr Timothy Baldwin returns from Central America with five monkeys a tiger and several parrots. Four Fairfield County murderers sit jailed in Bridgeport awaiting trial Edwin Hoyt Buckholt Schultz McAuliffe and Mrs Thompson. A Willimantic freight collision blocks tracks with no injuries. New Haven street department plans two hundred shade trees this fall Elms fifty feet apart Maples forty feet apart. Connecticut manufacturers to exhibit at Sydney Australia include Meriden Brittania Co West Meriden R Cook & Sons Winsted G W H S Bartholomew Bristol Higganum Manufacturing Co Impson Hall Miller & Co Wallingford Portland Lack ing Co Ives & Miller carriage axles New Haven Edward Miller & Co Meriden Waterbury Clock Co.
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Higganum Manufacturing Company
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Impson
Hall Miller & Co
Wallingford
Portland Lacking Co
Ives & Miller
Carriage Axles
New Hanaven
Edward Miller & Co
Waterbury Clock Co
Patents Issued Week Ended July 8 1879 Connecticut
List of patent grants from the United States Patent Office for the week ending July 8 1879 showing Connecticut recipients. Notable items include Albert M White Waterbury dental vulcanizing flask Chas E Kellogg Elmwood lamp chimney Francois Lambert Ansonia watch pinions Horace Wickham Hartford envelope machine James Arms Hartford fattening for packet books George Capewell Cheshire machine for making horseshoe nails Dorovan West Meriden furniture caster Frederick Ratcliff Birmingham combined calendar rule and match safe William Shultz Birmingham hair pins Lamp and saw sash fastenings by Samuel Taylor Bridgeport with Joseph Yates interest Inkstand by Landers Frary Clark New Britain.
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Cheshire
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Local youths and religious notes from state towns
William P. Flyon of Woodstock gains admission to West Point while Noah C. Rogers of New Britain wins the Thompson Latin prize at Amherst. The Upper Stepney Methodist church was struck by lightning. Weston plans a Stamford visit. David Lewis of New Haven fell from a ladder, possibly fatally. Rev G B Wilcox of Stamford invited to Chicago Theological Seminary. In Windsor, lightning struck a tree injuring children and a horse was knocked down.
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Amherst
Methodist
Upper Stepney
David Lewis
New Haven
G. B Wilcox
Stamford
Chicago Theological Seminary
Winstor
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