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Branford Gleaner

Location

Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1879

Page

3

Community Fraternal and Social Club Schedules

St Marys T A B Society meets the third Tuesday each month at 8 00 pm in Town Hall Wm H McNeary secretary Branford Temperance Corps meets at Town Hall every Wednesday evening W Dean secretary Widow's Son Lodge F and A M stated communication the first and third Wednesday Emerald Social Club meets the first and third Friday at 720 pm James Reynolds secretary

St. Mary's T. A. B. Society Town Hall Wm. H. McNeary Sec’y Branford Temperance Corps W. Dean Lodge J. Nettleton W. M Emerald Social Club James Reynolds Ancient Order Hibernians James Holley

Branford items note births deaths and local doings

A compendium of Branford news covers arrivals from New York and local family visits, road work by O G Kimberly, shop and market notices, a lost gold chain, fishing trips on the yacht Elite, shipwreck of the Jenny Lind near Morris Rock, Grand Army of the Republic formation, shooting club results, church praise service turnout, and various local advertisements including ice cream and remedies.

Local incidents report near Guilford recounting illnesses and accidents

Captain Jock Stone suffers critical pain in the left side on a Saturday morning. A hired man’s horse collapses and dies near Captain H. Critteden’s home from heart disease. An old man from Damacus saves a child from a well on a Leete’s Island road. A horse incident at Monroe’s grocery results in a overturned wagon and minor damage. Hon. Simeon B. Chittenden is thrown from a colt but only bruised and expected to recover quickly.

Jock Stone D. N. Benton H. Critteden Miles Frisbie Damascus Branford Beecher Leete’s Island Camp Monroe Seward Simeon B. Chittenden Broad Street Park St Mr. C Chapel Street

Catholic cemetery to be enclosed with neat fence

The Catholic cemetery will be surrounded by a tidy fence soon. About 450 railroad tickets to New Haven were sold on the 4th. Everyday brings in fine strings of fish from the lake. Rev. H. M. Tenny of the Congregational Church is on his annual vacation.

New Haven Brevwahgy Street Long Island Sound Shelter Island H. M. Tenny Congregational Church Eave New Block Island Cod Branford Point Branford Station Shore Line Railroad

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THE Branford Gleaner W. H. Stevenson Post Office Eastern Philo Hall, P. M Baptist Courco C. C. Smith ConarenaTional Church C. W. Hill Trinity Episcopal St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Father E. Martin East Haven Old Stone Joseph Tomlinson Christ Church Protestant Episcopal John Grey Stony Creek Stranger’s Guide Double Beach Short Branford Center Beach Thomas B. Trowbridge Indian Neck Mire Isaac H. Brown New York O. G. Kimberly G. W. Calkins Hugh Wilson Jenny Lind John Spencer P. Hopson Mr. H. Beach C. I. Meigs Ford Lock Co R. Holcomb Sheldon Bros Calkins’ Store Willys Blackston Isaac H. Brown, Esq Elite John Kimberly Mr. Howard Mer Short Beach F. Jourdan Dumber Fred Moore Richard Bradley John Burke Brush Plain C. W.smith F. Camp Norwich Indian Neck House C. L. Ely Branford Lock Co Golden Gate E. Z. Clinton Clintonville Blackston Ville Henry Norton Moose Hill Richard Kelsey C. H. Wilford Mrs Ammer C. W. Gaylord Giess David Harrison J. 8. Moore Thomas Kennedy Pres’t H. B. Lamphier G. H. Baldwin's Batterson’s Wheatland Iowa Mr. Baldwin Morris Rock J. J. Bartholomew Enq Justice of the Peace Dr. Brainard Henry M Eaward Knowles William Knowles Mr. Ives P. Donnelly Revere Street Boston Samuel Miller Grand Army of the Republic Jutant Fred A. Chase Lowing United States America Soldiers and Sailors of the United States Army Navy Marine Corps United Army of the Republic Clam Island Sumac Island Gale Sag Harbor Parmelee and Averill Branford Shooting Club Hatch Bryan Wright Zink Nettleton Barker Stedman Frisbie Last Sab Bath Mr. Hammer Mr. Edward Knowles and Son Richardson & Co Hall Haro Umn Cateleek Co. W. Gaylord M.D. Branford Conn A. J. Smith G. Tillotson Main Street Moore Folder Guilford Rogers Street Branford, Conn P.S William A. Wright Benedict Building Cor. of Church and Center Sts Corner Main and Hopson Avenue Gribles K. Gorham Cedar Street New Haven & Sheltersland W. B. Miller Wallingford South Main ST Walter H. Zink, M. D Hopson Ave L. Ely Starin’s New Haven Transportation Line Henry Branford Point, Conn J. R. Holcomb Live and W. T. Robinson Cash Store MAIN Branford, CT Branford Point House Connecticut Samuel H. Crane Elliott New Haven, Conn Timber and Coal Dealer Spruce Dolmans Paris London Berlin Cashmere Valley Ingpore Negarang Hindoo Valley Brussels Mme, Virot Elsa Edward Malley W. Cook
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