23 Jul 1879
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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1879
Page
1
A devotional poem reflecting on life from youth to old age as a calling to service. It urges living for others, labor for God, and creating a heaven on earth through faith, hope, and charitable deeds.
A husband hides twenty pounds to aid a charity. misplacement, accusations and a hidden theft lead to marital strife. The wife’s secret loan to her brother Frank triggers distrust, revelations, and a dramatic reconciliation after their child’s near death and a final confession.
Dr. Deems criticizes the habit of “putting on airs” as a fraud in society. He argues character should generate its own manners, not pretended wisdom or showy affectation. The piece attacks pretentious doctors, businessmen, and social climbers, urging readers to discard airs and be natural.
The McGregor News notes a charming scene as a Romanes courting a girl over ice cream marks a lighthearted seasonal moment. The item reflects small town whimsy and a focus on everyday interactions in the community.
Maryland hosts a tomato cannon championship with 6 840 cane set in 1878 as New J finishes second.
A New York paper reports that out of 1 041 886 residents in 1875, 128 169 were under five, and 14 848 of 30 704 deaths were children under five. The under five mortality rate was 115.84 per thousand, with over half under one year, and these infants accounted for about 28 percent of all deaths.
Mrs. W. F. Peterson of 727 Vallejo Street possesses a miniature of Abraham Lincoln set in a framing that uses a towel blood-stained at Ford's Theatre. The towel was used to staunch Lincoln’s wound and kept by the Petersons as a relic, with a portrait later added featuring the historic setting and towel fragment.
Mr. Plant killed himself after learning of his wife’s death in Palmer. Kane and his wife also died by self inflicted actions. The following day onlookers attempted a hanging but the person was rescued.
A child recounts a plan to spend summer on Uncle Joe’s farm The family will work the fields milk cows gather berries and repair old clothes The narrator’s mother mentions needing the country to mend her nerves while secrecy is urged about the arrangement
A collection of scattered items cites anecdotes about stumps as seats, napoleons dying under British scrutiny, wedding age jokes, rice production comparisons, flirtatious how to say yes, a Texas widow with 300 cattle, a sheep herder, and German army schooling stats. The notes mix humor, curiosities, and distant data from various regions and eras.
An Inter Ocean interview with a travelsome man recalls brutal heat from Ceylon Calcutta the Nile and Rio then declares St Louis the hottest of all. He cites warped planks burning ropes naked work at pumps and people collapsing in the streets before returning to Chicago.
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