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Branford Gleaner

Location

Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1879

Page

4

Fashion Shifts Toward Bouffant Draperies and Changeable Silks

The Boston Advertiser notes evolving female dress trends with fuller skirts at the top, puffed side panters, and new changeable silks with polka dot accents. Bright colors replace blacks except in mourning, while Persian embroideries adorn gowns for country and seaside wear. town styles may follow in autumn, though Boston tastes remain restrained.

Femina Ory Sra Intel Walsh Henna Han Commissionaire Paris Marshal Nye Nahant Boston New York Fifth Madison Avenues Beacon Street Boston Advertiser

Women admitted to Harvard Medical School under restrictions

A report notes acceptance of women into medical instruction at Harvard with limits. It mentions a new training school in England to prepare nurses for private families and describes Leghorn's coral bead industry employing over 1,000 women.

Harvard Medical School England Leghorn Paris Hale Bunker Hill Matthew Vassar Vassar College London Baroness Burdett- Coutts Covent Garden Sarah Leggett New York

Terrific Vincennes Thunderstorm Strikes Region

A severe storm near Vincennes Indiana brought heavy rain hail and lightning. Farmers report two horses killed a child killed and another crippled by large hailstones up to nine inches around. Nearby public road found about two dozen fish washed by rain alive. No crop damage noted. Mule-spinners in cotton mills walk long daily shifts to tend mules.

Vincennes Ind

Edward Reinhardt trial and assorted 19th century news items

The report covers the Reinhardt trial and a wide range of 19th century notices. It notes Mary Ann Reinhardt’s fate, a fatal fire at Fowler Compton in Brooklyn, crop prospects across states, death of William Lloyd Garrison, a murder trial in Jersey City, and church and rail incidents among many dispatches.

Edward Reinhardt Reinhardt Mary Ann Reinhardt Nes Silver Brooklyn Fowler, Compton &Co York Jottersland Union Pacific New England Middle States Hone Tees Pennsylvania New Jersey Kentucky Ohio Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire William Lloyd Garrison New York City Newburyport Mass Baltimore Louisiana Boston Boston Liberator South Carolina Charleston Cardinal McCloskey Ryan St Lows Keane Richmond Scituate State Street New York Philadelphia African Methodist Episcopal Church John King Walter Swan Niagara River Lewiston Henry Ackley Philadelphia House of Refuge Cardinal McCoskey United States Purcell Cincinnati Confluence Prtchard Bailey’s Station Elmira van Derwork Newark Thomas Moore Europe New York Academy of Music Washington London Dublin New Catholic Paris Green John Aldrich General Washington Union Square

Senate and House Debate on Coinage and Legislation

Senate considers a bill on subsidiary coin exchange and legal tender up to ten dollars with amendments. The Contagious Diseases Quarantine bill passes with a four year limit. House debates war measures, silver bill outcomes, and veto confrontation, with long filibuster and party lines evident.

Bayard Senate Committee On Finance United States Pendleton House of Representatives Call Adou McDonald Rhode Island Blaine Georgia Hill Uni Wallace Warner T'wanty Beenteestre Ohio Bicknell Thompson House Goode National Board of Health Atkins Yeas Messrs Ladd and Stevenson Barlow and Ford

Complexion and health remedies advertised in Courier text

An extract lists Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for sallow complexions and digestive issues, plus Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup as endorsed tonics. It notes UK and US press conclusions, medicinal claims, and drugstore availability, with other notices on tobacco adverts and a Lancaster mill sale.

Practical Science St. Croix St. Stephen N. B Pierce Sage Chandler New York Dr. Pierce Dr. Sage Scovill Brown Associated Preas Mason & Hamlin Pearl Street Mies Nicce George E. Lemo Washington D.C

Elephant Burned to Death at Detroit Zoo Barn Fire

Mr. French discovered his elephant Sultan in a burning barn near Detroit Michigan. The chained back foot trapped Sultan as flames and smoke filled the structure. French narrowly escaped after the animal twisted its trunk and knocked him aside.

French Detroit Mich Sultan Sulae Mr. French Paul Scholl

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