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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1879
Page
4
A man at a Potomac river mouth station has fixed twelve muskets to two heavy masts with long cables to shoot geese and ducks that land on a sand bar. He triggers the cable to explode the cups, achieving a string of successful harvests for his geese hunting scheme.
A New York veterinary surgeon asserts that dog saliva can transmit hydrophobia. He cites a man who let a pet dog lick his face, noting no initial symptoms and a minor facial abrasion. The victim died within four weeks after the rabies diagnosis.
A Chicago merchant halted attempts to invalidate his will by summoning relatives to witness his competence on his deathbed. After the funeral, heirs learned all property had been left to a lunatic asylum. They challenged the will, alleging insanity in 1875, but an executor produced a second, penciled will signed minutes before a sanity hearing.
The passage notes that common Swedes traditionally lack fixed surnames, with children taking a given name plus son or daughter from the parent. Thus a Peter Ohlson could have a John Peter son and a Peter Johnson grandson, continually changing surnames and hindering family tracing, unlike the higher classes. It adds this practice is common among emigrants to the country.
The New England Manufacturers and Mechanics Institute seeks a permanent Boston exhibition building for industrial products. Exhibitors would buy shares at twenty five dollars up to four per person, funding fairs and a yearly exhibit beginning the first Wednesday of September once space and funds are secured.
A Roman physician Dr Belte reportedly analyzed pork from Liverpool and found trichina in it. The text notes human transmission via hog flesh and the ineffectiveness of boiling to kill the parasite. It recounts the 1835 discovery of trichina spiralis by Dr Wormald and the later work of Owen and Paget.
In Kiev Russia a Nihilist Society mostly noble born members was nabbed after a midnight armed raid. A gendarme was killed and five wounded in the clash. Prisoners include sons and daughters of officers. four Nihilists including Brandtner are hanged this week.
A New York Sun item notes a man who never wrongs a cent would take secret glee in swindling a man out of his turn in a barber shop setting. The casual dig at a deceitful act hints at humorous moralizing in brief column prose.
A brief note presents a touching new song titled Where is My Boy To Night. The article hints at emotional themes and recalls a performer named My Pa Rie.
The report recounts Patrick Shovelin’s confession to the Manhattan Bank on Broadway robbery and broader crime spree. Also noted are fatalities in Pennsylvania, a New York museum fire, labor strikes in Pittsburgh, political conventions in Maine, and other front-page items from the era including a Belmont Stakes result and civic incidents.
Major-General James Shields, former U S Senator from Missouri and Illinois, died suddenly in Ottumwa Iowa where he had been lecturing. Shields born in Ireland in 1810, held multiple offices including Governor of Oregon territory and U S Senator from three states. He served as a Union general and later led Democratic state conventions.
Mr. Teller introduces a bill authorizing Treasury contracts for recovery of United States money and property. Several measures pass or are referred including post routes, desert land sales, and foreign exhibitions. Debates cover jurors test oath, army funding, and Indian land claims. Adjournment follows executive session with multiple bills introduced and committees named.
A furious storm swept portions of Kansas and Missouri causing widespread destruction. Witnesses describe a funnel shaped hurricane with a sulfur smell and electric crackling. At Irving Kansas fifteen people were killed and forty to fifty injured.
Danish-born sailor Johan Essig recounts his four years in South America and a perilous encounter with a Tintinacca tribe rumored to craft deadly poison arrows. He describes how the poison, called waurali, paralyzes and kills, the arrow construction, and his narrow escape after nearly losing a finger. He details his journey from Cayenne to the interior, his gold-mining forays, and the tribe’s guarded secrecy around the poison secret.
A humorous aside about a Versailles youth hoarding cans. The piece promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a speedy relief for dyspepsia and indigestion, urging mild discipline for the stomach’s disorders and endorsing tobacco and chewing products in a period-typical sales style.
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