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Branford Gleaner

Location

Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1879

Page

4

Atmospheric pressure grain elevator touted as future of transport

Alfred Wilkin of this city experiments with an air pump and siphon device to lift grain by atmospheric pressure. The crude model lifts wheat and corn from ground level to the third and fourth stories of a building, suggesting a revolutionary method for bulk grain elevation despite early mechanical flaws.

Tistines Alfred Wilkin Great Westinghouse Wilkin Custom House

Morning and Night in Paris Observed by Chicago Tribune Writer

The Paris correspondent describes dawn in Paris from Rue Mouffetard to Colonne des Spectacles with ragpickers at work and bakers waking. He notes a vivid dawn, then midnight scenes of shouting, revelers and late loiterers near the Rue de Medicis as darkness returns.

Paris Chicago Tribune Quartier Jeunesse Rue de Medicis Sergeants de Ville

Too Late for a New Trial in Texas Circuit Court

In Washington County Texas a circuit court jury found a convict guilty and recommended the whipping post. After adjournment for dinner the defendant’s lawyer moved for a new trial without the client’s consent. The client objected, claiming it was too late as the sheriff had whipped him during dinner. The motion was withdrawn.

Washington County Texas

Multiple Disasters and Political Moves Across Ports and States

A wide range of reports notes injuries after a platform collapse at an El ment fair, leadership changes in Rhode Island Prohibitionists, new dentistry graduates in New York, and a Peruvian steel firm’s bankruptcy. Also covered are shipwrecks, fires in New York and Reno, a fatal crash in New York, and political shifts including Missouri impeachment calls and Greenback unity in Michigan.

Rhode Island Prohibitionists Providence New York College of Dentistry Peru Steel and Iron Company New York City Clintonville N. Y David Pender Fifth Avenue New York David H. Tolck Barnegat N. J Resr American Fish Culture Association Robert B. Roosevelt Fifty-third Street Rosa Peter J. Pintler White Lake Sullivan County N.Y Myron A. Buell Barron Dexter Enos Co Wateford

Senate Passes Various Bills Amid Extended Sessions

The Senate debated and passed measures including the Arctic exploration bill and Freedmen's savings bank charter amendments. It adopted railroad telegraph restrictions, advanced the yellow fever and public health bills, and adjourned after honoring Representative Welch. The chamber also handled pensions, internal revenue, and census provisions, while addressing a Chinese emigration restriction telegram rejected by Hoar.

Bennett Freedmen’s Savings Bank Senate Howe Eaton United States Bureau of Public Health California Constitutional Convention Congress California Hoar Welch Edmunds Vermont Committee On the Judiciary Teller Committee Douglass Ted House David T. Corbin Butler South Carolina Internal Revenue Cox New York National Bank Treasury Kelley Sandry Monros Secretary of the Treasury Atkins Monroe Yeas Randal Carliale Philadelphia Ledger H. L. Williams Bureau of Pnoting and Engraving Randall Seward George F. Seward Ways and Means Boward Judiciary Committee Young

Senate Lobby Brawl Involves Piatt And McGarrahan

An altercation in the Senate lobby erupted between Donn Piatt editor of the Washington Capital and William McGarrahan a figure tied to a silver mine claim controversy. The dispute touched on the claim and drew reaction within the Senate as President vetoed related Chinese emigration measures.

Senate Donn Piatt Washington Capital William McGarrahan Piatt Fa McGarratan Donald

Fashionable Foolishness and Health Remedies Highlighted

The text mocks modern fashion for fragile beauty while promoting health tonics. It touts Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for liver biliousness and dyspepsia, praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female ailments, and advertises Socovill's Blood and Liver Syrup for scrofula, plus Brown's Bronchial Troches for coughs and sore throats. It cites generic gendered appeals and urges medical tonics as essential.

Saxe Hoatetter Brown

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