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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1879
Page
4
A man stands entranced by an old square clock priced 31.75, drawing a crowd of twenty five and then hundreds as memories of boyhood spark a raucous street scene. The crowd erupts into a mock stampede as bells ring and fire alarms sound, ending with the man winning five dollars by drawing a larger crowd than a bear at a wilding match.
A Vermont high jinks tale recalls a St Johnsbury village dance where a drunken guest seeks sleep in a bed by the hall. Two damsels enter and joke about gossip as they adjust their hair while the sleepy reveler is asked if anyone has spoken of him.
At the Garden of Acclimation in Paris, two seals fatally injured keeper Alexander during a feeding show as a wedding party watched. The seals, attempting to reach a fish, toppled Alexander who fell and split his skull, then carried his body to the shore while emitting mournful cries.
In a brief New York Graphic fragment two Nihilists discuss targets near the Winter Palace. They whisper of generals and the Emperor, dodging a gamekeeper as Imperial security closes in on their covert plans.
A Boston Jack style hustler and fifty horses perish in a Newport Rhode Island stable fire. A New York newsboy wins a six day pedestrian race in Philadelphia covering 390 miles. In Connecticut Egbert Cogswell fatally shoots his wife then dies by suicide. Large timber losses hit Berks County Pennsylvania and a major New York dry goods firm fails for about 1 million dollars. Several mine and court cases, rail and political notes complete the roundup with foreign items from Ireland India and Cuba.
The Senate and House debate amendments to tax and coinage laws and a bill to bar military interference at elections. Measures to prevent contagious diseases, regulate armed forces at polls, and approve navy enrollments were discussed, with referrals to judiciary and appropriations committees and adjournments after debate.
The House debated a measure to bar Army and Navy in polling places except to repel enemies or enforce constitutional laws. A substitute to shield electoral freedom failed 121 to 93. the original bill passed 124 to 90 with Greenback opposition. Other items included labor bills and currency funding proposals.
A fragmentary column blends satire, nautical quips, and editorials. It mentions printed forms, sailors, and a drowning accident, then shifts to a 1873 US Kindergarten growth note and a meditation on softness of life and work.
The Mason & Himlin Organ Company celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary at Young's Hotel with a dinner. The firm began with two to three melodeons weekly, now produces over two hundred cabinet organs weekly and commands prices up to five hundred dollars, with some rare sales higher. They have built roughly 104,000 instruments and earned a world reputation for tone quality and voicing reeds, while maintaining a policy of high quality at as low a price as feasible.
A blend of medicinal ad pitches promotes Honstetter's Stomach Bitters to stimulate kidneys and bladder, aiding elimination of impurities. It also touts Dr. Pierce’s remedies, Mott’s Liver Pills, Brown’s Bronchial Troches, Mason & Hamlin organs, and various tobacco and piano offers in a period advertising roundup.
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