19 Nov 1879
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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1879
Page
1
A reflective verse contemplates the dead observing the living and the toll of grief. It ponders whether sorrow echoes through life and whether honors to the departed are acknowledged as the living continue their feasts and struggles.
In a grim lodging house a penniless medical student and a sick neighbor girl cross paths. Miss Turpin shelters him, nurses him back to health, and through hardship discovers love with the hopeful doctor and a final twist of fate.
A Beubenville Herald quote praises quick witted reply ability as essential to sharp repartee, underscoring wit as a valued skill in conversation and debate.
A brief note describes tickling inducing laughter except tickling in the t where coughing is stopped instantly by Dr Bull's Cough Syrup sold for 25 cents a bottle.
A fragment describes a vast carved harp hidden in a cave with bone décor and a spiral chamber, said to hold thousands of strings and produce music rivaling telephones. It节tells of Jacob Ridgway, a Philadelphia millionaire, questioning envy as wealth cannot buy time, youth, or life, followed by a scene of a confectioner and tailor trading money for pastries amid urban search.
The piece notes growing acceptance of cremation in the United States and Europe, citing Berlin and English cities. It mentions a Manchester conference where Dr Frazer argued cremation is practical for public health despite personal reluctance, with English papers urging sanita riness considerations.
The Rev. James R. Page of Rushville Illinois testified in General Sessions before Judge Gildersleeve about being swindled at a Canal street saloon by a Tennessee man claiming to deal tea. The con artist, James Lynch, and barkeeper McDermott were found guilty of grand larceny. Page recovered $40, the mule trader remained at large.
A hungry orphan wheels a water-lime barrel onto a large leaf heap on Cass avenue. The milkman, spotting the boy, corners the horse and the wagon crashes, scattering milk as the child escapes through a fence hole. Detroit Free Press reports.
A Minnesota lumber dealer named Isaac drew extensive misspellings from his bookkeeper who logged every incorrect spelling. The list includes Isiac, Iisac, Iscac, Yeac, Isaag, Izic, Icac, Tsach, Isaak, Isaack, Isaac, Isac, Issack, Issac among many others, showing phonetic diversity and clerical quirks.
The Earl of Aberdeen intends building a ten mile path along a railroad through his Scottish territory. The young nobleman, brother to the late earl, is noted for a notable wife and is allied with prime ministerial circles. A handful of UK nobles own short rail lines while Arctic whaling losses rise as crews slaughter whales.
President Potter denounces the expense of funeral pomp and monuments as wasteful and vain. He argues the practice harms Christian charity and art, urging Catholic and Protestant denunciation of the mortuary madness draining moral and cultural life.
The Countess of Dudley, linked to Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, regains long-lost diamonds stolen at Great Western station from a maid years ago. Her husband, once Mapleson’s patron and theater owner, faced eccentric delusions and paralysis, moved to Paris, and altered flats to dodge visitors. He has ten children with his second wife and recently bought Dresden china only to see it offered cheaper soon after.
The Golden Gate, a nineteen foot schooner, sails from Cape Verde toward the Cape of Good Hope then Melbourne. Burrill and Dan, hardy sailors, lead a fifty eight day ocean passage in a craft praised as well built but deemed foolhardy by the New York Sun.
A San Francisco dining trend features kangaroo meat canned and served as a novelty soup. Restaurants promote its adventurous appeal while highlighting unique sourcing and preparation.
A collage of quirky quips and local facts from various papers: jokes about farmers and corn, Pecans in San Saba county yield, Moody Indians in Fort Prospect, and wheat production. Also mentions steam dredger for oyster dredging built at Haven Register with twin engines, carrying 49 tons and 63 feet long, hauling oysters from 40 feet deep.
A speaker argues poverty avoidance through self denial and savings. Wealth comes from frugality and diligence, with savings of five hundred dollars as proof. Those who ignore these truths invite hunger and misfortune, while fortune favors the prepared.
An excerpt describes Alexandria's obelisk and its journey from Heliopolis to England and New York. It notes age, preservation, quarry origin, and links to Karnak, On, and ancient figures. The piece contrasts the New York obelisk with others and laments loss to the sea rumors.
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