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Branford Gleaner

Location

Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1879

Page

4

Lime advantages for soils and crops in extended article summary

An English writer catalogs lime benefits across soil types and crops. It boosts cereals, improves potatoes on clay land, enhances meadow grasses, reduces weeds, speeds organic decomposition, and neutralizes acids. Lime harms flax, deters turnip pests, aids subsoil moisture, and speeds ripening while aiding nutrient availability.

Belgium Inds

Highest American Mountain Ice House at Popocatapetl

An American traveler extols Popocatapetl as the world’s finest inexhaustible ice house with snow above the snow line and daily melt turning to ice. The ascent is arduous via ash fields to a crater brimstone operation, with perilous descent by rope and stick and nights spent in crude shelters amid ash, brimstone, and scarce breathable air.

Chapultepec Mexico Mexican States United States Popocatapetl Ixtacihuatl Mexico City Bagdad Popocatapete Gen. Ochoa

Emigration from Russia and Poland to America 1820–1877

The Rovs kaya Pravda reports emigration totals from 1820 to 1877. The first forty years yield 3,000 migrants, the following decade 6,000, then 1,800 in 1871, 1,500 in 1872, 1,000 in 1873, 700 in 1874, 30 in 1875, none in 1876, and 45 in 1877.

St. Petersburg Rovskaya Pravda America

Missionary reports seventy thousand troops in capital city

A missionary describes in the capital of Japan about seventy thousand soldiers all in American uniforms. They are armed with weapons purchased from the United States and England.

Japan United States England

Woman Fends Off Bald Eagle at Cedar Beach

Near Cedar Beach in Sussex County Mrs. Willey, widow of Abney Willey, chased away a bald headed eagle that grabbed a duck and then attacked her hair. She escaped unharmed though terrified, as the eagle swooped and clutched with its talons.

Jove Victor Cedar Beach Sussex County Mrs. Willey Abney Willey Milford (del

Dakota SplitTension Mounts Over Territorial Division

Dakota faces rising unrest as residents debate dividing the state into three territories, with calls for clearer governance and regional representation. The dispute reflects broader regional power balances and political pressure from diverse communities.

Fire destroys Surf House at Rehoboth and mass escape noted

The Surf House at Rehoboth Delaware burned with sixty people inside. all escaped, one woman slightly injured. The fire left guests with lost belongings as authorities assess rescue and safety response. The report also notes other city concerns and a series of varied news items from across the region.

Rehoboth Del New York Newport R. I Paul Boyton Matthew Webb Boyton Webb Samuel Willauer John Hoffman Price Willauer Wharton Bell Boyer Pottstown Salamanca N. Y Henry Thurstone Rochester American Association For the Advancement of Science Saratoga William Harlee New York City Poughkeepsie Essex East River Leander Fuller Scranton Lackawannon Iron and Coal Company John Blackwood Daniel Vaughn Charter Oak Park Hartford Conn Rarus Hopeful Conklin Boston Dispatch Stephen Bennett Camden Phoenix Island Boston Baltimore George Bennett West Roxbury Mass Mrs. Bennett William Richards Ged Emhteen Mr. Bennett Maine Georgia Whch Rev I S Kalloch San Francisc San Francisco Chronicle Charles M. H. de Young People’s Party Kalloch Ile The Sun Chronicle de Youngs San Francisco Sun Charles de Young Metropolitan Temple Carl Browne Denis Kearney de Young Jim Kaloch To Youngs Chronicle Office Secretary of War Walter Och

Rheumatic Ailment Warns of Early Remedies

The article urges early combat of rheumatism with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters before it becomes chronic. It warns against poisonous medicines and promotes the bitters as a safe, effective remedy to expel irritating principles from the blood and relieve associated bowels stomach and liver disorders.

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