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Newspaper

Branford Gleaner

Location

Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1879

Page

4

Fashionable fall dress outlines and trimming trends

The article outlines autumn dress shapes with dolman or cape lines and close fits, plaited skirts for tall and short figures, and a rise in Roman aprons. It notes fabrics such as camel's hair, cashmere, toile de sanglier, corduroy, and brocaded silks, with lace, feathers, and feather trimmings dominating hats and bonnets.

Dolman Cape Fichu Golden Brand Duck Toile de Sanglier Carmen Directoire New York Herald

Diverse Notes on Women and Society from a Historic Clip

The passage surveys women’s roles and status across nations, noting marriageable daughters in France, a heavyset six-daughter family in North Ferrisburg, a preacher wife in San Francisco, and a London women’s club. It mentions a centenarian in Delaware, political office eligibility for Louisiana women, a Pennsylvania widow farmer, an art students home in London, a Paris girls college, governess training among high-born French ladies, and a tale of Young James of the Scots Grays linked to his betrothal.

France Peter Siple North Ferrisburg Ada Beavles San Francisco London Summerville Rachel Turner Middleford Del Louisiana Pennsylvania Thomas Abel C. Thomas Universalist Paris Republic James Scots Grays Ulundi Millsis Africa Lousvile Nncton Trezevant Waynesville Ohio William Anderson Cincinnati Dean Plainville Elijah Frost Bige” Gibson Thomas McCracken Wallets Cal James A. Ray Barren County Latham Huntsville Ala Commissioner of Internal Revenue Washington Cullman Manon Lamar Winston Thomas Wilson Baltimore Glenn White Rev. I Balloch Nothern Outhern Congress

Greenback State Convention Nominates Ticket at Utica

At the New York Greenback convention in Utica Harris Lewis and John M. Wieting were named for Governor and Lieutenant Governor by acclamation. Other nominees include P. McCann for Secretary of State, John A. Shannon for Comptroller, Julian Winne for Treasurer, and George Wright for Attorney General.

New York Greenback Party Utica Harris Lewis John M. Wieting Leeutemant P. McCann John A. Shannon Julian Winne George Wright San Francisco Denis Kearney Newtown Elmira N. Y New York Pennsylvania New Hampshire Sherman George W. Hardie Wirth Avenue Columbian Rifle Range West End N.J A. J. Holcombe Charles Drews Lebanon Raber Lena and Frederik William Susick Linden N. J W.H H. Murray Boston Baltimore Cobb's Island Senator Conkling Wheeler Saratoga Alonzo l. Cornell Robertson Stalin Pomeroy Hiscock Sloan George G. Hoskins J. W. Wadsworth J. B Carr Nathan D. Wendell Hamilton Ward Howard Soule Ats Syracuse John W. Mears Lewis Gray Charles Jones Bells Camp W. H. H. Murray Guilford Conn Henderson Harbor Cumberland Charles de Young Kalloch New Orleans Kentucky Blackburn Greenback St. Louis Henry Path John Goebel Richard Kopt Henry Reinhold Path Goebel Dudley Haskell George Schwartz Wade Schwartz Haskell Geneva Switzerland Martigny Chamounix Wright Halifax N. S Smith Wallace Ross St. John Paris Bonchamp France Ministry of Agriculture Cuba Washington United States Garnet Wolseley South Afrca Cetgwayo Lim Iquiqus Peru Germany Russia Alexandrovo

Electric wire enables distant voice and handwriting reproduction

Dr. E B Foote's Health Monthly asserts new devices can reproduce voice and handwriting across great distances via an electric wire. An apparatus is being perfected to photograph someone in Boston while they sit before a New York camera.

E. B. Foote Health Monthly Boston New York

Digestive Ailments and Remedies Featured in Advertisements

An assortment of older medical ads tout Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters to revitalize the stomach and blood, Henry’s Carbolic Salve for flesh wounds and skin eruptions, Brown’s Bronchial Tracheas for coughs, Mason & Hamlin organs, and a “What $10 has done” stock-picking pamphlet from Simpson & Co. also promoting Jaskwon’s Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.

Henry Brown Mason & Hamlin Wall Street Adare Simpson &Co Exchange Place New York Chew Jaskwon Tovacon

Menhaden Oil and Paper Industry Highlight Seafaring Trade

The article notes oil from menhaden surpasses whale oil, with about 900 million fish caught yearly weighing 200 000 to 300 000 tons valued near 1.6 million dollars. It covers U S paper production, 927 mills, 22 000 workers, and overall employment of 75 000 in the sector. It also mentions Wallapai and Ava Su Pais Indians in Arizona subsisting on acorns and berries, Dr Christian's night air cure, and Nightingale's view on night air.

New Jersey United States Arizona Wallapai Christian Dr. Christian Miss Nightingale

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