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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1886
Page
1
Madisonburg and Millheim clearings list offices including Ww. P. ARD M. D. and George L. Springer with Bellefonte address and Woodings Building site in Bellefonte.
A family saga in Claymont follows Mark Parker the devoted brother and Alice Arnold the timid heiress. Alice returns after a troubled marriage to Henry Parker and later discovers Harry Parker is mentally fragile. After a hospital escape and a fatal overdose she is found dead, while Mark isolates himself haunted by unanswered questions.
Advice from a Country Gentleman correspondent urges farmers to marry if they have none and to confide all troubles to their wives. It extols women’s instincts, urges partnership in life and purpose, and claims shared plans save homes and fortunes.
A charitable woman offers to help a tramp by mending his clothes and he asks for a shirt to be sewn on a single button, saying he would be greatly obliged. The exchange reflects social humor and humble requests.
A Detroit Herald report highlights Andrew Lucas claimed to be 127, born as a slave of General Jackson, witnessing pivotal events from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812. Lucas, now six feet three and 124 in 1883, recalls New Orleans and later life in Canada before settling in Brantford.
A Western humorist clashes with a managing editor over the term paragrapher in a comic exchange about word usage. The editor threatens to quit if the writer cannot agree, jokingly pairing a mother-in-law joke as a double lead.
A letter from Uncle Hezekiah argues for sensible housework over endless cleaning. It contrasts two kinds of housekeeping and urges women to balance neatness with family, society duties, and personal well being. The piece includes a humorous excerpt on hops, a widow, and a boy awaiting a long-whiskered man’s cigar.
A Brooklin woman maintains a journal titled ought-to-buy-ography recording items she wishes to purchase but cannot yet afford to wear. The witty name highlights her chic aspirations and budget constraints.
In a Lime-Kiln Chid style scene a presidential figure challenges Brudder Smith about his mission to aid funerals and consolations. The speech argues the burden on his family and warns against overcommitment while urging him to reconsider his path and return to his seat.
The New York Sun reports Hans Von Bulow, about to sit at the piano on tour, refused to perform when plain women sat near the stage. He had palms and shrubs placed to block the sight, then resumed the program saying he could not face the “monsters of ugliness” in view.
A young man left the farm to seek work in the city and pressed a Jefferson avenue business house until the clerk, in a joke, directed him to the County Jail. He then appealed to the sheriff for work, offering testimonials he did not swear or drink. The sheriff said there were no vacancies, and the man warned he would find a beginning elsewhere and prove him wrong. Detrow Free Press.
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