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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1883
Page
1
A meditation on the cost of wisdom and fame, questioning whether youth can gain insight without sacrifice. The speaker muses on self harming paths for acclaim, then rejects quiet decay for a life of bold yearning, arguing fate cannot let every dream die.
Nanny seeks wages from Doctor Juniper for eight years of unpaid housework but the uncle resists. After many failed hires he relents when Nanny plans to marry Hugh Danesbury and run the farm on shares, with the doctor offering ten dollars a month.
A series of aphorisms on jealousy friendship virtue and perception. Notes include that jealousy reveals insecurity and that true judgment lies in how we use our gifts. Also observes the difficulty of shedding cares and the persistence of lies once spread.
A Missouri farmer mistook a gypsy camp for healing aid and lent them his funds. The group claimed a buried treasure on his farm and instructed him to bury all cash for eight days, promising to reveal the spot after digging it up. He handed over $5000 and the gypsy scheme collapsed.
The longtime West favorite Senator Bob Hart converted after delirium tremens, now known as the Rev J M Sutherland. He has worked over two years for the City Missionary society at twenty dollars weekly, supporting his wife and daughter, preaching to the poor several times weekly and on Sundays, and has not touched liquor since his conversion night. Cleveland Sum reports this change and his ongoing ministry.
The New York Sun reports 756,893 U.S. deaths in 1880 with a 15.1 per thousand rate, higher than 1870 and 1860 due to fuller death returns. Whites and blacks show 14.74 and 17.28 per thousand. infant male deaths exceed female. Consumption dominates deaths, with regional patterns and city versus country differences.
The text contrasts Martin Luther’s resolute plea with a hypothetical polite claim, arguing that brevity is a refined art. It cites the stark Old Testament phrase let there be light to illustrate concise, powerful communication beyond elaborate rhetoric.
Dr Dudley A Sargent Boston Union Gymnasium outlines bathing rules for health. He favors warm baths with Castile soap twice weekly for cleanliness and nightly warm rooms, daily cool sponging for toning, and tepid substitutes if weak. He warns against excessive baths, dry rubdowns after heavy exertion, and avoids tub baths except for cleansing.
The text compares the sting to a barbed arrow and explains the true mechanism. It describes two thread-like venom glands, a venom bag, and how contraction drives venom into a wound. It notes that the insect often loses its sting and dies after stinging.
A humorous compilation lampoons wives and social quirks with quips about fee females, blessed wives, and a dumb wife. Jokes mention income attracting women, a bottle thrown at a hen, and a parson’s take on the wicked in the afterlife. The piece notes a fire alarm breakfast bell and the Russian emperor chopping wood for exercise in a satirical tone.
The article traces blackguard to palatial servants who carried coal and pots at royal residences, a term used mockingly for the lowest workers. It also links the expression to nautical jargon where bitter end means the last coil of a cable, later evolving into a slang sense of fighting to the death.
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