07 Apr 1881
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1881
Page
1
Poetic reminiscence on lost love and lingering memory. The speaker recalls shared years, burdens borne, and the ache of gratitude unspoken as love fades. The lament warns against delaying tender words before the final revelation of love dead.
A narrator recalls a lifelong witness to strange events and prophecies in households and a minister’s home. The tale links affection, jealousy, and murder with a ghostly warning and a dream that foretells a political tragedy in the House of Commons.
Sam Whipple and Dick Spangler hatch a caper to steal Deacon Edith Turner's prized three foot turkey. A dog bark, a missing bird, and a night of misdirection lead to the turkey returning to the parlor table. The deacon reveals the joke was punished by their own embarrassment and the two youths never pursue Edith again.
A new luminous paint is touted for miners lamps. The paint provides light without heat or flame, reducing explosion risk when used with compressed air blasting, potentially making dangerous mines safer.
A dated portrait describes Turkish women as fanatical traditionalists, fearing foreigners and adhering to Qur an teachings. It notes extreme superstition in sickness, reliance on folk charms, and avoidance of birthdays and dates to prevent magical harm.
The piece surveys the Roger Morris house later Jumel House at the upper end of Manhattan Island, detailing its history from colonial times, its role as a public inn, and nearby landmarks, while contrasting old fixtures with evolving modern avenues and remnants of the Revolutionary War era.
A Spanish steamer in a Bay of Biscay storm found the stern propeller loose on its shaft due to a partly cut wedge. With Vigo dry docks unavailable, the crew floated the stern over light sand and poured oil around the stern. The oil calmed the water and allowed the wedge to be driven back into place, avoiding costly repairs and long detention.
A summer stage ride in Virginia leads to a hunter driver recounting mountain streams full of trout. He claims trout are the finest eating, describing how to catch, gut, salt, roll in cornmeal and bake in ashes, concluding with the remark they beat ham.
A civil engineer retracing a 1759 deed line near Augusta Georgia found a cross axe mark inside a beech tree that matched the long vanished boundary sign from the ancient document, proving the historical mark survived under the bark since colonial days.
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