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Newspaper

Millheim Journal

Location

Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1885

Page

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R. Geo. L. Lee Office Near Public School

An address note locating R. Geo. L. Lee’s office opposite the Public School House.

Corner of Main and Jay Streets in Lock Haven

Property listing notes a central hotel site at the corner of Main and Jay Streets in Lock Haven Pennsylvania. The readable fragment emphasizes location in the city’s core.

Main and Jay Streets Lock Haven

Philadelphia lodging ad near Chestnut Street

A period ad describes rooms in central Philadelphia near 6th Street south of Chestnut and Walnut Street Theatre. It promotes remodeled, newly furnished accommodations on the American and European plans with daily rates from 50 cents to 3 dollars per day. Owner and proprietor is W Paine, M. D.

Walnut St W Paine M. D

Frances De Harte and the Oak Tree of Remembrance

A 19th century tale follows Frances De Harte, seized by a deceiving sea captain, years of hardship in New England, widowhood, and a hopeful reunion with her Demeraran father. She endures betrayal, labor, and sorrow, then returns to Demerara to revisit memories under the ancestral oak, restoring family bonds and preserving a family relic.

Demerara British Guiana de Harte Georgetown British Empire New England Connecticut Frances Loth Captain B Jewette City Coan Jewett Patehouge Frances de Harte John MC Earth Frances de Marte John M Jacob Joseph United States Jewett City John

The Fat in the Fire Snares Waco Social Buzz

In this Texas Siftings excerpt Mrs. Muller, the town’s stoutest woman, is mocked for her size and sensitivity. Dr Blister is praised as popular though rumored to have a small practice. Frank Cooper jokes about absent Frenk and Mrs Miller’s vanity fuels gossip.

French doctor extols groaning and crying in health

A French physician writes a lengthy letter praising the benefits of groaning and crying. He recounts a man whose pulse fell from 125 to 60 within hours after expressing his emotions.

Tongue injury warns worker after close to severing speech organ

An Allegheny man chopping wood was struck on the chin by a wood fragment, nearly severing his tongue. The incident serves as a caution about the danger of sticking out the tongue while working.

Diamond Drummer’s Life of Wealth and Risk on the Road

A veteran traveling salesman for a leading diamond house recounts a perilous twelve year career spanning America and Europe. He describes carrying up to 200000 dollars in diamonds, specialized vest pockets, and two Colt pistols for protection while detailing a tense attempt by a would be thief on a Denver to Chicago route.

America Europe New York Mexico Colt West Denver Chicago N. Y

Gypsy Weddings and Wandering Life in Folklore

Describes gypsy wedding rites with broomstick path and taking bride across. Notes feasting after marriage, wandering lifestyle, and gypsy trades supplying food and clothing. Mentions matron’s earnings, respect for fortune telling, and death as they move to resting places in forests or heath.

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Legal Phraseology for Conveying an Orange

A historical law example explains formal wording for an orange transfer. The verbose clause aims to grant all rights and title to the fruit including rind juice pulp and pips with full power to bite eat or give away as fully as the grantor could.

A. B

Aunt Polly and the Yearning for Simple Foods

A visiting young lady asks Aunt Polly if she ever longs to leave the common life and its duties. Aunt Polly defends her butter as valuable, then admits a rare longing for baked potatoes when prices rise. The exchange reveals rural humor and practical contentment amid market pressures.

Polly Chile Chicago Ledger

Rabbit Jumping Compared to Larger Animals

A small flea measuring one sixteenth of an inch can leap a distance of pah inches, about 320 times its length. The common grey rabbit clears about nine feet on level ground. In proportion a horse would need to jump 64 feet to match a rabbit’s reach, noting the rabbit’s exceptional hindquarter muscles.

Penmanship Teachers Teach Two-Handed Writing Method

Some teachers of penmanship now teach pupils to write with both hands. The method has students first write their name in pencil then trace over it with a pen in the left hand. Repeated practice leads to proficiency.

Allegheny Francis Geo W. Atherton,ll. D State College Centre CO

Dr. Henry Baxter Mandrake Bitters Advertised Remedy

An advertisement urges readers troubled by dizziness and loss of appetite to take Dr Henry Baxters Mandrake Bitters. It promises improvement and warrants every bottle to give satisfaction.

Dr. Henry Baxter

Flagstaff at Mount Vernon Listed as One of Longest Spars

A flagstaff in Mount Vernon Washington Territory stands 146 feet high and is claimed to be among the longest unsplit spars in the United States.

Mount Vernon Washington Territory United State

Pleasantly Odd Note on Smoking Taste

A young lady objects to smoking because it leaves a very unpleasant taste about the moustache, a whimsical complaint highlighting social concerns with tobacco etiquette.

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A .Harter Millheim, PA B. Stover Ww. Reifsnyder Madisonburg, Pa R. John F. Harter Practical Methodist Church Main Street Millie PA D. H. Mingle Millhelm, PA R. Geo. L. Lee Geo. S. Frank Rebersburg, PA DE. W. P. Ard Woopwarpd, PA O. Deininger Journal Office Penn St J. Springer West Millheim Banking House Main & North Streets Millheim Jno H. Orvis C.M. Bower Ellis L.orvis Ers Bower Attorneys-at-Law Bellefonte, Pa Woodings Building D. H.hastings W. F. Reeder Astings & Reeder Allegheny Street Lane Yocum & Hastings Meyer Hoy C. Heinle Centre County A. Beaver JW. Gephart Bee & Gephart Alleghany Street High Stree Rockerhoff Allegheny $T C. G. McMillen INS Bishop Street Emanuel Brown Rvin HOTEL 6Th St Chestnut Philadelphia P H. Musser Lyr Sarah A. Zeigler Penn Street Race Bridge G. A. Harter Main St
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