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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1880
Page
1
Ernest Mather confronts Myra over money for clothes after years of restraint. Myra, spoiled by wealth, seeks dress purchases and social outings as fortune shifts. Ernest accepts a traveler position with Mr Agnew, leaving a note and remittance to his wife.
A nostalgic verse describes a mother’s twilight kiss, a maiden’s shy farewell, and a husband’s parting kiss In turn the piece elevates the kiss as the purest sweetest expression of affection across stages of life For calming children guiding hearts to Heaven and cherishing memories of love.
Myra, separated by jealousy and money worries, hurries to Cumberland when she learns Ernest is gravely ill in a hotel. She finds him on the edge of death, but his wife’s arrival brings relief as she nurses him back to health and the couple renews their bond.
The passage recalls how doubts fade when separation seems possible, and Myra's penitence fuels a selfless rescue that brings her husband back from death's brink to her side.
A dry goods clerk gets two weeks off with pay to rusticate. He endures hard farm tasks from hoeing potatoes to lowering a bucket into a well, grumbling at every turn. He longs for the city and returns after a staged family death telegraph.
A visitor recounts meeting a mill owner who shows vast pulp vats and paper piles. The owner credits humble beginnings and a vow to give one tenth of wages to the Lord, saving another tenth, with prosperity arising from faith and careful spending. The man adds that nine tenths spent wisely surpasses keeping the full amount.
A critique of the belief that night air or damp weather harms health argues that outdoor exposure sustains health and cleanses the blood. It asserts air as essential, noting the blood’s contact with atmosphere every 150 seconds, and ends with the claim that sound travels at 743 miles per hour.
A twelve year old in Conway New Hampshire follows a crowd to a circus tent, pays twelve cents, is denied entry, and learns the hard lesson to always verify a correct path before paying. He recalls his mother’s warning and resolves never to pay for entrance without confirming the route.
A vivid tour of fifty miles of Central Pacific snow sheds in the Sierra Nevada. Beams of 12 to 13 inches support roofs of 3 inch planks with gaps for light and smoke. The sheds shield tracks from massive snow slides yet obscure the scenery. A recent avalanche damaged sheds, injured workers, and halted trains while fresh wreckage and strong winds caused further delays.
The observer notes Victoria’s restrained entrance and solemn bearing as she sits on the throne. The Queen’s beauty is overshadowed by authority and sorrow, with Beatrice nearby and the Koh i Noor crown gem blazing in her coronet.
The piece extols placing flowers on the morning table as a link to poets and to God’s creation. A single bloom, or a small bouquet, brings fragrance and a sense of cheerful awakening, embodying home’s grace and the promise of morning beauty.
The article explains fire starting basics emphasizing concentrated fuel in a compact heap placed where draft concentrates. It notes dry sufficient kindling and proper stacking so draft and flame pass through fuel, and warns that incorrect conditions waste time and patience.
Thomas Coyle of Roach's ship yard Chester Pa faced a dangerous swim toward Gloucester on August 24 1875 his March promise of a two mile uninjured dip betrayed by exhaustion after eighteen minutes he was rescued at Beal House while in a precarious state at about forty three years old the crowd watched the attempt and the dangers of long river swims linger.
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