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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1884
Page
1
A poem enumerates limits of human power from stopping time and tides to reversing harm and recalling words. It lists unreachable feats such as bribing Father Time, reclaiming lost years, or turning a foolish seed into fruit, emphasizing humility before nature and fate.
A poem recalls a sweet face with violet eyes and rose cheeks, describing tender eyes lit with an inner light. It warns of love and womanhood approaching the girl, whose scarlet lips hint at a hidden story, while she remains a child in innocent grace.
Pierre and Jean compete for Marie's hand on Pere Landure's fishing smack. A sudden tempest drives them apart. Jean sabotages the ship by firing the hold, while Pierre clings to life as the vessel burns. A rescue boat saves Pierre, and he later marries Marie, reflecting on Jean's fate.
Mrs Daintywell, famed for neatness, tells her husband to stay calm after a minor accident on Broad Street. He returns home with a shuttered leg, she fears fainting but masks mortification by noting he wore a clean shirt. His dignity, and her composure, are restored.
A neighbor's dog with a kettle tied to its tail distracts a woman at a gate as the owner chases the animal. A young boy returns with a bright, innocent look and asks what is amusing. The woman stops laughing after the boy notes the kettle is new. Philadelphia Call.
In a Chicago office the attorney Mr. Denison argues that blushes do not prove lying. He explains his own blushing habits and reasons why witnesses blush, noting the misreading of a blush as deceit and describing how doubt can fuel his own facial reddening.
A shopkeeper recalls politicians courting him to run for supervisor. He spent money to win favor, hoping to control county purchases, but received only one vote from himself after caucus. The tale ends with the clerk lamenting loneliness as the store ran dry.
A remark notes that a woman’s role in society does not indicate she can perform arithmetic such as the multiplication table. The comment treats gender expectations and intellectual ability as unrelated.
A minister recounts a chilling tale of a drunk father returning home to a dying wife and dead child, describing the horrific consequences of alcohol. The speaker argues rum debases and degrades all that is noble, urging unwavering fight against drinking.
A traveler describes Rooshun Mennonite fuel practice in Nebraska style homes. They build four-room corners around a central brick oven, burn straw daily in a furnace to heat all rooms, and use cornstalks in cooking while raising their own fuel on the farm.
The paragraph contrasts the power of words, gold, and craft to create value. It cites Tennys on paper becoming 5000 dollars, Vanderbilt turning words into 5 million, a gold eagle stamped as 20 dollars, a watch from five dollars of material, a merchant selling 25 cent goods for a dollar, and a ditch digger moving earth for two dollars, illustrating genius capital money skill business and labor.
A dialogue recalls Miss Lulu whose father died weeks ago and whose family sold all they owned to move from luxury to a small rented downtown house. Neighbors note her drastic change and say even close friends would not recognize her now.
A collage of quips and light humor from a rural paper. Jokes range from misheard conversations to witty barbs about marriage, smoking, and a bishop's dinner, all with a homespun cadence and small-town twists.
A moral exhortation urging fathers to raise boys with common sense and honest trades, to value integrity over wealth, to protect the weak, and to reject double standards. It emphasizes that God’s commandment applies to them too and warns against debauchery and improper unions with virtuous girls.
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