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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1880
Page
1
A compact compilation of moral maxims on religion life and character. The speaker stresses aligning livelihood with virtue prioritizing piety and parental guidance while warning against vanity and neglect of prayer and vigilance. It cites biblical allusions and emphasizes gratitude perseverance and earnest self-improvement.
An odd illustrated sequence lists human bone counts from facial bones to toes and teeth, followed by a dramatic escape tale set in New Orleans with a detective recalling a glamorous suspect, a staged escape, and a perilous window scene. The passage then shifts to a young milliner in Havana and New Orleans with murders, confessions, and a storm at sea involving passengers and crew.
A narrating sister recalls her engagement to Charlie Marsh a unromantic practical fiancé. He prefers almanacs to poetry drinks coffee and pork and beans, and his proposal is blunt asking her to marry Him. They plan a secret elopement but face resistance from her father and resolve how to proceed under moonlight and shadows.
A courtroom scene centers on a wife claiming she licked her husband after he mistreated her. She describes his laziness and deception including feigned pain and stolen meals. The exchange leads to questions about why a warrant is sought as she threatens to lock him out.
The Earl of Glencairn challenged Lieut Gen Sir George Munro after a dispute over insulting language. In a field near Dornoch they fought with pistols and swords. Munro was wounded, bleeding from brow and hand, and the seconds included Glencairn’s trumpeter, his valet, and Lieut Col Alexander Munro.
An American missionary recounts a tale from Natal where three Dutch hunters Botha and Potgester fired on a herd of elephants. The herd circled a valley for hours, hundreds died, and the three men divided the ivory after tallying ninety elephant carcasses.
The Rotterdam en route from Rotterdam to New York faced a ferocious March storm. A mountain wave ripped through the chart-room, swept water over the captain, who escaped unharmed, and forced the crew to batten down holds to prevent capsize.
A vivid portrait of Venetian life notes waterway living with gondolas and canal baths, modest rents, and ready meals. It contrasts warm hospitality and religious life with squalor, idleness, and gossip among villagers, detailing homes, trades, and daily routines.
Mr Pluto, returning from the lodge, spent an hour and a half solving a fifteen puzzle with about thirty blocks. He then wrote a long cryptic sequence of moves, ended by his wife discovering him under the table at 2 a.m., yet he had completed it.
A dressmaker Madame C finds a clever solution when a sewing girl fears becoming blind. The girl jokes she sees no meat on her plate at dinner, and the next day large thin meat pieces are served. She then claims her sight returns by seeing through the meat on the plate.
West of Colorado's mountain line rise many 14 000 foot peaks visible from Pike's Peak before sunrise one can count about twenty. Colorado hosts over 100 peaks above 14 000 feet and 200 above 13 000 with deep dry park valleys like North Estes Middle and South parks. Leadville sits 1 025 feet above sea level while mines reach elevations near 12 000 to 14 000 feet, nearly two and a half times Mount Washington.
In the Siskiyous, Squaw Lake hosts a “floating island” about an acre in size. A dammed outlet raised the land sixteen feet as decayed vegetation formed the island. Locals expect visitors to remark on the new height while enjoying the lake resort.
Three soldiers named a Parisian a Gascon and a Marseillais walk a summer shore near the Mediterranean each proposing a colossal wish for wealth. The Parisian imagines inked sea and a nine on a page to denote fortune. The Gascon wishes every star above to equal louis d or in his bag. The Marseillais envies both and wishes they die of heart disease after they make wills favoring him.
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