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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1885
Page
2
Fragmentary lines reference a Worth G W Rumberger secret event and a set of verses. The readable text hints at a personal or public recital with unclear context and multiple invented or garbled names. Further clarification needed to identify concrete facts or dates.
The piece notes judges in the state being numerous while lawyers push for more, recounts Governor Pattison vetoing a bill for an extra law judge in Chester county, and predicts patience elsewhere. It mentions the hygienic act tied to school districts losing ration shares and cites public sentiment on restraining liquor use in schools. An old Sunbury Democrat line emphasizes prevention.
General Grant's sixty third birthday is marked with flags and street displays at his residence. He replies with gratitude to numerous congratulatory messages from Army posts, societies, cities, schools, states, corporations and individuals across the Union. His improving health is noted by the latest press notes. The Philadelphia Times satire targets lawmakers while noting Friday voting absences and pay for four days of rest.
An advertisement from Philipsburg druggist E George praises J A McDonald’s Blood Purifier and Sarsaparittan Alterative, claiming cures for erysipelas and many blood disorders. It quotes a Reedsville citizen who says three bottles cured his erysipelas and urges shipment of a dozen bottles. Sold for seventy five cents per bottle through Johnston Holloway & Co. and J Eisenhuth Millheim.
Washington Letter reports the U S Supreme Court ruling that polygamists must be excluded from juries to ensure fair trials in Utah. Clawson case upheld four year term. Mormons vow resistance, alleging religious liberty. Also notes a new federal fence removal law and President's pledge to enforce it with civil and military power if needed.
Weather changes bring colds and coughs and Dr Kessler English Cough Medicine is advertised as a reliable remedy. Each bottle includes instructions for croup and whooping cough with money-back refund offered through Philadelphia agents. Sold by J Eisenhuth in Millheim, Pa.
The 1885 American Newspaper Directory reports 14 147 newspapers and periodicals in the US and Canada with 12 972 in the United States. Kansas adds 78 new papers and Illinois 77, while New York shows fewer new titles than Pennsylvania. The data illuminate regional growth and territorial activity.
The advertisement extols Peruna and Manalin as life changing remedies for a wide range of ailments with testimonials from patients in Oswego East Brady and New Vienna. It praises McDonald's Celebrated Worm Powders as a painless vermifuge with a money back guarantee and urges readers to obtain The Tils of Life for directions.
In Plymouth near Wilkes-Barre a typhoid-like epidemic sweeps through 8,000 residents with forty deaths and over 600 ill. Doctors warn of peritonitis while blaming filthy sanitation from unpaved streets, garbage, and polluted wells. Borough to clean streets. water supply contested. rain brings slight hope.
The item announces the Journal Store in Centre County near latitude 41 and longitude 4 west, inviting farmers to purchase farming implements and machinery. It promises low prices, a full foundry and machine shop, parts on hand, and exchange options with local firms, asserting proximity to two central Pennsylvania churches and neighboring businesses.
A local shopkeeper announces the store location in plain figures at No 20 on Tonn Street. The note invites customers from the town center or Coburn direction to find the store on the west side, promising cheap and good goods and a grateful greeting.
Take notice that the Journal Store has just received a fine lot of stamped goods praised by visiting ladies as absolutely lovely for anything.
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