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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1883
Page
4
A children's page pairs a poem about sweet peas with an early article on gorillas. The verse features Phebe Prue and Patience asking for favors, while the Gorilla section describes gorillas as formidable, tree dwelling predators feared by Africans and rivaling elephants for sustenance in Africa.
A child nurses an ostrich egg after a park keeper dies, fearing loss of her pet. Sir John Lawrence returns the ostrich to its rightful owner, teaching that a brave heart can act kindly for the weak. LATEST NEWS reports earthquakes near Naples and various trials, fires, and crimes.
The reader notes that the country home is more than a dwelling and includes surrounding fields and views. Permanence in such homes supports stable social life, family memory, and parental influence, fostering culture despite modest wealth and limited accumulation.
Sporadic cholera appears in London while Egypt sees falling death rates. A British lieutenant and eight soldiers die in Cairo. Ward Iron Co liabilities top $500,000 as over 500 workers lose jobs in Ohio. A Little Falls robbery nets $1,500 in stamps and $1,000 in cash. Montgomery Blair dies at 70 in Maryland. British actions to curb yellow fever and cholera are outlined as U.S. moves to shield ports. Seeny syndicate gains control of Richmond and Danville Railroad, consolidating with East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. Taylor Alford juror questioned. Polk embezzlement case seeks new trial. Wallace seeks tariff talks with Turkey, while Mexico-Spain debt dispute flares. Cholera rages in Egypt with eleven British dead. Cetewayo slain and emigration costs cited.
The Secretary of the Treasury issued a call for redemption of bonds of the 5 percent funded loan of 1881. The note also records a series of diverse items from fires in Bridgeport to a drowning in the river, and various financial and political notices.
Four thousand nine hundred dollars were contributed yesterday to the government conscience fund. Secretary Folger disputes making trade dollars legal tender by executive order. Breadstuffs exports increase twenty five percent with New York and Baltimore leading. The Treasury directs London consul general to inspect vessels bound for U S ports to guard against cholera. Internal Revenue orders patent medicines with alcohol taxed like spirits. district collectors determine liability.
A Tribune visit to Blackwell’s Island details the reception of new prisoners in a sealed “Reception Room” and the daily intake, recording names ages origins occupations and physical traits before assignment to keeper gangs. The piece notes overcrowding with 700 men and 150 women and past peak admissions in 1888.
A plaster statue of the Mississippi River by Larkin G. Mead, nearly forty four tons, stands as a monumental work in Florence. Baked in marble, it portrays the river’s sources, commerce, and wealth with bas reliefs of steamboats, crops, and miners. It will be presented to New York City by Elliott F. Shepard, son in law of W H Vanderbilt.
In 1858 Will Lofton Hargrave of Wesleyan Female College Murfreesboro NC states his duty to public and endorses Worthington's Diarrhea and Cholera Medicine. He claims it cures diarrhea dysentery cholera infantum and aids nervous ailments and fevers. Sold for 25 and 50 cents a bottle.
Steve Holcomb once a notorious Western gambler now pastors a Louisville mission church. He uses his past to illustrate warnings in sermons and guide his flock.
A New York World piece profiles Maud Granger after public interest in her health and rise as a stage star. She outlines a Chicago July 16 start, San Francisco and Eastern Western tours, and credits Warner's Safe Cure for health restoration enabling a demanding season.
A humorous claim argues that kissing by telephone is permissible if one party has eaten onions. The remark plays on odors affecting consent and propriety in long distance romance.
Multiple patent medicines are advertised including ATSS Carboline for thinning hair, Gastrine for appetite and debility, Brown's Iron Bitters endorsed by Dr. W. B. Cummings and Rev. J. S. Cain, and Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya by Caswell Hazard & Co. Praises note relief from dyspepsia to nervous exhaustion. Acorn blossoms and Frazer Axle Grease also praised, plus a remark on Ohio etiquette calling a young woman a pansy.
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