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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1883
Page
1
A short poem urges moving lightly over grief and sorrow to find joy. It counsels not dwelling on loss, but seeking hopeful signs and brighter days, promising sun after dark and lark songs. The verse emphasizes resilience, optimism, and finding happiness despite fading roses.
Narrator describes a social gathering at Winton Hall with Sir Thomas Winston and guests including Capt. Seymour and Ada Dart. Paddy O'Brian probes motives while the group schemes private theatricals as a pretext for social maneuvering and romantic interest.
In a narrative from Belle C. Green, the speaker recalls joining a company to stage The Belle of Penzance and Eyes and Nose at Winton Park. He endures cast chaos, a whiskeroverhaul, and social farce, while Ada Dart mentors casting and romance subtly blooms amid rehearsals. The tale blends theatre, vanity, and a comic mishap with a final vow of performance triumph.
A Scranton pastor greets a young man on the first warm day of the season and asks about his father’s heat. The youth’s clouded brow hints at a recent death as his father dies a week earlier, explaining the cold reception.
Scientific scraps discuss using ammonia in petroleum barrels to extinguish fires and applying the idea to collieries. Other items cover earthworms enhancing soil fertility by burrowing and distributing matter, a Lapland observation of a diffuse nocturnal light, and Dr. Gaetan Delaunay arguing right handedness is a natural trait of superior races with more left handers among savages.
London, the prince studies his libretto with quiet diligence while the princess keeps to the music and faces, with her eldest son beside her. The observer notes her pale blue dinner gown trimmed with Valenciennes lace and a complexion of quiet sweetness tempered by melancholy. Her high coiffure glitters with diamonds as he praises her beauty and sadness.
A small band of men drains a water tank to flood a prairie dog burrow in a dramatic effort. The old pioneer guards his den but vanishes as buckets pour in, and the hole fills to the mouth before the outcome is revealed.
The Ironmonger of London explains why the vivid dyes derived from cochineal insects are so expensive. It details the insect’s life cycle, how females supply thousands of eggs, and how carmine is extracted by boiling and chemical treatments.
The article describes color hearing where sounds are perceived as colors. It cites Dr. Nussbaumer of Vienna and a Zürich medical student who associated musical notes with fixed colors. Pedrone of Nantes later observed similar cases, suggesting sonorous vibrations can provoke luminous sensations.
A man sought half price entry claiming one eye. The manager refused the discount, noting it would take him twice as long to see the show and charged him double instead.
Five states do not brew beer Arkansas Florida Maine Mississippi and Vermont. Last year Alabama produced eight barrels and North Carolina thirty one.
An aged wanderer seeks bread at Abraham’s tent but refuses to bow to God. The Patriarch denies him bread. A second night shows divine presence blessing those who worship, prompting a plea for hospitality. God asks why Abraham barred the stranger, and urges generosity despite lack of worship.
A collection of humorous vignettes and aphorisms touching on manners education and gender roles. Jests on olfactory organs mispronunciations and a teacher probing a pupil’s knowledge. A passerby notes women’s walks and a hotel boaster jokes about algebra and travel.
A Bloomington Eye excerpt recounts a habit lesson from a church scene. A telephone exchange worker, known for shouting Hello repeatedly, is startled awake during a long sermon as bells ring and she nearly uses her headset to shout Hello Central office. The anecdote illustrates how habit forms strong, pervasive routines.
The Toronto Globe reports two new women s medical schools will be created in Ontario with campuses in Toronto and Kingston. It argues this move will improve women s access to higher education in the province and enhance opportunities in medicine.
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