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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1880
Page
1
An advertisement notes a specialty shop at MAIN STREET MILLHEIM PA operated by pieber pancine co. The flyer lists A WALTER as cashier and HARTER with a guarantee of satisfaction.
A reflective poem contrasts universal hardship with divine sunlight. It speaks of sorrow, doubt, pain, and duty as forces shaping life, yet asserts that God’s light can gild ruined landscapes and crown the weary with renewal. The verse uses imagery of storms, waters, thorns, and lifting to end on hopeful redemption.
A August day scene follows Dot Ingraham and Philip as she reveals she cannot marry Oram Dinsmore due to a family will. Philip faces a potential farewell and uncertainty as Dot learns she inherits a distant relative’s fortune in New York, reshaping their plans.
Dot Ingraham discovers she is the heiress of Jared Ingraham after a rumor of engagement to Oram Dinsmore. Kate Belmont befriends Dot, while Philip Bertram shifts from suitor to friend. Dinsmore confesses his true feelings and Dot accepts, uniting with Bertram as the heiress marries Philip.
A long read blends an ornate French style toy house description with a humorous San Francisco ferry exchange, a cautionary tale about a doctor who swells from yeast and a pair of burglar duels, plus a column of moralizing anecdotes urging the motto I can and I will for perseverance and success.
In Shelford near Nottingham a village tailor who was also sexton used burial vault velvets for coats. The Earl of Chesterfield forgave the act and praised frugality in funeral costs. The passage hints at the famed “letters for"? figure known for criticizing undertakers.
In Bodie Colorado the Bon Ton Lodging kitchen hosted an amateur drama titled Deadwood Bill or The Roaring Waterspout of the Rocky Mountains. A bloody duel for a maiden unfolds with knives pistols and staged chases. Bill wins, nine murders occur in Act I and four robberies plus an Indian rout in Act II.
A boy named George is sent to buy washing soda with a dime for cleaning. He returns with no soda and explains he drank it because the vendor warned it would not keep. The family discovers the mix up and laughs at the misunderstanding. George remarks it was a boss drink.
Describes the giant kelp Nereocystis with stems up to 300 feet, a 6 to 7 feet long floating bladder, and leaves extending over 27 feet. Notes its abundance hinders boats and records uses such as dry stem for fishing lines and the bladder as a siphon to drain water from boats.
In a neighborhood spurred by recent burglaries, James Simpson and his brother in law George Washington Budd known as Wash engage in a comical siege of weaponry. Each descends the stairs with revolvers swords and knives drawn, colliding mid hall in a deadlock over a burglar in their own dining room.
A long view of wealth traces Croesus and Crassus as symbols of ancient riches against modern American fortunes. The piece notes that many New Yorkers exceed ancient sums, with Astor and Vanderbilt as modern emblems. It forecasts fortunes rising to 100 to 150 million dollars by 1930 and 1940.
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