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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1879
Page
2
A joint Philadelphia city councils committee authorized its chair William Ellwood Rowan to invite military and civic groups and tradespeople across Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Delaware and Maryland to join the December 9 reception for Gen. Grant. Organizations should contact the committee, which will meet daily in the select council chamber at 1:15 PM.
Washington December 1 The Senate opened at noon with prayer and afternoon session. A joint committee discussed informing Mr Hayes and Mr Wages that Congress was convened. Mr. Burnside planned to seek leave to revive canal debate. The Senate heard treasury reports, and a Chandler death notice prompted adjournment. The House opened at noon with the Speaker in charge.
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans to foreclose 2 million mortgage bonds on the Lewisburg Centre and Spruce Creek railroad, taking ownership and selling the line at Philadelphia on the 13th. The project aimed to run 84 miles to Tyrone with graded sections, but profits have been poor.
Prayer by the chaplain precedes roll call showing 32 members present and 56 absent. Newly elected California Iwa and New York members qualified for office and took the ironclad oath. The house recesses to await communications from Mr. Hayes. At 1.50 p.m. Hayes’ annual message is transmitted and referred to the committee of the whole before adjournment.
Coburn Station receives weekly grain and clover-seed purchases from T. J. Grenoble a Coburn merchant who advertises paying the highest market price. A local shop promotes five and ten cent items at the JOURNAL BOOK STORE inviting readers to view the wide assortment.
The December issue features two steel engravings The Pet Pigeons and a page with a sleeping child holding a rose, plus a Berlin pattern chair seat and a prized fashion plate. Notable contributors include Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett and others. A feature story Baby Stealing earns high praise. Subscriptions are two dollars yearly with club discounts. specimens available on request. address Cis J Peterson Philadelphia.
Philip B. Stover of Maines township will hold a public sale on Wednesday December 17 offering his farm stock and farming utensils. The Mifflinburg Telegraph notes burglaries at Musser's store in Stattleton with hats and small change taken. Union County Teachers Institute will meet at Lewisburg December 15 to 19. The Journal Book Store reports moving and stocking new goods and invites patrons to visit. Millheim Marble Works markets monuments couches and headstones at low prices with fine workmanship.
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