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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1879
Page
3
A December 4 1879 Journal column mixes public sales at James W Stover’s in Haines township notices and items from Millheim and Aaronsburg. Public sale dates, a horse injury, a private residence with medical practice, juvenile quartet concerts, Bee Hive store praise, and local editor quips appear alongside Pomona Grange reports and subscription reminders.
Local notes report I J Grenobie’s grain headquarters and a near fire from a damaged pipe collar at Grenobie’s. D Ripka hosts an old fashioned cellar frolic with many hands. A Thanksgiving social at Fetterolf's brightens the community. Mrs Miller suffers severe carbuncles while Altoona visitor M Weagly is mentioned. A drunken man harms himself driving home. a boy is hired to help.
In Aaronsburg notes, residents riff on missing wood, a hen roost raid, a new bride, and a possible upcoming event. Emma Jordan ends a long visit, while Mrs Grundy’s speculation about Tom Hull’s house gains traction. Thanksgiving observances were muted and rainfall worries linger as communities seek festive plans and local revelry.
The article narrates a courtroom week highlighting jury trials and judge Ovis with new chairs. It cites cases from small timber theft to adultery and burglary, noting high costs to taxpayers and harsh sentences for minor contempt. It ends with a light poem by Carl Schreiber.
Wisconsin harvests show wheat up by 26,000,000 bushels and corn up by 29,000,000 in the latest November returns. Other notes include a fatal stone-throwing accident at Hanover, rising domestic fabric consumption, a fatal fire in Norwich, and arsenic poisoning case in Reading. Diphtheria outbreaks prompt school closures in several counties. Denture hearing device advances and a public Grant reception planned for December 15 in Harrisburg.
Marriages noted in Penn Township Beloit and Aaronsburg with Lingle Allman Musser Krebs and Hull Bell names. Also obituary for Col Philip Gross of New Berlin aged 81 years 10 months born 1797 died 1879. born near Middleburg lived at McKees Hall Falls and New Berlin, described as fine man and good citizen.
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