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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1880
Page
2
The Millheim Journal notes weekly Thursday issues dated December 16 2880 and lists pricing at one dollar in advance and one dollar twenty five cents if not prepaid. It mentions Musser's Building at the corner of Main and Penn streets as the location and notes publication cadence.
Fragmentary OCR shows itemized numbers with amounts 20.00 and 35.00 and a time stamp near six months ago. Readable entities are sparse. no clear event, people, or organizations emerge from the snippet.
Rev Samuel Smith and Rev W H Harman are listed as preachers. Sunday services noted for German Sunday School at 2 PM with D L Zerby as superintendent and for United Brethren with Rev L M Gates in charge. Protracted meeting in progress in Aaronsburg and preaching planned in Millheim. Lutheran and German services in Aarensburg next Sunday morning.
Millheim Eddge No 955 1.0 meets in their hall Penn Street every Saturday. Reberca Dezree meets the Thursday on or before the full noon of each month. A O Deininger Sec RK A Bumiller N G Providence Grange No 217 P of H meets Alexander's Clock second Saturday 634 PM and fourth Saturday 14s PM. Millheim B and J Association meets Penn street school house second Monday evening. Millheim Cornet Band meets Town Hall Monday and Thursday evenings.
Regular terms of court set on the fourth Mondays of January April August and November. Officials listed include President Judge Chas A Mayer, Vice President Junze, Law Judge Jonh H Orvis, Associate Judges Samuel Frank and John Diven, Prothonotary C Harper, Register of Wills W E Barchfield, Recorder of Deeds William A Tobias, District Attorney David F Fortney, Sheriff John Spangler, Treasurer Adam Yearick, County Surveyor Joseph Deviing, Coroner Dr Joseph Adams, County Commissioners Andrew Greggs George Swab Jacob Dunkle, Clerk Kenny Beck, Attorney C M Bower, Janitor Bartrim Galbraith, Auditors James T Stewart George K Williams Thomas B Jamison, Superintendent of Public Schools Henry Meyer.
Chicago reports letters from readers across most states except Rhode Island California Oregon and Nevada. General Grant tops requests for Secretary of State with Sherman favored for continuation. Voters seek a Stalwart cabinet and for Logan Conkling and Blaine to stay in the Senate Yiayes garners five Cabinet votes.
An account of the Gettysburg battlefield and its natural cemetery, reflecting on defeat by partisan politics, corruption and money. The author seeks to avoid inflammatory or sensational description while acknowledging the bravest soldiers who fought there.
The text notes nineteen states for Tiancock and Crarfield, claims Republicans hold official votes but have little to boast, and asserts the U S is evenly divided. It suggests white Democrats exceed white Republicans by about one million after excluding Black voters.
A harsh critique argues Hayes boasts of universal profitable employment while notes failings in broad prosperity. The piece claims many suffer hard times despite business revival for some classes and mocks the president’s candor and observational sharpness.
The piece argues four years of Republican rule will yield wealth for capitalists, investors, and officials while farmers, laborers, and mechanics face no such boom. It claims vast prosperity benefits the rich, widens the wealth gap, and labels the election Successful through unpopular means.
Washington D C December 31 1889 report notes the House wasted time on counting the electoral vote but will return to approving appropriation measures. The chair says fortifications pensions and diplomatic and West Point bills will pass before year end. Private pension and other bills loom with imminent retirement of Justices Swayer and Strong before March 4th.
Str Hayes discusses retiring army officers under the law, General Ord’s retirement this week, and expectation General McDowell may retire soon. Yorktown Centennial faces funding concerns as committees warn Union contributions must flow. Congress expected to cap at 290000. Postal committee shows favorable sentiment to subsidize a Brazilian steamship line and will propose an amendment when the postal appropriation bill is debated.
A severe cyclone swept southeast to northeast across southwest Missouri on Saturday. Structures including homes, barns, a blacksmith shop, Masonic Hall, and schools were destroyed or seriously damaged near Casthage Satcoxie and Marshfield. Four fatalities reported in Bay Mansha area. violent thunder and lightning accompanied the storm.
The Verity Patriot P RIOT subscription price lowered to 100 per copy per year. Clubs will receive it at 60 cents per copy annually. daily dispatch during Congress sessions at 60 cents per month. Under federal law postage and subscriber costs are relieved. Subscriptions must be paid in cash and mailed to Patriot Publishing Co at 020 Market Street, Harrisburg.
The excerpt speculates Grant being elected U S Senator for Pennsylvania and the impact of Republican lawyers and Heirspittles on the new Senate. It evokes Clay and Webster and imagines a chamber filled with eloquence and strong representation for the Keystone State.
Train timetable lists morning and afternoon departures from Lewisburg, Millinburg, Laurelton, Coburn, Spring Mills, Vicksburg, and Montandon. Indicates connections at Montandon with Erie and Philadelphia lines, including Day Express and Niagara Express, and notes that regular railroad tickets are honored between the two points.
From the Friars Point Miss Gazette reports Mr C Jenkins killed a panther after a four hour chase. The animal measured 11 feet 4 inches long and weighed about 502 pounds after skinning. Jenkins pursued with gun and dogs, then finished with a knife. trophies including a scalp and a foot were brought to town.
An advertisement offers a cure for consumption and a range of illnesses citing rapid cough relief and 5 to 5 pounds weekly weight gain. It markets a new method with “new agents” to fatten and invigorate, urging readers to write to a Michigan dispensary for details.
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