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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1881
Page
3
Notices of new church dedications at Milton and Mifflinburg near Christmas. Journal Store promotions and holiday ads. Local trials and donations to the Orphan's Home, plus community tidbits on appointments, auctions, and a bridge of public notices.
A reflection on holiday gift practices urging generosity toward the poor and needy. Authors criticize vanity and social bias in presents and call for practical aid, citing charity from scripture. Also notes on politics, a Connecticut minister tax case, and gunpowder sale penalties to minors.
Special Dispatch to the Times from Reading reports Mrs Catharine Graber aged 46 living in the city upper section has become hopelessly insane after being arrested on theft charges at the Farmers Market House. A Brownwell Alderman hearing discharged her as evidence was unsatisfactory. Neighbors say a mistake was made and she may be sent to an asylum. Also noted Miss Rebecca Bates aged eighty eight died at Scituate Mass. Her cousin Abbie Bates is eighty.
The list shows corrected prices for wheat 1.25 and 0.75 per unit, bran and shorts per WA, plaster 0.4, cement 10.00, timothy seed, clover seed 2.622, dried peaches and dried cherries as sold items. Includes various items with per unit or per bag pricing and notes on quantities.
Obituaries note the death of Lewis Edmond Grenoble aged 23 years 7 months 26 days near Penn Wall on the 16th inst. Catherine E Philips aged 24 years 6 months 3 days, wife of Cyrus Philips, died in Aaronsburg on the 15th inst. The verse laments her affliction and release.
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