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Newspaper

Millheim Journal

Location

Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1880

Page

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Main Street Millheim Ad Shows Cashier Harter Guarantee

Local notice lists Walter as cashier at Main Street in Millheim Pennsylvania with a focus on satisfaction guaranteed policy. The fragment indicates a business context and customer assurance.

Reunion in a Foreign Land Twenty Years Apart

Poem fragment depicts two former lovers meeting again abroad after about twenty years. They exchange smiles and calm greetings, recalling past tears and kisses as they talk of ordinary life, each unchanged in memory yet moved by the reunion. The scene contrasts a Gainsborough hat with a man in black for his wife.

Gainsborough Hat

The Golden Dollars and the Dream of Eva

A hungry man lurks near a rural apple orchard where a bearded father, his child Eva, and a bag of three hundred gold dollars reside. A thief attempts a midnight theft but is thwarted by Eva's plea and her father’s forceful intervention. Eva offers a single gold dollar, sparing the thief, who slips away through the window as the moonlight hauntingly watches.

Eva

Velvet Robed Hostess Becomes Governess Bride

In a moonlit party tale, Eva Errom, a gifted governess, recalls a gold dollar gift to a midnight robber that alters two lives. Years later the political star who once admired her admits the debt of gratitude, then quietly marries her, ending a surprising secret romance.

Eva Errom Adieus

Evolution of writing from pictorial symbols to alphabets

The article traces the progression from Egyptian hieroglyphics through symbolic signs to phonetic scripts, noting uncertain invention dates and credited figures such as Moses and Abel. It cites Cherokee, Mexican, Japanese, Greek, German, and Roman contributions, discusses libraries and literacy, and reflects on dining table influence on family life and manners.

Champollion Moses Abraham Abel Aristophanes Montezuma Germany Britain Pisistratus Athens Attalus Alexandria Ptolemy Philadelphus I. Emilius B.C Asinius Pallio Temple of Liberty Mount Aventine Augustus Apollo Mount Palatine Tyrannio Pontus Lucullus Rome Constantius Constantinople

Riding a Bronco Brings out a Cowboy Tale

A townbound Indian earns a high estimate of his skill as he tries to ride a stubborn bronco. After painstaking preparations and a sequence of shouts, the horse vaults into the air, then drops back to stand grazing with bright colors and a mystery in the brush. Tom Newland finally frees the animal from the oak as the Indian contemplates further action.

Tom Newland Tom

Fire ball strikes near London lake killing fish

A late thunder storm near London produced a large ball of fire seen descending into a lake. After the storm ended, over a hundred dead fish floated on the surface near the impact site, weighing roughly twenty three pounds in total and including two carp.

London England

London fog origins and the case for street alignments

The article argues London fogs stem mainly from water vapor from countless fires and weather conditions rather than coal smoke. It notes London’s tangled street network traps moisture and critiques the chessboard city plan, suggesting broad straight avenues could ease fogs but alter urban character.

London Shepherd’s Bush Uxbridge Road Oxford Street Holbert Viaduct Metropolis

The Rose of Sharon An Exquisite Ancient Flower

The Rose of Sharon is described as one of the most exquisite flowers with bell shaped blossoms and mingled hues. Its history is legendary and romantic, revered across Syria, Judea and Arabia where the dried withered stalks seed distant deserts, regrow when moisture returns.

Sharon Syria Judea Arabia

Aurora Storms Return as Sunspot Activity Rises

Observers note intensifying sunspot activity on August 11 12 and 18 followed by magnetic disturbances and strong earth currents. Auroras appeared across England Scotland and the Americas with luminous curtains and pale blue to green tints. Experts debate the sun spot cycle and planetary influence while awaiting deeper understanding of the sun’s power over Earth.

Greenwich Observatory Stoneyhurst Observatory England Scotland

Scientist eyes power of sight with two disks pressuring the eyes

Professor Merali develops a hand adjustable device of two small perforated metal disks connected by a headband to compress the eyeballs. Turning thumbscrews increases focal power, letting him read distant text and glimpse moons, with six turns giving power rivaling a forty two foot telescope.

Merali Jupiter Ring Saturn Merrill

Lemon-squeezer Comes Home With Quick Farewell

A Detroit suburb gentleman finds his home lacking a lemon-squeezer. After days of failed attempts to bring one from town, he asks his servant to remind him tomorrow. On leaving for the city, a shout from the stable announces the arrival of a latest pattern lemon-squeezer, saving the day.

Detroit

Editor Adopts Whisky Bottle Labeling Joke

A newspaper editor keeps a whisky bottle and labels it with the line To be contin ued in our necks, a playful motto reflecting local humor about editing life and drinking culture in the press room.

Polish Betrothal Rite Abridged In Festive Wedding Tale

A folkloric account from Poland describes a betrothal staged by a friend with bread brandy and a new handkerchief. The process ends in a seven day wedding feast with Cracovian dancing and a ceremonial wheat blessing.

Poland

Outram's Tiger Hunt in Kandesh of 1838 Apr

In Kandesh near Sirpur the tiger marked down north of the village provoked Outram and followers to a bold hunt. After bush fires failed, a spear thrust failed, and a later charge ended with a shot by one comrade. Outram endured narrow escapes and finally killed the tiger with a pistol after being dragged down a hill. The Bhils lamented yet he quipped about the clawing of a cat.

Sirpur Outram Ourram Viger

Marriage Customs in the Celestial Empire Described

A historical description details a Chinese lady of position with a lavish trousseau, dowry practices, and arranged marriage negotiations led by agents. It notes that the bride is presented to the husband’s parents, may never meet him before marriage, and faces a dowry-dependent betrothal that ends if the bride’s taste displeases the husband.

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Bellefonte T., Alexander Ernc Dale C. M. Bower Lexander & Bower, Attorneys AT Law Bellefonte, PA Ofice Garman B. Linn Attorney AT Law Allegheny Street Diamond Yocum & Hastings Attorneys AT Law High Street First National Bank M. C. Heinle Centre County Wy Eer Reeder A. Beaver, Ls Gephart Beer & Gephart Alleghany Street High A. Morrison Woodring Court OuSee S. Keller Lyon G. Love W. P. Wilson Business Cards OF Millheim C A. Sturgis Main Street Bank Mheim, Pa O. Deininger Notary Public Scribner and Conveyancer Millheim H. Tomlinson Milheim Avid J. Brown Main Bank, Millheim Penna Eisenhuth Justice OF the Peace Millheim, PA Musser & Smith ATL Main and Penn Street Millheim, Anna Journal Book Mllheim Banking CO Walter Cashier Dav. Krape, Pres Harter Rebersburg, PA the Rose of Sharon Tiger Hunting Pat Jim
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