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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1880
Page
3
The scanned item shows masthead details with editors Isso B. Deininger and R. A. Bumiller listed as editor and assistant editor for The Willheim Journal dated February 12 THURDAY. The readable text provides no article content.
The column lists diverse notices from cheap local jobs at the JOURNAL office to auctions by Wm H Reifsnyder. It notes sales of private residences with medical practice goodwill, calf buyers in Penn and Haines townships, and a Millheim B and L Association officer election. The piece promotes Bibles, Germantown Wool, and office supplies, plus hotel and juror services at the Bush House.
In a Pine Creek incident, a wagon and team sank over six feet when ice broke under Ettlinger’s load. Ettlinger escaped by dropping from the wagon edge, while Mr. J. W. Runkle was pulled from the water after grabbing a horse’s bridle. A break through fog allowed the horses to be recovered. the wagon remains in the dam.
Fifth Annual Report of the Mulheim B. and L. Association for the year ending January 12, 1880 lists officers including President B. O. Deininger, Vice President D. L. Zerby, Secretary A. Walter, Treasurer J. Tl. Relsyncer, and Directors J. W. Snook H. E. Duck J. B. Leirzeni S. D. Musser F. Knarr J. O. Deininger.
The state temperance union drafts a constitutional amendment to allow women to vote. Miss Butler, 18, of Pittsburgh, was bound and gagged by four masked men who stole $600 from her trunk during a midnight burglary. Bishop Jesse Peck to preside at the Central Pennsylvania M E conference in Altoona on March 10.
The Brush item notes candidates forming for upcoming contests amid heavy snow and poor sleighing. Ice houses are being restocked with scarce ice. Dr. Kirk leaves for Bellefonte to start a new shop with his brother, leaving friends hoping for patronage. J F Ware steps into auctioneering, the Singing Society grows rapidly with about sixty members in under a week. Father Bossler, aged, delivers a strong sermon on the three Christian graces at the Reformed church. he is Rev. Landis' father in law.
An excerpted miscellany reports Rev Whitmer warning church members against signing tavern license applications, urging a broader pull against licenses. Other items describe a Wichita lady’s Smith family joke, Grant Kemerling fatally striking his daughter with an axe, juror tears in a Memphis murder trial, a gruesome steel scale injury at Wilkesbarre, and a U.S. court rent debt order against the Pennsylvania Railroad. Also noted is a lion killed near Tennessee and the eldest women of Lewisburg.
On the 28th alt. Mr. FP Ducks wed Miss Anna M Wise of Penn Hall. On the 20th alt. Rev. W H Stever joined Mr. J B Roger with Miss Mary Long of Centre Mills in marriage.
Reports of illness and injuries in Aaronsburg with talk of closing the primary school temporarily due to measles. Notes on local residents including visits, injuries, schooling, a fall, and a district convention to be held at the Lutheran Church with delegates from surrounding townships.
The piece discusses Coburn residents storing ice from Kersteter's dam with over a hundred loads shipped daily. It notes a mountain accident involving a horse and a donkey, remarks on Coburn's growth prospects, and mentions plentiful land for sale atPrices aimed at millionaires, urging lower land costs to attract investment. XENAGORAS.
The New Orleans Picayune cites a stark remark about criminals, noting that several rough characters only recognize their value after a killing when the defense lawyer speaks of their virtues.
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