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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1885
Page
1
Noted landmark location in Lock Haven at the corner of Main and Jay Streets. Public notice designates the site as the most central hotel in the city with historic significance.
Eveline Moreton, a London mourning-house helper, is accosted by a tramp on a country lane. Ralph Vernon saves her, and their bond deepens despite her vow to refuse his proposal. Illness tests their duty before a quiet wedding in the South of France seals their union. Grace Thursby praises Ralph’s future wife.
A travel vignette describes New Orleans eating habits with early light breakfasts of coffee and Creole pastry, light lunches at saloons, and the main meal around six in the evening. Supper is rare unless attending the theatre, and locals find this climate suited schedule comfortable.
The Liberty Bell, shipped from Philadelphia to the New Orleans Exposition, carries a history from the 1750s. Cast to ring in liberty, it cracked on its first strike and was recast in 1753. It traveled for safety during 1777 and now serves as a testament to freedom and national unity.
In remarks cited by the Washington Post the senator recalls a past governor race episode. He tells how a neighbor mocked bachelor status, a newspaper reporter spread a false bet about his marriage, and he later married the woman named in Baltimore. The tale ends with him praising the reporter’s imagination.
A Civil Service note recalls Judson Macumber, an intelligent Black employee in the Austin Post Office, who declines to cut two days of kindling for fear of danger and a political threat from Colonel DeGress, the postmaster, while a Texas Siftings excerpt records the exchange and threat against a Black worker.
A man known for interrupting others is called a sharp talker. A young girl on seeing a peacock for the first time comments on its beautiful bustle, reflecting innocent wonder in a playful note.
The account describes horses in historic battles showing unusual resilience. At Waterloo horses trembled and groaned yet continued grazing and moving with riders shot or killed. In Kirk 1745 Major Mac Donald seized a prized horse that then carried him to the front and led to his downfall.
The article surveys legends of Judge Lynch tracing the name to Galway official James Lynch who hanged his son in 1498, to a 1687 Lynch in America suppressing piracy, and to unfounded claims about Lynchburg Virginia. It notes a historic rhyme about Lydford law from Richard II’s era.
Parlor lecturer to become popular amusement. Bean demand rises due to exports. No low value coin circulates in New Orleans. Dickens reportedly earned 225000 from readings. Last year’s US grain crop tops prior records. Massachusetts railroads killed or injured 457 in 1884. London once had a one cent Evening Post in 1710. Butler County plans natural gas heating and lighting. Monument erected for Kit Carson at Taos on January 2. San Francisco fines paid 27000 to police. A 98 year old Mexican woman cuts third set of teeth. Britain makes 700 million envelopes yearly. US produces 2.5 billion envelopes annually. Millenwald Bavaria supplied a quarter of cheap violins for two centuries. Senator Sherman to preside at Washington Monument ceremonies February 22. England has 347 female blacksmiths. Niagara ice bridge marked by great thickness this winter. California lunatic hospital now 1700 patients with weekly additions.
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