17 Feb 1881
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1881
Page
1
Main Street Millheim PA advertises a sale led by A Walter cashier and Dav Krave president with Harter as auctioneer Rebersburg PA offering satisfaction guaranteed on offerings.
Poem exhorting readers to kindle warmth for others in cold world. It urges building shelter for lonely neighbors and sharing joy to lift sorrow. The verses emphasize radiance, care, and acts of kindness to ease communal suffering.
Mrs Holmes and Dr Stanley discuss Eva Marston at a glittering party where Eva captivates the crowd with a piano and singing while Harold Graham’s disappearance casts a shadow. Eva’s letter suggests hollow hearts and a life focused on wealth, then she helps a sick poor man named Terrence with Mary Gennis’s ledger reveal.
Eva Marston visits Harold Graham the poor artist in a dreary bedchamber. She moves him to a refined room, tends him with care, and consoles him with a promise of fame. Dr Stanley watches as Harold awakens to Eva's unearthly beauty and renewed hope.
A Cincinnati professor reportedly owns the world’s most powerful electric battery and a luminous black tom cat that absorbed a thousand horsepower of electricity. The cat glows like a comet, prompting plans for streets and buildings lit by luminous cats and a $10,000,000 company to market the Feling Electric Illuminator worldwide. A single radiant car could surpass many gas jets and illuminate a street five hundred yards.
The article notes a running target with scarlet and grey sides, scarlet dazzle making it hard to aim. The grey side was struck 74 times while the red 42. It adds a curious claim that shooters with grey eyes hit more accurately than those with other eye colors.
The remark argues that recognizing common humanity would boost self-esteem and kindness, suggesting a world with more confident, attractive behavior and better interpersonal relations. It frames appearance as tied to perception and empathy, urging viewers to value inner qualities.
A local tale recalls a cruel man in Penobscot who tormented his family at night and faced a clever escape by his wife. The report then details Monk, a famed St Bernard owned by D. P. Foster of 29 South Fifth Avenue, valued at up to $1,000, describing his size, color, gentle nature, and devotion to travelers.
An account recalls Monk, a highly trained St Bernard owned by Mr. Foster, whose intellect and loyalty spanned commands in Latin, French, and English. The dog protected children, disliked soldiers, swam well, and died after a long illness with three doctors tending him. His skin, head, and life-sized portrait are preserved.
A raft voyage down the Neckar ends in a ferocious storm as the crew fights to land. The captain orders evasive maneuvers and men bail for their lives while a desperate crew clings to hope and safety is finally reached. A New York Stock Exchange farmer tells a tale of a Jay Gould impostor and an orphan’s asylum scam.
A Hartford Connecticut military gentleman on Washington Street was frightened when a policeman entered his bedroom carrying a lantern. The officer explained he entered through an open bay window to lock it after himself and asked the man to keep quiet about the incident to avoid newspaper attention.
A New York firm and a Jersey dealer traded in mottoes and art prints. The dealer recalled selling a hundred of the “God Bless Our Home” mottos, which sold fast but led to lawsuits. He now seeks more refined scenery suggesting Washington crossing the Delaware and other biblical themes.
An American visitor recalls a Rome audience with Pope Leo XII and vivid details of his grace and illness. The piece then shifts to 1830s-1860s US political clashes, including Jackson assassination attempts, duels, and notable incidents in Congress and the Senate with figures like Benton Foote Sumner Brooks and Sherman.
The item juxtaposes anti Armenian and anti Jewish stereotype lines with a crude remark attributed to Rothschild and notes a temperance pledge by Murphy leading 800 signers. It also mentions Dubuque school census showing children aged five to one.
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