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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1887
Page
1
A concise list chronicles health woes from malaria and constipation to sick headache and nausea, noting how such illnesses were described and understood in era medical discourse. It includes mental depression as part of the spectrum, reflecting historical views on wellness and disease.
Bessie disguises herself to test two suitors Arthur Mercer and Gus Wildon by serving as a seamstress in Mrs. Mercer’s household. She observes kindness from Arthur and lax manners from Gus, then reveals her plan and chooses Arthur as her husband, while Gus reforms and marries Emma.
A crank attempted to assassinate Adelina Patti during a San Francisco Grand Opera House concert. A premature bomb explosion injured the man, Dr. James Hodges, aged 71, and caused market panic but Patti resumed the program with Arditi guiding the curtain call and song. Police called the incident a crank action.
In a hypothetical six thousand year timeline starting from Adam and Eve, a peace loving humanity would vastly overpopulate. Even with a century doubling, by A.D. 887 there would be about 2.25 quadrillion virtuous souls and eleven million per square mile, reaching five persons per square inch in 1887. The piece warns space limits could trigger war and calamity.
A brief item notes high quality printing and journalism work completed at the Journal office. It highlights efficiency and standard of output, praising the staff for professional service.
A Washingtonian boasts a days schedule avoiding traditional work and subsisting on small meals. He describes casual rounds calling on fifty households for lunches, dinners, and late receptions, stating about twenty men in town live similarly and question the need to earn or save money.
Chicago Herald reports Dr. W. H. Hale a Scotchman owning a valuable cane with a head of 18 karat gold sixty five diamonds a gold snake with ruby eyes and a gold chronometer balance watch all set with diamonds. Hale says the cane cost 3500 and has traveled with him through miles since leaving Edinburg five years ago.
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