This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1880
Page
1
A lyrical passage paints a sunlit afternoon and a sleepy maiden amid hop vines. As night falls crickets begin, and the Earth rests under a spell of hop blooms. Autumn approaches from the North with fruits, while the maiden wanders and summer lingers if she delays.
A pig built into a vacant space beneath a wooden house near a copper mine at Little Bay Wisconsin slept through four winter months wrapped in shavings and fed on its own fat. It awoke in spring gaunt but alive, recognized by a unique tail curl, drawing miners and locals to view the remarkable survivor.
Aunt Mary opposes Bessie's wish to marry George Dickson over a fortune issue. Dickson and lawyer Frank Wright visit to win consent, revealing Bessie's love is earnest and that Mary's own Ithuriel Insurance losses complicate the match. Mary relents and Bessie wed Dickson. Wright contemplates proposing to the aunt.
The Bank of England keeps forgotten valuables in its vaults including a rot proof 1873 chest containing love letters from the Restoration era which were restored to descendants. In 1875 a sealed tin box with over five hundred letters drifted down the Seine to Paris but lay at the riverbed for years before some recipients finally received them.
Jack Christy tells near Saint Louis of a blazing fast wild stallion seen near Fort Concho Texas for seven years. The 9 year old coal black horse stands about 14 hands and ends a three mile dash in under five minutes. Juan Gonzalez leads a pursuit by 25 ranchers with lasso in Hermosa Gully.
A rambling excerpt blends a chemistry-heavy discussion of tobacco components with a boyish fishing memoir on Lake Minnetonka. It contrasts parliamentary report details of cigar adulterants with a humorous recounting of pickerel, frogs, and a fishing party including Mr. Dunlap. The piece weaves science and anecdote into a single, vivid vignette.
Adolph Sutro recounts the struggle to start a local graveyard in the mining camp. Workers halted by funerals in distant towns, losing wages and paying for teams, resisted until two killed miners without union fees allowed the project to proceed.
A myopic man visits an op tician to change his spectacles to the next weaker number. He asks what he'll take after that. The clerk replies with a joke about a small sagacious dog on a string, implying the next item of would be a toy rather than glasses.
On a Southern Iowa farm, measurements show Norway spruces twenty years old reach forty feet high with six foot circumferences, while black spruces, balsam firs, European larch, Scotch pine, and other species reach heights from twenty to fifty feet. The study notes careful cultivation and protection from cattle are essential for best results.
A man asked for roach powder at a Reading apothecary but the clerk offered a bottle labeled Sure Death to Cockroaches. The customer intended Rochelle salt for his wife, not roaches, and the mix up prompted the pharmacist to explain Rochelle is for a different use. The druggist said such cases happen almost daily.
Charles Sanger and his wife with four children journeyed from Los Angeles to Cleveland in four months in a spring wagon. They traveled via Yreka and Fort Steele using four horses on rough earlier segments, then two horses for the final leg. They supported themselves by hunting and fishing and faced bear encounters but were unmolested by Indians.
An aged man and his housekeeper in Yarmouth Maine share a cat that attends family prayers with decorous focus. After the master executes a kitten as superfluous the cat refuses morning services yet continues other duties and social purring, asking to be left to religious hours.
The article traces the wild goose Anser and its Arctic bean goose ancestor as the origin of domestic varieties. It describes migration in two-file formations led by a chosen leader, notes vulnerability if the leader is shot, and highlights geese as valuable for feathers and flesh with past prices around twenty five cents per carcass versus higher present values.
A young lawyer Thad Stevens once left a case in anger after a ruling. The judge stopped him, asking if he intended contempt by his exit. Stevens replied with mock seriousness that he was trying to repress his contempt for the court. The anecdote ends with a macabre line about murderers.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.