Flittheim Journal a 1880 edition
The fragment shows a Thursday February 19 1880 issue of the Flittheim Journal with editor A Bumiller. It provides no further readable news items or details beyond masthead and date.
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1880
Page
3
The fragment shows a Thursday February 19 1880 issue of the Flittheim Journal with editor A Bumiller. It provides no further readable news items or details beyond masthead and date.
Local notices offer auctioneering services, high cash paid for calves, and a sale at Neidigh farm in Haines Township with horses wagons and household goods. Readable items include new stock at Journal Book Store, Germantown Wool, five cent slates, and various ledgers and Bibles.
Editor notes letters from friends in the East praising Missouri benefits for eastern merchants and professionals who consider moving West. The piece references Missouri advantages and mentions a potential letter regarding the topic.
A letter from Honack G. Stover describes iron on the ground and rapid track laying progress along the route. He invites interested parties to call and be guided around the country, offering to show them the area personally.
Police report a dramatic Bradford burglary as Stephen Potter defends his liquor store against a young woman who held a pistol to his head. Potter handed over whiskey and cash before a scuffle left him grazed and the suspect, a Perry family daughter, jailed after a hearing with Judge Barker. The report then shifts to Lewisburg civic hopes for a cotton factory, urging a $100,000 fund from wealthy townspeople to spur manufacturing and town improvement.
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