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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1886
Page
1
Auctioneers and legal document specialists advertise deeds and papers at moderate charges. Local trades offer banking, barbering, and modern grooming services from Main Street Millheim PA with experienced professionals.
Elias Long and Alvin Talcott clash over a broken fence and hens sparking a long feud. Talcott’s seven foot line blocks sight to his house, then a bonfire destroys the old barrier. Fire fades as both men face the consequences and shifting blame.
A man in Ohio admits fabricating a wartime injury after a humorous pawnshop style exchange with locals. He deflects blame by stating he lost a leg at Gettysburg but is truthfully revealed as not serving in that battle. The yarn ends when his lie is exposed by relatives and the crowd.
A playful proverb sets out to warn that wealth invites envy and burdens. It links money with poor relations, property with taxes, winter with pneumonia, and summer with cholera and base ball, echoing period concerns about health and socialupsides.
A confidential clerk recounts how Parkman’s counting house faced thefts from a safe after a series of disappearances. A supposed thief trap failed when Parkman slept walked and triggered the contraption, catching no one but revealing Parkman’s later confession. The missing money and bonds were hidden in an attic trunk, and Robinson and Miss Merivale wed soon after.
Stains on cups and saucers may be removed by ashes rubbing. Oven too hot fix a dish of cold water. Sponge cake dries slice and toast. To mildew soak in buttermilk and sun on grass. Mustard plaster not blister with egg white. Do not salt soup before skimming. Clean lamp burners with soap suds. Boiled starch improved by salt or gum arabic. Coffee pot brightened with soap boil. Oil spots on fabric treated with alcohol soap rinse. Canned berries keep flavor with buttered cloth over jar. Nurses should avoid close proximity and talking above patients. Black lead polish mix per pound with turpentine water and sugar.
A historic tip advises tying a small bag of sulphur and suspending it in a bird cage to keep insects away. The same method is recommended for closets and drawers to prevent red ants, suggesting sulfur kept in these places as a constant deterrent.
A Western Texas horse trader G W Bulger sells a bay horse to Colonel Witherspoon who suspects a nail in the hoof causes the limp. Gilhooly reveals the ruse and explains the horse would limp with or without the nail. The punchline shows Bulger and Witherspoon warning each other away.
Commander Bartlett argues many ships lost on the Great Lakes could be saved with oil on troubled waters though oil cannot grant sea-room or prevent rock damage. He notes limited sea-room makes many sea expedients impractical on the lakes. The Boston Commercial Advertiser cites higher annual losses on the lakes than on two oceans.
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