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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1886
Page
3
Long list of local items including sales at Kauffman & Co, farm and house listings, hunts and local travel disruptions from snow drifts. Mentions mill work, churches, social events, medical notices, and upcoming borough elections with focus on Centre Hall and nearby towns like Aaronsburg and Millheim.
Snow covered by roads forces field crossings as residents look back on last weeks mud and water. A social party gathered at Henry Keens with Millheim youths and a repeat gathering planned for Thursday. A local youth acquitted in a cruelty case brings relief to the community. Minnie Duck of Smith Town boards with J C Smith on Penn Street for winter.
Penn Hall residents share updates on visitors and tradesfolk. J C Condo expands sleigh sales while J O remains a familiar refrain. Winter cold and snow delay trains and house fires are averted by quick action. Local happenings include visits, concerts, and travel between Aaronsburg Centre County and Milton Pa.
Reports describe a widening blizzard across Illinois Iowa Kansas Nebraska Dakota and Minnesota with trains delayed and telegraph down. In Louisville a warehouse fire plus six potential fatalities from a collapsed building are feared while New York to Tennessee report people found frozen and hogs dying in stockyards amid coal shortages and widespread suffering in the South with thousands unemployed and relief efforts under way.
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