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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1880
Page
1
A reflective piece contrasts polish of manners with inner virtue, urging balance of mind heart and labor. It muses on change, friendship, and the value of effort, noting the old proverb about early rising is obsolete and faith guides through dark paths toward dawn and clarity.
A nostalgic verse-styled tribute describes a beloved face with blue eyes rivaling summer skies and cheery lips like a bright carnation. An antique comb and ringlets frame a simple, fair countenance pressed on the heart as a precious portrait.
A family story follows Jim Dunn, labeled slow by kin, who endures mockery while working as a clerk. He quietly supports his failing father and mother, helps his brothers and sister, and ultimately earns a businessman's praise for turning plodding into wealth, becoming the family's practical breadwinner.
The article surveys chewing gum production across the United States with notes on the New York City factory and several regional firms. It details spruce gum, gum mastic from paraffin, a Tennessee balsam tolu gum, and the new sapote sap rubber gum, highlighting properties, consumption totals, and health effects.
A congregation seeks to dismiss their pastor by lowering his pay. A delegation informs him of the reduction. The pastor replies he has stood with them in prosperity and will not desert them in adversity.
A Pinkerton detective recounts a Toronto Canada to United States chase of a prolific forger. Crossing into the States, the forger boards a Lake Shore train. the detective awakens to find him missing and a half-formed rescue leads to a最後 turn.
A detective traveling through an Ohio hamlet stopped for the night. He slept in a shared room with the forger, hid the forger’s clothing, and after dawn the forger woke in only underwear. A revolver click exposed him, and he was handcuffed. The forger was later convicted and jailed.
The Bonaparte lineage is traced to Corsican ancestors with Napoleons mother Letizia Ramolino playing a pivotal role. The text contrasts maternal discipline and resilience with the fates of Josephine and Maria Louisa, notes Carlo Bonaparte’s easy temper, and recounts the family’s later escape to Marseilles after Corsica’s English capture in 1793.
A famous nobleman seeks medical help for a failing vision and is told by Dr Abernethy that the real issue lies not in the eye but in his kitchen. The doctor warns that a dirty kitchen affects the garret and other rooms, advising to clear the kitchen and cut off supplies to starve the citadel like the Duke of Wellington.
The newspaper states a fixed day for Princess Louise's return to Canada on January 22, indicating planning around her voyage. The note emphasizes the specific date without additional itinerary details.
A maned wolf from Dovgeniktg attacked villagers at Barvenkoff Izume Russia causing chaos as carts overturned and multiple people were bitten. A peasant shot the animal in the jaw, the wolf fought back, and a local policeman finished it with a headshot. Twenty two bitten, ten gravely.
A humorous scene unfolds as Andrew Whitcomb, drunk on water, mistakes a bedspread for a horse blanket after a failed auction. He pays a five dollar fine to the clerk while denying the misidentification and insisting the cover was indeed a boss blanket. The judge dismisses further talk.
The article explains iceberg disintegration resembles rock rupture through internal tension. Water-filled crevasses freeze in winter, expanding to rupture the glacier, making most icebergs fragile after short periods. Even small vibrations can trigger bursts, suggesting berg lifespans rarely exceed ten years, though larger Antarctic masses may endure longer. The Arizona fan iceberg is noted as unusually solid.
The text contrasts false mirth with false gravity and notes the groaning hypocrite is common. It argues that light discourse can come from a heavy heart as well as a hollow or empty mind, emphasizing sincerity over outward affectation.
Miss Clara Corey's rifle and knife prowess save her from a enraged bear at Dark Swamp six miles northwest of Hunter's Range Pennsylvania. The 340 pound bear dies after Clara menaces with a knife while her cousin aids, and they return home to have the skin sent to a New York taxidermist.
A San Francisco physician, an iconoclast by temperament, wagers he can eat two quails and a pigeon daily for thirty days to disprove the belief that such a diet harms health. He reports no ill effects after fifteen days and plans to extend the test, betting further to continue another thirty days.
Senator Chandler's estate is valued at 1.8 million dollars. A South Carolina man cut 22 000 shingles from a single cypress tree.
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