Church and School Directory for Aaronsburg Area
Evangelical and mainline churches announce next Sundays services with various pastors and Sunday School details. Protracted meetings continue. Missionary Society meets monthly. German services noted. Augsburg Bible Class and Ladies Mite Society listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Hengst
H. A. Benfer
S. L. Weist
Wil
D.L. Zerby
Missionary Society
Zwingli A. Yearick
Aaronsburg
United Brethren
J. G. W. Herald
A. R. Alexander
John Tomlinson
Millheim Lodge and Local Societies Directory
Millheim Lodge No 955 I C O F meets Saturdays at the hall on Penn Street. Rebecca De meets Thursdays on or before the monthly full moon. C W HaktTman sec E W Marck N G. Providence Grange No 217 P H meets second Saturday at 13 P M in Alexander's block and fourth Saturday at 14 P M. Millheim B L Association meets second Monday evenings at Penn street school. A Walter sec. B Deininger president. Millheim Cornet Band meets in Town Hall on Monday and Thursday evenings. J H B Hartman sec Sam Wiser Jk president.
Democratic State Central Committee Meets in Harrisburg
Lancaster Pa January 7 1884 notice that the Democratic State Central Committee will convene at the Bolton House Harrisburg on Wednesday January 23 at 4 PM to select a chairman a secretary and seven members of the Executive Committee It may set the time for the State Convention at this or a subsequent meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Democratic State Central Committee
Bolton House
Harrisburg
Cartin Named Chair Of Foreign Affairs Committee
The Philadelphia Press notes that Andrew G. Cartin’s appointment as chairman signals a frontal approach to British relations, replacing the previous tactic of tail twisting and pushing issues from behind. The quote frames Cartin as a decisive change in handling foreign affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew G. Cartin
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Philadelphia Press
Claimants by the Hundred In House Claims Committee
Representative Brown of Pennsylvania notes the House claims committee has over three hundred bills for the two bill days. He warns at this rate the workload will be immense as topics cover almost all areas except war claims. Each of the fifteen members has three bills to investigate to speed transmission of business pending subcommittee setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brown
Pennsylvania
House Claims Committee
Washington Letter Predicts Congress in Duty and Debate
Washington dispatch notes an air of business and focus on duty in Congress after recess. It discusses tariff policy tensions between Republicans and high tariff Democrats, lobby activity, and the near-silent stance of leaders. It also covers presidential speculation, especially Blaine’s stated non candidacy but lingering leadership appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Blaine
Political speculation and a lobbying tale in Civil Appropriations
The piece questions potential Republican leaders like Munds Lincoln and Logan and notes Ohio's importance to Sherman’s boom. It then exposes a lobbying scheme around patent office lithography with Peters profiting yearly, bribing lawmakers, and supplying gifts while bidding casually on government work. The tone mirrors a late nineteenth century political column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmunds
Bob” Lincoln
Lincoln
Logan
Arthur
Ohio
John Sherman
John
Patent Office
Peters
Washington
Department of the Interior
Appropriations Committee
PHONO
Delaware River Overflow Alarms Farmers of Flood Reach
Waitermen monitor the Delaware as rainfall raises flood risk similar to 1877. Heavy rain causes back-water along the Pennsylvania shore with inland flooding. Farmers report livestock in water up to their waists in stalls this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Locomotive Speeds From Jersey City To Broad Street
The engine on A Sinclair’s Jersey City to Broad Street run reaches speeds well above 35.25 mph with a top run between New York and Philadelphia. The slowest two minute leg contrasts with a fastest fifty seven second stretch as the train often makes a mile in sixty seconds. The seventy four ton locomotive pulls a 200 ton train and, on descent, at a mile a minute, the driving wheels turn 254 revolutions per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Notices of administration and sheriff sale
Letters of administration granted for Henry J. Musser and Nathan Korman estates request immediate payment and claims proved for settlement. Miles and Centre County notices. Stray heifers found in Miles township to owner or sale. Executor for George Boliinger estate notified. Sheriff sale at Centre County Courthouse January 26 1884 covers multiple parcels in Unionville Millheim Boggs Potter Marion and Milesburg areas with various tracts and lots listed. Terms require full payment before deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Kreamer
Millheim
A. F. Kreamer
J. 1
Krreamer
Ees
Henry J. Musser
Haines Township
Faa
John Orndorf
Lowing
Neawan Fae
Nathan Korman
Penn Township
Korman
George Boliinger
Centre Co
Death Under the Ice in Susquehanna River
Alice Major and Sarah Marsden of Forty Fort Luzerne county drowned while skating on the Susquehanna River. A young man with them survived after the ice broke through. The ice measured eight inches. Rescuers found the bodies about 1 000 feet from the break and sent them to their parents' homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Alice Major
Sarah Marsden
Forty Fort
Luzerne County
Susquehanna River
Big Mortgage Filed for Rail Line Expansion
The Sunbury Daily reports a $11,500,000 mortgage filed by the board, Pa. & Western Railroad Co. to Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. of New York, trustees. The loan funds construction and operation of a Pittsburg to Ashland line, extending through multiple counties to Ashland with branches and a Susquehanna crossing at Herndon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury Daily
Recorder’s
Board, Pa. & Western Railroad Company
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
New York
Pittsburg
Ashland
Schuylkill
Alleghany
Westmoreland
Indiana
Cambria
Blair, Huntingdon
Miffin
Juniata
Snyder
Northumberland
Ehuykill
Susquehanna River
Herndon
Historical Ledger Fragment of Names and Figures
An OCR fragment lists numerous personal names, middle initials, and scattered numbers. The readable portion includes names such as Bruce Atwood Jesse Brooks James Oliver Richard Mosley Martha Godfrey Joseph Baker John Potter Thomas King Win Scott Matthew Leach Andrew Carson Win Hepburn and many others, interspersed with unrelated numeric strings and garbled phrases. The text resembles a historical roster or accounting page with scattered place and organization cues, but lacks coherent narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hchaltos Bruce ccc
Cerceeeee NL
Atwood
Thos Mekwen
Jesse Brooks
James Oliver
Richard Mosley
Richard Mostly
Tsaae Tickley
Vee Tees
Peter Bronmey
Mackey
Isaac Shearer
Martha Godfrey Joseph Baker
John Potter
Thomas King -Win Scott
Matthew Leach
Thomas Lucas
Andrew Carson
Win HepDurid ccc
Johnlvin
Win Brown
Joseph Graysburg
JJ Lingle
Christian Nestlers
Robert Smith Wieneh
S Gratz
Jere Jackson
Hepburn& Harris
Simon Gratz
Wime Brady
Daniel Smith
Sami Young
A Hanter
James Moore
Win Harrison
Joseph Cowgell
James Forbes
Win Cook
Wim Cook
Isaac Butcher
Thomas Grant
Thomas Hamilton
Richard Lowden
Dan’l Fitzgerald
James Tower
Jacob Wetzer
James Turner
Welch
Hannah Tarner
White
Parsons
Ann Arthur
Thomas Arthurs Cone Bradbill
Asper Lawrence
Cowman
Jane Miller
Winer
Robert Miller
Win Wilson
Kearhey Wharf
Mathias Graff
Henry Pinkerton
David Lewis
Richard Malone
Jennett Lucas
Reuben Halles
John Libby
Aos
JI Wallace
W. Samuel Chestnut
Thomas Erskine
Eleanor Sladens
John Eo Charles Lucas
Robert Rainey
Joha McCornmanp
Eleanor Siddons
Daniel Turner
Train Runs 912 Miles Between New York and Chicago
The service covers 912 miles in 253 hours with seven stops. Bridges and villages slow progress, requiring pace reductions roughly every ten miles to maintain the long distance schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
County Lands to Be Sold by Commissioners
Commissioners of Centre County will hold a public sale at Bellefonte Court House on February 12 1884. Land tracts bought by the County at Treasurer’s sale over five years ago, deemed unsold, will be offered to the highest bidder. Roger Jenner Pernside Curtin and others are listed among purchasers or interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heriffs
Court of Common Pleas
Centre County
Borough of
Pellefonte
Unionville
Boo
Wm. P. Fisher
Office For Recording of
Centre Co
Alleghany Street
High Street
Said Street
Wm. S. Fisher
Esther
J. W. Vanalin
E. W. VanValin
J. W. VanValin
Millheim Centre Co
Penn Two Centre Co. Pa
KE. C. Campell
John Kern
H.W Weiser
H. Bollinger
Uriah Reifsnyder
Potter
Centre
Penna
James A. Keller
George W. Koch
Bellefonte
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Church & Studer School Directory
Evangelical
Furman Adams
A Musser
Lodge & Society Directory
Millheimay
Bae Oheee
Tees
Benjamin Orndorp
Youn J. Orndorp
Miles Township
Law
Wrice
Gro. W. Geiswite
I. A. Mingle
Marion Township
Robert Henderson
Thomas Lewis
David Harter
Andrew Harter
Elias Zimmerman
Saint Henderson
Boggs Townsuii
Milesburg
Curtin’s Works
Bald Eagle Creek
Margaret Gregg
Marsh Creek
James A.“Beaver
Mary A
J. M. Wagner
Qonaee Bullock
Teller
Poorman
Shroyer
T. J. Dunkel
Sheriff's Office
Death Under the Ice
Wees
Richard Walnishard Jones
Hoseph
Joey Deviing
Margaret Spear
Avee Martin
Geo Walker
John Liggett
Kearney Whirtots
Alexander Martin
Lewis Lewis
William Banks
David Williams
Josseph Norton
Henry Tool
John Johnston
Joshua Williams
Daniel Beck
John Beightol
Moses Coats
John Lamb
Jacob Beck
C van Pool
Polly McEwe
Abner Webb
Tos Downing
IAS Bok
June Blake
Dunwoody & Hot
Osman
Williamy Wis
William Gill
Am Ackert
Mary Dough
Piles& Co
Margaret de Jeremiah
Gray
Lon
Chetson
Gregg
Haris
Thames
Usu
Yeu
RSTE
War
Kame
Milton, PA
Elias Luse
F. D. Luse
Pen Street
ST Rain House
Main and
Jay Streets
Lock Haven
First Noor
U.S
America
Poe
Halterr Book Co
Portland
Maine
Forting
True & Co
Augusta
Grea
HW. Warverr & Co
ORGAY
the Duel
Bunnell & Aikens, Bellefonte, Ag’ Ts
NSUIP
Roger Jenner
H.C. Gaith
John ‘ Wolk
Carl Cadden
John M Hall
Seeeer Dames Daytram Ae
Sabe
JD Shugert
Charles Hall
Josh Walla
William Bell. Wey
Robert Irvin
Joseph Taylor
Andrew Epple
Martha Godfrey
Seph
Kelso
L. Atwood
John Paliney
Samuel Baird
Packer
Jonathan
ZL Lone
Samuel Hall
Jamestown
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