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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1886
Page
2
Heavy snow and cold pressed towns including Whee Town and Minnesota causing railroads to suspend operations. Leba non First National Bank names Mrs G Dawson Coleman as a female director, a first for the state. Philadelphia’s Committee of One Hundred for reform dissolves after deeming the city Republican and failing in its mission.
A clear majority in both houses opposes suspending silver coinage and members urge a quick decision. They warn that delaying action risks uncertainty in the money market and could injure financial stability.
The Greek and Turkish statesmen are maneuvering for conflict as Turkey presses to absorb Epirus and Thessaly. About 100000 ethnic Greeks are affected, and both nations are actively preparing for war amid rising tensions in Europe.
The New York Evening Post reports ex senator Conxfine calling President Cleveland a second Abraham Lincoln at a banquet and predicting Cleveland's reelection in 1888. It notes Cleveland’s growing popularity due to a conscientious administration and serving the people, not a party. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules road tax matters, allowing taxpayers to work out taxes and denying commissions on such work.
Writtam A. Hensex was unanimously re elected chairman of the Democratic State Committee after Senator Wallace declined the post in a letter. The piece praises Hensex as active and wide awake while noting some fault lines and ridicules old onion jokes tied to politics.
The President shut the White House doors after Miss Bayard's death, as society mourned a Cabinet officer's daughter. Sleighing throngs fill Washington, with the President's team seen on Pennsylvania Avenue and Downton's social swirl continuing amid political maneuvering on Merrick, silver, and appointments.
A party of Carlisle Pa Indian children under Captain Pratt visited the White House and were received by the President and Miss Cleveland. Also noted are various ads and notices including cures for coughs and worm remedies and local tax and weather notes across multiple towns.
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