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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1880
Page
3
Community items report sick list, school graduations, farming conditions, building and painting projects, and local events in Centre and Clinton counties. Mentions 47 teachers graduated at Central-State Normal School Lock Haven, haying near end, Bates Harvester demand, and millheim and milton civic notices.
Editor reports a local boom and harvest pace as farmers work two thirds of a crop. Thomas Hoover fell eighteen feet while working in a well and was laid up briefly. A child of Ira Barger broke her arm after a horse fall. A burglar stole ninety dollars in valuables from Miss Cassey Rishel’s house. The piece notes the VanValzahs wedding and a Niagara tour.
Elias Lose plans moving his shop to the island behind the Evangelical church as demand soars for the new light running Combination Sewing Machine. The ad touts reliability, interchangeable parts, polished steel construction, easy learning, and long life with no repairs, priced at 20 dollars. Free add ons with machines, no advance payments, ship to any railroad station for inspection, agents sought with rapid commission.
A June 13 1880 letter from Lock Haven Pennsylvania warns readers about emigration to Kansas Nebraska and Colorado. It cites failing crops poor relief and hardship among families traveling by foot or cart, arguing East towns offer better living and cautioning young men with Leadville fever to stay east.
The item reports a suspected kidnapping of 12 year old Jertie Sherman near Milwaukee with two men driving a buggy and later fleeing after the boy leaped free with a farmer’s help. A detective pursues the suspects as the boy’s wealthy parents are cited. Also described is army worm defoliation of a pine tree in Delaware County and its unusual behavior.
In Omaha, Lamat and associates promote a wholesale furniture business while noting the town’s growth pains and worker conditions. The speaker mentions Pennsylvanians, a thriving bricklaying and carpentry sector, and recalls Dr. J. M. McCormick of Lock Haven practicing in Leavenworth Kansas before closing remarks.
On the 28th of the current month at Peter Wilson Esqr residence in Spring Mills Pennsylvania Dr F H VanValzah and Miss Jane R VanValzah were married by Rev James D Wilson.
Fragmented OCR snippet mentions egg coal and a chestnut stove with unclear details and several unreadable phrases. No identifiable people organizations places dates or concrete facts are discernible from the readable text.
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