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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1885
Page
1
Multiple business notices from Madisonburg and Millheim Pennsylvania list professionals and services. Names include R D H Mingle, George L Lee, Frank S, Woodward, B O Deininger, Springer, Jno H Orvis, O M Bower, Ellis L Orvis, D H Hastings, W F Reeder, and Reeder with Yocum. Services cover deeds and legal papers, shaving and grooming, and general professional calls.
Charlotte Brantome’s twin boys spark a family crisis when their mischief endangers their mother on a railway crossing. A visiting bug man, actually a historian, bonds with Charlotte as the twins save their mother with a chloroform rescue, securing her help for Pierre Brantome’s manuscripts.
A farmer leaves his fourteen year old son to sell potatoes at City Hall market. A bill distributor drops a sensational serial into the wagon. The boy reads it while buyers pass by, and the father returns to scold him after learning the tale ends with the hero slain by the Injuns.
The passage details a lavish boudoir aesthetic with wallpaper curtains and carpets chosen in matching tones. It notes chairs lounges and fauteuils in plush fabrics, tinsel brocades, cane or bamboo frames, and ornate tables and storage pieces. It highlights Japanese screens and refined feminine taste.
The article highlights spring furnishings, chic parlor decor, and velveteen fabrics with brocade borders. It notes Max Stadler’s new store at Grand Street and Broadway, plus a catalog service for clothing on request. Also mentions Diphtheria remedies, Duff’s Malt Whiskey, and Strawbridge & Clothier fashion offers with subscription gifts.
A humorous chronicle of a village fire in Amasa Gray’s New England town. Hannah, Aunt Betsy, Deacon Johnson, Miss Mehitable Ann Jones and others react with chaos and improvised rescue attempts as the house and belongings burn. The story lampoons rural characters and memories past nearly a century.
A fourteen year old girl writes to General Black asking him not to discharge her father, a Republican and president of the Western town’s Board of Examining Surgeons who served in the army and carries a wartime illness. Black replies he will consider the request in reorganizing the board, stating he will treat it as if it were from his own daughter and will try to keep the father if he is a good man and faithful government officer.
Two bidders for a government envelope contract on their way to Washington talked openly about sharing bids. They exchanged marked papers but both were blank, each counting on the other’s sleepiness to avoid exposing the scheme.
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