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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1885
Page
2
The Cleveland administration and cabinet are announced to be at the National Soldiers' Reunion encampment at Fairmount Park Philadelphia on the Fourth of July.
The papers note graduates from many state colleges ready to enter first paying positions. Time will tell if their education proves practically beneficial.
Governor Parrison signs a marriage license act requiring couples to obtain a license one month before ceremony. The law takes effect around October first and is expected to curb crookedness and folly in the marriage business.
President Cleveland appointed Edward L. Hedden as Collector of Customs H. S. Beattie as Surveyor of Customs and Silas W. Burt as Naval Officer. Hedden is a nonpolitical merchant approved by Irving Hall and acceptable to Tammany Hall. Beattie is a County Democracy lawyer and Whitney ally. Burt previously sailed under Hayes and voted for Cleveland.
Dr. Douglas the attending physician explains General Grant’s condition as one of increasing debility due to illness. The invigorating air at his current location extends life compared with New York, though no one can predict when the final exhaustion will occur.
Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster marks its commencement with a baccalaureate sermon by President T G Apple and honors a Ph D and an LLD, while a $10 000 donation from Charles A Santee funds an observatory project. Alumni toasts include J H Wickersham, John Cessna, John W Kilinger, A C Reinoehl, D P Rosenmiller, and Rev Kryder Evans.
The Hon John Cessna L L D presides over the Board of Trustees with long time leaders including Buckhannan, Wolf, Evans, Musser, Gobble, Bitner and Hosterman. Natives of the valley, they are graduates of Franklin and Marshall. Calvin M Bower is also a board member. The college is well endowed and equipped, thorough and progressive in its work.
Portressville police arrest Tony Reinhart Skip Mayer and Bull Carlisle in connection with recent fires. Evidence against two is strong, and officials expect them to reveal identities and operations of the gang. All three are jailed for trial.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers greatly reduced excursion tickets on July 8 and 4 valid for return by July 6 across its lines including Philadelphia and Baltimore routes. Also promotes McDonald’s Celebrated Worm Powders as an effective vermifuge with a money back guarantee, sold by Johnston Holloway & Co. and J. Eisenhuth in Millheim, Pa.
Montour residents and experts discuss a surface silver-bearing quartz vein found on Imperial Coke Company land. Professor Hugo Blank reports seven dollars and fifty cents in silver per ton, with extraction possible beyond surface croppings as the lode lies three miles from Montour.
At Bayard's stave mill six miles from Dauphin a buzz saw broke free striking Josiah Fry a sixty plus sawyer in the shoulder slicing to the lower ribs. He died instantly. Fry had long resided in Clark's Valley and was respected by all. Bayard brothers will face a search for a replacement.
A column of brief notices describes neuralgia patients in New Orleans and Ohio finding relief with Preruna. Captain John Orr reports dramatic pain relief after treatment at the St. Charles Hotel, along with other testimonials from Mrs. Elizabeth Kenner and Mrs. Miles praising improved health and sleep.
A fragment notes a sale item priced at one cent with reference to all units labeled D. The text is incomplete but indicates a low price point for a widely available item. No further details on item type or seller are readable.
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