Bargains Bring A Farmhouse Romance And Mistaken Theft
Mrs Pilkington pursues a city bargain on Grand Street and accuses Phoebe Primrose of theft. A mix up over a pongee handkerchief ends with Phoebe staying on at the farm, Ezra Pilkington winning her regard, and a tempered view of bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pilkington
Sara Janetta
Bruce Babbitt
Grand Central
Stoney-bridge
Bounce’s
Phoebe
Phebe
Express
Blackbird’s Hollow
Pilkington
Mrs. Pilkinton
Ezra Pilkington
Tony Deephill
Grand Street
Phasbe
Ezra
Squire Pulteney
Moses
Mr. Pilkington
Phoebe Primrose
The President's New House in Georgetown Sleights
The President has begun preparations to occupy his recently purchased Georgetown Sleights residence. Architects have filed a permit to improve the dwelling, targeting an October completion with colonial styling, high pitched roof, dormers, and projecting eaves. The site is described as picturesque and well-guarded to deter passersby from stealing pieces of the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Georgetown
Explosion at Atlantic Dynamite Works Kenville Station Kills Ten
MacCArNsVILLE July 2 A devastating blast at the Atlantic Dynamite Company's mixing establishment at Kenville Station kills ten workers who were preparing for the day. The site, sprawling over 300 to 400 acres with 30 to 40 buildings, is now largely destroyed. Bodies are torn and scattered, with many identifiable only by clothing fragments, as residents reel from the catastrophe. The quake-like explosion damaged all town buildings and left widespread shock and mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maccarnsville
N.J
Atlantic Dynamite Company
Kenville Station
High Bridge
Norristown
Pennsylvania Tack Works
C. P. Weaver
Captain Weaver
John Ralston
IT. P. Weaver
Drought Ravages Crops Across Several States
Reports from MaApison Wisconsin Galena Illinois Aberdeen Dakota and Des Moines Iowa on July 5 describe crops strained by a two month drought. Winter wheat headed and yellowing. small grains thin. corn fair but stressed. hay light and tobacco damaged. temperatures reaching 106 and 104 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MaApison
Wis
Galena
Ill
Aberdeen
Dak
Des Moines
Iowa
Cholera Cases and Early Harvest Reports Across Regions
Rome reports 10 new cholera cases and 10 deaths at Brindisi in 24 hours. province totals 296 new cases and 71 deaths. Vienna notes spreading cholera at Fiume. Reading Pennsylvania reports harvest under way with storm and rain causing 25 to 50 percent crop damage. army worm also causing losses up to 50 percent in some areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Brindisi
Vienna
Fiume
Reading
Drowning of Patrick Gouldin at Bettwood Schuylkill
Patrick Gouldin 23, a foreman for contractor McKenna at Bettwood quarry, drowned Sunday morning in the Schuylkill at Bettwood after cramp struck him. An Italian laborer sounded the alarm and the body was sent to his Philadelphia home at 1718 North Twenty seventh Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Patrick Gouldin
Schuylkill
Bettwood
Goulden
McKenna
Ile
North Twenty-seventh Street
Philadelphia
Forest Fires Rage Along Michigan Rail Line
Destructive fires burn along the Detroit Mackinac and Marquette Railroad as farmers face drought and heat. Ground is dry and crops wither while young fruit trees die. Thermometer hits 107 degrees, threatening fuel supply as Vulcan Furnace Co loses thirty thousand cords of wood at Newberry and may shut down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackinac
Mich
Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette
Vulcan Furnace Company
Newberry
Packed in Ice Alive Rescue of Supposed Corpse in Michigan
Mrs Lu cinda Faste of Woodbridge township fell unconscious on the way to a Fourth of July celebration in Reapina Michigan. Believed dead, she was packed in ice for over fifty minutes before physician Dr Neclich detected life. Blood flowed when a vein was opened and lungs resumed function. Funeral preparations were abandoned. neighbors and doctors are puzzled. a family history of trance-like survival is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reapina
Mich
Lucinda Faste
Woodbridge Township
Neclich
Treatment of Slaves in Brazil Described in 1870 Outlook
The account outlines slave labor in Brazil with four to five work hours, meals, and household tasks. It notes classification of slaves, trade training for some, and the promise of gradual freedom after 1871 when children born to slaves would be free under a 1870 law, while praising or critiquing conditions in context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
South America
Woman Arrested After Camden Boy Dies From Beating
Ed ward W. Wood of 751 Liberty street Camden dies from injuries after a beating by Mrs. Margaret Webber last week. Wood had previously helped his neighbors by driving cows to pasture and aided Webber after her chickens entered her garden. The incident followed a dispute over a broken chicken and a stone strike that killed the bird and triggered a violent assault. Mayor Pratt ordered Webber re-arrested. she is held to await the coroner and posted $800 bail earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Edward W. Wood
Liberty Street
Margaret Webber
Pratt
Webber
Married couples dominate New York theatre crowd
A remark at a New York theatre notes the large number of married attendees. The punchline asks how one can tell, and the answer says men don’t talk much and few corsage bouquets appear among the women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Story of a broken heart behind Buchanan’s bachelor life
A Washington letter to the Chicago News recounts James Buchanan’s broken engagement with Miss Coleman of a wealthy Philadelphia family. After letters vanished and a severe snowbound absence, he sent a reproachful note. Miss Coleman’s later death at a ball is blamed on nervous exhaustion, sparking speculation that Buchanan’s bachelor status began then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago News
Buchanan
Coleman
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Miss Coleman
Lancaster
Mr. Buchanan
Miss
Tragic Barn Fire Claims 7 Year Old Son Near Shirleysburg
In Huntingdon County near Shirleysburg, a barn owned by Adam Baird burned yesterday evening. His seven year old son died in the flames while the mother alerted workers in the harvest field by ringing a bell. Firefighters could not reach the structure in time. authorities suspect the boy caused the fire with matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntingpon
Adam Baird
Germany Valley
Shirleysburg
Tramp Killed by Express Near Mifflin
Earnest Hoffner a tramp was killed in Mifflintown Pennsylvania when he stepped from a freight train into the path of a Fast Line Express. He was mangled and died instantly. Letters on his person linked him to the Knights of Labor and Chicago Anarchists. A dynamite revolver was found with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mifflintown
Earnest Hoffner
Fast Line Express
Knights of Labor
Chicago
New Female Health Remedy Introduced by Gregg
The Gregg Remedy Company offers a free one month trial of Dr Mary A Gregg’s treatment for ladies diseases. The plan ships a free trial package to any woman with a female ailment and requires 13 2d stamps for expenses. Full directions accompany the plain wrapper and a reminder that no trial packages will be sent after August 1886. Patent medicine advertising from Paterson NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Gregg
England
U. S
Gregg ® Remedy Company
Patmyra
N. Y
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A Harter
Millmeim, PA
B. Stover
Madisonburg, Pa
Ww. Reifsnyder
Millheim, PA
J. W. Stam
Penn Street
Milinema, PA
John F. Harter
Practical
Methodist Church
Milluem PA
R. Geo
L. Lee
O. Deininger
Woopwarbd, PA
Journal Office
Penn St
J. Springer
Millheim Banking House
Cae L. Springer
Main & North Streets
Millheim
Jno
H. Orvis
C.M. Bower
Ellis L.orvis Orvis
Bower & Orvis
Attorneys-at-Law
Woodings Building
D. H. Hastings
W. F. Reeder
Astings & Reeder
Bellefonte, PA
Anemone Street
Yocum & Hastings
UC. Meyer
Bellefonte PA
Hoy
W. C. Heinle
Centre County
J A. Beaver
J. W. Gephart
A & Gephart
Alleghany Street
High Street
Roukerhoff
Allegueny ST
Bellefonte
C. G. McMillen
Nummins
Bishop Street
Emanuel Brown
Aoe
Main
Jay Streets
Lock Haven
Coultenvi L.E
Berks County
Peter Collins
Scranton
Nayang Falls
Fredrick Tuthill
Coursen, Clemons & Co
Lake Winola
Ilines
Tuthill
Hines
Michigan
Mrs. Webber
Eddie Wood
James Buchanan
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