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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1885
Page
1
Odfice opposite the Public School House. Deeds and other legal papers written and acknowledged at moderate charges. Shop 2 doors west Millheim Banking House Main Street. George L. Springer at the Office of Ex Judge Hoy. J W Gephart Pavie and Gephart.
Miss Comfort Walker confronts Leotard Carlyon over Ellen O Brien’s nine dollar debt from a washerwoman. Carlyon declines, then later visits the boarding house and pays the bill, revealing a hinted romance with Miss Comfort while Leotard’s story threads through the social maneuvering.
A quarrel over a streetcar incident in Austin unfolds when an elderly woman accuses a driver of past rudeness at Pecan Street. The driver staunchly denies the charge claiming politeness to ladies, then swaps cars with a competing driver as a dramatic resolution. The wit of Arkansaw Traveller adds a closing quip about misery and boots.
An American Agriculturist note recalls how eastern meadows bloom with Anthoxanthum odoratum the sweet vernal grass and its fragrance during haying contrasting with western fields where the weediness dulls the scent. It notes the grass adds scent to drying hay and should seed lawn mixtures.
A health journal advises spending about a 45 minute dinner. It also suggests including vegetables and a small portion of meat for a balanced meal.
A rugged lumberman visits Monticello's treasurer to claim a bounty for two wildcat scalps. He recounts a deadly swamp chase where his dog Jack and a hawk aided him, ending with the hunter delivering a lethal final blow as another cat attacked.
The piece argues that experience is not the best teacher for vice avoidance. It compares experience to other teachers such as a father, mother, and Sunday school, asserting warnings defend and preserve while experience often yields loss and destruction.
A humorous yarn centers on John Hilfern praised as truthful who confesses to drunkenness after a ringtail cow allegedly distills alcohol. The joke twists as the cow’s illicit history leads to a $300 sale to a temperance lecturer, leaving the town amused and convinced of John’s honesty.
At a Plymouth church prayer meeting Mr Beecher jokes about his torn trousers. He says the left leg hole is new and his wife would be ashamed while explaining a nail and pin mishap from a barrel incident. The quip likens pinning sins to showing a bare spot.
A city girl visiting a dairy asks about the yellow looking stuff on top of the milk. The dairyman explains it is cream. The farmer sits on the stone floor and fans himself with a milk pan as the exchange ends.
A Baltimore couple, en route to Philadelphia, paraded in bridal attire on Baltimore street. The bride wore orange blossoms and a veil while the groom wore store clothes and white kid gloves. Locals gathered as they struggled to find a photographer, finally posing amid a comic chase to secure a proper shot before leaving the city.
A uniformed man ejects a singing young woman from a ferry cabin, accused by the crowd of nuisance behavior. She pleads about a sick mother and hunger. the man apologizes, donates five dollars, and the pair depart together, revealed as a famed confidence man and his wife.
A reader writes to the paper to request removal of their name from any notices after scanning months of obituaries, stating no one they know has died and asking the editor to erase their name.
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