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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1882
Page
1
A Newfoundland dog waits by the door for absent playmates as the house bears silent shadow and sadness. The scene notes they would not return, with empty halls and stillness replacing their games under the lindens.
A letter from Mehetable Morton spurs Harrie Moore to visit Mrs. Morton with her home becomes lively. Nel Morton meets Harrie by mistake at the train, they misidentify Harrie as a young woman, and Harrie finds warmth with Mrs. Morton and Nel. Aunt Thankful soon welcomes the pair and notes Harrie’s happiness and Nel’s charm.
A compact call to value journalism as defense of ideas in tough periods. It frames newspapers as strongholds and urges readers to uphold reason and civic knowledge amid scarcity.
A traveler in Brussels describes a Sunday visit to the Waterloo battlefield with vivid details of monuments and trenches from the Napoleonic clash. The account includes anecdotal notes on the field, the 1822 monument, and reflections on the grounds’ preservation.
The Pioneer Association of Wyandot County Ohio marks the centennial of Col. William Crawford being burned at the stake by Delaware Indians. The story recounts Crawford’s capture by the Delawares, the need for Wyandot consent, and the Half King’s pledge via a wampum belt to avert the execution during a Delaware war party.
Work digging the canal between Lakes Eustis and Dora uncovered a sand mound and a dark brown sandstone wall on the Lake Dora shore. The wall appears to be an eastern face of an ancient fortification with a westward slope, suggesting a submerged city or fortification older than others in Florida. Artifacts include pottery shards and a finished flint spazar head, found waist-deep in water.
The article explains a calendar system where June solstice shadows are divided into four parts and December shadows into two to yield six time intervals, aligned with six equal measures. It notes Japan's solar year begins on June 21 and describes twelve months with lengths 41, 23, 24, 25, 27, 48, 43, 26, 25, 24, 23, 24 days and farmer rules linked to Orion and Pleiades heights. It details the first two months Kasa and Kara with dates, star positions, and shadow lengths guiding planting.
The article reviews efforts to convert tides and waves into motive power. It describes two schemes: a rising ell connected to a sea float driving compressed air, and Professor Wellner’s sea wall air trap that captures wave impact to pressurize air for mechanical use.
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