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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1880
Page
1
The Golden Talisman and the Manners of Albany
Geoffrey Baird refuses to confess to theft and is banished by Abraham Hoyt. Daisy, a ten year old, tries to help him by offering a twenty dollar piece. Margaret Hoyt learns of her father’s legacy and moves to Albany with Geoffrey to claim a fortune and take his name. Laura Bristow schemes at a party while Daisy remains kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Baird
Mr. Hoyt
Abraham Hoyt
Jeff
Geoffrey
Miss Daisy
Louise
Margaret Hoyt
Albany
Margaret
Alice Bristow
Europe
Florence
Alice
Laura
Miss Hoyt
Miss Bristow
Father
Daisy
Mr. Bristow
Willard Wharton
Mr. Wharton
Daisy Bristow and Willard Wharton in Albany Society
Daisy, newly in Albany society, sings at a Bristow gathering while Willard Wharton arrives with news of a family legacy and a talisman gold piece. Mrs Bristow grows wary of the match as Wharton plans marriage, and a past watch mystery is revealed. A later column notes how hot weather provokes brisk tempers and social shifts among locals.
Mantled Howlers From Nicaragua Arrive at Philadelphia Zoo
Four Mantled Howlers from Nicaragua join the Philadelphia Zoo in a new exhibit. The rare monkeys, noted for their piercing dawn cries, were captured after a lengthy hunt that required extensive tree felling. A accompanying black handed spider monkey was also added to the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
Zoological Garden
Philadelphia
South America
Texas Cattle Drive Sees 300000 Head Moved North
The Texas cattle drive this year grows astonishingly with not less than 300000 cattle moved into bordering states. Yearling steers average six dollars, two year olds and cows nine dollars, three year olds ten dollars and beeves thirteen. The estimated average when sold is eleven dollars per head, totaling about 3300000 dollars for the lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Bee Ranching in California: A Honey Rich Frontier
Describes California bee ranches thriving in mild winters with abundant flowers. Notes economical, low labor beekeeping suited for varied entrants, from maiden ladies to dilettante farmers, and the steady hive work producing wax and honey. Evokes canyon buzzing as nature’s music easing homesickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
California
Remarkable Chinese Wall Survey by American Engineer
American engineer Mr. Unthank surveyed the Great Wall of China noting its eighteen foot height and fifteen foot top width. He observed uniform twenty four foot square towers every few yards, a solid granite foundation, and a 1,800 mile span with towers linked by breastworks. He brought back a brick alleged to be two centuries before Christ and described the wall’s paths along cliffs and water edges with defenses allowing cross-tower movement. He claimed building time and cost exceed human calculation and praised its magnitude surpassing pyramids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unthank
China
Egypt
The Alligator Divided Into Sections For Study
A humorous old piece breaks the alligator into parts describing the head jaws and eyes, noting strength of teeth, use of legs on land or water, and a heavy armored body. It mocks historians beliefs and praises the reptile while joking about its habits and myths.
Harpoon Wharfhunt Slays Large Walruses on Ice Floe
On a drifting ice field three walruses rest when a harpoon boat approaches. After a brutal battle the largest bull is killed with bullets and lances. The carcass is towed to the ship and stored as dog food.
Man Boasts Elevator Hidden in Cupboard
A man boasted of an elevator at home but his wife quips that it is kept in a bottle in the cupboard, delivering a humorous domestic exchange.
Assassination of the Duke of Buckingham
The Duke of Buckingham is killed as he leaves his door by John Felton a Suffolk gentleman and former lieutenant. Felton claims religious motive and personal grievance fueled by Parliament remonstrance. He is seized after confession in Portsmouth and declares he acted for God and country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friar
Buckingham
Countess of
Anglesses
Carleton
Thomas Morton
John Felton
Isle of Rice
Suffolk
London
Tower Hill
Portsmouth
Felton
Kip
David
Goliah
Italian pianist in San Francisco party farce
Exiled pianist Mr. Ketten attends a San Francisco gathering hosted by a notable importing merchant. The host derides him with a mock supper and quips about cocktails. Ketten refuses the joke, plays for guests, and exits with his wife after leaving a tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kketten
San Francisco
Martha Louise
Mr. Ketten
Tramp Jojee Tries to Revive Weaver in Funeral Ruse
A hungry tramp named Jojee tricks a village funeral party by demanding honey bread and oil to revive the dead, then reveals the deceased was a weaver. His boastful failure shows his trick depended on the trades of the departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jojee
Joyce
Fertilizer Effects on Soil and Crop Growth Discussed
The text argues salts and gypsum stimulate soil by freeing latent nutrients, releasing potash and phosphate for roots or ammonia from organic matter. It compares manures, stable manure, and clover gleaned from a June plow, noting soil stimulation and fertility enhancement rather than direct crop feeding, and criticizes naked fallow as worse.
Mule Rides Daredevilly Through Dublin Doors
In Dublin Charles Lever recounts Nixon and his mule Blazes who during grooming and mounting caused havoc in a farmhouse. The beast’s dangerous maneuvers topple furniture, trigger a blaze of furze beneath, and end with the animal renamed Knock-a-crockery by cheering sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Dublin
Lever
Good Preacher Boy Causes Mayhem at Newspaper Office
A new office boy at a newspaper office causes chaos in two days including spitting on a printer, tying a cat, fighting another boy, stealing, vandalizing presses, and taking two dollars from a staffer. A note from the boy cites his mother’s wish and plans to go fishing.
Marys Lamb Visit to Old South Spinning Bee
A tale retold of Mary who had a little lamb visiting a Massachusetts spinning bee, nursing a nearly dead lamb while nine years old, its lingering attachment, and a schoolyard scene that amused the class. The poem was inspired by Sarah Josepha Hale. Mary later married and lived near Boston, bringing some of the lam bs fleece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Mass
Sarah Josepha Hale
Lamb
Boston
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