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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1886
Page
1
Madisonburg and Millheim areas feature W H Reifsnyder and W J Springer offering to write and acknowledge deeds and other legal documents at moderate charges. The notice emphasizes reliability and local availability for residents needing formal legal papers.
Earl of Coniston, aboard the Brighton boat, woos Polly Grey an American amid themes of dislike for America, then follows her through a ball and a night ride. She reveals engagements to Bradford yet agrees to marry Coniston after a dramatic storm and a confession of love. The couple are wed by the pastor as Coniston delays his voyage by another month.
An essay urges parental focus on a child's influences beyond home. It argues the boy next door, schoolmates, and friends shape character as much as schooling, urging parents to know peers, supervise play, and maintain fatherly guidance. It cites examples of parenting, routines, and the value of early virtue.
The first tin ore from Harney's Peak in the Black Hills reached Chicago on its way to New York. The ore marks a milestone as the U S now imports about 30.9 million dollars in tin annually and the Harney's Peak Company claims vast deposits across 7000 square miles.
Miss Mary Christman two miles from Stony Creek, Carbon county, was chased by a panther while walking home from a friend's visit. The two foot high five foot long creature pursued her near the mountain, and earlier warned berry-pickers on the same ridge. Armed men searched the area but had not captured it by noon today, believed to be the same panther that frightened Penn Haven switchmen weeks earlier.
Severe hail swept a half mile wide belt through Conestoga East and West Lampeter Strasburg Leacock and Earl townships. Tobacco and corn suffered heavy losses while oats were flattened. Strasburg hail reached 2.5 inches. New Holland hail nearly fist sized. O'Brien's New Holland tent flooded. West Lampeter reported five shoats killed by lightning at Landis Brackbill’s hog pen. Roether barn in West Earl burned after a lightning strike.
Reports from Marion Indiana Champaign Condit Hensley and Tolono Illinois and Newark Ohio describe a Tuesday night hail wind and storm that left corn oats fruit and crops damaged or ruined. Buildings were unroofed and roofs blown away with damages estimated from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars.
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