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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1886
Page
3
Journal notes lanes and shops, visits by Barnhart Rankin and others, new safes, road and sidewalk concerns, farms for sale, a mill sale, and local notices of Memorials, festivals, circuses, bans, and curious trivia from Millheim and Coburn with community updates.
Rain brought fishermen and many Democratic candidates to town for the distillery job. Visitors from Williamsport and Philadelphia vacationed here. The festival’s generosity and band visits drew local debate amid comments from Millheim and Vale correspondents. A lightning strike destroyed a wheat shock, prices for harvest hands were debated, and Mrs. Ettinger’s condition worsened as visitors arrived.
Farmers urged to arrange threshing now as Prof Baney and his son will operate the machine. They promise liberal terms and ask that patrons meet them before hiring any other threshers. The notice stresses qualified service and invites inquiries from old and new customers.
Last Friday J. 11. Bibby took guests to the mountains to view scenery and gather huckleberries leaving ponies tethered. A pony vanished after a rope was cut. a search continues. A broken axle incident at the depot caused by a frightened team. The Logan Hose Company and Zion band contributed to a successful band festival with about 160 dollars raised. Patents for local offices surveyed, Miss Sue D Miller visiting Tyrone, T B Jamison plans Millersburg fruit sales. Creamery builders Dale and Underwood. Prof Hesterman anticipates a large school. Grenoble recovering. shingle mill to be rebuilt. grain hauling near completion. Subscriptions start in Spring Mills. local students head to Rebersburg and Millheim for schooling. Mrs Shaw of Clearfield visiting Dr Lee. Still another.
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