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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1886
Page
1
Listings include deeds and legal papers by Stover Reifsnyder Harter Lee at the Public School House area and fashion oriented barber services by George L. Springer at Main Street Millheim with shaving haircutting and shampooing. Also mentions D H Hastings W F Reeder and Hal ReedER as business names.
A homeless man with a yellow flower befriends Lumpie and a sad girl as a building collapse disrupts Emerson block. Aunt Salome and Cephas Bixby survive, while a stranger later dies in the ruins. Aunt Salome suspects the flower guided help to the injured man, amid a community scramble to assist.
Bobbie insists Algernon is not green as Maud questions the claim. The Detroit Free Press notes the dispute centers on whether grass could grow from Algy's head and leaves the explanation unclear.
Grandpa recalls a boast about a towering man, then corrects himself to say he is the heaviest for his weight. The group smiles, he repeats the line, and storms off in indignation as laughter lingers.
The Mary A Gregg remedy for female diseases from England is offered in the United States with a free one month trial package to any woman sending her address and 13 2d stamps. The kit includes full instructions and a price list. free trials end August 1886. Address Greg Remedy Company Palmyra New York.
A Brigadier General from the late war embraces a modest occupation as a street car driver, pursuing a humble but honorable vocation.
A Pennsylvanian merchant recites a testimonial for Curtis Carmelite Cordial noting a cure for chronic diarrhoea and dysentery. He reports sharing the remedy locally and requests a shipment of a dozen bottles for family and store sale. Johnston Holloway & Co. Philadelphia agents advertise it as a cure for cholera and bowel irritation.
A family borrows Jacob from the Fletcher clan to keep on a farm. The stubborn tall gray horse causes havoc by escaping, gnawing bedding, wrecking a box, and nearly breaking two women while they try to manage him. After near-disastrous attempts, they retire Jacob to pasture.
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