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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1886
Page
3
A breezy 1886 town column with grocery offers at J. W. Lose’s, church announcements for Lutheran and U B congregations, health notes on local residents, weather observations, and brief notices of visits, se ex, construction, and a band picnic near Rebersburg. Includes deaths and family news from Aaronsburg and Millheim with civic and business chatter throughout.
Neighboring news notes Jumbo may have slept last week as Alaman Keen sold a horse. Crops and harvest events appear with threshing by Mr. A King from Texas and gatherings at Seven Mountains and Penn s Cave on August 14.
The potato Lug damages crops while barley harvests progress. Ad Wolf’s horse bolted during a ride, leaving a damaged sulky wheel. Geo Crouse recovers from typhoid fever and can move about. Prof Gramley’s select school draws large attendance. A band picnic with three visiting bands is planned next Saturday near town. Guiswite Co expands with extra mill workers and day night operation. Huckleberries are plentiful south of Wolf’s Store at 3 cents a quart. Landowners are urged to cut Canada thistle to prevent seeding. Frank Snyder will edit edges at Guiswite’s saw mill.
Prof. W. P. Hosterman opened a select school with about fifty pupils. Prof. S. C. Stover will assist. Creamery contractors work on the foundation and walls. The structure is to be finished by the latter part of August.
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