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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1880
Page
1
False Colors and the Young Clerk on the Wild Rail Line
John Marshall, a civil engineer on a western railroad survey, hires Frank Burroughs as a clerk with board and lodging. Their bond grows as Marshall reveals a past tale of Fanny Lamport, an orphaned girl in New York State, shaping a dramatic backdrop to the frontier tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marshall
Marshall
Frank Burroughs
Frank
John
New York State
Lamport
New York
Fanny
Mr. Lamport
Mrs. Lamport
Pressley
Fanny Lamport and John Marshall's Unlikely Union
A former clerk Fanny Lamport narrates her costly masquerade as a young man to escape hardship after a cold inheritance plot. She meets John Marshall, falls in love, and, after revealing her sex, agrees to marry him. The tale blends social intrigue with a surprising seaside of fate.
Bingen on the Rhine Stages Mixed Romance and Scenery
The guidebooks cite Bingen as a seven thousand population center on the Rhine, but observers find it smaller and blemished by a dirty railroad front. As the Rhine scenery unfolds toward Coblenz, castles rise along steep mountains and the Mouse Tower near Bishop Hatto remains well preserved opposite Bingen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingen
The
Rhine
Algiers
Coblentz
Petroleum Fields in Russia and Caucasus Attract Interest
The article notes rising opposition to American oil interests as vast Russian beds along the Caucasus stretch for 1500 miles from the Caspian to the Black Sea. Two active districts are the Kuban valley with a French run operation under an American manager and abundant wells near Baku yielding 28,000 barrels daily. Large refineries exist at Baku though value of refined oil lags behind American quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Cordilleras
Siberia
Ireland
Scotland
Germany
Norway
Jutland
Swiss Alps
Hanover
Russia
Caucus Range
Caspian
Black Sea
Kuban
Taham
Baku
Caspian Sea
April sojourn reveals Babylon’s ancient beauty
A traveler describes Babylon in April as green fields and gardens by the Euphrates, irrigation canals causing horseman trouble, and a fresh spring landscape. The great city, once home to millions, lies buried under dust for centuries, yet nature remains vivid with birds, butterflies, and fragrant air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Euphrates
Mesopotamia
Betrothal Customs Across Egyptian Hindu-Arabian Traditions
An accurate account describes arranged marriages and dowry practices across Egypt Armenia India and Persia. It notes matchmakers called khathen the secrecy of betrothal days long engagements and the first unveiling at the wedding night. It details dowries varied by region and age expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khathen
Jacob
Rachel
Armenia
Turkey
Samsom
Egypt
Persia
John
Empress Fleeing France Took Miniatures Not Crown
After the Empress fled Paris the crown and regalia were claimed to be with the Bank of France but rumors spread that the crown and regent diamond went to London with the Rothschilds. She hurriedly packed miniatures into a lapis box and departed with aid from Dr Evans and Sir John Burgoyne. many valuables were later restored after the Commune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Bank of France
London
Rothschilds
Evans
Chiselhurst
Prince Metternich
Tuileries
Duchesse d’Albe
M. Nigra
Empress
Marshal Vaillant
Rue de Rivoli
Dr. Evans
John Burgoyne
Paris Adopts Pneumatic Clock System For City Turfs
Paris plans a public clock network from the Pneumatic Clock Company with glass dials and a gas burner visible at night. Tubes to private homes may follow, fed by a six horsepower engine. Clocks show whole minutes only and may face competition from electric railway station clocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pneumatic
Sech
Tristan Da Cunha Described Island Home of Survivors
The article profiles Tristan Da Cunha in the South Atlantic midway between Africa and America. It notes the Mabel Clark wreck near the largest island and Capt East delivering President Hayes gifts to 100 islanders, mostly descendants of Corporal Glass, with Peter Green as respected elder and sixteenth-child lineage. It mentions crops, livestock, and the desire for a clergyman, along with Captain East’s Albert medal nomination for William Green. A separate anecdote recounts a Detroit woman sinking into wet clay on a street, losing rubber overshoes and a shopping package in a comic misadventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poles
Africa
Tristan da Cunha Islands
Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic Ocean
America
Buenos Aiers
Cape Town
Mabel Clark
Liverpool
Hong Kong
East
Comus
President Hayes
Corporal Glass
England
Bonaparte
St. Helena
Peter Green
William Green
Royal Humane Society
Indian, white matron in Buffalo case face no crime
In Buffalo Police Court Nicholas Smith an Indian from near Brantford and Mirand Potts a white mother from the same region were arrested for registering as husband and wife with two children. They claimed intent to marry. no crime found, they were discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Nicholas Smith
Brantford
Canada
Mirand Potts
Exchange Street
Indian
John
Marine Reminiscence on Old Sailing Vessels and Steam
The article reflects on maritime change from 1855 to the rise of steam navigation. It notes 318 sailing ships registered in New York, largest 1207 tons, and 96 barks, with sizes from 160 to 464 tons. It contrasts with steamers, cites the 1840 British Queen voyage, and recalls Collins Line ships and notable names before lamenting the disappearance of hundreds of sailing craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custom House of
New York
Henry Clay
Atlantic
Washington Irong
Madrid
Grinnell, Minturn & Co
Edward K. Collins
Garnck
Siddons
Shakespeare
Collins
Blind as Bats Color Test Ends With Ice Water
An old captain at a Detroit ferry-dock saloon challenged sailors to color-test his eyes. They answered colors for white gray black red blue and finally admitted the liquid would be beer, but the captain muttered it would be the color of ice water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Vast cave beneath Mr. Neffs well near Alexandria Pa
A resident of Huntingdon county Pennsylvania found his well suddenly dry and fell away revealing a vast cavern. The passage contains stalactites stalagmites flowing water and thousands of bats. Petrified shells and metallic ore deposits are reported in the depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neff
Alexandria
Huntingdon County
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Cc. Heinle
Centre County
Yyzilbur
F. Reeder
Ness
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Feaver & Gephart, Attorneys AT Law
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A. Morrison
Woodring
S. Keller
Lyon’s
A. G. Love
W. P. Wilson
Business Cards OF
Millheim, &C
A. Sturgis
Wwe
Main Street
Bank
Milheim
C. Deininger
Notary Public
Scribner and Conveyancer
Millheim
H. Tomlinson
Avid I. Brown
Main
Penna
Eisenhuth
Justice OF the Peace
Millheim, PA
Musser & Smith
Main and
Penns Street
Journal Book
Wer Banking CO
A. Walter
Dav. Krape, Pres
Harter
Rebersburg, PA
Pan
Mrs. Pressley
West
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Fanny Lamport
Saving
Secrets of the Sea
Syuad
Tully
van Buren Street
Blind
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