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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1886
Page
1
Listed entries include R JOHN F HARTER on Main Street opposite the Methodist Church in Madisonburg and MILLIE PA D L LEE, a fashionable barber at Corner Main and North Streets on the 2nd floor in Millheim.
Linnet Dessoir and Rose Hebron admire lady apples at Squire Sandford’s orchard. Linnet defies the Squire over a barrel of fruit, Ajax, and an accident ends with Sandford’s rescue. The two form a playful romance, to Rose’s delight, as Linnet learns the Squire is twenty-nine and they become engaged.
A reminiscence recalls Charles Dickens and his cat Williamina who favors the master. The story describes the kittens raised in the study including a deaf cat called the master's cat who saves the author from a dim candle moment and earns a bedtime fuss.
The Union Cattle Company of Cheyenne operates a vast cattle barn eight miles from Omaha, begun in 1885 with $125,000 spent. It measures 400 by 600 feet, covers five acres, and can fatten up to 8,000 head though now set for 3,750. One man can feed all cattle via a centralized system. forty five workers staff the operation. The company holds 80,000 cattle on range with $3,000,000 invested, using Herefords Shorthorns and Durhams sourced from Wyoming and Montana.
Reporter witnesses barber Peter Muschler unveil 2000 live leeches imported from Sweden. Muschler explains leeches common in Europe and sold to physicians hospitals drug stores and some barbers at 10 per hundred with single- leech price a quarter. He notes leeches largely replaced by artificial methods in the U S and comments on their use for eye neuralgia and bloodletting.
A bustling city street during Christmas shoppers frames a girl selling matches. A well dressed woman helps a poor child with coins and a ribbon gift while an Irishman and others comment on class and charity as two men, Bob and Harry, and a commodore watch the scene and discuss the future of the Garrett family.
A fifteen year old boy in a crowd at a battle panorama weeps as the scene moves him to recall a possible fatherly punishment. He explains the money his dad gave him for molasses led to the tears, fearing a stern beating when he returns home.
A passenger on a Rock Island train recounts a woman in a depot shop giving a three minute shave. He claims a barber in Jeffersonville Prison shaved sixty faces an hour with self-lathered customers and no wages.
A Western Marylander recalls the first meeting of Commodore Vanderbilt and John W. Garrett after Bob Garrett’s Princeton graduation in 1867. The B and O president entered the room with the two boys nearby and Vanderbilt bluntly praised Garrett’s boardroom success over their modest origins.
Charlie Baker recalls a hotel dining mishap in Philadelphia where he ordered standard fare and a five dollar bill appeared on the bill. The clerk admitted a separate note charging extras for dishes not on the bill, leading Baker to pay an extra fifty cents and plan revenge on the waiter.
A gathering at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on Locust Street urged forest protection and culture in Pennsylvania. Speakers Antonio Rothrock and Edmund J. James emphasized rapid deforestation, the need for state forests, government protection, premiums, and education for farmers to safeguard climate and rainfall.
A brief note praising the JOURNAL Office for high quality printing and job work. The statement highlights satisfaction with the service and workmanship. No dates, names, or locations are provided.
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