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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1885
Page
1
Central hotel site at the corner of Main and Jay streets in Lock Haven Pennsylvania is identified as a prominent city landmark.
A clipped local notice advertises shops on Main Street and a location on 6th Street south of Chestnut in Philadelphia. The fragmentary text references storefronts and a possible sale or listing. No dates or organizers are provided.
In Paris Suzette, an orphaned rag picker’s ward, joins bake shop life with Daddy Publice and Louis Franciscano. Jealousy, secret engagements, and a stuffed cat reveal a comical quest for hidden wealth. In the end Suzette outsmarts Louis, marries Henri, and cares for Misere the cat stuffed with gold.
A brief note announces a great reduction in writing paper envelopes and stationery at the Journal Store inviting readers to call and see the bargains offered.
A Milwaukee Sentinel item recalls a crowded South Side street scene where a man with a broken limb horse was offered for payment. The dealer explains how he would process the animal for hides bones meat and glue and even bone buttons while the owner questions the plan.
General news recalls Carl Schurz lecturing in the South and Samuel J. Tilden's writings near publication. Michigan Governor Alger earns 1000 dollars yearly with a 1600 dollar secretary. After March 4, the Senate will include three Joneses but no Smiths. A rich widow bequeaths 10000 to Moody upon death. Helmbold the Buchu proponent released from asylum to resume business in New York. Nancy Cass Wilmore dies at 116 in Wilmington. Hendricks attends Chinese New Year banquet in Indianapolis. Mardi Gras draws 80000 visitors in New Orleans with King Carnival leading the parade. Small coinage is suspended. Russia orders 2000 Krupp guns for Central Asia defense.
The Pointer recalls the engineer as a small man who must master every gauge, water level, track condition, signals and time card. It argues the job requires constant vigilance, nerve, and selflessness to protect those behind him as the train climbs grades and faces danger.
The article recounts Castle Garden as a historic landing depot for nearly seven million emigrants from 1846 to 1884. It notes the 1885 lease to the state, the peak arrivals in 1882 at 476,681, and lows in 1887 at 63,855, plus facilities like railroad ticket offices telegraph lines and a hospital managed by an experienced physician.
Fort Worth resident Sam V Harris and his wife misjudge a noise under the bed. Sam’s wife suggests a burglar, but a licking burglar confirms it is a dog. The next morning nothing valuable is left in the house.
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