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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1884
Page
1
A reflective elderly speaker, perhaps eighty three, laments aging’s burdens and loss of vigor. He recalls hunting, exploration, and youth, now replaced by aches, frailty, and fading memory as he reads and watches nature. The poem ends with a return to Mother Goose.
A Virginia hotel tale describes a woman pronounced dead by a physician and later revived in a coffin. Her husband mother and children mourn, then the nurse and relatives aid a miraculous restoration after fresh sensations and a light from above revive her, returning to life three weeks later.
A boy quarrels with his teacher over a desk damaged by his knife. His father offers a dollar to avoid punishment, then proposes escalating discipline if repeat incidents occur. The story ends with the boy’s reflection and a future preference for heavier fines.
Danbury Connecticut hosts three tiny automatic screw machines turning out minute watch screws at record speed. Each unit makes five thousand screws daily with precise near invisible threads. The piece also recalls a London pawn broker awakened at 1 a.m. by a street customer asking for the time to reclaim a lost watch.
A prince, later Duke of Clarence, endures naval roughing amid mockery from a midshipman Cadman who later becomes a trusted shipmate. The tale contrasts royal entitlement with hard earned skill and notes Cadman’s ascent to lieutenant and epaulette.
A compact saying advises that true beauty comes from maintaining happiness and nurturing a kind disposition. It emphasizes inner attitude as the foundation of outward charm.
A Nebraska sheriff traveling from Omaha talked with a New Yorker and revealed he was pursuing a broker. The broker allegedly helped a fast growing Nebraska town hire a Chicago expert, who set up shop, showed quotes, and earned about $20,000 in six weeks. The sheriff wants to learn how.
A Kentucky colonel recounts enduring extreme thirst during a three day fishing trip. He was found unconscious beside a trout stream that was not dry, provoking a joke about why he could not be thirsty when water was nearby. The exchange highlights stubborn humor about thirst and perception.
In a Georgia revival by Ascensionists a hunting pair hid in a church gallery to spy on the service. A prank with a hunting horn led to a loud blast and the men fled, leaving the minister and congregation to recover as the scene ended with the master ready for punishment.
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