Millheim and Bellefonte Legal and Barber Notices
Deeds and other legal papers offered at moderate charges by J Springer with years of experience promising best work and modern accommodations in Millheim Pa Shop two doors west Millheim Banking House Main Street. L Springer Barber at Corner Main and North streets Millheim Pa offers shaving hair cutting and dyeing. O Rvis Bower and Orvis Hastings Reeder firm located in Bellefonte Pa with office in Woodings Building and Allegheny Street location near former Yocum Hastings.
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West Millheim Banking House
Main Street
Millheim, Pa
Allegheny Street
Yocum & Astings
Broncho in City Parks and a Texas Mule Shoe Incident
A humorous account describes the famed bucking broncho and a Texas mule that resisted shoeing in St. Louis. The mule’s kicks wreck ropes, scatter blacksmiths, chase workers, and amuse a crowd as Ed Butler hires the job after two mules die attempting shoeing.
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Texas
Mexico
Rocky
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Sitting Bull
Eastern Zoological Gardens
Buck
St. Louis
Globe Democrat
Street Corporation
Board of Directors
Ed. Butler
Butler
Loustinet
Vaughn
Ed. Butler, Jr
Ed Butler
Jock the Confident Farm Hand Fails at the Sun Inn
A cautious Lowland farmer hires a tall, innocent youth named Jock as a farm servant. Jock promises to bring a character reference but when asked, he reveals the farmer already possesses it and bolts from the room amid laughter.
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Jock
Sun Inn
Tragicomedy of a Tramp and the Schoolma'am
A bar tale recalls a summer misadventure in Injiang where a hungry tramp robs a farmer, is foiled by a brave schoolma’am with a revolver, and is jailed for five years while she receives a $20 reward. The speaker jokes about marrying her despite the feud.
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Injiang
Indiannapolis
Hull
Chicago
Prufesh
Two Things In This World I Do Not Know
A narrator cites Mr Burdette’s reflections on why suffering exists in a beautiful world. He lists personal grievances from neuralgia to failed governance and wonders if he could run a universe, then declines a public office citing his mental and bodily limits. He favors private life yet supports the administration in spirit.
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Mr. Burdette
Pemberton Mills
Louis XVI
France
Henry VIII
England
Washington
New York
Broadway
Emblem Idea Sparks Debate on Store Sign
Uncle Abraham on Cathan Street discussed placing an emblem above his store door. A passerby suggested a bee hive to symbolize industry. The exchange questions whether a bee hive truly conveys value, noting a $14 suit at $8 may better attract customers and hinting at unreliable signage.
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Abraham
Cathan St
Eaferybody
Governor Seymour Remembered For Wit And Generosity
The Utica Observer recalls Horatio Seymour's humor and kindness. A tale from the Deerfield road shows him aiding a farmer with a broken wagon and stacked wood, later revealing the wood was his own. He joked the farmer needed it more, and the woodpile remained undisturbed.
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Utica
Horatio Seymour
Grant
Army of the Cumberland
Seymour
Deerfield
Vanderbilt Conductor Rise From Street Car Bystander
A Vanderbilt story recalls a plain woman with a bright eyed child on a Fourth Avenue horse car. The child flirted with Mr. Vanderbilts, who admired the youngster. The bearded conductor apologized for the rudeness, and Vanderbilt praised the child. Within a month the man won a railroad post after Vanderbilt checked his record and potential.
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Fourth Avenue
Reac
Mr. Vanderbilt
House of Vanderbilt
Thirty-second Street
Grand Central Station
Vanderbilt
Why Gen Hancock Died Poor
A New York letter reports Gen. Hancock’s generosity in death and a doomed twin brother’s decline in the Northwest. The lawyer, engaged to a lady who refused him unless he repented, remains single as she keeps faith, caring for him while his life lies wrecked, a quiet tale of unseen heroines.
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New York
Hancock
Northwest
Children in Germany imitate bullfighting during travel
A traveller in Spain recalls German children staging bullfighting games. One boy wears wooden horns as the bull while others act as picadors and matadors with jackets as props. The bull charges, chulos dodge, and a wooden horse fake falls to the ground to simulate a gore.
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Spain
Germany
Woman Turns Jokes to Butter and Cheese of Kindness Line Storm
A witty line about a woman who turned humor into commodities and kindness into action. The phrase suggests she has endured a difficult period, washing away the past year and drying things out after a storm.
Dr Talmage on Dress and the Tragedy of Clothes
The sermon warns that extravagant wardrobes reflect moral decline and financial ruin. It rails against costly fashions fueling fraud, debt, and social pretension, urging humility and honest living over showy apparel and debt. It cites broadsides of New York capitalism, marriage costs, and overdressed elites as evidence.
Gotwald Memorial Tract for Sale at Journal Store
The Gotwald Memorial Tract published by the Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Synod of Central Pennsylvania is now available for sale at the Journal Store for five cents.
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Gotwald
Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the
Synod of Central Pennsylvania
Journal Store
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Millheim Journal
R. A. Bumtuler
New Journal
Penn St
Hartman’s Foundry
A Harter
B. Stover
Madisonburg, Pa
W . H. Reifsnyder
R J. W. Stam
D. John F. Harter
Practical
Methodist Church
Millheim PA
Og Geo
M.D
O. Deininger
Journal Office
J. Springer
Oo L. Springer
Main & North Streets
Millheim
Jno.h. Orvis
C.M. Bower
Ellis L. Orvis
Rvis, Bower & Orvis
Attorneys-at-Law
Bellefonte, Pa
Woodings Building
D. H. Hastings
W. F. Reeder
Reeder
A C. Meyer
Hoy
W. C. Heinle
Centre County
A. Beaver
J. W. Gephart
BY & Gephart
Allegany Street
High Street
Woopwak RD
Allegheny ST
C. G. McMillen
Bishop Street
Emanuel Brown
Main and
Jay Streets
Lock Haven
Jock Was
Governor Seymour
Gen. Hancock
DR. Talmage
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