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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1884
Page
1
A reflective poem contemplates future centuries with lines about the crowd on streets, the fate of the living and the dead, and how future generations will tread sacred spaces. It envisions pure age, fiery youth, and the cycles of land and sea as generations rise and sleep.
A butcher's boy nicknamed Dodd's boy protects Dolly the butcher's daughter on a moonlit rooftop saving her from a dangerous fall. He bears broken arms but earns Dolly's nurse care and grows into a celebrated man who returns to ask Dolly about their childhood love and is welcomed.
A sly portrait of married life claims a judicious wife trims a husband’s morals by prayer and counsel. Her pruning keeps behavior in check, prevents folly, and steadies character like ballast. The piece cites Goldsmith and proclaims wives hold the main common sense in the world.
The author argues California's climate causes persistent nervousness and restlessness. He cites observations of people unable to settle, with many seeking quick departures to relax, contrasting trips north where rest is possible with returns to San Francisco.
A Detroit prep column urges 16 to 21 year olds to abandon smoking chewing and gambling, to curb egotism, and to act with civility and honesty. It notes dangers of drink and vice, and emphasizes square dealing, thrift, and self improvement as paths to success. The piece blends humor and moral teaching with references to Popperman anecdotes and contemporary social notes.
The text explains how moss covered tables absorb water slowly while bare tables drip quickly. It compares forests to bare hills, noting forests absorb nine tenths of moisture and release it gradually into streams, while naked hills cause rapid runoff. In summer, mountain headwaters in treeless regions dry up.
In colonial travel between Boston and Philadelphia horses carried riders before stagecoaches. Benjamin Franklin bought a black horse that once belonged to a Connecticut minister. On a journey the horse diverted to a clergyman’s house, where Franklin was welcomed and a lifelong friendship began. Franklin joked he was the only man introduced by his horse.
A lonely Dakota farmer, a German bachelor, sought a wife through his mother in Germany. She found a Brazilian woman, sent photos, and arranged a cross continental romance. The Brazilian wife traveled via New York to meet her future husband in the West.
A Washington letter notes General Logan s five year old grandson Logan Tucker surprising adults with wit He sees a shiny nickel offered by a friend and responds that grandpa does not want any office The moment amuses the group as a humorous glimpse of political life.
The remark argues women have long spoken for free, leaving a legacy that undercuts their current pay as lecturers. It frames gender inequality as a historical burden rather than a contemporary fix.
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