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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1882
Page
1
A descriptive verse evokes sunlit gray and silver banks against blue skies. The speaker laments longing for ethereal light forms and lofty cliffs, gazing with beauty filled, yet bound by a languid, unattainable desire.
In Lucca outskirts a practical American rents a new villa despite haunted grounds. He hears a distant singing voice from a rock ledge and converses unseen with Lenore, a girl in the villa across the plain. Tests reveal the rock’s acoustic link, ending in Lenore and George marrying with Count Villani’s consent.
The article argues nitrogen is the priciest fertilizer ingredient and should be used sparingly. Reducing nitrogen by one percent per ton can save about four dollars, and combining fertilizer with stable manure boosts efficiency. Well grown clover and roots enrich soil nitrogen for crops.
The article describes a Madrid hunting party hosted by Salamanca with royal attendees including the King and Infantas at Albacete, detailing the ceremonial stands, music, and shots. It then shifts to Cumberland county noting an 1740 frontier fort, the 1766 Presbyterian kirk, Rev. John Linn and a landscape of ruins, graves, and springtime beauty.
The Ashmolean hosts a limestone tomb lintel from an officer of the second dynasty dated over six thousand years ago. It bears refined sculpture and hieroglyphic writing that charts syllables and letters, showing early Egyptian literacy before civilization fossilized after the Old Empire. The piece contrasts with later European museum displays.
Algol the Demon star shines near the Head of Medusa cluster at dusk. It varies from second to fourth magnitude in a cycle about two days, 20 hours, and 49 minutes. Some say a dark companion orbits and may cause dramatic outbursts visible from Earth.
The article explains that aniline violet pencils and inks fade under light and damp conditions, producing writing of a fugitive character. A druggist learned this when his purple labels vanished after exposure, illustrating the lack of permanence in these inks and their tendency to bleach.
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