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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1886
Page
1
Multiple ads and notices appear for Millheim area firms. Deeds and legal papers offered at moderate charges. Barber services advertised. Local offices and partnerships listed, including Springer and Orvis firms, Hastings Reeder, and Meyer with Hoy office reference.
A jealous suitor recalls Becky Ash choosing Sim Durwent over him and a carriage ride that turns soggy under a storm. An unruly horse named Nance stalls progress until Becky clings to the seat as thunder roars. Becky admits she never would have married him but for the rain soaked caper.
Ruth Clifford, a penniless schoolteacher, embraces a stern life lesson when Hugh Leslie, once expelled, grows into a trusted suitor. Ten years pass as Ruth aids him, and a dropped blue ribbon reveals a lifelong bond. Ruth and Hugh marry, proving Ruth’s student’s dream fulfilled.
The Gotwald Memorial Trau2 published by the Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Synod of Central Pennsylvania is now available at the Journal Store for five cents.
Petrified wood plentiful in Arizona Wyoming and Rocky Mountain areas is rapidly used. A San Francisco factory now cuts and polishes petrified wood into mantels tiles and architectural pieces. Material comes mostly from forests along the Atlantic and Pacific line as other firms seek concessions. Geologists urge preservation of primeval remains.
Distressed mothers urged to obtain Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. The ad promises immediate relief from crying, also claims to cure dysentery diarrhea wind colic and calm inflammation. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle.
E D Woolworth, once a Brooklyn clerk, left for Omaha and joined Burlington and Pacific before switching to ranch work in Nance County. He weighs 126 pounds on leaving and 140 pounds after fourteen months, praises the health benefits, describes ranch routines, gear, and meals, and says he would not return to city office life even for a pension.
Clerks announce a prompt purchase for Cloverseed at D.8 Kauffman and Co’s store. Fair price offered for seed. bring it in for appraisal and sale.
A physician argues that social contact and varied scenery refresh the mind and body. He cites cases of isolated patients improved by active engagement with people and public life, stressing that hard work alone cannot cure mental weariness. The piece cites Bascom on proximity and notes the need for human interaction to prevent misery.
In Blooming Grove Pennsylvania John Pfletcher shot neighbor John Hobday wounding him. He was found guilty of assault in the second degree and given sixty days in Milford jail plus a 180 dollar fine. Unable to pay the fine Pfletcher offered a 100 dollar note to the county and was released on own recognizance pending October sentence.
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