Back to the old home with ivy-clad wall and porch
A nostalgic verse recalls a house with ivy on the wall and a long porch. Warm memories of a bright fire and joyous sports glow through long winter nights in a local sentimental piece.
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1882
Page
1
A nostalgic verse recalls a house with ivy on the wall and a long porch. Warm memories of a bright fire and joyous sports glow through long winter nights in a local sentimental piece.
A moonlit farewell and divided loves drive artist Paul Dillard from his boyhood home. Years later he returns to find Ariadne Homer married to Amos Homer and haunted by guilt over a schemed union. In Italy old John Etheridge confesses theft and begs forgiveness. Paul reappears, Ariadne is redeemed, and the lovers are united in a final act of mercy.
A chronicler recalls a brief audience with Napoleon after Elna, detailing selections, political prospects, and the Empress's return. The emperor, once sure and commanding, appears moody and weighed by looming misfortune as discussion turns to Bourbon support and women in cabinet secrets.
James Gordon Bennett hosted a ball in Paris with attendees dancing late to six o’clock. The event incurred roughly 1500 dollars in expenses.
Mrs Spoopendyke questions how weather forecasts are made while Mr Spoopendyke explains observers, central reports, and washingtion led forecasts. He jokes about storm centers, Manitoba origins, and wind barometers as he exits in frustration.
The United States gained about one percent in population last year from immigration. Nearly 440,000 arrived at New York, with Germans forming the largest group, followed by Irish and English. Italians are noted as the most numerous among southern Europeans. Immigrants brought capital, with estimates around 11 million dollars in cash and rail transportation costs near 5 million. The article discusses destinations, assimilation, and regional settlement, concluding the foreign influx is valuable and manageable.
Official reports show the gold yield of Nova Scotian mines from 1862 through 1880 valued at 6 212 195 dollars. New York state leads last year in killings with 101 total, 47 in the city. Vanderbilt's grand ball cost 20 dollars.
The article explains using broken rocky land for crops and trees. Grapes and tomatoes thrive with proper preparation, large holes, manure, and good drainage. Pumpkins melons and squash grow well, with ten foot hill spacing and weed control. or plant broken land to nut producing forest trees.
The piece surveys various obses sions from Arctic voyages to ostrich hunts and book collecting, coin and autograph collecting, and stamps and ceramics. It notes fashion trends, ceremonial headgear, and sports fads as social manias, arguing these impulses spread through imitation and curiosity.
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