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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1883
Page
1
The poem describes a relentless winter storm with sleet and hail following an eddying gale. It depicts a harsh landscape with busy wind and rising waters threatening bridges while nature shifts from snow to rain and forests burst into leaf as time passes.
A serialized romance centers on Jack Carlton and Miss Trente as a breakup, scorn, and near disaster. Carlton’s quiet courage helps a fragile relationship, leading to a renewed bond and a pledge amid a snowy January.
Henry Cabot Lodge argues in the Atlantic Monthly that Franklin embodies true American spirit. He contrasts Franklin’s cosmopolitan reach with an unmistakably American originality and independence from English colonialism.
The article questions whether rising surface iron from interior deposits and railways replacing wood with iron affect meteorology and electric currents. It notes growing iron exposure and asks how far this could influence atmospheric conditions and magnetic storms, calling for scientific assessment.
The Turf Field and Farm advises inspecting a horse’s head and eyes for intelligence temper courage and honesty. It notes brains matter for training and warns that bad qualities magnify with education. It describes facial features ear position back teeth jawline neck, body proportions, and leg structure to select a reliable graceful horse.
Senator Harris of Tennessee visits a Senate claims committee room to learn about a constituent's claim. The clerks sharp questions about his interest fade after Harris explains he serves the people back home. The scene ends with the clerk wilted.
The article traces coral origins from mistaken mineral or plant status to animal zoophytes with a calcareous skeleton. It notes red Mediterranean coral is rare, fished mainly near Naples, Sicily, Sardinia, and Algiers, and explains exclusive two year rights for new banks and French control of Algiers reefs with ten divisions to sustain growth.
Dr. F C Valentine notes home medical curiosities from Central America. Frog soup is used for skin diseases. marshmallow leaves soothe hemorrhoids. chamomile tea aids indigestion and colic. a flaxseed drink with manna and orange juice is recommended for dysentery per Dr Foote's Health Monthly.
A London youth returns home to find his mother dead on the floor with her head wedged in a tin saucepan. Evidence suggests she fell and suffocated while intoxicated, the saucepan preventing her escape as the coroner notes the deadly accident.
The tale recounts a rural prank in Pike County where a group plans to beef a stubborn steer at Phil Boyer’s ridge. Phil climbs the chimney to cool off as the moonlit scene unfolds with howling, sleigh-ride cold, and a steer on the roof feasting on the night. After freeing Phil and finishing the joke, the crew ends the beefing bee and heads home.
The Toledo Blade explains skin structure with ridges, pores, and sweat ducts. Each square inch hosts about 2800 sweat glands, totaling around 7 million pores on an average adult skin. if extended end to end, these tubes would form a 28 mile canal.
The Edinburgh Medical Journal suggests baldness may be contagious, presenting its argument in a concise report. The piece emphasizes observations and speculative reasoning on hair loss spreading among individuals.
A poetic verse urges sowing with a generous hand despite toil and weariness. It promises a harvest in autumn and a table spread for the hungry, linking tears shed to future growth and eventual joy in the reaped reward. The speaker, Adelaide A Proctor, frames faith and perseverance as central themes.
A collection of witty vignettes and sharp one liners touching judges, barbers, forgers, and trains. Observations on manners, mischief, and jokes about Queen’s shops, locomotives, graves, and street chatter.
In a witty Chicago Eye vignette a distressed wife reveals to her husband that her rival Selina Tarbox has a bonnet exactly like hers and is set to appear on Sunday. The scene unfolds with mock melodrama as the two plot to outdress the other while tears stain a three dollar shirt.
Dr. Charles L. Dana of New York reports in the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Journal that oysters do not digest themselves due to hepatic diastase. Experiments show the mollusk does not self-digest its liver, and short cooking does not slow dissolution. boiled or roasted shells dissolve as quickly as raw.
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