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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1885
Page
1
Central Hotel at the corner of Main and Jay Streets in Lock Haven Pennsylvania stands as a notable city site referenced in the record.
Mortimore recalls meeting Sophy Adriance on the Harlem River and Charley Dresden’s engagement. A banker, Bullion, plans to marry Sophy, leading Mortimore to misread events. Sophy reveals the truth, and a mistaken jealousy is cleared as Charley and Sophy’s families resolve the matter at a wedding cake.
A satirical verse mocks shifting standards in courtship as a girl lists ideal husbands by age. At sixteen she wants a man with quirky shoes and a tiny moustache, at twenty a chief justice with tin, at twenty five a congressman, at thirty a country doctor or preacher, at thirty five an itinerant tinker, and past thirty five any man who wears pants from editor to coachman.
An old farmer is confronted by a spectral accuser in a midnight visitation over his abuse of a poorhouse boy. The confrontation reveals neglect, lack of medicine, and harsh living conditions leading to the boy’s death in a snowbound garret. The scene shifts to an asylum where Tom Poorhouse lies dead on a straw bed, the snow blowing in.
A New York tale centers on Young Snobberly living near Jay Gould who accuses Gould of selling him worthless stock. Gould insists the paper is fine but admits signature validity was misrepresented. The incident prompts Sage to remark on people who take things for granted.
The note dates to 1399 B C issued by the Chinese government and kept in the Asiatic Museum in St Petersburg. It records issue details and forgery punishments, illustrating early banking and printing history. A strange town dialogue questions the need for a local paper, joking about news, real estate voices, and new lawyers.
An Arkansas traveler describes a patient merchant in a crowded store who gracefully handles a lively woman in a green sun bonnet and her several children. The scene shows the merchant managing clatter, inquiries about jeans and calico, and the bustle around crockery and a water bucket.
A correspondent details Mexico City’s floating gardens or chinampas near Santa Anita. Reed and water plant beds form islands raised by turf strips and willow roots, yielding onions cabbages radishes carrots and flowers. Indians exhibit expert yet simple cultivation while boat life and village scenes color the journey.
The thought-reader placed his hand on the man’s head then struck him a fierce blow on the nose. When asked why, he explained that the man must not think that the reader is a fool, asserting he won’t tolerate such thoughts even from someone as big as a house.
Henry and Johnson advertise Arnica and Oil Liniment as combining curative oils with Arnica to heal both people and animals. Each bottle is guaranteed to work.
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