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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1883
Page
4
In Harper's Young People a children's column shows Lulu caring for a cat by cleaning, packing winter clothes in boxes with camphor and tobacco dust, then freeing the cat from a doll trunk after tea and toast. The piece preserves playful Victorian diction and domestic scenes.
A mother bakes a cookie boy who lacks joints and a mouth and watches him be placed on a tree and later eaten by a girl. The tale ends with the narrator warning mothers not to give cookies eyes so they do not witness themselves being eaten.
A peddler cannot move his heavy wagon until Billy the horse refuses to budge. After a passerby assumes a whipping is coming, the peddler offers a pail of meal. Billy watches, then accepts the meal, eats, and returns to pulling the wagon. The meal wins over the whip.
A Tropica agriculturist advises a simple ant control method. Spread a thin layer of lard on a white china plate and place it where ants are active. Ants are drawn to the fat and can be cleared with a daily stir to reset the trap.
Mr J K Parkinson of Cincinnati, recently admitted to practice in the US Supreme Court, is likely the only deaf and dumb attorney ever admitted there. He has a broad patent law practice and is noted as accurate and ready. A 50 foot paper pulp chimney was erected in Breslau Germany, showcasing a strong nonflammable material for fire proof doors. Four police officers bore a petition to Parliament urging Sunday closing of public houses, a record document with 590332 signatures on a 4832 yard long roll weighing 350 pounds.
The New Orleans Picayune notes Robert Griffin of London worries the earth may not hold future populations. It suggests he would feel less crowded if placed on an American prairie, contrasting his current crowded sense with a broader horizon.
A harsh note condemns sucine a hog fat butter imitation linked to trichinosis in Cleveland and calls for the venders to face the same fate by being forced to eat it.
A historical note links most U.S. mercantile failures to outside speculation and warns of the risks of rapid wealth pursuit. It discusses climate factors for consumptives and the soil's dampness affecting disease prevalence. The piece also recounts a French professor’s vivisection in Paris, performed on a rabbit in front of female students, illustrating a disturbing, unethical experiment.
An 1877 Hawaii coast tidal wave struck Hilo at 5 AM May 10, overwhelming hundreds of houses and killing fifty. a church bell rang inland as the wave roared. The phenomenon was linked to a May 9 quake near Iquique Peru, with the wave traveling about eight thousand miles in nine hours.
A missionary’s sermon text “Be ye also ready” echoes as natives are stunned and float away, prompting the crew to man boats and rescue many from the waters. The incident highlights a dramatic moment of danger and swift action at sea.
Dr A D Williams described a remarkable amnestic aphasia case in John McWilliams a plasterer who after a fall developed severe word blindness and impaired visual naming of objects. He could understand speech and speak slowly but could not read or write or call family by name though he retained comprehension and some memory.
In a revival gathering a speaker praised Ruth as a jewel between the ermine of the Judges and the purple of the Kings. An elderly clergyman later echoed the line, unknowingly smashing the idol with the same comparison. The exchange underscores a shared literary image among the attendees.
The drummer complains he was sent away from every shop on his first trip with no orders. The boss asks if he received any orders, and the drummer repeats that he only heard orders and none for sales.
Prominent Kansas City attorneys rushed to Topeka to urge Gov. Glick to place Dodge City under marshal law after a bitter feud. The city is known for open saloons and legal gambling, contributing to its rough reputation.
Washington sees reshuffles at federal level as Charles Lyman resigns chief clerk post to become chief examiner for the civil service commission. The President removes Col. C Irving Ditty as internal revenue collector at Baltimore and names J Henry Sellman. British and Irish political and legal items cover dynamite conspirators in Bow Street, Dublin conspirators arraigned, and Cuba Spain prisoner release debates in Parliament. A Paris wedding murder suicide, Fuero and Crook movements on the Mexican border, and a London fisheries exhibition are noted.
A dated letter from the United States Navy aboard the Nomad at Boston Harbor recounts a dramatic illness and a recovery attributed to a medical breakthrough. The writer, once a firm believer in orthodox medicine, describes abandoning older methods after a near death experience and credits a recent discovery with saving his life. He promises to share details at a future dinner and hints at discussing a China cruise.
Rear Admiral U. S. Navy Lon Grance Weende ll of Boston falls ill on a Pacific cruise aboard the Nomad after a lingering cold develops into lung consumption. His son intervenes, Brown the foretop captain and a Chinese medicinen supply a bottle of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. The medicine reportedly arrests the disease during a Montevideo stop and helps the admiral recover on the voyage home to Boston.
Dr. J. L. Myers extols Brown's Iron Bitters as the best iron preparation in his years of practice. The note lists forty-nine female physicians in Brooklyn New York and Farmarper Iowa amid brief health advertising.
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