19 May 1881
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1881
Page
1
Advertisement fragment mentions AVID I BROWN as tinsmith and dealer on Main Street near Bank Millheim PA, with Eisenhuth justice of the peace, and fillaEiM Banking Co Ave A Walter cashier. Harter auctioneer in Rebersburg PA offers collection of claims and guaranteed satisfaction.
A reflective monologue on longing for perfect happiness while weathering endless delays and unfulfilled desires. The speaker laments that joys elude them as days and years slip by, realizing they may risk aging with unseized chances and missed pleasures.
Alice Ford endures a love triangle with Bartholomew Errett and Arthur Kelham. A staged shark scare is revealed as Boon’s broken boat, not a predator, clearing the way for Arthur Kelham to win Alice.
The article recalls General George W. Jones of Iowa who left the U S Senate in 1859 and attended the 1881 Senate session as an ex senator with Moor privileges. It highlights his long career alongside Clay Webster Calhoun and Sumner and his ties to Jackson, Webster, Jefferson, and Native leaders Black Hawk Keokuk Poweshiek. Jones is described as a historic, vital man of the west and a Civil War era soldier who remains hale and active.
The piece tours a Montmartre area used as an artillery park and a squalid chiffonniers quarter where tradesmen and denizens toil amid wind and debris. It also recounts Charlotte Cushman’s youthful romance, a Boston upbringing, and a dramatic clash with Conrad Clarke ending in divorce.
The narrator describes Afghan officers sharing tea and saliana with soldiers and even passing tobacco, while officers and privates exchange small favors. Discipline remains intact with rare use of corporal punishment, observed only twice for horse bay theft during the stay.
An odd dog named Bismarck with one eye, three legs, and a mangled tail wanders with a bullhead and catlike appearance. He ignores strangers unless called Shack, answers to Bis marck with a cry, and shows fierce reactions to stones and a pavement. His distinctive traits include scars, triplet diminutive hair, and stubborn instinct.
The scene portrays social visitors in a mansion parlor discussing dresses, furs, and the value of a seal skin cloak. Mrs Smith’s husband bought it for four hundred twenty five dollars, sparking envy and chatter among callers about wealth and debts.
The article outlines invitation costs for 100 to 500 guests, noting $20 per 100 plus $5 per extra 100, with discounts above 500. It contrasts floral decorations and more modest greenery, and weighs catering choices, from self-prepared to hired services, with per capita catering ranging from $1.50 to $12. It cites wedding cake prices, trousseau expenses, and overall ceremony costs from $500 for attire to $1,000 plus for a daughter’s marriage.
A long haired, low voiced man in worn gloves and a coat asks Detroit police how far he can go to honor George Washington on his birthday. He plans to drink, wave the flag, deliver gentle speeches, hurrah softly, read the Declaration, and end with the song My Country, Tis of Thee, then retire.
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