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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1885
Page
1
Listings show D H Mingle physician surgeon with offices on Main Street Millheim PA opposite the public school. Geo B Frank notary public. D E Deininger. Deeds and legal papers drafted and acknowledged at moderate charges by experienced providers promising modern accommodations.
Carrie Wilmont defies her father’s disapproval by secretly plotting to marry Robert Walden. After a failed elopement thwarted by a fallen tree, a dramatic pursuit ends with her father recognizing Walden as a worthy suitor. Carrie and Walden wed with family approval a month later.
The San Angela paper recalls Andrew Jackson Potter the fighting parson who preached on the frontier for 16 years. He narrates escaping bullets near Avalade and preaching to soldiers, gamblers, and a poor old lady who dropped a $5 gold piece in a collection.
On a Cincinnati riverboat a Baptist preacher and a Methodist minister board the vessel in meek disguises. As the ship sails toward Cairo two men vow to abandon honest play and resort to highway robbery, retreating to dodge a wary clerk.
A venerable tramp enters a Texas business house claiming misfortune and presents forged certification from Parson Jordan of Galveston. The merchant recognizes a forged signature, revealing the mendicant’s duplicity and his attempt to bluff the local trade. The incident underscores the man’s supposed misfortune as a front for deception.
A traveler recalls meeting a hostile Alabama planter near Selma who refused hospitality until a sample from Warner's Safe Cure was given. Six weeks later the man is transformed cheerful and affectionate, with his wife praising the medicine for renewing their happiness and reigniting love in the family.
In Newry area farmers faced a charging bear while hauling timber. A farmer, with no weapon, swung onto a yoke ring and rode between two oxen as they fled downhill to safety, the bear clawing at the cattle but unable to reach him. The scene occurred as the oxen bore him to the foot of the mountain per Lewistown Journal.
A couple in a parlor stands three feet apart as a man asks Matilda to marry him. She hesitates, meditating on his aging future and her own uncertain response. The scene captures doubt and unspoken questions about commitment and time.
Henry W Shaw known as Josh Billings died in Monterey California the other morning from a stroke of apoplexy He was sixty five born in Lanesborough Mass in 1820 He led a frontier life before settling in Po ughkeepsie New York devoted to editing a small paper His fame grew from the phonetic spelling of his sketches and the Farmers Almanac which sold well The New York press praised his wit and wisdom and admired his domestic nature He wore his hair long to hide a defect
Two country Jakes enter a famed New York eatery fail to read the menu and order a mysterious drink called verdon. A French diner identifies the beverage, the pair sample it, remark on its lack of vigor, pay nothing for the bill, and depart declaring the drink seemed like water.
A dramatic railway car moment unfolds as an older man, accused of harassing a young woman, faces a bold demand for fifty dollars. The woman’s bargaining, the man’s eruption, and the crowd’s reaction culminate with a dramatic threat of exposure and a public scene as the train nears Dayton.
Captain Gilderdale recalls encounters with sea elephants off Behring Straits. He describes their toughness, fierce reactions when dying, and methods to harvest blubber and oil, noting creatures up to twenty five feet long and the dangerous steps sailors took to kill them.
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