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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1883
Page
2
Evangelical and Methodist ministers preach next Sunday evening at several churches. Sunday School times listed with superintendents. Reformed and Lutheran congregations also announce preaching next Sunday with pastors and Sunday school details. United Brethren and Presbyterian churches note regular meetings and class activities.
Alfheim Lodge 955 meets Saturdays in their hall on Penn Street. Rebecca Degree meets Thursdays on or before the full moon monthly. Providence Grange 217 meets in Alexander’s block second Saturday at 2 PM and fourth Saturday at 1 PM. Millheim BL & L Association meets Penn Street Schoolhouse second Monday evening. Miliheim Cornet Band meets Town Hall Monday and Thursday evenings.
A lengthy listing names many residents with towns and partial addresses including Bellefonte Howard Milesburg Philipsburg Philipsburg St. College Rock Springs Snow Shoe Potter and others. Roles include HEINLE chair and WALKER secretary with scattered farm and business mentions.
Special dispatch reports Democrats hold New York New Jersey Maryland and Virginia with Ohio as starter for 1884. Mahone era seen as ended in Virginia. Philadelphia Republican majority exceeds expectations as country districts support figures but state outcome unsettled until western counties report.
Senator Stewart endorses Blaine of Maine as the preferred candidate, signaling a clear path to the White House for the planned knight.
The six top U S agricultural products by 1880 census value are corn wheat hay cotton oats and potatoes with values of 600 million 506 million 300 million 242 million 130 million and 73 million dollars respectively. New time pieces will show up to 24 o clock and take effect November 18 on 78000 miles of railroad. The Pennsylvania Railroad will re number its rails.
A Nebraska thief stalks hogs at night using a sponge and chloroform to lull pigs into a wagon. One hog was returned to its owner by a kind farmer, only to be found from the thief later to be the farmer’s own pig. The passage then quotes a Sunbury Democrat correspondent SH praising a moonlit autumn scene full of vivid natural imagery and tranquil countryside.
An excerpted portrait of exchange editors who gather clippings from many papers to fill pages. The piece cites the Pittsburgh Dispatch story of William Lincoln Curtis whose rheumatic condition allegedly improved after taking PERMNA, with praise from his mother and a pastor confirming recovery.
The Harrisburg Weekly Patriot offers varied reading and claims premier AP news access. Subscriptions range from one year for 1.00 to longer prepaid rates and bundled offers with sister papers, including the New York Weekly Sun and Philadelphia papers, with mail price lists and payment methods.
Legal notice describes two stray heifers found Aug 1 in Miles township Centre County. One light red with a head mark and ear notch, the other roan with a red head and ear notch. Owner must pay expenses or they will be sold per law.
Train schedule fragments detail stops at Lewisburg Montandon Mifflinburg Millmont Vicksburg Laurelton Coburn Fowler Cherry Run Wiker Run and connections at Montandon. Timings include A M and P M departures with Nos 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 10 and express connections to Williamsport and East West lines.
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