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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1887
Page
3
We quit the mercantile business and sell general merchandise including ladies dress goods gingham jeans yarn shawls gents underwear overalls skirts glass queensware drugs wooden ware hardware at below cost to clear out inventory.
Local notes report openings, fires, deaths, and visits across Millheim and nearby towns. Highlights include an upcoming dentist opening, school visits by County Superintendent Wolf, fire losses at J.M. Williams farm, and multiple town residents traveling or recovering. Averages and ads for printing and holiday goods accompany community updates and evolving local events.
Israel Weaver plans to burn a lime stack near Danville expecting about 2000 bushels of burnt lime. The district reports hog cholera in Pine Creek area and upcoming butchering. Several accidents are noted including Cyrus Brumgart's wagon incident and Conductor Michael Dupryenne's death. The community covers church work, a Dec 3 lecture by Rev. Steck, hunting news, and local trades and visits.
An advertisement promotion claims catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring a constitutional cure. Trall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo is taken internally, with a hundred dollar promise to cure or return. Sold by druggists for 75 cents with circulars and testimonials offered.
A mountain fire near Sober’s tramway causes heavy damage to timber and fences. Crowds tried to halt it Monday night with little success while local notices reference a repaired mountain road and credit to Jacob Sanders for management.
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