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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1887
Page
3
E. C. Campbell & Son announce quitting mercantile business and selling general merchandise at cost. Items include cotton yarn, shawls, underwear, overalls, skirts, glass and queensware, drugs, wooden ware, hardware, with special bargains on boots and shoes, hats and caps, and buggy whips. Store on Main street invites patrons to view prices before buying elsewhere.
Community notices include store ads for journals and goods, church announcements, upcoming sales and auctions, medical endorsements, personal updates, road and turnpike discussions, and local visitor reports, reflecting daily life and commerce in Millheim and surrounding townships.
Local election outcomes brought mixed emotions among candidates. Community notes report butchering events, hunting trips, boarders filling homes, and ongoing bridge repairs. Water warnings and a funeral for Joseph Rinkart are mentioned among general town life and travel notes.
A marriage record notes the 50th annual ceremony at Spring Mills officiated by Rev. J. Shambach. The couple Jacob Whitmyer and Sadie Burns of Coburn Centre County Pennsylvania are joined in matrimony.
Adam Grant Wohlfart, son of George and Elizabeth Wohlfart, died the 11th at Wolf's Store. He was 19 years 6 months 9 days old and buried in the Brumgard Lutheran cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. J Dotterer due to Pastor Lenhart's illness.
Mr. Nerhad plastered his dwelling last week and a mountain road overhaul was done. The water company cleaned its canal and cistern in preparation for winter. John Keen’s house gained a new covering and Dr. Musser is building a chicken house and large ice house on his farm. John Kimport has mason Rhowls at work on a double furnace and bake oven. Joseph Grossman plans to sell next spring and leave, John Kern intends to quit farming, and W C Duck bought John Keen’s colt Jumbo.
The article notes new bolting cloth at the mill improving flour quality while detailing visitors, hunting reports, sales, road scenes, school notes, and community events across Brush Valley Narrows, Pine Swamp, and nearby towns. It mentions residents like Frank Guiswite, James Vonada, John Orndorf, and many local happenings from deer hunts to road accidents.
Chas. E. Roger of Syracuse Kansas returns home after visiting in the county. J. Wesley Gobble travels to New Berlin for a funeral of Prof. A. E. Gobble’s late son. James Hanna’s buggy broke through Muddy Creek bridge but both horses escaped with minor bruises. John P. Condo buys land from I. J. Grenoble for future improvements. A party left for seven mountains for a week of hunting led by Capt. J. H. Bibby was among them.
Community items from Centre Mills recount crop concerns for 1888 campaign and hopes for recovery. Local events include moves to nearby farms, funerals, yard improvements, accidents, entertainment by musicians, a death, visitor arrivals, weather remarks, and small incidents among residents.
Election over hints at new direction as road crews lag and Lutherans survey church lot. Daniel Roush remains critically ill, while Michael Miller eyes Elias Miller property. Simon Beck and Reber plan county canvass for plating orders and Newton Fredler visits Pennsvalley later this week.
Market listing shows prices for red wheat white rye and barley with notes on roller flour common flour and salt per barrel. Coal quantities include Nab coal and chestnut coal with small stove items and a mention of ground plaster priced at nine dollars per ton. Special prices offered.
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