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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1884
Page
4
A New Haven jail tale reports a ghost of hanged prisoner Chip Smith appearing in his old cell. Prisoners describe moans and a hangman's rope apparition, prompting fear and unrest among inmates and staff.
A collage of light jokes and anecdotes from various papers. Cats misread humans in windowed rooms, a Philadelphia expert notes a rare 1884 half dollar, and a girl in Yonkers nervously navigates proposals. A teacher amuses her class, a boy boasts of future clerks, and a Nile hippo story mocks novelty.
Paris November 12 reports 44 deaths in the Breteuil Asylum for Old People as cholera spreads among 250 inmates. Mortality runs higher among men. nuns tend patients as the chapel becomes a cholera ward. Troops are moved to barracks outside Paris. Jules Valles urges migration from slums to wealthier city areas.
Ancient patent medicine advertisement promises quick relief for teething pain and associated ailments. It claims to cure dysentery diarrhea wind colic and inflammation while toning the body and budgets the bottle at 35 cents.
Whitmer and Lincoln of Coburn Pennsylvania advertise coal salt and fertilizers for sale. They note a prepared sale and payment in cash, with one line indicating the August 1, 1884 Coburn, Pa. advertisement.
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