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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1883
Page
1
A reflection valuing a healthy body mind and compassion over riches. It extols a restful life for workers the comfort of sleep and simple joys, contrasting them with luxury and grandeur as a balm for toil.
A farm girl Dotty disobeys Aunt Themis by leaving doors open and traps a burglar in an old chest until allies arrive. The tale blends domestic mishap with a brisk rescue as the trio retrieves silver and vows secrecy. An accompanying feature outlines ostrich farming in Anaheim California with age value ranges, hunting methods, and plumage worth.
A traveler Mr. Gilmour in a desert journey avoids asking about a revolver. He answers truthfully and faces distrust. The guide proposes a different tactic, suggesting to reply what if he had one or not, and the missionary adopts the prudent line to deflect impertinent questions.
The author explains he often writes with help when gout cripples his hand and a young amanuensis, sometimes a girl of seventeen, assisted by allowing his outbursts. He states The Moonstone was dictated and he has never read the finished novel.
Jean Trottet born 1831 in Arare lacked hands and feet yet learned to write with a bend elbow and move by twisting his body. He farmed hay, drove reins with skill, won village shooting prizes, was sought for advice, and left a widow and four children.
A wife tells her husband she cannot carry the bundle, and he replies he cannot bear the two children. She urges consideration, joking that she is like a wagon. He denies the comparison, humorously noting a wagon would hold its tongue while she never does. Arkansas Traveler.
Reports cover a range of unlikely findings from a new pork parasite happlo coccus reticulatus found in 30 to 40 percent of animals, to malaria blood parasites in oscillating forms obstructing capillaries. Also noted are plant color influences on bees, gnats carrying malaria germs, and a new explosive panclastite. A Belgian coal mine yielded iguanodon bones with three years spent extracting twenty three skeletons.
A Forest and Stream report explains a bat’s remarkable perception beyond vision. Wings and facial membranes provide heightened sensitivity to air currents and temperature, enabling precise navigation even in cluttered rooms with eyes closed.
Noted oculists advise blue to smoke colored glasses to shield weak eyes from red orange and yellow glare. A scientific paper suggests red yellow lamp light from gas or candles can be softened by chimneys or globes in shades of light marine blue. A long light blue chimney on a petroleum lamp is said to produce daylight like brightness with a nearly white flame.
A humorous verse notes the speaker’s desire for diverse music and disdain for certain forces that steal time. The piece contrasts cheap old songs with modern distractions and praises Eugene Field’s presence in Chicago News as the new focal point.
A collection of brief witty lines and observations on politics, laundry, talking, weather, and daily life. Jokes reference dentists on the stump, babies, milk pitchers, barbers, telephones, and married couples with humorous twists. An assortment of quips from newspapers.
A discussion of how clothing and natural fur insulate the body by adding layers that slow radiative heat loss. Texture and porosity, not color or material alone, govern heat retention, with references to early experiments by Rumford and others.
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