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All business promptly attended to. Collection of claims a specialty. Office opposite Eisenhuth's Drug Store. & SMITH Hardware Stoves Oils Paints Glass wa papers Coach Trimmings and Saddlery Ware. Shop next door to Journal Book Store Illheim Banking Co M Main Street Walter cashier A Harter on Dav Krupa pres Rebersburg Pa Satisfaction guaranteed.
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Notary Public
Scribner and Conveyancer
Millheim
Main Street
Eisenhuth
Journal Book
Death and Peace in a Sea of Endless Blue
Poem contemplates death as a tranquil release from earthly toil. The speaker imagines a serene afterlife where death brings rest and emancipation, contrasting mortal fear with a calm shore of eternal light and unending sunset. The vision includes angels as weary children guided to repose.
Shadow on a merchant's hearth and a daughter's reunion
Maurice Greenwood, a wealthy merchant, lives alone as a shadow of regret lingers over a lost wife and daughter Annie. By visiting Annie’s grave and meeting her daughter Grace, he seeks forgiveness and makes peace with the past, finding renewed happiness in Grace’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Greenwood
Will
Annie
Miriam
Myriam
Hom
Maurice
Grace Brown
Frank
Grace
Job
Grandpa
Frank Shirley
Greenwood & Co
Darling
Japanese air cushions surpass rubber in several points
The article notes that Japanese air cushions can be rolled into compact packs when unused and do not stick together when wet. They are odor free for pillows, extremely strong, with a 160 pound tester standing on one without bursting, and are reportedly waterproof and effective as life preservers.
Aunt Betsy’s Ride After Spy Captured at Mug Tavern
Mrs See known as Aunt Betsy recalls the moments after Major Andre’s capture. Anxious Skinners carried a blue coated prisoner toward Mug Tavern near White Plains. Aunt Polly Reed, famed for curiosity, learns the news and races on her white horse shouting that the spy has been caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Pauliing
Aunt Polly
The Legend Behind the House of Württemberg Name
A burgher loves the Austrian emperor’s daughter and they flee to Swabia to open an inn named Wirt am Berg meaning the Landlord at the Mountain. When the emperor visits his daughter, the couple pleads for forgiveness and the son‑in‑law is made a duke, preserving the name Württemberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wurtemberg
Austria
Swabia
Wirt Am Berg
Proverb on Fruit Timing Highlights Spanish Practice
The piece notes a Spanish proverb about fruit timing with fruit categories and meals. It contrasts American eating habits with Spanish practice and suggests juicy fruits like oranges should be eaten in the morning before breakfast for health benefits.
Hops in England and America Rise in 16th Century Style
During Henry VIII's reign hops first appeared in England and by now about 64 000 acres are devoted to their production. Kent accounts for 40 000 acres with most remaining in Sussex Hereford and Hampshire. In America the Pacific slope yields 120 000 to 130 000 bales this season. Bavarian hops are regarded as the best and lager beer drives cultivation growth as hops become essential for daily use and medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry VIII
England
Kent
Sussex
Hereford
Hampshire
Amerca
Pacific
Europe
Leaning Towers Across Britain and Their Causes
The Caerphilly Castle tower in Glamorganshire rises seventy to eighty feet and leans eleven feet. Other crooked structures include Bridgenorth and Corfe Castles shaped by gunpowder. Chesterfield Cathedral’s spire leans four feet four inches from the perpendicular, with theories ranging from unfinished work to decayed timbers and sun exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Caerphilly
Glamorganshire
Bridgenorth Castle
Shropshire
Corfe Castle
Dorsetshire
Charles
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
Chesterfeld
Institute of British Architects
The Value of Wives Across Distant Lands
The article cites Henry Lansdell and Wilfred Powell on wife prices and status in distant regions. It notes American wives as costly companions, while in River Amar Assyria and Riveria wives fetch eight to ten dogs or brandy, and in New Britain wives are bought sold and eaten by husbands. Powell reports cannibalism and missionary meat, urging women not to emigrate to New Britain.
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Bromley
New Brunswick
John Franklin
Rochester
Arctic
Turkey
Morocco
Adam
Eve
Noah
Moses
Potiphar
Daniel
Hosea
Belzebub
Napoleon
George Washington
Zack Taylor
Frank Pierce
Henrietta Robinson
P. T. Barnum
Globe
Garden of Eden
Crossing of the
Red Sea
Tomb of Semiramis
Lion’s den
Battle Fields
Bunker Hill
Waterloo
Buena Vista
Polar Sea
Bay
City of New York
Nol
Connecticut
America
Amar
Riveria
Henry Lansdell
Wilfred Powell
New Britain
Guinea
Powell
Census to Reveal Rise in German Population in December
The next census of the German Empire will occur on December 1. Estimates suggest a 5 to 10 percent population increase from the last tally of 42,750,000 in 1875. Prussia, with about 25,750,000 people, operates nine universities and two nearly universal institutions.
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German Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
Berlin
Breslau
Gottingen
Bonn
Hall
Konisberg
Greifswald
Marburg
Kiel
Academy of Munster
Lyceum of
Braunsberg
No clear headline from this fragmentary text
The provided text is a philosophical assertion about forming judgments by recognizing good qualities before condemning faults, with no specific event or identifiable figures. It reads as a general moral statement rather than a news item.
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Bellefonte
C. T. Alexander
M. Bower
Lexander & Bower, Attorneys AT Law
Bellefonte, PA
Garman’s
B. Linn
Attorney AT Law
Allegheny Street
Dale
Diamond
Yocum & Hastings
Attorneys AT Law
High Street
First National Bank
M. C. Heinle
Centre County
Wiser F. Reeder
J. A. Beaver
J. W. Gephart
Gephart
Alleghany Street
High
A. Morrison
Woodring
Court House
Keller
Lyon
Jon G. Love
W. P. Wilson
Business Cards OF Millhelm
C A. Sturgis
Bank
Milheim, Pa
C. Deininger
H. Tomlinson
Milheim
I. Brown
Main
Bank, Millheim
Penna
Justice OF the Peace
Millheim, PA
Main and
Penn Streets
Millheim, Penna
Acob
Illheim Banking Co., M
Walter
Cashier
A Harter
Dav. Krapa, Pres
Rebersburg, PA
Sam Spots
Paris
Charles VII
Rouen
France
Germany
Spain
Edward III
Petrarch
Rome
Chaucer
London
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
Pinkerton
Lawrence
Ransom
New York
Bothnia
Old Country
Scotland Yard
Channel
Pars
Greece
Wall Street
Athens
Egypt
Cairo
Bombay
Suez Canal
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Wabash
St. Louis
Pacific Road
Sing Sinz
William Allison
Conway
Muscadines
Wurtempberg
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