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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1880
Page
3
A terse promotional note extols the Cash Store’s lower prices claiming 20 percent savings versus Penns Valley vendors. The ad touts the brand Cash on a banner as the secret of low prices and invites shoppers to compare with old time prices while promising unbeatable value.
Local items highlight a crowded candidate field for Bellefonte Post Office and a busy Journal Store with new stock and sales. Skating on Musser’s dam and a deer hunting tally mark seasonal activity, while a Dauphin county murder case is reported near Uniontown.
Pedro the largest hog in the state, owned by Joseph Kremer of Mansion House Watsontown, will be slaughtered on Thanksgiving day as crowds gather. The event draws attention for its weight estimates and batch-prining plans with lard production and suppers for friends.
In Kingston North Carolina on November 22 a merchant named E C Spence was found guilty of attempting to kiss Mrs M E Waller. He received 30 days in jail but on appeal the jury affirmed the verdict and the judge increased the sentence to a $50 fine. The court lamented the law limited punishment but deemed the offense worthy of harsher action.
In Barryville Sullivan county district school teacher Reuben Frazier flogged George Shik twelve for tripping a girl. Shik refused to kiss the girl and was flogged again. Parents arrest teacher on assault and battery. judge sustains him. case to county courts. Separate note lists four Pennsylvania coal mine fires Keeley Run Shenandoah Coal Castle Summit Hill and Butler Pittston with years burning.
On the fourth inst. at Tylersville in Clinton County Pennsylvania, Miss Mary Jane Spangler aged 37 years 3 months and 7 days passed away.
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