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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1883
Page
1
Ambitious youth with eager eyes longs for laurels but struggles in vain appears like a mirage. As he matures, obstacles persist yet ardor remains, while elder peers cling to life until deliverance comes through patience.
In Pekasset society Mrs Medbury's party sparks chatter about Lillian Bourne engaged to Squire Rufus Darling. Gilbert Dawson, angered by the rumors and heartbreak, contemplates leaving town. After a confrontation, Lillian reveals true feelings for Dawson, and the pair announce their engagement, silencing critics.
A boy leaves the watermelon patch after declaring a choice to steal. Heaven aids him only to send a stern woman who helps him over the fence and delivers swift punishment with a cross-cut whip, leaving welts and a stark moral moment.
A historical overview explains how dormant Vesuvius and other peaks erupt causing surprising events. It covers rock falls, lava flows, craters forming along fissures, and the role of water in melting snow and triggering eruptions. It notes famous examples and the origin of volcanoes.
An anonymous Cleveland Leader excerpt recounts Mr Charles Latimer championing the divining rod as a sixth sense. He cites aunts, detectives, mine and water pipe discoveries, and a belief that science will eventually recognize this power despite ridicule.
The peanut, long scorned, now yields over 3 million dollars annually and shows rapid growth. It is eaten roasted in- shells, ground into flour for biscuits, and used in pastry as a substitute for coconut. Easy to grow with huge crops, peanuts promise wide use for cattle and humans alike in flour and pastry products.
M Paul Trasenter of Liege provides 1882 coal outputs in metrical tons with figures for Great Britain 158.8 million United States 88.1 million Germany 65.4 million France 20.8 million Belgium 17.5 million and Austro Hungary 18.0 million.
The article surveys German nettle cultivation for textile use and a Dresden thread, then describes Arkansas tumbling weeds mistaken for bisons, conflicting sleeping advice from doctors, an English Oyster and Parched Pea Club with its odd rules, Italy's tree protections, and Brooklyn's tree preservation efforts amid telegraph-led tree mutilation.
A collection of light sketches and quips about social types and habits. A facetious businessman jokes about debtors, a reporter misinterprets boat race jargon, and a Newport fox-hunters tale contrasts pursuit with a cow. A Salt Lake merchant teases an Indiana buyer over civilization progress, ending with a cheeky misunderstanding about a double-barreled flask.
Poem reflects on parting with life the speaker cannot define. The verse contemplates life’s essence and fate after death, asking where life goes and how to recognize what remains. It ends with a gentle farewell urging to say good morning in a brighter clime.
A. T. Stewart's Cathedral of the Incarnation and St. Paul’s School at Garden City, L. I., are finished after five and three years of construction. The project cost about $3,000,000 funded by the Stewart estate. The interior features an Antwerp altar, London stained glass, a $100,000 organ with chimes, and marble crypts. The school houses 500 pupils and is praised as a world leading educational building.
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