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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1883
Page
4
A children’s column blends a grim Africa gorilla tale with a German home vignette. The gorilla conflicts with humans and elephants in Africa, while Margaret the house-mother cares for ten children including Gretchen. A stranger, Joseph of Austria, rewards their kindness with $100 yearly gifts for Gretchen and the siblings.
London reports the Spanish cabinet crisis remains unsettled though an agreement is expected soon. The Spanish ambassador at Paris has resigned. Emperor Francis Joseph names the King of Greece honorary colonel of the 19th regiment. Lord Landsdowne departs for Canada after his appointment as Governor General. Madrid celebrated America’s discovery anniversary with a banquet for 300 at the Opera House.
Jensen explains a potato blight control method where fungus spores travel from tops to tubers. He advises plowing between rows to form a furrow over the hills and bend tops to hang above, starting mid August. Do not dig for two to three weeks after tops wilt to prevent infection. Field tests reportedly show favorable results.
A courtroom exchange reveals the witness admitting prior oil speculation and current ruin, with the lawyer prompting the shift from oil to bankruptcy and the poorhouse as the poignant verdict of the record.
In Savannah an income exceeding $800 per year is subject to a city levy. The tax rules apply to residents earning more than the threshold, outlining the city’s levy on annual income above the amount.
London reports sweeping resignations in Spain over policy toward France while Russia plans to quell anti Jewish outrages and pirates, with Haiti violence, assassination attempts in San Domingo, and U S political shootings. Added are rail and election notes, yellow fever in Pensacola, and campus hazing at Rutgers with expulsions.
Brewton advises report two deaths since the 3rd instant and thirteen cases under treatment as doctors classify a hemorrhagic malarial fever. Strong pressure prompts quarantines in neighboring towns with trains allowed to pass Brewton. Mobile also quarantined. Government and international notes follow with Irish, Spanish French tensions and other incidents.
President Arthur approves dismissals for Lieut Col Guido Iges and Captain Edward B Hubbard while disapproving others including First Lieut James F Simpson and Commander Frederick R Smith. Interior Secretary accepts the resignation of patent commissioner Edgar A Marble effective October 3 and Benj Butterworth of Ohio is named as his successor. Also noted are defense project updates at the navy yard and Senator Edmunds planning resignation as President pro tempore with Senator Anthony expected to be chosen in his stead.
The markets list shows varied commodity quotes including CPOUR-City Mills at 1.09 and Southern Fulta around 102, with wheat and corn futures noted. Grain concerns span Maryland to New York State, while tobacco leaf and butter values appear alongside cheese and flour prices in a dense, station-style market roundup.
An playful explanation of corn with many puns and jokes. It distinguishes vegetable corn from animal corn and acorn, notes where each corn grows, and lampoons corn dodgers and tight boots. It humorously links corns to doctors, farmers, and social quirks.
The piece argues heat, not boiling duration, does the work in cooking. It claims many cooks waste nutrients by starting meats and eggs in cold water and boiling eggs too long. Proper method: use near boiling water, turn off heat, and let eggs sit ten to fifteen minutes to achieve coagulated albumen with a firm yolk.
A father questions his daughter Mabel about a damaged carnation bed and a quiet thief. The girl avoids the topic by asking about a monkey and mentions her aunt, while the father insists on a direct answer about the flowers. Both cling to evasive dialogue as the issue remains unresolved.
A Utica Louisville gentleman sought a clever way to mail flowers to his wife. A florist cut a potato in two, bored holes, and inserted flower stems, packing with cotton. The recipient reported the buds blossomed into full flowers. Moisture in a potato can sustain a flower for two weeks in cool temps. Bouquets' blooms can be preserved similarly with moss or leaves.
A New Orleans freight office clerk sent a silver dollar to the mint to test authenticity. The assayer labeled it counterfeit after acid testing, but it weighed half a grain more than the standard. Diameter and reeding matched genuine dollars, and after a full assay it proved genuine but nickle plated, a “daddy” dollar.
Senor Ricardo Staven of Valparaiso, a leading commission merchant, reports complete relief from rheumatism after using St Jacob's Oil. He makes this public, noting the oil as a great pain a nisher and urging others to try it.
A woman testified in police court that before their marriage her husband pretended to be deeply affectionate, but since marriage she endures daily harassment and beating from him.
The veteran fish culturist Seth Green explains his lifelong work to hatch and raise spawn, achieving seventy five percent success. He describes pond operations in Caledonia, crossbreeding salmon trout and brook trout, and a wide variety of fish including hybrids. He credits Warner's Safe Cure for malaria recovery and notes the public interest in fish culture rising worldwide.
The notice touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a great anti scrofulous blood purifier and strength restorer for consumption and weak lungs. It claims superiority to cod liver oil, notes sale by druggists, and offers pamphlets for stamps from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo New York.
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