30 Oct 1879
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1879
Page
1
The verse voice laments constant sadness yet counsels choosing optimism. It urges passing clouds and seeking a hopeful sky, claiming peace and love despite grief. The speaker foresees departure of a chief and vows to endure, turning fevers of distress into tempered joy.
A young man grows up in Northampton Clerkenwell and travels to Australia to seek wealth leaving Lilly Graham behind. After years of danger and crime by Simon Rail the man returns as Bob Phillips to confront impostors, rescue Lilly, expose the fraud, and reunite with his true love in a tale of devotion, danger, and eventual happiness.
A party of miners in Yellowstone region built a 42 by 8 foot boat and rode the Big Horn Canyon. They faced deafening river rapids and 500 foot limestone walls while navigating to Fort C. F. Smith, tying up at night and salvaging two logs for survival before emerging into the Big Horn Valley on the third day.
An article describes La Granja as a royal summer residence built by Philip V from 1719 to 1746, with gardens costing 45 million piastres, and notes its altitude and contrast to Madrid. It also recounts a Dublin cab fare tale where two Americans pay a fortune due to a cabby’s gambit, ending with a humorous demand for a spare sixpence.
The article recounts gossips of Parsis in Bombay claiming dead relatives returns to life. It tells of Shapurjee Cahanjeebha, who died in Dehegaum after two days illness, allegedly escaped the Tower of Silence, traveled as a beggar and hakim, and reappeared in Bombay. His family awaits clarification on the truth of these sensational claims.
The piece notes that flour face powder caused food scarcity in Parliament Paris era and rouge remained fashionable. It also mentions the umbrella's evolution from a parasol held by pages to a closed form in 1768. Patterson New Jersey boasted fifty five silk manufactories with twenty five making dress silks.
Lead, tin, mercury, antimony, bismuth, zinc, platinum, cobalt, nickel, manganese, and arsenic are traced from ancient use to mid‑19th century discovery. The text notes sources, properties, and historic figures, citing Basil Valentine, Paracelsus, Ulloa, and Wallaston, among others, with dates spanning from ancient Egypt to 1860.
In glass painting workshops devices affordable to many brighten rooms large or small. Medallion windows show lions, panels with pictures in a mosaic ground of rich colors. Floral borders, heraldic emblems, cords of leaves, birds, and insects decorate the panes with geometric patterns. Some men cannot stand prosperity, other never get a chance to try.
A long story chronicles a wife scheming to fix a lye barrel to save money while her husband initially ignores her plan. After repeated insistence she perseveres, endures mess and heat, and finally produces a large pot of soft soap worth about a half dollar. The tale notes the domestic upheaval and the messy effort.
A collection of terse statements on love from Pope Gethe Sid ney Rochefoucanid Richter Balzac Alger Congreve Ovid and others. The lines compare love to virtue sun warmth safety wealth belief trust and credulity.
The King of Denmark escaped unharmed after his royal carriage collided with a vehicle driven by a young actor near the seaside road to Bernstorff Palace. The actor’s confusion followed the incident as the monarch advised him to study his coachman role more carefully to avoid losing the privilege of future performances.
Fragmented meditation on virtue, happiness, knowledge, and self examination. It argues that faith and perseverance strengthen virtues, urges honest self-review, and contrasts meekness with zeal while stressing that true happiness comes from aligning will with divine purpose.
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