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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1883
Page
4
The article details leopards tracking dogs and even attacking pets in camps and hill stations, noting many Indians have tragic experiences with this leopard mania. It also recounts monkeys reacting to leopards and Dryden’s panther perfume belief, concluding panthers can be tamed with lavender water.
The Campo Verano crematorium in Rome was used for the first time to cremate Signor Cipriani, an Italian senator, taking two and a half hours. It joins Gotha Milan and Washington Pa. as notable facilities. The Egyptian style building features three chambers, a tall above ground section, a register room, and a vault with porcelain bronze and silver urns. The system uses wood and coal heat, not gas, and aims for simplicity, low cost, and dignified presentation.
The article notes chicory farming as a future California industry with early plantings a decade and a half ago along the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers. It explains processing steps from root cutting to drying roasting and grinding, and contrasts chicory’s flavor with coffee drawing European use and preference in France and Belgium.
A survey of 1883 tidbits covers cholera cycles, leprosy reports among Norwegian settlers in Wisconsin, Mecca pilgrimages as a potential trigger for conflict, and iron’s rising value surpassing gold and silver. Weather patterns, London pawnage, and Dakota land settlements are also noted with figures and projections.
London reports a French steamer Amerique missing after Havre to New York voyage. Zululand descends into anarchy while Madagascar’s throne passes to a niece. Incidents include a major train collision near Steglitz and a deadly church lightning strike in Lagos Mexico. Promotions, politics, and rail news fill the day.
Lonpoon Aug 31 reports talk of examining Shakespeare remains and skulls. Hue occupied by French. cholera deaths in upper and lower Egypt. Morocco apologizes to Italy over Tangier issues. Hungarian decree on martial law executions for outrages on Jews within three hours of sentencing. Dutch Arctic expedition rescued at Vardee after Varna foundered. German Reichstag passes Spain treaty commerce vote with indemnity. Gallatin MO trial in Frank James case includes alibi witnesses. Gen Shelby fined and rebuked. Newfoundland storm casualties 80. August debt reduction about 6 million. Asiatic cholera reported in Milwaukee. Texas cattle fever outbreak in Detroit and on a Genessee county farm. Charleston News and Courier shows 75 million business. phosphate exports high. cotton mill products near 6 million. Irish immigrants shipped back to Canada from Buffalo. fire in Petersburg Ind. injures square. Petersburg fire loss 60,000. St Louis bonanza with ancient relics cave discovery.
An excerpt notes pervasive smoking in Mexico across society. Students earning praise are allowed cigars during lessons, schoolmasters smoke constantly, and courtroom practice permits defendants to light up with the guard’s help if their cigarette goes out during arguments.
A San Francisco brick from a demolished building revealed microscopic bacilli-like organisms under magnification. The observer notes their chainlike motion, semi transparency, and a scintillating spinal-like column. The piece argues against porous materials underground, urging solid rock concrete or terra cotta for foundations below sidewalks.
A Batavia dispatch notes danger to navigation in the Sunda Strait as new islands rise and the Krakatoa area erupts. Sixteen volcanoes appear between the former Krakatoa site and Sibisie Island, with vast lava and ash plains. Death toll estimates reach 275,000. Bantam becomes an ashy desert. Soenge pan splits into five parts.
July revenue receipts fell short of June by 2 713 628 40 dollars. Dudley pledges to crush fraudulent pension claim agents. Treasury acts to curb cigar box stamping frauds. Public lands continue rapid disposal with 19 035 683 acres taken this fiscal year, up over 5 million from last year. Acting Secretary French orders review by Treasurer Wyman and Comptroller Knox into notes found on the department floor. clerks blamed for carelessness but exonerated. Wyman explains the loss of 10 000 in canceled notes, noting employee carelessness but praising their character.
The market page lists flour at 4.25 in Baltimore and multiple grain quotes including wheat 115 1/ ms, corn southern white around 60, rye and oats figures, and hay straw prices. It also shows cotton middling, tobacco leaf, butter, cheese, eggs, sheep and lambs prices, and New York cotton and assorted Western dairy quotes.
A mischievous lady bets a pair of kid gloves that ferry boat passengers will glance into the cabin mirror. After three hundred passersby, every man looks but no woman does, leaving the gentleman perplexed by the reflected vanity among men and the restraint of women.
An advertisement touts Dr Worthingtons Cholera and Diarrhoea Medicine as an infallible remedy for stomach and bowel complaints. It claims broad physician adoption and lists a price of 25 and 50 cents per bottle.
A humorous jumble notes a señorita threatening a photographer with a pistol to secure a returned love, then shifts to ads for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. It mentions Brown's Iron Bitters, social lines at Long Branch, and local quips about meals, gout, and misprinted reputations.
Edison claims profit from invention hinges on ingenuity. The text cites urinary and bladder disease references and a pharmaceutical mention, reflecting fragmented 19th or early 20th century ad copy tone. The fragmentary quotes imply commercial and medical topics interwoven with branding.
In 1875 a Boston woman describes severe kidney disease and a rapid recovery after six bottles of Hunt's Remedy. She credits Dr John Woodbury for diagnosis and urges others with kidney or liver complaints to use the remedy. Two letters from 1883 praise the medicine and urge its use by friends and family.
GEO. P. COX of Malden Massachusetts attests to complete recovery from a kidney complaint using Hunt's Remedy. He states he now recommends it daily to friends who he says have all benefited by its use. Dated April 23 1883.
J C Gray of Dadeville Alabama writes that Dr William Hall's Balsam for the Lungs cured his mother after four weeks bedridden with a cough. He claims the medicine saved her life and notes five other cures, praising its superiority among lung remedies.
Letters from Dublin and Maldon claim Hop Bitters cured bilious fever back pain loss of weight and chronic headaches. Testimonies say one bottle relieved pain two bottles restored strength and appetite restoring weight and energy after years of illness. Endorsers praise the remedy as miraculous and essential for recovery.
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