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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1883
Page
4
The article argues that despite railroads and telegraph lines reducing some risks, the season's fatalities from lightning remain unusually high in the United States.
The report cites 1881 82 crop data showing a drop in major produce including potatoes by about 1.5 million tons, implying widespread suffering. A treasury official estimates 15 20 million trade dollars in New York banks and predicts a strong lobby to legitimize coin, with 2 2.5 million involved. The Medical News warns cholera risk remains even as water purity and quarantine enforcement are urged. It notes that city geographic areas exceed population in several capitals, including New York Paris London and Philadelphia.
The article notes mail readers deciphering odd addresses like Signigli s Hotel and compares deciphering to nine hieroglyphics. It also explains the milk condensation process, evaporating water and adding sugar for preservation, with dilution needed for use and export.
The piece argues every room in a dwelling should receive sunlight at some point each day. It asserts pure sunlight, like pure air and water, supports health, notes sunbaths cost nothing, and warns against eye discomfort from too much sun. It suggests isolated homes and some townhouses can be designed to admit more light.
A guide discusses preparing a pleasant medicine vehicle with orange-flower water simple syrup alcohol and cardamom tincture for home dispensers. It cautions against hypnotics and advocates rational sleep with meals, liquids, fresh air, and proper bed conditions to ensure even circulation and restful nights.
A reader recounts a tar and trap method to control rats in a house. By baiting a large wire cage and releasing tar-smear ed rats back in their runs, the house remains free of rats from 1875 to 1883. The note claims no other remedy matches this approach for catching and removing rats alive.
A lake once thought to be the Mississippi head yielded a new source lake. An elder proposed coining a name from Latin words veritas and caput. A birch-bark strip gave the syllables five, then dropping first and last yielded Itasca.
London reports France and China both seek a peaceful Tonquin solution with talks possible. Yellow fever surges at Pensacola naval yard while other dispatches note wrecks, drownings, mutinies, and a fatal railroad accident in Illinois.
London Times dispatch from Hong Kong reports France threatens to blockade Canton and Pakoi ports unless Chinese troops withdraw from the Tonquin frontier. the paper cautions France drifting toward war with China. Other items note Croatia unrest, Vienna riot dispersed, and Western events from Ireland to Niagara.
News brief describes live bees arriving at the dead-letter office and treasury fears of counterfeit postal notes. Dispatches from Pensacola report marine illness and a push to relocate troops. Major Nicholson orders move to healthy areas and use acclimated labor. The Postoffice adds county as an identifier on registered mail for safety.
The page reports prices for wheat corn oats and rice across regions including Maryland Western prime and New York State. Fluctuations in flour tobacco leaf and cotton are noted with scattered figures and quality descriptors across multiple markets.
A Boston observer notes a horse in a harnessed line for streetcars stepping to the end of the line when the driver is out of sight. The repeated act, done by one horse to avoid work, suggests unusual intelligence for a horse and prompts reflection on morality.
James White of 1552 Broadway describes a severe shoulder and elbow injury that worsened despite medical care. He credits St Jacob Oil with restoring use of his arm and claims he has advised others who were reportedly cured quickly.
The piece laments how fashionable life imposes drudgery on women who must invest afternoons in calls and social duties. It warns that without awareness the enslaved can miss their children’s presence and simple pleasures, while endlessly revising wardrobes and visiting lists.
Cable dispatch from Holland reports Mason & Hamlin cabinet organs won the Diploma of Honor at the Amsterdam World Exhibition. The company notes a 16 year run of high awards including Paris 1867 Vienna 1873 Santiago 1875 Philadelphia 1876 Paris 1878 Milan 1881 and Amsterdam 1883.
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