15 Sep 1881
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1881
Page
1
A tribute to a deceased farmer resting by a brook. He lived honestly and upright, revered God and law, though fameless in life. He has ploughed his last furrow and reaped his last grain, and will no longer rise to labor.
In a June city twilight Daffodil Grey reflects on six months of marriage to John Grey in a crowded flat. Homesickness for green grass and rural orchard life unsettles her as Mrs. Mudge’s gossip adds to doubts about his past. A faint hope returns after a park walk and a robin’s song.
A six month bride Daffodil confronts a surprise visitor claiming to be Mrs. Grey of Chicago her husband John Grey remains observed to be in another room. The couple’s misgivings yield a plan for a modest home with a garden and a cottage life as the truth about their marriage unfolds.
Professor Flower reports skull capacities from 960 to 2075 cubic centimeters. He notes the largest averages among west African long flatheaded peoples and lists comparative averages for Laplanders Esquimaux English Japanese Chinese Italian Egyptian Hindu groups. The study highlights regional and racial differences in cranial size.
An 19th century argument favors broad three and a half inch tires for heavy wagons over two inch ones. Broad tires reduce road cutting, ease draught, cut maintenance costs, and even receive toll benefits in England. The piece notes legislative attempts to regulate wheel width were defeated.
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