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Newspaper

Millheim Journal

Location

Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1886

Page

3

Autumn noises and town updates in Millheim

Readable notes from Millheim column describe band festival preparations at the town hall, new store openings on Main street, fruit and cheese ads, local building, a hensery enterprise, fire at Lose and Son’s planing mill, and upcoming sales and public notices. Includes weathering signs of autumn and community events.

New York J. W. Stover Main Street

Rain Lifts Spirits as Farmers Trim Corn

Sunday brought welcome rain across Smith town with farmers cutting corn. The Millheim band played homeward tunes after a cave picnic Saturday. Local traders and neighbors, including J H Frank and Henry Keen, boosted activity with sales and horse trades.

Smith

Distillery Appoints Squire Gettig Storekeeper

Local notices report Squire Gettig named storekeeper at the new distillery. Steam threshing ongoing for Sam Ulrich. Creek low with dirty dam risks sickness. Rain noted last Sunday. G A R day in Lewisburg drew large crowds. Trumpsheller seeks Congress on prohibition ticket. Discussion of Lemont excursion and Lewisburg fair picnic plans.

Squire Gettig Sam’l. Ulrich Lewisburg H. H. Trumpsheller Prohibition Congress Lemont Lewisburg Fair Vale

Community Notes and Local Appointments in Aaronsburg Area

Bellefonte lawyer J C Meyer visits friends while Rev Ivy leads Baptist pulpit at the new church. Henry plans no partnership this time and J C Rote visits his mother Mrs Simon Rote in Bellefonte with family. Katie Musser leaves Oberlin for Warren Ohio to attend school. Millheim band reps J Hartman and Chas Albright solicit festival support for next Saturday. Prof Bierly of Brushvalley stays in town signaling another Aaronsburg singing class this fall. Rain disrupts bush meeting near Woodward with a few locals present. Thos Harper distributes milk cans in town for Haines township customers. John Behm of Michigan visits Chas Stover. Mary Huston from Clearfield visiting uncle Jas P Coburn. Detwiler daughters Lulu and Anna injured their fingers in a feed cutter. advise caution with machinery. Teachers’ examinations yield selections for Haines township schools. openings include Aaronsburg No 1 D Foreman, No 2 B F Edmunds, No 3 Miss Mary Bollinger, Wolf’s W Keen, Woodward N W Spangler, Vanada W Winklebled, Vine Creek Z D Thomas, Cassler’s Ad A Martin. Haines township schools start Oct 18. ANOTHER.

J.c.rote Bellefonte Simon Rote Katie Musser Warren Trumbull Co Ohio Oberlin John Hartman Chas. Albright Millheim Band Haines Township Aaronsburg D. Foreman B. F. Edmunds Mary Bollinger Wolf’s School Wm. Keen St. Paul’s Woodward N. W

Farmers sow wheat and cut corn amid picnic plans on Nittany Mountain

Farmers finish sowing wheat and begin corn cutting while residents plan to attend the Granger picnic atop Nittany Mountain on Thursday. Prof. A Bierly of New York visited recently to canvass for a local vocal music class. Mr. Simon Small died Sunday at 4 30 am and was buried Tuesday in Union cemetery. Director Rossman of Gregg township has Yearick school house carpenters at work on a new roof and seats. Dreydoppel’s Berax Soap ad promotes a sample pound as the best and cheapest soap used by leading eastern cities.

Nittany Mountain A. Bierly New York Simon Small Union Cemetery Rossman Gregg Township Yearick

Local Notes From Spring Mills and Area

Geo Mertz the Bibby hack driver broke down last week while en route from the depot to the hotel. C A Weaver of Aaronsburg was seen in town. Maj J B Fisher has gone to Minneapolis to attend the Miller National Convention in which he is a prominent member. H G Shafer trains a fine pair of Texas ponies for harness, soon to be driven in service.

Geo. Mertz J.W. Bibby C. A. Weaver Aaronsburg J. B. Fisher Minneapoli Minn H. G. Shafer

Local notes recount farms, trades, and community events near Millheim

The column lists chores and contracts including Lewis and Harvey Bierly to chop cordwood for J. W. Snook, Wm. Kreamer selling two horses, and Sheriff Roger seeking pranksters who placed stones in his buggy box. It mentions John Ware leaving for Spring Mills, Mr Shrack visiting from Tyler'sville, a cave picnic, and hunts, school plans, painting, and obituaries for Simon Smull aged 44. It closes with advertised remedies and a millheim shop notice.

Lewis Bierly Harvey J. W. Snook Wm. Kreamer Roger Wolf’s John Ware Spring Mills Spigelmyer Mr. Shrack Tylersville Geo Crouse Charles Haines Charley Narrows Kreamerville John Klinefelter Millheim Jno Spangler Forest Leitzell MiMinburg Aaron Leitzell Simon Smull Madisonburg Smull

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