18 Sep 1879
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1879
Page
1
A reflective scene of a parent reading by twilight as children gather close. Tales flow from a mix of truth and legend, blending Indian lore with biblical imagery, while dreams of the future and moral guidance fill the quiet room.
Clarice Manderson seeks pardon from Harold Hepworth after a past love and a widow’s loneliness. Meta Hepworth mediates showing sisterly support, and the father forgives Clarice for the sake of their grandchild Stephen. A gossipy tone remains about the great house.
A playful reform of the margarine cup title in the article contrasts crude naming with a genteel “Little Buttercup” rebranded as a more refined descriptor. The piece notes reader reactions and social tone.
In a New York City scene at Jefferson Market Police Court, John Judge in a red shirt faces ten days? actually five days in jail after a civil court encounter. The cantankerous exchange with officers and the judge reveals a comic argument over fate and weather affecting him.
A Maysville Ohio man engaged to be married to Dora dies after his fiancée falls ill and dies. He writes of drinking and then poisons himself with prussic acid. He is buried beside Dora in the cemetery with monuments valued at not less than $500 to mark their graves.
Report describes a scaled plan for a balloon driven path along lake shore posts with guide rails and an endless wire rope to move cars or floats. The system uses pulleys and grappling hooks to advance and stop, promising low construction cost and scalable multi car operation, with a company forming during a stay in Borneo.
The naturalist recounts shooting a massive orangutan in September 1878 along a Borneo river, describing the creature’s size, the riverine scrubland, and the chase with native assistants. He recalls the catch and notes locals named the prize Rajah Pedang, Governor of Pedang.
A wife narrates the chaos of her husband’s restless nightly habits and Sunday routines. She describes his hurried actions, clumsy slips, and constant reading as a “streak of lightning” she fears may endanger him if not tempered.
A crowd gathers as Rev Dr Macleod nears opening a new church. An elderly man, Duncan, voices conscience over a clock face that shows only a fixed hour, claiming the face lies on the house of the Lord. The exchange ends with a rebuke over hair in church.
An antiquated professor valiantly struggles to shade a young lady in Central Park while she demands sunlit exposure. The passage meanders into Norse myth references to nocturnal riders in Edda lore and Teutonic Mar forms, linking folklore with a humorous domestic vignette.
Fragmented text ties the Mar nightmare to Valkyrie figures the Little Battle Rider and the Witteije Riding Maiden, linking nocturnal specters with Odin’s shield maidens and Holda, amid later folk tale echoes and a Detroit bar anecdote. The piece blends myth, superstition, and a surreal meeting at a bar with a mysterious traveler.
A Cynthiana township farmer visited a town store to buy goods. He rode an elevator to an upper level, asked “On where?” and marveled at the ascent. When his son came searching, the farmer declared he had come up on the cellar door, and it’s up here yet.
A scientist reports inhalation of spirits of turpentine causes headache giddiness eye irritation throat inflammation and vomiting in humans and animals. Prolonged exposure increases tolerance and animals dying from acute poisoning show congestion and spirit droplets in the blood.
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