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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1882
Page
1
A poem contrasts bright May days with bleak November evenings. It speaks of a beloved voice, a haunting memory, and the tension between hopeful dreams and life's hard, weary reality. The speaker wanders between light and shadow, cherishing a vanished face as time and fate blur.
In Pumpville a scheming clerk Selvidge wooes Miss Perris and Miss Florence Vernton for money. He moves to New York chasing farther fortunes, marries Kate, then Florence surfaces. A planned elopement ends in exposure as Kate and Florence confront him at Plum Wall Seminary with eggs, unraveling his ruse.
A proposed route links New York and Boston to Oxford Nova Scotia and Cape North to Galway Ireland, reducing transatlantic travel via land rail and a short sea crossing. The plan aims to cut ocean time to four days, enable daily sailings, and bring Europe travel closer to Omaha or New Orleans in ease.
The article explains Sir William Thompson's deepsea sounding device using a sealed air-filled glass tube in a brass tube with iron sulfate. Water pressure forces iron sulfate up the tube to measure depth via color change, claiming superior navigation utility at full ship speed.
The Treasury Department’s Secret Division hosts a rogues gallery with about 2000 counterfeit portraits, a $800000 hoard of redeemed money, and exhibits on famed forgers like Halleck and Bradwell. A cash-room robbery and a hollow cane filled with coins are illustrated alongside notes on plating and raised money.
A corner ornament features three ebony or ebony-appearing shelves with back railings and attached lambrequins in drab satin old gold and cardinal shades. Painted violets and scarlet flowers decorate each shelf with fringe, ribbons, and decorative stitching. velvet can replace satin with gilt cord edging to conceal tacks.
A prize for best assortment was awarded by the judge. The menu includes olives sardines sandwiches cold salmon with horseradish sauce salad lettuce aspic prawns brown bread and butter plovers eggs galantine quail pie veal fricandeau eggs jelly truffles. Substitutions for economy include capon and fewer truffles artichoke or asparagus with oil and Tarragon vinegar. Fruit tarts cold plum pudding cream cheese and strawberries iced coffee or chocolate curacao for the ladies and champagne for the men.
A short excerpt suggests value in listening over speaking, noting that one who hears much but says little is welcome in both towers and courts. The line reflects medieval or classical wisdom on discretion.
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