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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1900
Page
1
The page lists senatorial and local election candidates for 1900 including S. P. Wolverton and John T. Fisher with districts Shamokin Milton and Trevorton. It also quotes McKinley on Alaska and discusses revenue stamp duties affecting drugs banks lawyers insurance and telegraph firms.
The Democratic victory in North Carolina is sweeping as the constitutional amendment is adopted. The text claims 7,000 illiterate black voters were disenfranchised from future contests, asserted to have been the stock in trade of Republican leaders. The piece adds that intelligent Black voters and whites supported the amendment and expect improved political stability for the state.
The Allentown Call writes that nature was unkind to William Waldorf Astor and jokes his exile from English society. It notes his move from the United States to England and his renunciation of allegiance to the United States.
The passage recalls how Astor failed to enter elite English circles after insulting a friend of the Prince of Wales. It notes his boast about birth in England, the cod-fish aristocracy stigma, and his ultimate social exile, despite wealth. It contrasts his rich status with lacking national belonging.
Mt. Carmel Lodge No. 366 BPOE plans a clam bake at Getler s farm with nearly all members of local and neighboring lodges and many friends expected to attend. The Elks are praised as popular and leading citizens with wishes for a good time and prosperous Order.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Brunner have returned from their wedding trip in June and Cambridge Massachusetts. Brunner took a special summer course at Harvard College before resuming duties as assistant high school principal. They reside with Mrs. Brunner's father Robert Penman on West Avenue.
A Shamokin woman tried using coal oil to kill lice on her poultry. She saturated the roosts and roof, then set a match to the oil. The fire burned the coop to the ground.
Saturday night two masked men entered the Girard colliery mine and took the pumpman William Heffner’s entire pay of about 25 dollars. They escaped undetected. Monday morning Joseph Sherobitz was arrested and brought before Justice Amour on charges of complicity in the robbery.
Ben Meredith a well known Mr Carmel citizen of East Sixth street had his hand blown off at Richards colliery Monday morning while preparing to fire a blast. Doctors Williams and Millard treated him and he was removed to the Miners Hospital for care.
The P and R C I colliery employees in this district will not receive their semi monthly pay until early next week, making it three weeks since the last payment.
The article surveys popular talismans among women noting white elephants as a safe general mascot while criticizing wear of lizards bells and jeweled charms. It argues astrology may guide choice but warns many charms invite misfortune and urges cautious superstition.
George Westinghouse advocates central gas generation and pipe distribution to power gas engines and electric generators. He envisions installing the system with railway electrical equipment and using fuel gas to light and power Manhattan island.
A novel device records employee arrivals via a sensitized photographic ribbon attached to clock work. On arrival, workers press a button and a photo of the person plus the clock moment is imprinted on the ribbon, claimed to produce up to 40 photographs per minute.
A light exchange in the Somerville Journal invites a midnight elopement with an electric automobile at 11 o'clock tonight. The proposal prompts a witty reply about preferring an electric car to avoid gasoline odor.
Recited curiosities include thimbles first made in Holland and brought to England in 1695, a French inventor's compact bag ready bicycle, improved sailor safety statistics, ancient Corinthian versus Corcyrean sea fight, Missouri tobacco revenue dominance, Chicago Public Library circulation record, Macoupin carriage air jets, and Judge Foote's orange joke illustrating legal phrasing quirks.
The town of Somerville in Lincoln County Maine, once Patricktown plantation, faces bankruptcy with a nominal $80 000 valuation and $30 000 debt. It has 450 residents, faded industries, and no tax payments for years. Officials seek a sale to a buyer who might use the land as a private park, but no offers have been made.
A French inventor offers an automobile trolley that is propelled by the electric current while connecting the carriage to overhead wires. It moves with the carriage under driver control, preventing strain on the connecting wire and avoiding the usual disconnects when a vehicle slides side to side.
A European social trend favors Japanese servants described as clean and discreet. The Jap, likened to the Frenchman of the east, may wear native dress with family crests while in service, adding dignity and novelty to households. The piece hints the trend could spread east and address servant shortages.
The article argues that women should prioritize well lit ventilated closets over many small dark ones. It warns against damp dank clothing and emphasizes light airing windows, dusting street wraps, and using muslin bags for delicate garments. It also covers folding waists and storing dresses properly.
A column urges mothers to choose boys attire with restraint and practicality. It contrasts girlish fashion with boys fashion, noting many mothers dress eight to ten year old boys in childish outfits, while English boys adopt sturdier styles like stiff shirts, collars, long trousers, and Eton jackets as they shed ribbons and mosquito bitten legs.
A home recipe instructions simmer stewed tomatoes with spices for 15 minutes then press through a sieve. Dissolve soaked gelatine in water, mix with vinegar, pour into molds, chill until firm, and serve on lettuce with mayonnaise garnish.
The article describes new veils with clear fabric and small black spots on white and pink tulle. Veils are tied beneath the chin, a revival of an old fashion, and can be cut to length without turning in, designed to remain barely noticeable over hats.
A recipe instruction to fry onion in butter then brown veal pieces, season with salt and paprika, dust with flour, add stock and simmer one hour, then add diced raw potato and cook twenty minutes before serving.
Boil 1144 cupfuls of rice keeping kernels whole then fold in juice of two lemons when halfway cooked. Layer in a fruit dish with strawberries and sugar, repeating until finished. Top with cream to serve. Observes New York Tribune style.
The Tat market report shows varied demand with coffee and bread goods steady to rising while whisky declines. Social notes recount a Kansas incident of homicide threats and elopement, a birth joke about Jim Jones’s son, cropping outlooks, a comma misprint tale in a Greenley county paper, late arrivals at Frankford church, and a cheeky store encounter with live chickens.
Miss Anna Donlan a nurse at City Hospital Baltimore returns to work after a one month leave to care for her critically ill niece Mary Florence. Donlan has completed two of her three years at Baltimore Hospital and now sees improvement in Mary Florence under her care.
Dr Lashelle can be consulted every day from 2 30 p m to 8 30 p m at his offices over Samuel s drug store. Calls left at Samuel s drug store will receive prompt attention.
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