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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
1
The week notes Benjamin K Focht questions why he owns a paper while Clarence F Hutu is urged to lead Republicans this fall as their congressional candidate.
Townsman W F King republican candidate for jury commissioner will be handed a gold prick at Sunbury this month. Edward H Hamilton, once a Republican, now supports Bryan and the Democratic ticket citing fraud and extravagance in McKinley’s administration. Hamilton believes McKinley will be defeated due to army frauds beef contracts Cuban frauds and armor plate spending.
Park management in Maysville frowned on young men for dancing in shirt waists. The writer recalls a man who appeared last summer in a golf suit straw hat and overcoat, suggesting a double standard and prompting laughter.
The funeral for Captain Thomas Edwards began in Shamokin and moved to Mahanoy City for services, with interment at Tamaqua. Residents from Mt. Carmel viewed the procession and accompanied the remains to Tamaqua.
Rev T W Heyes united Miss Mary Garrity and Mr Joseph Jordan at St Ignatius church after a bridal procession with rice and shoes. The bride and maid wore organdy. Margaret Gerrity was bridesmaid. The couple will live in Byrnesville. Also reported is the funeral of Patrick Kelly former chief burgess, with high mass at St Ignatius and a baritone solo, pallbearers named, and relatives from Philadelphia departing.
The August Smart Set presents Margaret Lee's The Master Chivalry praised as her strongest work yet. It features a social issue and a daring, magnanimous repayment. Also in the issue are Caroline IX Dyer's My Niece Mrs Dove, Edgar Fawcett More of Life, Nassau-Cassel tale The New Prince Hal by Clinton Ross, and The One in the World by Charles Stokes Wayne.
A collage of comic lines and wry remarks from early 20th century papers. The items range from satirical quips about photographers lovers and bribery to social observations and cartoons. Notable lines reference the brickmaker, Clara in a hammock, a grafter turning over a new leaf, and missionaries interacting with savages in a cynical tone.
United States Consul John C. Covert reports rising tea exports from Anam to France starting in 1894 with 7,500 pounds and climbing to an estimated 140,000 pounds for 1899. Madagascar coffee production on the eastern coast is also set to grow, with 1904 estimates at 713,475 kilograms, while France maintains export duties on colonial trade under the French flag.
Gen. Martinez Campos chased a thief after realizing his gold watch and chain were gone. The stranger surrendered the items, but Campos found his own watch back at home on a table, revealing a mistaken robbery. He now advertises for the honest culprit.
The Buddhist priesthood in Siam is divided into Maha Neknaia the Large Body and Hama Yuta Nekaia the Body Who Follows Righteousness. The former is older, conservative, and populous while the latter is newer, aristocratic, and contains many scholarly leaders.
The sheriff of a southern county exclaimed with disbelief upon seeing a full battleship for the first time. He quipped that it would be a corking county failure to miss such a sight, quoted by Puck.
The Ledger Monthly notes no single belt style dominating this season. Narrow leather belts stay preferred by figures who dress well, while sashes in crepe de chine and mull offer dramatic waist finishes. Suede gloves rise in popularity with affordable options around 95 cents, and summer gloves favor pale tones not matching the outfit.
Housekeeping notes explain a boiler canning setup with a false bottom and air holes to steam fruit while the housekeeper attends other tasks. It also covers paraffin coating for jellies, ham storage in hay filled cotton bags, and using sulfur flowers to fumigate close rooms to kill germs.
Dr. Fillum, a Chicago dentist known for remembering patients, mistakes Angelina Simms of the Waifs' mission for Mrs. Johns. She denies being married and reveals she once received false teeth from him for Mr. Johnson who runs the mission. The mix up ends with a humorous new insight.
A ram is beaten into submission by a man in disguise using a dress and sledge hammer while a cowhand recounts the tale. A second piece mocks telephone etiquette with a list of rules for users and a comic Florida bee tree anecdote.
A hill between Dushore and Laddsburg worries riders as magnetic iron ore in a rock along the road slows speeds and makes climbing difficult. A curious wheelman tested the rock with a jack knife and found the magnetism pulls on steel frames, explaining the unusual resistance.
A vintage simple cream sauce method. Boil a pint of milk before whisking in a heaping teaspoon of cornstarch wet in cold milk. Cook two minutes then cool. When cold, add two tablespoons sugar four pinches salt and adjust flavor with cream or a well beaten egg.
A playful medieval tone frames a scientist claiming music boosts milk yield when timed. A garden scene with onion carrot and parsley delivers a pun about a soap and a child’s response to a gold room offer. The father muses on selling a baby brother for riches. the daughter suggests keeping him until he’s bigger.
Mrs. Mary A Haas aged 75 died Sunday night at her son Edward Reed’s home on East Avenue after a three month bed illness. She had lived in Elysburg for many years until her husband’s death three years ago. Surviving children include Abram Culp of East Avenue. funeral arrangements set for Reed’s Station at 7:35 this morning.
Rev. R. S. Arnd of the United Brethren church travels to Elizabethville to attend the annual campmeeting. His wife and family went ahead several days.
Dr Lashelle offers daily visits from 2 30 p m to 8 30 p m at offices above Samuel’s drug stores. Calls left at Samuel’s drug stone will receive prompt attention.
Week ending August 13 1900 lists letters for J Denny Rufus S Miss Dede Miller Miss Nie Lukas Thos H Williams postmaster.
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