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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
4
A Philadelphia Inquirer quote recounts a summer theater man and Jim debating how to stretch ten cents for beer. They attempt to buy four times as much with a pitcher, but the saloon keeper shorts them, leaving only a brown liquid at the bottom. They laugh at their misadventure.
Mrs. T. Rorer argues in the Ladies' Home Journal that modern life wears nerves thin and taxes digestion. She urges mothers to fortify bodies and brains with simpler meals and less reliance on rich pie based foods to sustain health as pace and complexity of digestion challenge endurance.
In a Paris civil court ruling, Abbe Breton, vicar of Meaux Cathedral, was fined 200 francs and costs for leaking confidences given in his role as confessor. The case centered on church and civil law protecting priestly secrecy and upheld that confessional confidentiality cannot be breached even for personal interest.
A physician in Woman's Home Companion warns that worry and haste become harmful habits. The writer argues worry poisons home life, passes to children, and stifles progress, while those who avoid worry are labeled idle yet often accomplish more.
Delicious dish of peaches described with steps to halve and sugar the fruit, rub butter into flour with baking powder and salt, add egg milk and mix to a batter, bake in a greased pan, and serve with cream and sugar.
An old detective recalls trapping a West Side safe cracking gang years ago. A pied piper informant promised to expose the crew, but the heist on Clinton street was postponed by a messenger note. Police surrounded the messenger as no burglar tools were found.
A roomful of Kansas Chicago politicians discuss prohibition and election issues at the Sherman House. A lurid anecdote about a telegraph operator who, after consuming alcohol from an unclaimed barrel, discovered a dead body preserved in the liquor, leading to his abstinence and a noted career. other quoted items recount Winston Churchill on Pretoria and prisoner exchange.
The Chinese empire is about the same size as the US including Alaska and Mexico and holds about six times as many inhabitants. It covers nearly 1,000,000 square miles more than Europe and has a population similar in size to the United States.
Dr. Anna M Sawyer, an American dentist, has hung out her shingle in Manila and reports abundant demand for her professional services. The New York Sun notes her high esteem in the profession and her initiative in establishing practice overseas.
A described poison called ezeal causes a person to begin briskly walking in small circles until they collapse dead. There is no pain but great excitement described. The text notes its use by certain Indians of South America.
The piece credits Ferdinand De Lesseps for shaping empire by completing the Suez Canal and altering global power. It notes the ongoing orient conflict and links scientific and commercial progress to an inevitable end brought nearer by his achievement.
Train departures listed to Buffalo Scranton Wilkes Barre and New York Philadelphia with specific times for MT Carmel Centralia Shenandoah Mahanoy City Pottsville Hazleton and Coal Branches. MT Carmel to New York Philadelphia and intermediate points with weekday and Sunday services and through baggage checks emphasized.
Timetable shows trains from Mt Carmel to New York Philadelphia Reading Pottsville Sunbury Williamsport Alaska and more with numerous weekday and Sunday departures and varying times. Miners' Alaska trains run only on weekdays and feature many routes and numbers.
Schedule notes show Atlantic City divisions leaving Philadelphia from Chestnut and South Street wharves. Timings list weekday express and accommodation trains to Atlantic City Cape May Ocean City and Sea Isle with parlor cars, plus a New York to Atlantic City express and departures from Reading Terminal Philadelphia.
The notice promotes direct P. and R. routes to western cities including Cleveland Detroit Chicago Omaha Butte Portland Seattle and other western points. It highlights fast time low rates and superior equipment across a scenic country and directs readers to Powers P. and R. agent for rates and details.
Train times listed for Mt Carmel routes to Shamokin Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia New York and more including Elmira Watkins Canadalua Buffalo Rochester Niagara Falls and westbound services from Harrisburg to Altoona Pittsburgh and Chicago with various daily express and mail services. Time cards and full information available at station ticket office. J B Hutchinson and Jon Wood are listed as general managers.
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