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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1900
Page
2
Rev. Arthur H. Smith describes Chinese ferry crossings with heavy carts and up to 30 animals. Teams unlash the edge of the boat, force reluctant beasts forward by tail, lever, and ropes amid loud struggles and beatings, then load the cart and animals onto the ferry for the crossing and dense tumult on both shores.
At Cape Cod near Buzzards Bay residents, including families, hunt arbutus blossoms each spring. The Mayflower is shipped to major eastern cities, commanding high prices. Professional harvesters stake claims, making gathering May flowers one of Cape Cod’s important industries.
A Philadelphia surgeon exposed a bank president’s belief that hair grew in his throat by threading hairs from the doctor’s wrist down the throat. The success ended the patient’s malaise and earned the surgeon a generous fee, as reported by the Philadelphia Record.
British statisticians tally the cost of influenza over ten years. Two major epidemics in 1891-92 and the recent winter boosted property subject to death duties by roughly 150 million and 140 million dollars respectively, with tables showing influenza as the main driver of the rise.
Julian Ralph relates that when Gen. Cronje was brought to the British camp all his belongings were in a sack. His wife Fran Cronje’s wardrobe was in a pillow case and the chief item in the case was a silk dress seized from Lady Sarah Wilson.
A Brooklyn group called The Deserted Hens formed to combat loneliness on Saturday nights. Women met for cards and supper while husbands left at home, then men began arriving at 11 PM, reversing the prior isolation. the nickname lingers despite changes.
The article cites Army and Navy Journal observations that five to six years in service leaves many soldiers with battle heart. Tight uniforms and belts squeeze the chest during marches, causing flushed faces and overtaxed hearts that often fail under the stress of deployment.
A leading city woman golfer says the sport steadies nerves and builds self control. The New York World notes the outdoor vigor invigorates and equips women for greater effort while silence amid play trains self discipline and focus.
The text traces Philadelphia’s original two by one mile bounds laid out by William Penn, successive annexations, and how modern cities like Boston, Greater New York, and Chicago expanded beyond old county lines. It notes consolidation via city and suburb cooperation and then cites increasing complexity in city governance as urban areas enlarge.
Until 1627 Chinese hair was long and coiled on top with an ornamental pin. The Manchu edict requiring the pigtail as a sign of loyalty transformed this hairstyle.
A vintage piece recounts two odd wedding payment tales. One groom cannot pay three dollars upfront and offers weekly installments accompanied by a joke about installments. A southern minister recalls a wedding where the groom pays with cornhusks and two fowls, left on the porch as payment.
Milwaukee leads U S cities in German population proportion at 66 percent, with Hoboken second at 57. New York 8 percent and Chicago 37 percent. Wisconsin tops states for native born Germans at 17 percent, with New York having 543000 Germans and Illinois 326000.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offered a round trip fare of one full fare to Mt Gretna for the Farmers Exposition, August 20 to 24. Tickets valid August 18 to 24 may be used for return until August 27 from key stations on the Northern Central and Philadelphia and Erie divisions. Inquiries to ticket agents for schedules and rates.
Tickets on the twenty seventh Inter-State Grange Picnic run August 27 to September 1 at Williams Grove Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion fares August 2 to September 1 with return by September 3 at one fare for round trip from East Liberty Bryn Mawr on the Northern Central Railway through Stanley Division Waterford area.
A government official recalls meeting a seven year old Bostonian girl on an eastbound train. The girl chats about altitude with wit and humor, noting family choices between lower altitudes in Boston and higher ones in the mountains. Her father remains unfazed by altitude debates.
An imprint advertises a postpaid offer to every married lady in the United States for a free sterling silver plated sugar shell. No payment required, limited to those who request it, with choice of 40 cent designs and illustrated samples. Quaker Valley Mfg Co Chicago to promote their wares.
The six Rocky Mountain states Colorado Idaho Montana Nebraska Utah and Wyoming rely on irrigation for most agriculture. Water distribution is regulated by law with roughly one dollar per acre. Nebraska and Wyoming employ water commissioners to handle applications and disputes. in the other four states litigation is common.
A snowstorm caused heat from quicklime stored by a Hebuterne farmer to ignite a shed, destroying the structure and all contents after being left on site overnight.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets from its line to Chicago at a single fare round trip for the Thirty fourth Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Tickets sold August 26 27 28 with return until August 31. extendable to September 30 for fifty cents with joint agent deposit before noon September 2.
The Methodist Episcopal Sunday School expands with a new one story brick structure by contractor George Morse. Ground broken recently and masonry begun. The building seats 160, features circular windows and modern ventilation, to be ready October 6 for primary department use and adult class expansion.
The Quaker City reports Philadelphia population at 1,298,607 in 1900 up from 1,045,964 in 1890. Citywide gain equals 240,?78 or 28.57 percent. 1880 population was 47,170, up 199,704 or 28.08 percent from 1881 to 1890.
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