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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
1
The article discusses Christmas gift ideas emphasizing books as ideal presents. It notes government expenditures varying by race and suggests a simple rule: when in doubt, give a book. It recommends age appropriate gift books for youths.
The passage claims the Democratic party remains alive through repeated claims of its leaders being alive in prior elections. It argues the party thrives even when opposed by factions and insists it will persist as long as the Republic exists.
Natalie's big engine 777 broke down reaching the backswitch last evening, refusing to proceed. The four coaches were towed to Greenridge by gravita ton, and Mt. Carmel employees returned home from there.
CG A Gable of South Oak Street welcomed a guest with notable warmth on Wednesday as his home echoed with the heart of a young son. The scene reflected his generous spirit and family joy.
Nome City resident Hatton L. Helwig visited Thursday to see his boyhood friend. He was a guest at his cousin Attorney P. A. Vought while home for a few weeks.
A New Orleans telephone operator describes daily call patterns at the exchange. Calls surge after four, peak 9 to 10 with up to 4000 calls, then decline toward 1 30. Busy periods align with market and business hours as long distance gossip rises by six.
A New York Tribune report recounts a bride lamenting unmarked silverware gifts and notes a showpiece unmarked item returned to a store. A charge customer then exchanged it for credit, exposing flaws in gift value and prompting calls for deeper engraving safeguards.
The commercial value of tobacco rests not on nicotine but on unknown compounds that give flavor and aroma. Compounds vary by leaf grade and do not correlate with aroma color. Nicotine drops during curing while flavor develops, possibly by bacteria in curing.
Katie dislikes Mr. Rex despite his money and year of courtship. Katie's mother questions why he has never given her anything. EC notes that Ife offers a chance to get to bed at a reasonable hour unlike other young men they know.
A collage of short humorous and human interest snippets from various papers. Jokes about work and charity mix with trivial domestic scenes and a lawyer’s odd divorce complaint involving a dog being hit. The tone mirrors early 20th century newspaper miscellany.
A trip through historic bets and oddities recalls wagers on elections and public events. Philadelphia ale bets at Blue Anchor. Jay Gould steamboat stakes. George Train duck suit wager. Ezekiel Timroeck’s church join bet ending in a fatal duel. a Dublin orange barrier joke and jaunting car driver tales.
A playful tale on Annie and the mystery of a surname leads into houseware trends. The column then surveys furniture, iron and brass beds, folding dining tables, and evolving linen fashions with examples like snowdrop patterns, damask borders, hand embroidery, and spachtel cutouts.
A Philadelphia Bulletin feature notes the saying Nearly all the troubles in this world come through money and pairs it with a remark about borrowing trouble highlighting a reflective contrast on finance and fate.
The fashion scene shifts from box plaited skirts to a gathered waistline style once known as the housemaid's skirt. Once popular earlier in the century, this silhouette is again favored by leading fashion figures and deserves a dignified title.
Four cups of whites six cupfuls sugar, butter milk, flour, walnuts, raisins, and baking powder, with a chocolate icing. Housekeeper.
Window gardening advice urges removing crowded growth and buying new stock in spring. Keep foliage clean and free of insects, wash leaves weekly, loosen topsoil crust for air, and ensure proper watering in cold weather. Provide sun, train plants, remove dead leaves, and avoid haphazard care.
The Atlanta Special runs via Seaboard Air Line and Florida and West India Short Line with through Pullman drawing room and buffet sleeping cars from New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Richmond to Athens and Atlanta with connections to Montgomery Macon New Orleans and all points South and Southwest. Trains arrive and depart at Pennsylvania Railroad status. For information contact WOC Shoemaker New York. Longsdorf Boston. McConnell Washington. EB St John Portsmouth. LL Allen Portsmouth.
Tickets for winter excursions to Southern Pines Pinehurst and Camden available at principal points south of and including Washington D C. Double daily service and Pullman drawing room and buffer sleeping cars run from New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Richmond with connections via steamer at Norfolk and Portsmouth Virginia. For further information contact W C Shoemaker Eastern Passenger Agent 1206 Broadway New York L Longsdorf New England Passenger Agent 806 Washington Street Boston MA W M McConnel General Agent 1424 New York Avenue Washington DC or General Passenger Agent Portsmouth VA E St John VP GM Allen Gen Pass Agent
Within two months 3800 foreigners direct from Europe have arrived at Hagleton to work in the coal mines. They are affecting wage levels by replacing Hungarians and Italians who left the region during the strike.
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