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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1900
Page
1
The article notes 11 deaths 62 injuries and 160 minor injuries on the gridiron nationwide in the past football season surpassing the previous year. It also mentions a plan to coin half cant pieces to boost church attendance and sends season greetings to readers from W P Kemble and E B Kemble Mount Carmel PA.
The Porto Rico House of Delegates considers a bill granting suffrage to women, equating it with men. The new government’s legislative branch shows progress, and U S suffragists may soon view Porto Rico as a beacon of enlightenment.
Quay realizes he cannot win a Senate seat with his own party and tries to win over Democrats with boodle from Oleo and Standard Oil. Any Democrat voting for the boss would face enormous personal scorn among fellow party members.
A Williamsport bank lowers the interest on deposits to 214 percent, prompting a lumber city paper to call money a drug in the local market. The situation mirrors conditions seen across the Commonwealth as towns respond to tighter credit.
The Paris Exposition report criticizes United States Commissioner General Mr. Peck for failing to provide a detailed itemized account. A previous partial statement showed 60000 dollars spent. a supplementary report lists department items but cannot yet break out months. Salaries draw strongest scrutiny as critics allege a policy funding junkets at government expense.
A letter condemns a metro area push for a Philadelphia to mail train to deliver early papers. It argues the plan is unnecessary, benefits only city journals, and raises costs for the public. It also notes late-night news and stale early editions reduce freshness in coal region markets.
Letters of administration granted to Bernard I. Cannon for the estate of William C. Cannon of Locust Gap Northumberland County Pennsylvania. Debts to the estate should be paid and claims presented to the administrator at Locust Gap Pa by December 20 1900.
The text outlines U S rules for protecting newspaper subscriptions. It covers continuing subscriptions without notice, subscribers moving without informing publishers, and prima facie fraud for uncalled for papers. It notes advance payment requires notice to stop, and publishers may send unpaid papers. It also mentions arrest powers and risks of long unpaid cycles and postmaster refusals.
A playful holiday rhyme note contrasts Christmas cheer with everyday quirks. The piece wittily mentions the man with the hose as Santa Claus and muses on mixed feelings during holly days while wryly observing people misjudge situations and the value of experience over advice.
The Associated Press reports that Mr. Bryan will publish a weekly public affairs paper named The Commoner starting in January. The IremM welcomes him to journalism and predicts a wide circulation and influential role in urging reform and opposition to monopoly.
Dr Hill delivers an evening lecture at the Methodist Church this Friday. Tickets are selling rapidly and the event is expected to draw a large crowd.
The Item announces office closure for Christmas Day and wishes readers a Merry Christmas.
The American Federation of Labor hosts weekly Monday evening sessions at 7 30 inviting all trade workers to join. The notice lists all trades represented and emphasizes broad participation in the labor movement.
A Detroit Press excerpt describes a sharp young woman who dominates debates with certainty and quick retorts. She needles her father over history and politics, then corners him on family loyalties, provoking the mother to defend her daughter over a marriage plan. The anecdote ends with a quip about a mother permitting marriage.
Western Nebraska and eastern Colorado residents recall the prairie dog as a common sight in villages. Authorities argue the animal harms grazing land and grass growth, prompting a plan to remove them with a chemical mixture. Proponents claim fewer breaks for horses and more grass for cattle, even as wildlife is affected.
Mrs. Lew Wallace chronicles a slow trip through sacred sites in the Holy Land as the Jaffa gate and market bustle, encounters with Arnab and Jeb the desert sheik, and a moving moment upon approaching David’s throne and Mount Zion in a reverent travel essay.
In 1899 June Mr and Mrs Workman completed a daring ascent in Baltistan with Alpine guide Mattias Zurbriggen. They crossed the Brulda river rope bridge near Askole and reached summits of 18 600, 19 450 and 21 000 feet, setting a world mountaineer record for women.
The Newcastle Chronicle describes the Australian bush as somber and sage colored with harsh terrain and scarce shade. Sheep and cattle accompany shepherds and bushmen who live in solitary exile, visited only monthly for rations, returning to civilization to squander wages at the Bush hotel.
Relic hunters uncover a six foot tall petrified Indian in an Indian mound on Thomas James farm near Gunner sville Ohio. Bones arrowheads and relics litter the site and three prior skeletons decayed after exposure. The stone figure was found six feet deep and is now at Mr James home with plans to place it in a museum.
A Rome correspondent reports on Italy’s life prisoners held at Santo Stefano and Portolongone. Details include seven years in solitary with restricted contact, limited food, strict confinement, and minimal daily exercise, followed by gradual social access and continued isolated punishment options.
An American visitor to Cape Trafalgar found a nearby village unaware of the historic battle off their coast five years prior. A muleteer recalled sea fights from youth but had only a vague notion of Columbus as a key figure.
The Atlanta Special travels via Seaboard Air Line 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. Direct connections are made in Union Depot for Montgomery Macon New Orleans and points South and Southwest. Trains arrive and depart at Pennsylvania Railroad stations. For information contact W C Shoemaker Boston Longsdorf McConnell or the Portsmouth General Passenger Agent.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County No. 370 Sept Term 1900 A V to Mary Hraboski respondent you are to appear before the county judge by the first Monday of February to answer the complaint Otherwise a decree in divorce may be entered in your absence Sheriff Eugene B Zerfing Sunbury Pa December 19 1900
Winter excursion tickets are now onsale to Southern Pines and Pinehurst with similar tickets to Camden sold at principal points south of and including Washington DC. Double daily service and through Pullman drawing room and buffet sleeping cars run from New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Richmond. Trains arrive and depart Pennsylvania Rail Road stations with steamer connections at Norfolk and Portsmouth. For information contact W C Shoemaker New York Boston Washington Portsmouth and Allen Portsmouth agents.
Notice to Public states Local Union No. 679 UMW of A urges all men to buy union made goods bearing the union label and to patronize union teamsters and barbers following resolutions passed at the regular meeting December 4 1900. By order of The President.
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