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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1900
Page
3
A plaintiff sues Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co for 1000,000 damages alleging breach of a 1894 option to lease Nottingham culm dump at Plymouth. He sought rights to use all culm, build a washery, and sell coal sizes, but the company refused.
A Wednesday evening procession of the Teamsters Protective Association winds through the town. Marshals Zimmerman and Jones lead a long route past decorated wagons, the American band and 8. V. Drum Corps providing music. Participants include undertakers, hardware, sewing machine, grocery and blacksmith firms with wagons boasting bold props including a blacksmith forge and a wagon displaying three effigies labeled scabs.
Mrs John Nobles Sr of Ashville Road West Side recovers from a serious illness and is pronounced out of danger. Dr P F Faughman treated. Aristopher McGinn Jr of East Market Street ill with Brights disease. Miss Bridget Noble of Philadelphia returns home after illness of Mrs Nobles Sr. Locust Spring colliery shaft sinking continues but coal flow delayed. County Commissioner Michael Lagger ill, hospitalized in Pottsville. Edward Tobin and Charles Regnery visit Sunbury as C R Savidge authorizes limited governmental input.
Assemblyman P F Criste and W H Hastings editor of the Record, both of Milton, called at the Irma office and inspect the inner sanctuary. Criste seeks reelection to the Legislature and may run for the Senate. Hastings hopes to become county chair next year.
Gordon & Co advertise a complete line of spectacles and eye glasses. The listing emphasizes full selection for eyewear needs.
The Reading Railroad has contracted Bald win Locomotive Works to build thirty locomotives in three classes ten heavy freight ten fast freight and ten passenger engines. A composite order for 2950 coal and gondola cars was placed with multiple manufacturers including American Car and Foundry Company Detroit and Milton along with Reading Car Shops. Additional orders include 1000 high side gondola cars and 250 low side gondolas from Press Steel Car Company and 30 standard passenger coaches from Wason Manufacturing and Harlan and Hollingsworth of Wilmington Del.
In Eckville Albany township Berks county a card party ended with a devil figure appearing promising wealth to a signer. One player fled and others left windows. Some believe a trick was played while others doubt it. Card playing halted for a time.
A satirical guide describes entry to the printing office with odd rituals. It details knocking, giving name and address, the editor receiving a ten dollar bill as a countersign, and the editor offering a receipt after reporting locality news.
Three men were arrested at Gap on Wednesday for malicious mischief and carrying concealed weapons. Judge Reed sentenced them to thirty days in jail for the first charge and ordered further court on the second. Names given: James Daily Richard Ryan and Charles Wolton.
At a Harrisburg meeting of the Pennsylvania State Editorial Association a resolution condemning trusts and tariff protection was adopted amid debate over white paper price increases. Officers elected include President William C. Krees and Adison B. Burke as vice president. John Carl Sr. and John Stine resign from P. R. C. and J. Co. due to ill health, with Peter Brecker slated to assume their duties. the losses are described as hard to replace.
Judge Savidge holds license court Monday as many county applicants seek liquor permits. The town has a broad pool of candidates from Mt Carmel, with more applicants than the town can accommodate.
Deputy Sheriff Shipe was in town on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Eisenhower and family of Reading were guests of J B Kauffman and wife this week. C S Miller mall manger of the N Y Racket Store returned to business here after two weeks visiting relatives in Lock Haven. Miss Emily Wanamaker of Sunbury was a town visitor Wednesday evening. Mrs M W Watkins and daughter Genevieve returned home Thursday after a visit with Baltimore relatives. John C Harris of Shamokin a representative for the International School of Correspondence at Scranton spent several hours in Mt Carmel Thursday evening. He traveled to Mt Carmel by trolley.
December production of anthracite coal is estimated at 4,600,000 tons. The year totals about 48,000,000 gross tons shipped to market, marking a record year for the important industry.
Alexander Savage once a Bloomsburg resident and Sunbury jeweler allegedly vanished after closing his shop. Now writing from Madrid he claims to be a high ranking Spanish army officer with vast wealth, a return long awaited by relatives who thought him dead for decades. He is related to jeweler Menagh of the city.
A room lit by gas causes cut flowers to wither. Beef extract is derived from whale meat in Scotland. Cocoanut oil may improve eyebrows with simple application. A touch of soda in water helps grease on dishes significantly.
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