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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1900
Page
2
An advertisement for a physician and surgeon, graduate of Jefferson Medical College, located opposite Mount Carmel House on The Avenue in Mt Carmel Pennsylvania. Offers consultations in languages common to the area.
Local advert for Jordan and Co. promotes spectacles and eye glasses with no charge for fitting. Describes available eyewear options and encourages visits to browse styles and find the right frames.
A Russian violinist drew a quiet hush at a Peabody recital as a cough outbreak spread through the audience. A Good Samaritan passed a cough drop along the line in a makeshift relay, ending with the relieved patient grateful for the small aid and the performance resuming.
A Youth's Companion excerpt explains how a two cent postage stamp sends a letter from Key West to the Klondike, traveling through fourteen states, a Seattle sea voyage, and into Alaska reaching Circle City. The 7000 mile journey takes about forty days, with the government losing money on delivery as profits do not accrue from postage.
English physician Flynn argues aging stems from hunger during sleep. He favors a midnight or before bed meal to repair night waste and counteract morning paleness. He warns brain workers lose mental power from fasting and looks aged upon waking.
A proposal suggests Tarbintar as the single word for wireless telegraphy meaning telegraphy without wires. The idea highlights the push for a concise label as the technology grows.
A medical advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney bladder and urinary troubles. It claims Bright's Disease results from untreated kidney trouble and offers sample bottles and a book by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
Twenty eight hundred miles from Seattle via ocean is said to be the richest gold field discovered to date. The first steamer will leave Seattle on or about May 10, 1900 for full particulars maps etc address W. 8 Howell General Eastern Passenger Agent Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway 21 Broadway New York or John R Pott District Passenger Agent Williamson Pa
Tickets on the Mt. Carmel run March 14 for 2.45 round trip to New York. Return must occur by March 16, except the Black Diamond Express. Consult Lehigh Valley agents for details.
Isaace Seaman, a Pottsville grocer, paid 72 dollars after settling with United States deputy revenue collector Clay Evans for selling oleomargarine as butter. About 100 pounds seized earlier were returned. He must also settle with Pure Food commissioners. case not yet before the federal court.
Writs issued from the Court of Common Pleas appoint public sale dates for several properties in Northumberland County. Listings include Beecher led tracts near Montandon Lewisburg and West Shamokin with homesteads, barns, and outbuildings, plus parcels in Delaware and Chillisquaque townships.
The property description covers sixty two acres with a two story frame dwelling barn summer house wagon shed and outbuildings. The sale is to satisfy a judgment against John C U Wenzel with Terra Tenants John J Bieber and Mary L Bieber named. Terms require one hundred dollars down at strike and ten percent on bids over one thousand with balance due within ten days. Sheriff Eugene Be Zerfing to conduct the sale at Sunbury Pennsylvania with deeds due when paid.
A historical ad notes Scott's Emulsion as a enduring remedy for throat and lung issues. It claims the oil is digested better with Hypophosphites and that nine of ten can tolerate it, offering comfort and life extension even in advanced consumption. Sold by druggists for one dollar.
A string of old fashioned superstitions links an undertaker wagon to funerals a mouse in a room with women to distress thirteen guests to pantry shortages breaking a mirror to financial loss and the moon on the left to disaster.
The text traces the shift from private charity schools to universal public schooling, noting the 1802 Bavarian compulsory education law as an early model. It credits the United States with leading progress, emphasizing free primary, grammar, and many high schools, with some states offering free universities.
The New York State Bar Association president urged Albany to explore a $10,000,000 statutory cap on inheritances. He argued large sums confer unsafe power, wealth should not be transmitted freely, and no vested rights would be violated by the change.
A plaintiff injured falling from a barn cupola while gathering pigeons for dinner sues Imperial Accident Association. The Iowa Supreme Court finds the insurance contract, listing him as a housepainter, covers such risks from his Sunday excursion and rejects the defense that the act violated the Sunday law.
The article notes January 8, 1900, as a peak for New York clearing house balances at 19,788,000, with May 23 a close rival and April 11, 1909 above all with 352,188,200. It highlights heavy dividend and interest disbursements driving the record and mentions banks often reporting cash balances from 1,000,000 to 4,000,000 as the era shifts from fabulous to ordinary in finance.
An article describes theories that dreams could be stimulated by sounds or perfumes and that visions might be produced at will. It claims a simple method to see ghosts by staring into a globe of water for ten minutes, with success judged after multiple attempts.
Soldiers endure Alaskan winter with full beards to guard throats and faces while keeping upper lips clean shaven. Breathing moisture quickly congeals into a frozen mustache cake, freezing the face in a sharp, stark scene.
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