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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1900
Page
1
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A Chicago Chronicle essay portrays sensible women as out of fashion and harshly practical. It recalls a cook treated as an unpaid servant and a harsh view of romance, warning of cold realism driving the young toward despair or renunciation.
In a discussion on the term Chemawa the Indian school site, Thomas N Strong discusses possible meanings. He suggests Chemawa may be a misrendering of chewawa meaning true talk in Chinook jargon and notes Tacoma as white mountain in Puget Sound Indian usage. He adds Mount Baker may be called Okook Tacoma and doubts Tacoma as an Indian name for Mount Rainier.
Grace used the wrong lotion and suffered a painful night as her hands stuck to sheets and hair tangled, leaving her hands looking lobster red after kerosene removal. The Chicago Daily News notes the mishap and upcoming bridesmaid duties amid the fiasco.
French society declares a century ends this year and Paris readies numerous lavish festivities. The city begins preparations for the festive events as New Year approaches.
The report notes Russian Railways as highly dangerous with about thirty deaths or injuries per one million passengers. It highlights the high risk and calls for attention to rail safety.
In a small house at 1218 Cabot Street a youth known as the King of Invalids has not moved from his bed for a decade. Rheumatoid arthritis has left his joints dislocated and distorted, causing extreme pain from any touch. Nurse Miss Carrie Dentry cares for him as he endures a silent vigil with his dog Charles H. Conrad and no hope of cure from eminent doctors.
The Paris housing crisis tightens for low income residents as new apartments rise in price and space. Many find daylight-starved barrack-like flats in taller buildings, while workers migrate to suburbs like La Villette and Grenelle amid rising rents and poorer sanitation. Reformers eye better housing with urban expansion.
The village of Lexington near Clearlake in Le Sueur county Minnesota claims Hiram Baxter is the nation's only blind postmaster. For over 30 years he has served residents and travelers, runs a general store and inn, and can locate any letter, box, or item by memory and touch. He identifies customers by voice, weighs goods without error, and even tends cows by bell cues, proving how he manages business without sight.
Rev Father F B Hayes heads a parish larger than Ireland, spanning parts of Montana North Dakota and Wyoming. Ordained May 17 1899 in Cheyenne he logged 10600 miles first year including long rides to baptize a child and attend scattered Catholics. He walks 18 miles to reach a mission for Sunday masses.
The Patiala ruler and Sikh chief of Punjab, Sir Rajendra Singh, died at 28 after a fever. A Europeanized Indian prince, he wore English clothes with a native turban and led polo and racing pursuits funded by state revenues. The Punjab government will assume control of finances.
The Washington Star notes a decline in fan use across sizes from large to small as women drop traditional habits and fashion shifts emerge. Artful imported Paris fans with dark brown shells and spider web motifs draw attention while domestic gilded paper fans feature scenes from Henry V and L Aiglon.
The domestic goose holds an honored place in Germany's nutritive economy similar to the turkey in the United States. It is a standard luxury for Germans, forming the principal feature of meals during nine months of the year at both festive and everyday entertainments.
Despite unsanitary habits, the Chinese reportedly avoid disease due to well ventilated houses and daily sun baths for children, with sun and air cited as protective factors in this account.
Max O'Rell in the London Mail argues France has rebuilt since 1870 and now fields a formidable 1.5 million man army aimed at defense, not aggression. He says Germans seek friendship with France, and pleads for English kindness toward the renewed nation.
A London Express excerpt notes bank clerks remain well groomed and dressed, yet mutter about absurd restrictions and limited promotion. It describes smoking bans, strict hat rules, weekly wages around 36 shillings, compulsory fund subscriptions, and long hours into the evening after banks close.
The SCOTS EMULSION brand is on every bottle worldwide, reaching millions sold. Proponents credit careful ingredient selection, especially Cod Liver Oil and pure Hypophosphites, for strengthening sickly children and aiding early consumption recovery. Free samples are offered from Scott & Bowne, chemists in New York.
A London auctioneer hawks a mummified Egyptian princess as Lot 270a for £10 10s in Covent Garden. The piece features X ray photos showing bone preservation and mocks modern reverence for antiquities amid a vitriolic critique of democratic times and spectacle.
A stingless honey bee is found in Sinaloa and Tepic producing dark very liquid honey that does not crystallize and tastes sour. The small quantity results from robbing by larger bees, notably tame bees, which exploit the absence of a sting.
English women are not supposed to read the daily newspapers. They take to the weeklies, and that is why London has a number of that class of a high order.
An experienced chemist warns that fresh meat left in a room with tobacco smoke readily absorbs nicotine and may become badly tainted. This finding highlights odor and residue concerns for smoked environments and food handling.
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