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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1900
Page
2
The 1901 Press Almanac offers a wealth of facts and records for the opening year of the century. Priced at 25 cents, it serves as an encyclopedia of the past year and a guide to the future, available from news dealers or The Philadelphia Press.
George W. Mosely of Philmont New York sent messages to eastern Pennsylvania mayors proposing a knitting factory to produce 800 dozen fleece lined underwear daily. He asks local business men to form a company with at least $50 000 capital while retaining control and management. He promises a 20 percent earning potential.
Citizens apply to the legislature for a special act to elect a justice of the peace in each borough ward in addition to the two existing Borough justices. The legal application is signed by James Smith P W Houck Thomas T Williams Luke Walsh and Gordon Brown.
The Atlanta Special runs from New York and major eastern cities to Athens and Atlanta with through Pullman drawing room and buffet sleeping cars. Direct connections are made in Union Depot for Montgomery Macon New Orleans and other southern destinations. Inquiries to several regional agent offices are listed.
Crandall, ex-centre rusher, obeys a doctor's orders and relocates to Ocean Springs Mississippi. He befriends a local granddaughter under protection of a pirate grandfather and faces threats from the towered house, a bold romance amid a vendetta.
A Chicago Tribune quip notes Rivers, in a jesting exchange with Brooks, admits heavy smoking of vile cigars but aims to quit on New Year’s Day.
A witty verse notes new habits sweeping clean and growing thinner with time. It hints that small details fade as routines settle, suggesting steady simplification.
A humorous exchange notes New Year resolutions and spending, with Crabshaw joking a man must swear off many things after Christmas while Judge Tennyson quips about wringing out napkins and old habits in the town column.
A writer argues that loving work for family makes housework attractive. It teaches time and money sense, efficiency, and precision, shaping a girl into a capable homemaker and future breadwinner through focused, punctual, thrift-minded effort.
Truxton Beale former United States minister to Greece argues that wealth misused by millionaires harms society. He cites Adam Smith and notes unproductive extravagance in palaces yachts and racing stables distorts public wealth and productivity. Public opinion should push the multis to spend more simply and with better taste.
A Philadelphia Press snippet shows a sea captain protesting to avoid holding a baby, citing fear and past sickness while a determined mother insists on showing how heavy the infant is. The exchange blends humor and domestic scene in a vivid old newspaper voice.
Investigators report 25 of 28 Tanagra figurines at the Boston art museum are forgeries. The forgeries have stirred artists and critics due to the Boston pieces’ reputation as prime Tanagra specimens and widespread cheap imitations. The collection, valued at $30,000, was donated to the museum.
British authority John Marshall first signalled the Appleton figurines were spurious. A New York Greek shopkeeper traced a 1874 Athens origin and named the master forger, with 15 accomplices now in prison. Curator Robinson led a museum-backed inquiry. the figures were scraped and the forgery exposed.
Local Union No. 679 U M W C A in pursuance of resolutions passed at a regular meeting December 4 1900 requests all men to buy union made goods bearing the union label and patronize union teamsters and barbers. By order of The PRESIDENT.
On account of the holiday the Centralia Local 1479 United Mine Workers will hold its meeting Thursday evening of this week.
The Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County issues a subpoena and alias subpoena in divorce. Mary Hraboski, respondent, must appear before the county judge by the first Monday of February next to answer the complaint. otherwise a decree may be issued in her absence. Eugene B Zerfing, Sheriff, Sunbury, Dec 19, 1900.
Administrator announces letters of administration granted for the estate of William C Cannon deceased in Mount Carmel township Northumberland County Pa. Debtors asked to pay and creditors to present claims to Bernard E Cannon Administrator Locust Gap Pa December 20 1900.
All trades represented in the American Federation of Labor meet every Monday evening at 7 80. All trade workers invited to join.
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