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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1900
Page
2
A graduate of Jefferson Medical College offers FP consultations in multiple languages from an office opposite Mt. Carmel House on The Avenue, Mt Carmel.
Visit Jordan and Company for glasses with a free fitting. Get eyewear consultation and frame selection at no added fitting charge.
A digest of disparate items reports rabbits overrunning Berlin markets, fiscal shifts in Britain and the US, rising wheat and hog production in the south, parliamentary aides’ duties, and gold shipments to Britain France and Cuba. It notes street railway plans in northern Italy, a large cemetery near Salisbury with 11 000 unknown dead, jurors summoned in St Louis over burglaries, and a Paris congress for tramways. Also mentions a Methodist cathedral in Baldwin City Kansas, rope manufacturers in Mannheim Rhine making long steel towing ropes, pensions bills passed by Congress, drought in British Guiana, and an ancient Rome grave with gold false teeth.
A collage of short quips from various papers mocking social pretensions and dated humor. Jokes cover threats of appendicitis, doctors, indifferent hosts, river judges of enthusiasm, drinking, Wall Street losses, and playful lines about engagements and wheels.
A roundup notes William Jennings Bryan’s three year, 100000 mile speaking tour. Bishop Vidal of Fiji arrives in San Francisco en route to Rome. Ironton Ohio donor Henry A. Marting gives 10000 dollars to Berea College in memory of his parents. Casimir Zalewski dies in Warsaw, famed editor and Poland’s oldest lawyer, famed for a 150000 ruble fee. Rev. William S. Fee among Ohio Methodists of note. Edmund Clarence Stedman plans to leave Wall Street for literature for health. Nansen expedition contributors include Nathorst and Collet. English edition due this month in Copenhagen with more volumes to follow.
A garbled, archaic reading presents a puzzled dialogue about language quirks and misread phrases. The text questions why phrases like a pony of brandy or beads of perspiration spark curiosity and suggests a walking delegate in a parlor car.
Advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for rheumatism back kidney bladder and urinary issues claiming it corrects incontinence scalding pain and nighttime trips. It cites sample bottle and free book offer from Kilmer Co of Binghamton NY and urges mentioning the newspaper while ordering.
Public auction announces March 21, 1900 at the Sunbury courthouse for multiple parcels in Chillisquaque and Lewis townships. Properties include farms, homesteads, drains under canal, and assorted outbuildings seized in execution for Nesbit, Campbell, Nolan, and related claimants with bid terms and mortgage conditions.
The property near Henry Hurnell includes 62 acres with a two story frame dwelling barn and outbuildings. Seized as the property of John C. Wenzel with Terra Tenants Bieber and Bieber. Purchaser must meet payment terms. deed issued after full payment. Salem Sheriff Eugene B Zerfing presiding. Sunbury Virginia date February 25, 2000.
A fragment notes the names of druggists Scott & Bowne, chemists New York. The text implies a catalog or advertisement line from a pharmaceutical supplier.
New York publishes The Smart Set a monthly literary magazine aimed at society readers. The Idle Born features a spoof by Chatfield Taylor and de Koven, with contributions from Mrs Burton Harrison Caroline Duer and others. the issue is richly printed and stylish.
A small fire broke out Tuesday evening on South Market street in a house owned by Jacob Rinard and occupied by John Peters. The attic floor caught fire from a defective flue. an alarm was raised and the Anthracite Fire Company responded to extinguish the blaze.
Reports show union labor shaping municipal work in Boston, protests by retail clerks in Columbus, and reorganizations in Minneapolis. Notable notes include Panama Canal labor, Pullman Car plant shifts, rising U S exports, and large girders built for Riverside viaduct.
A clipping outlines several inventions: a bicycle pedal attachment with foot plates and a toe-plate to maximize pedal pressure. a coal car with an adjustable weatherproof cover stored in a side pocket. a sectional decoy duck storage device hinged at the bottom. an electric floor sander with a vertical shaft and cutting blades. a loop fastener for buttons. a curb bicycle stand with a pivoting rack. and an amusement park canal system with ground water waste controls.
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