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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1900
Page
2
The actors displayed skill from careful training and delighted the audience. The show was repeated to a large crowd and Prof Murphy and his teachers earned credit for a year of work that yielded unprecedented success.
Pawnee Bill’s Wild West shows enter week two at Charles River Park with afternoon and evening performances. Spectators enjoy a frontiers exhibition including a Mexican Hippo drome Indian Village Indian Museum and rough riders while May Lillie the champion woman shooter stars in sharpshooting contests. Major Gordon W. Lillie known worldwide as Pawnee Bill is presented as chief and interpreter. A June wedding is announced for Herbert R. Brunner and Miss Anna Elizabeth Penman at the bride’s family home on West Avenue with Reverend Stuart Mitchell to officiate.
Special cheap excursion tickets to Philadelphia for the Republican National Convention on June 1 to 19 with return validity to June 26, via Philadelphia & Reading Railway. Also lists a dense schedule of Sunday services and activities for multiple churches including Congregational Tabernacle, Methodist Episcopal, Grace Reformed, Church of Our Lady, St Stephen's, Grace Lutheran, with times for services, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and youth events.
Beginning Monday May 28 the Shamokin Division trains on the Northern Central Railway between Shamokin and Mt Carmel will be operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company instead of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company as formerly.
All veterans of the Spanish American War in Mt Carmel and vicinity are urged to meet in the I V M office tomorrow at 3 15 PM to arrange for Memorial Day activities and observances.
On Saturday a jury awarded Martin Doyle of Pittston $8,199 for injuries from falling into a hole on a defective sidewalk. The editor warns that many local sidewalks are unsafe and should be repaired before further lawsuits arise.
Pennsylvania Railroad announces excursion tickets for the G A R Encampment in Gettysburg Pennsylvania at one fare for the round trip. Tickets valid for going June 25 and returning by June 11 with a minimum fifty cent rate, available from all Pennsylvania stations June 25.
Washington Star describes Mrs. Clark wife of Maj. E W Clark government agent on St Paul and St George Islands Behring Sea. Isolated with ~100 Aleuts and a few whites. no communication in winter months. ships visit only in summer. bleak climate with fierce storms and no harbor.
S. C. Simms reports from Chicago Tribune on Six Nations gambling at religious festivals centering the peach-stone game. Indians avoid cards and violin due to white influences and tradition. Opponents rally with chants like O han dah and Hun je while the game can last 24 hours with rising excitement.
Consul James Boyle reports from Liverpool on February 15 that English buyers increasingly prefer American manufactures for quality and practical design. Critics who claim Americans are chosen only for low price are countered by evidence of superior workmanship and adaptability appealing to English customers.
A description explains that a flag of truce is announced by trumpet to signal ceasefire. The conveying party is blinded, guided forward once permission to pass is granted, under the leadership of their commander.
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