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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1900
Page
1
Ben Focht argues that Republicans bear responsibility for the coal strike through laws and encouragement of trusts, while noting Brown’s candidacy is unpopular. Focht speaks for himself, asserting that the strike’s cause is miner injustice enabled by Republican policy.
The Philadelphia Times declares itself the leading Democratic organ in Pennsylvania in Monday’s issue. Ben Focht of the Lewisburg Saturday News projects a 6000 to 7000 vote majority in his district, while his rivals are pegged to lose. A Soyder upset and a Northumberland Democratic gain of 1500 are predicted.
Government boards set arbitration and enforce a weekly half holiday. Stores close at a set hour by law. Employers protest losses while a 65 plus pension system with a 90 dollar annual maximum begins. A government life insurance bureau and employment service operate with August figures of 41 placed with private employers and 66 on government work.
A long horoscopic forecast by Prof C Coles from Kingston Pa predicts twenty one high flood days in October with global storms and prosperity. It outlines planetary alignments affecting politics and weather, offers best days for medical procedures fishing sowing and harvesting, and invites readers to send ten cents for a copy of Storms and Signs.
A spoof of rural life compares a modern Arkansaw girl with her father and jokes about a butcher’s note to a country wife. It then praises safe indoor Chinese fireworks, describes a Perth Expositor anecdote about a charming young girl, and weighs the Bryan vs McKinley presidential race with warnings about imperialism and calls Pennsylvania Democrats to act. It ends with a commentary on vocabulary growth through reading letters from Margaret H. Sangster.
A short verse titled Mark Hanna's Prayer presents a humorous parody of a traditional blessing. The speaker claims to form another trust and secure their own future, joking about obtaining an “antler way” and baring others if they die. The piece blends wordplay with a light satirical edge.
Rev. P E Erdman of Dornsife presiding elder of Harrisburg district United Evangelical Church preached a third time this year at the focal church. His sermon edified a large congregation and the Lord's Supper was administered afterward.
A dialogue from The Wretch contrasts magazine trends with continuing openness in women’s mouths, noting fashion changes while predicting enduring exposure as before. The Chicago source presents a provocative exchange on aesthetic norms.
In Hawley Massachusetts the East Hawley church preserves a July snow bank for an annual sugaring off. New Yorkers attend as the snow feast uses pans of snow with hot maple syrup served on the church’s summer festival. Blustery backcountry winds briefly turn July to arctic cold after the event.
An 19th century method produces slate pencils by grinding slate to a fine powder, removing grit, forming dough, and pressing into long bars then cutting to length. Drying, steaming, and tempering yield uniform, grit free pencils stronger than prior solid slate. Over 25 million sold in 1899 by a Chattanooga based firm.
The largest lightning conductor in the world stands on the Zugspitz in Bavaria. Its top rises above the meteorological station, and the rod runs down the mountain to a body of running water. The length is three and a half miles.
Druggist J. B. Young yesterday finished rebuilding and repainting his Rod and Oak streets property. A new side show window was added and the building received a fresh attractive coat of paint. The improved storefront presents a fine appearance and signals Mr. Young is up to date.
Raymond R. Morteling left Monday morning for Philadelphia to enter the Philadelphia Dental College, a leading institution in its field. He served a long apprenticeship under Tr A. B Longshore and is expected to honor his tutor.
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