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Newspaper
The Semi Weekly Item
Location
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1900
Page
2
The article outlines traditional table manners for carving and serving in a formal dinner. It details roast and ham slicing directions by platter side, best practices for courses, plate removal, cheese and salad timing, and coffee placement. It advises on silver, tray use, and paper napkins for convenient serving.
The New York Times notes little girls wear Eton jackets and wash materials with straight waists and striped frocks in watermelon pink and white. Gold and silver cloth gowns use embroidered ribbons, entre deux waist styles appear in ribbons and lace, and scented ribbons in varied widths are sold from eight to fifteen cents a yard.
American novelty fountains are being introduced in English drug stores, adding new display features and drawing curious customers as the trend spreads across retail outlets.
The excerpt cites the 1775 use of lobster as contempt, Adams’s defense argument about the Boston Massacre, and a Wakefield memorial to Washington. It notes Virginia’s guest payment law, tavern prices, pig introduction in New Zealand, cannibal island practices, and a New York electric light photography experiment using 250 volts and 21 lamps for sunlike results.
In a nameless town a zealous school director falls from grace after trying to spell a tricky word for pupils. He asks if they are good spellers and then attempts to demonstrate egg whipped spelling, prompting confusion and silence among students. He finally prints the challenging word on the chalkboard to teach them.
A dialogue snippet from a newspaper item in the Indianapolis Journal explores a social misunderstanding. Jane and John volley feelings, each wanting the other's stance before revealing their own, illustrating playful miscommunication.
A dramatic alert reports Mrs Sloman falling into a cistern but Mr Sloman remarks the water is soft and no harm is expected. The Chicago Evening News notes the swift response to the domestic mishap.
A hired man in Oxford County obeys the farmer Braster’s order to mow the field without questions. He mows paths aimed at a yellow dog by the fence, claiming he followed directions as a “Message-to-Garcia” type worker.
The New York City claims process shows thousands seek compensation for personal injuries and other damages. Most settlements occur after comp troller review and possible court action, with an annual average of five million dollars in claims and a five cent on the dollar settlement rate under the year’s $250,000 judgments appropriation.
The New York World calls these figures conservative. Early 1900 estimates put John D. Rockefeller at 50 million dollars and Andrew Carnegie at 25 million, but market conditions have fallen short of those expectations for these industrial leaders.
A Chinese writer describes New Zealanders as enduring months without rice and consuming large quantities of bullocks and sheep with knives and prongs. He notes they do not sit in quiet reflection on ancestors’ graves but instead jump around and kick balls.
Freshman sled ride ends in a crash as a crowd of students, seven girls and one man go over a hill. The injured man, the varsity half back, quips that any man would have been brought down by such superior tackling.
A Chicago Evening News dialogue notes a couple discussing an engagement. The man asks if the bride spoke to her father. she mentions telling him of marriage plans. The father responds with a blunt, joking remark about her past restraint.
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