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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
2
The President’s address to Congress stresses regulating capital combinations to curb abuses while preserving large enterprises that lower production costs. He warns against extreme measures that would disrupt industry, defend balanced reform, and urge evolution over revolution. He is described as a statesman not a politician.
Congress met on Monday for a brief session as March 4 adjournment nears. Expect long debates over trusts tariff Cuba canal and currency with limited major legislation, while observers note prosperity favors restraint and abundant talk.
In France and in Europe Roosevelt is applauded as a vigorous modern statesman. M de Vogue calls his duties and rights of citizens a mental revolution while Le Matin contrasts the United States to a disunited Europe and mocks protectionist schemes as ostrich-hearted.
Encouraging oil indications emerge at Forest Glen Oil and Gas in Clinton County as drilling reaches about 1250 feet. Water brought to surface shows a perceptible oily appearance with every bail, and work will be pushed to confirm prospects. Earlier delays included a broken drill and machinery repairs delaying progress.
Stockholder G C Cochran says additional ground has been leased near the well on his land and a partially built house will be finished. Visitors flock daily to the Daugherty's Run site and Sundays see especially large crowds, as news of near success draws people to the area.
The article notes sizable Republican totals in Ohio Illinois and Iowa during an off year. It presents a table showing total votes and Republican votes and plualties for each state, highlighting a strong middle western showing and a Republican plurality nearly matching McKinley’s in 1900.
Philadelphia Inquirer notes William Jennings Bryan’s critique of Joe Cannon and defends the Republicans. It argues the party should pursue active reform including currency elasticity, a canal, trust restrictions, and governance in the Philippines, while not fearing a shift to inactivity.
Secretary Root urges creating a general staff and renaming the commander of the army to chief of staff to strengthen the organized militia as a wartime reserve. He notes friction with General Miles, argues the office is not lawfully established, and stresses staff efficiency to prevent failures seen in the Spanish American War. Hz.
British visitors report American workers profit from employer rewards for extra effort and faster output. They note English bosses cap wages and restrict gains, while American mills reward improvements with better pay and conditions. The delegates praise American machinery and practices.
A Press report contrasts labor in Britain and the United States. It notes British workers resist machinery to protect wages, while American workers adopt labor-saving tools. It argues employers and unions both contribute to harsh conditions, and that changing people is harder than altering machinery.
A Scranton correspondent reports on the Lackawanna Medical Society drive and White Haven sanitarium founded by Dr. Flick. The facility started August 1901 with three patients and a barn, grew under charity, and now houses forty five men and twenty five women with high recovery, funded mainly by subscriptions until a $40,000 legislative appropriation funded a water system and three brick cottages.
A 1897 note on the Dingley tariff praises the surge in U S clearing house transactions from 5.57 billion to over 10.16 billion in five years. It links prosperity to tariff policy, warns of trust growth, and critiques Democratic calls to repeal tariff protections while questioning the long term effects.
The Pittsburgh Times argues the Dingley act boosted US prosperity by showing large growth in exchange volumes compared with London. It dismisses Democratic calls to repeal, asserting no monopoly and urging continued support for the law.
A historical critique argues against tariff changes during peak prosperity. It cites the Commercial Advertiser, endorses Senator Burrows on timing, warns that a tariff commission would create uncertainty, and endorses downward revision only if any. The piece champions the Dingley law and warns against urgent readjustment.
An essay argues that a man's necktie reflects character and intellect, noting that tightly tied, immovable ties often indicate vanity or conformity. It contrasts the disciplined tie of military and actors with the casual, sloppy knot of many unremarkable men, suggesting outward dress reveals inner traits.
A Toledo Blade observation notes that the way a man wears his tie at dinner shows his concern for trifles and his intellectual approach. It argues ties drift from exact angles as soup arrives, and only a meticulous man can keep a tie perfectly aligned.
William De Witt Hyde argues in Atlantic that sound ethics requires social imagination. He urges readers to ask how they would feel as a debtor, customer of inferior goods, investor, employer, retailer, worker, or rival under unfair practices to keep moral responsibilities visible.
A New York Times quote depicts Brownly Dauber and Pinder Why discussing an artist’s work. They joke that Brownly’s latest landscape overreplicates natural sunlight causing the pond water to dry quickly, forcing repainting every few days.
A brief exchange shows a wary collector in a city bartering with an inquisitive man about returning visits. The man notes that many people urge a second call, while the collector remarks some dare him and expect future calls.
Mrs Henpeck proclaims twenty years of marriage to Hiram with a playful rebuke. He sighs and notes their long battles together in a lighthearted domestic scene.
A Chicago News item notes a man named Grogan and an associate discussing a valuable dog worth ten dollars. The speaker explains giving the dog away to avoid losing it to a thief, emphasizing the financial strain of a potential loss.
The Kansas City Independent mocks a figure by calling him ignorant for lacking a cure for colds. The satirical jab targets knowledge and competence with sharp phrasing.
A reflective remark compares daily kindness to a simple act, praising its ease and immediate impact. It highlights how kindness is quickly performed and easily remembered in contrast to harsher behavior.
Fragmentary financial caption lists items such as loans and discounts, U. S. bonds, stocks and securities, furniture and fixtures, cash and reserve. It names W. S. Moyer as president and W. M. Reber and C. A. Kleim as officers or signatories.
The report shows assets and liabilities of the First National Bank of Bloomsburg as of November 25 1902. Highlights include loans and discounts 323390.97, U S bonds 90 909 22, cash items 18221, and total resources 702929 48 with deposits 523 75 334 9. Cashier I F Carpenter swears the figures are true to his knowledge and belief.
The Washington Post argues Washington lacks avenues matching the civic beauty of Woodward in Detroit Euclid in Cleveland Peachtree in Atlanta Independence in Kansas City and Summit in St Paul It cites Brookline near Boston as a model of suburban charm and criticizes Washington for missing similar scale and artistry.
A Boston English speaker in the Latin Quarter cannot open a bottle of shoe blacking and breaks the neck with a stove lid lifter. After a comic struggle she visits cleaners who, misunderstanding, dye her woolen skirt black. she finally pays, leaving confident the cleaners understand.
A historical snippet notes Breton sheep resemble hares in size, mandarin ducks rank among aquatic beauties, and bees enslave the queen. It mentions a beetle one third the size of a horse pulling more than a dozen horses, a greyhound galloping a mile in under 89 seconds, and mute mammals like giraffe armadillo and porcupine. It also covers voiceless whales and snakes, luminous glowworm eggs, and starfish self destruction as an instinct at life’s extremes.
The passage showcases Hebridean sayings about prudence with borrowed goods, misfortune in impossible tasks, frugality, and daily life. It includes lines about not borrowing insistently, preferring a small bread loaf to none, and a home needing a dog, cat, and child for joy.
A compiled slate of residents by township including Bloomsburg Joseph Birch and W B Stohner Berwick George Clemens Fred Clem ens Reilly L Kline Briareweek Harry Fairchilds Centre I Hag enbuch Cleveland Isaiah Rhoads Fishingcreek W M Miller Greenwood R L Rich John Gillespie Jackson Calvin Derr Madison Harry Hartman Mifflin John Lutz Millville Boyd Trescott John Bruner Montour G Y Mowry W Johnson Orange Curtis C Megargle Pine Benjamin J Gardner J J Christian Scott H W Angle.
A nervous man sought medical advice and was told to take a tonic and dismiss his worries. Months later the doctor billed him for 18 dollars, and the man replied that he had taken the tonic and dismissed the worry, thus dismissing the bill. The piece ends with the moral that advice can defeat its giver.
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