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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
3
The article describes a nautical Christmas aboard a brig rigged ship named Der Profit. Santa Claus sits at the stern as the admiral. salutes, megaphone calls, and gift exchanges heighten the festive revelry. The crew, captains, and guests share jokes and a grand feast while whitewashing punished sailors’ records.
A terse item notes a strain affecting hospice services in Jersey City. Officials say patient care remains ongoing while administrators implement precautions.
A describes a group most effective on a sunlit window ledge within a Giang room. The text mentions a Wandering Jew plant and a Cheartal winter oO ee ee to esteb and hold the Wan.
After a seventeen hour deliberation the jury finds John H. Lewis guilty as indicted but recommends mercy and that costs be borne by the prosecutor. Judge Wagner rejects the mercy phrasing and the verdict stands with Lewis marked guilty and mercy of the Court. This is the first of five related graft prosecutions against former city officials.
The article recalls the enduring Ozarks stagecoach era along the Missouri and Arkansas line. It notes a modernized driver, prohibition on liquor, a fixed Uncle Sam schedule, and ferries stopped by high water. Travel remains slow three to four miles per hour with relay horses and packed stages through towns like Zinc and Protem.
West Chester reports inability of the Board of Health to secure a team and driver to move Mrs. Dora Williams a colored sufferer with smallpox from her home. Three children await removal to safety but funding and logistics falter.
A woman cleaning a family wash drove a large needle into her right hand. She later felt pain in the left hand and found the needle tip near the third knuckle. A physician removed the needle.
Texan died with estate valued at 150000 dollars. The will provides life tenancy to his wife Ellen and on her death a prior will, kept secret until then, shall take full effect. The estate is probated by Register KE. W. German.
Anthony Wengus was killed and Frank Slaovich seriously injured when the top of their breast caved in at Primrose colliery. The dead man had planned to return to Europe after the first of the year. At Boston Run Colliery Charnel, Savage was crushed to death by a fall of coal.
Fire departments responded to a false alarm at the Levi Harptarm residence in Lewistown. Chief Burgess J M Fults, health officer, found the building placarded for smallpox, confirming the exposure risk despite the alarm.
While attempting to recover a falling blanket Frederick Grabe and his companion caused an incident in Norristown. The wording implies an accident involving a vehicle and a blanket as the reported event. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
A Shamokin site for a new $150 000 high school building reveals two veins of rich anthracite coal under the proposed cellar. Superintendent Joseph W. Howerth suggests exposing the larger vein and cementing the cellar, a plan likely to be adopted by the Board of Education.
Reading reports Mrs. Helen Stevens seeks a divorce from Eleper Stevens alleging cruel and barbarous treatment. The case highlights a prominent member of the city’s younger social set.
A recent report from an American captain describes a new island rising in the Atlantic, a rarer event than in the Pacific. The piece notes a 300 foot cone with a crater, appearing near St Michael’s in 1811, roughly six miles in circumference.
A brief piece explores the intimate gesture of two hands joining in a clasp, emphasizing its human bond and the unspoken agreement it signifies across relationships and communities.
German makers introduce solid alcohol cubes for cooking heating and small scale heating tasks, with some adoption in America. The compact fuel offers portable use in kitchens during shortages and for outdoor or emergency settings.
The text shows a distressed speaker expressing fear and a desire to act, but the handwriting is unclear and the exact intent or request is not fully readable. The fragment hints at seeking assistance or agency against personal wishes.
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