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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
1
The People's Bank advertises an earnest effort to accommodate all classes and to treat customers with equal respect regardless of means. It invites readers to call and visit, pledging a welcoming atmosphere and fair treatment for moderate earners.
A listing of local professionals includes Joy G Frerze Horace Harman and other lawyers and dentists in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania with offices on Centre Street Main Street and West Main Street. The notices show service hours addresses and professional titles and dates ranging from 1894 to 1901.
A personal narrative recounts a young woman who believes her appearance is plain and resents her mother and sister Emmie's efforts to marry her off. She pursues shorthand and typing, befriends fellow commuters, and an incident on a bus involving a strawberry basket sparks deeper social reflection.
Letter from E B Hiesman of W Chester Pa praises Hood s Sarsaparilla for weak stomach symptoms fatigue headaches and summer nausea. Claims the product strengthens and tones the stomach and digestive system and that he would not be without it in his family.
An advertisement touts Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil as a cure for piles hemorrhoids both external and internal including blind or bleeding cases, itching and burning, fissures and fistulas. It promises immediate relief and certain cure, and also claims to heal burns and scalds.
An awkward bus ride becomes a comic misstep when a passenger’s crushed strawberries spur a chat with Robert Armstrong and Jessie Poell. The pair learn they share Charlie Bourchier as a mutual friend and sister Emmie’s engagement, then move toward an unlikely romance culminating in an engagement of their own.
A Chicago Tribune analysis surveys war expenditures from the Civil War to recent events. It notes United States Civil War costs far surpass others, with 800000 deaths, Crimean War losses around 700000, and Franco Prussian conflicts at about 225000. It adds Europe spends about 750 million annually on military and 3 million under arms, totaling vast wartime costs.
The article surveys Iceland as a land of mingled frost and fire with snow clad mountains and lava flows. It notes ice preserved in lava, Geikie cited cases of ancient ice between lava beds, and the Eishohle icehouse near Casselburg. It also contrasts Iceland with Antarctica where Mt Erebus emits hot torrents and snow falls leeward.
Describe a Spanish public holiday custom in Seville where young amateurs climb cathedral clock towers to ring and swing the bells. Tourists and locals watch as ringers suspend themselves by the bell and leap as the bells swing, creating a loud, spectacular display observed from the Giralda and El Salvador del Mundo.
A compact row of social observations notes that men’s wives bear the burden of fast living, French quotations boost credit for culture, and many mistake advertising for charity. It reflects on working for low pay, women’s labor as hired help, and the lure of appearances in society.
Instruction to use Royal baking powder in every recipe for baking powder usage. Emphasizes improved flavor digestibility and wholesomeness in foods.
The Galveston News reports rapid post disaster recovery with over 5.5 million dollars spent rebuilding wind and flood damage. New blocks elevators stores churches theaters and homes rise while export trade tops 100 million dollars. Texans’ hard work is praised as a testament to American resilience after the disaster.
H D Reed and Verne Morton describe the woodchuck or ground hog in life on hillside homes. They compare it to a squirrel, noting digging adaptation, limited winter food, and hibernation with slowed life processes. They say woodchucks emerge from hibernation around early March in New York.
Soldiers write that Scratches Bruises Cuts and Stiff Joints heal fastest with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Also effective on Burns Scars Boils Ulcers and Skin Eruptions. Cures or no pay. Only 25c at O A Kleim's and J H Mercer's drug stores Dag. 4 4-w.
An amusing tale has Lord Kelvin visiting electrical works with a friend. Guided by a capable foreman, Kelvin listens intently through departments. At tour’s end he asks what electricity is, prompting the foreman to admit he cannot answer. Kelvin replies that this is the one thing they both do not know.
Before white settlement the Mississippi bore a different name at many points, with each tribe along its banks naming the river. Early traveler narratives preserve more than thirty of these local designations across the river’s course.
The article notes churches of all sizes spend on flowers with annual altar decor as a major expense. Florists supply Sunday bouquets, and Flower Committee chairs sometimes guide selections by the pastor’s preferred blooms to please congregations and clergy.
Homer Hall of West Point Iowa credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a severe lung cold after physicians proclaimed consumption. He weighs 227 pounds now and testifies to its life saving power. Price 50c and 1.00. Trial bottles free at C A Kleim and J H Mercer. December 4.
The article explains a simple banking method used by Kaffirs. Before trading they designate a banker whose bag holds all their money. When purchases occur the banker deducts the price, tallies it with witnesses, and pays the seller. Depositors then claim their owed amounts in turn before all accounting is completed and everyone departs.
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