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Newspaper

Columbia County Republican

Location

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1889

Page

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Rail schedule for UNBURY BLOOM FERRY and Wilkes-Barre lines

Daily service shows Sunbury departure times for the Unbury Bloom Ferry and North and West Branch routes with arrivals at Wilkes Barre Bloom Ferry and Sunbury. Express East and Express West run with specific departure and arrival times on weekdays and Sunday services listed by CHAS PUGH and J R WOOD, Gen. Manager and Gen. Passenger Agent.

Sea Shore Express Tharksburg Intermendie Philadelphia New York Balti Washington Junnevlig Lhrough Philadelphula Hartsburg Baltimore Washwngter Jnilatvipata Vitadelphi Itenovo Aily Harrisburg Hughburg Coliadelphia Stralia Willianspord Briev Mall Philadelphias S.l Tchington Aiima Philatelph Erie Mail Erie Vis Canandaigua Rochester Bun. Tie Niagara Falls News Express Lock Haven Niagara Express Kane Tavious Buffao O Kenevict Williamsport Renovo Kimira Watkins Throuugh Sunbury EALT Darrisburg Ast Line Philadelpha Sallimore Pssenger Saltimore Hiie Mail Threen Vullinan Passnger Unbury Hazleton Wilkes Barre North and West Branch Wilkes-Barre Bloom Ferry Wilkes Sunury LZ Marre Wilkesarre M. Chas Pugh J.R. Wood

The Times of Philadelphia Publicity Prospectus

The text promotes The Times as Pennsylvania’s leading newspaper with a vast international reach through The News of the World and Journal of Society. It lists many notable authors and public figures associated with its pages and touts its large circulation, diverse editions, and accessibility including specimen copies and multi-tiered subscriptions.

Pennsylvania Edward Everett Hale Will Carleton Jonee Miller Bret Harte Manon Harland Slukely Hall Grace Greenwood Anna-Katheine Greene Olean Frederick Schwatka William A. Hammond Bishop Coxe de Grimm Karl Blind Emlie Castelar Rose Elizabeth Cleveland the Dutchess Kem’ly Evelka Laura C. Holloway John P. Jckson Comtee Jacournassy Gaston Jollivet Claranza Pere Hyacinthe Loyson Florence Marriott Louis N. Megargee Annie Jenness Miler Alfred Naquet Henry Norman Howard Paul Theodore L. Stain Ohn Swinton August Vitu Edgar L. Wakeman Thomas Wharton Bay Franklin File Emile de Lavel Associated Press Journal OF Society the Times Philadelphia

The Broker's Daughter Ends in a Clever Reversal

Wall Street magnate William Corwin helps a struggling trader Charles Austin by offering cash and advice. Austin schemes to marry Corwin's daughter Laura to gain wealth, but reveals he is George Gage and that Corwin holds $50,000 of his funds. The ruse backfires as Corwin ends the affair with a new partnership and a smart son in law.

Wall Street William Corwin Corwin Central Park Mr. Cerwin Charles Austin Mr. Corwin Stock Exchange Austin Tam Jay Gould George Gage Boston Gage Tosh Hoffman House Jabez Ticker Laura Papa Charlie Willian Corwin & Austin

Sulphur Bitters Touted By Sufferer Clara Belle

Clara Belle writes that years of crippling headaches were ended by Sulphur Bitters and urges others troubled by similar pain to try them.

Clara Belle

Long Married Life of Warren County Couple

Mr and Mrs Ambrose Heath of Warren County Ga were born in 1800. They married when each was 20 and have lived happily together for sixty eight years and raised a large family.

Ambrose Heath Warren County

Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Tour Describes Falls

The article extols Minnesota lakes from 40 miles long to pond size and details the Mississippi River origin in Lake Itasca. It highlights St Anthony Falls near Minneapolis, the Minnehaha Falls, Lake Harriet, and Minnehaha Gorge with colored rock strata, river traffic, and scenic beauty.

Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Tasca Gulf of Mexico White Uost St. Anthony Mississippi River Minneapolis Waviges Valigo Arlfiviak Minnebaba Lake Minnetonka Fts Minnehaha

Gas Propelled Carriage Demonstrated in Munich

Meiers Bentz & Co of Mannheim exhibited a gas driven motor vehicle in Munich. The engine sits under the seat in a copper reservoir with benzine fuel for about 75 miles. The car seats four, reaches about ten miles per hour, and costs roughly three pence per hour to run.

Glasgow Mail

The Bowery Suit and A Philanthropist’s Mistake

A bankrupt young journalist, dressed in his finest, rides the Sixth Avenue elevated and returns a mistaken banknote to Mr. G. W. Childs. Childs, realizing the mix up, thanks the stranger, and the journalist resolves to quit pretenses, noting Emerson on authenticity.

G. W. Childs Philadelphia George W. Cuilds Twenty-third Street Emerson

Epoch of health marked by Electric Bitters

The text praises Electric Bitters as a great alterative and tonic that restores health after long sickness. It claims relief for kidney liver or stomach diseases and notes bottles are sold at 50 cents and 100 dollars at Co A Kiem's Drug store.

Co. A. Kieim

Boy Near Camden Loses Dollar and Dies of Exhaustion

A negro boy in Camden South Carolina lost a dollar belonging to his mother. He cried for twenty four hours and died from exhaustion.

Camden, S.C

End of Naval Academy Football Game Sparked Spectator Alarm

Report notes a football game at Annapolis ending with a fight. The puzzling point is how spectators could tell when the game ended and the ensuing fight began, suggesting unclear timing or witness confusion.

Annapolis

Boy Swallows Pencil At School In 19th Century Incident

Charles Meixel aged 14 son of Prof Z T Meixel swallowed a lead pencil on Tuesday the 29th while at school. The two and a quarter inch pencil with tin band and rubber end slipped down his throat. It lodged in his stomach on Saturday causing pain. After medicine the pain eased and the pencil passed on Thursday evening ten days after the act. He is none the worse.

Charles Meixel Z.T. Meixel Huntingdon News

Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Claim

The advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal remedy for blood diseases and related ailments. It asserts long years of testing and widespread success for throat and lung troubles catarrh kidney liver dyspepsia headaches and other disorders from impoverished blood.

Dr. Pierce

Electric dining novelty uses miniature railway service

In Paris wealthy diners are served by an electric system that carries food from kitchen to table via a wall entrance and a small truck on a track. The dumb waiter device allows meals to move smoothly around the table with stoppable precision and decorative flourishes.

Paris

Ayer's Sarsaparilla Praised as Superior Blood Remedy

The piece extols Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a world renowned blood medicine. It claims remarkable effects in scrofula rheumatism general debility and all forms of blood disease.

Ayer

Drill Sergeant Recall Inspires Citywide Cheering

A St. Paul art store anecdote recalls a clerk boasting of hammering brass in a Chicago drummer until he lost track of his location. The tale, cited by the St. Paul Press, frames a humorous memory of performance and city pride.

St. Paul Chicago Minnesota Memphis St. Paul Press

Hoop's Sarsaparilla Purely Vegetable Remedy

A vegetable preparation free from harmful ingredients. It claims unique curative powers and is marketed as a purely plant based product for health benefits.

102 Year-Old Derby Farm Resident Has 171 Descendants

Mrs. Mary Brunner, 102, from a Derby Pennsylvania farm, has 171 descendants. She was never taught to read and spends her days smoking, a solace she has enjoyed for 65 years.

Mary Brunner Derby

Newspaper Special: Republican and Weekly Press Deal

The item offers a one year subscription to both the Republican and Weekly Press for a total price of $2.00. Includes combined delivery and renewal terms for readers seeking coverage from the two titles.

Republican Weekly Press the Republican and Weekly Press

Cultivation of Nutmegs in the Green Malay Forest

Captain John Strahan describes landing by a stream in a tropical valley and marching to the nutmeg country. He notes altitude about 1006 feet, three forest houses for drying, and nuts ripening with mace red coating. Nuts are husked roasted then traded with Bugis and Arabs along the Gulf.

John Strahan Glasgow Mail Gulf

Poison of an Apache Arrow: Desert Rattlers and Arrow Poison

A New York Sun report notes the desert near Fort Davis hosts giant rattlesnakes whose venom is rarely lethal to humans. Apache practice uses hot deer liver to excite snakes, then harvests poison on arrows by sun drying and storing poisoned tips, described as cruel and fiendish.

America Asia Africa Martinique Plains Texas Fort Davis New York Sun

Bonner Attempts to Buy Sunol From Senator Stanford

Rumor runs in San Francisco racing circles that Robert Bonner offered to buy Senator Stanford's two year old Sunol who recently trotted a mile in 2 18 at the Bay District track. Stanford set the price at 50600, higher than Bonner paid for Maud 8 and Barus. Sunol, a three year old dark bay filly and half sister to Bel Boy, is by Electioneer out of Maxana and represents a blend of thoroughbred and trotting lines.

Pomona William Stiffler Los Angeles San Francisco Examiner Baldwin Los Angeles County San Francisco Robert Bonner Stanford Sunol Bay District Bonner Maud Barus Marvin Palo Alto Bel Boy Electioneer Maxana Waxy

Ointment Promises Cure for Eczema and Skin Ailments

An advertisement touts Swayne's Ointment as a simple external remedy for tetter, salt rheum, ringworm, piles, itch, sores, pimples, and all scaly itchy eruptions. It claims no internal medicine is needed, calls the product potent and effective, and notes a trifling cost with an Oct. 18 date.

Grape Rot Remedy Suggested by New Jersey Horticulturist

A New Jersey horticulturist recommends a cheap grape rot remedy using gin early in the season and air-slaked lime dusted over ground and vines. Repeat at least monthly or after each rain, noting the method is less laborious than expected and should yield crop gains.

New Jersey

White's Pile Specific Promised Cure for Piles

An 19th century ad claims White's Pile Specific cures all forms and severities of piles. Sold by druggists or sent on receipt of price by L M White, Pharmacist, Bloomsburg Pennsylvania.

White L. M. White Lyr Bloomsburg

Neckwear Confusion Sparks Fashion Mixup

A shopper asks about chest protectors and is told the items are not protective gear but the store’s new necktie design. The exchange highlights a humorous mislabeling and the store’s fashion-forward presentation.

Bowling Mob Roars Over Translated Spoilage

A brief Washington Critic item notes a heated response to a bowling related dispute. The piece hints at a moblike crowd reaction and heightened tensions surrounding the event. The exact details and individuals remain unclear from the fragment.

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