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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1902
Page
2
A January 1 1908 message hopes for a year of steady employment higher wages and strong farm prices in the United States. The note stresses brotherly kindness and Christian charity as essential to a happy community and urges earnest effort to realize the blessings throughout the year.
Washington correspondent writes that the National Reciprocity Convention demands reciprocity that protects the home market and harms no American industry. The piece cites Blaine McKinley Roosevelt and warns Free- traders to not confuse reciprocity with Free-Trade as they face a business-led defense of Protection.
The Philadelphia Record cites tariff history arguing duties on shoddy curbed cheap imitations. It traces shifts from McKinley to Wilson-German tariffs and Dingley acts, noting import surges, mill closures, and later relief as duties reduced shoddy and improved clothing quality nationwide.
Harrisburg reports the state capitol commission chose architect Joseph M. Huston after open competition with nine plans. Professor Ware vetted designs. no politics influenced the process. Huston’s Philadelphia commissions and a Broad Street arch design are noted. work will start promptly with strict contracting and quality controls.
The passage compares domestic exchanges across regions and notes East and West North and South trading surplus and deficit products. It deems 1901 a period of unprecedented prosperity and comforts and forecasts favorable outlooks for the coming year with cautious optimism.
A Washington statistics release proclaims the United States as the world’s leading railway nation with about two-fifths of global mileage. It notes 5,000 added miles this year and another 144,267 cars purchased, yet rail traffic outpaces supply causing a car famine and freight congestion beyond prior decades.
The report of Senator Quey contemplating resignation is denied. He is in Florida recovering from illness with his cough nearly gone and plans to return to the Senate soon to resume official duties.
Valley Grange No 52 P of H Millville Pa adopts resolutions honoring Hendrick W Bangs charter member. They note his death grieving family calls for divine guidance and record the resolutions for minutes and county papers. Signed by Sarah Rote secretary Joseph H Kitchen treasurer Cyrus De Mott committee.
The Greenwood Seminary program on the 14th drew good attendance though heavy rain persisted. Visitors at the Half Yearly Meeting included Isaac Wilson from Bloomfield Canada and David Masters of Philadelphia, with others from Bloomsburg and Bear Gap. Christmas exercises occurred at local churches, and family reunions highlighted the holiday period. The report notes reopening of Greenwood and public schools, active business, and plans for future holiday weddings.
Berwick residents and guests are listed spending holidays in town with many visiting relatives. A Christmas program occurred at the Methodist Church with recitations, dialogues, singing and instrumental music. The article also notes a Memorial Church project and a free will offering to fund its construction.
The first anniversary observance of the M E Church at Jerseytown will run January 5 to 11, 1902 under Pastor D X Brouse. Readings include sermons by Rev J D Wilson Catawissa and Rev S D Wilson, with a series of ministers from January 5 through January 11 at 7:30 p m each evening.
Mrs H H Patterson of Benezette and Mrs Bert Smith of Driftwood located their father Harry English in Smethport after years believed dead. Once celebrated in Warren and McKean counties, he had been in the poorhouse and is now bed ridden requiring care, with his daughters hoping to bring him home but likely to remain in the institution.
At the Northumberland August sessions held in Sunbury the court finds Joseph Gusberry guilty of felony. Judgment orders thirty nine lashes, ears cut off and nailed to a post, imprisonment for three months, restitution of property or value, a 30 pound fine to the state, and commitment until fines and costs are paid.
Special services in the interest of the Memorial Church at Washington are announced. On Sunday January 5th Hidlay at 10 30 a m and Brier creek at 2 30 p m. On Sunday January 19th Orangeville at 10 30 p m and on
In Espy and Berwick Pa a flood battered the Susquehanna valley with 11.7 inches of rain. A silver spring quarry floated, the pig iron cars on the D L and W line were stranded, and rail service downriver was disrupted. Superintendent Dave Campbell’s repairs and cork ties earlier proved prescient as boats ferried passengers and trains moved along waterways.
Editor C H Downey of Churnbusco Ind proclaims Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption the best remedy for coughs and colds. He claims instant relief and cure for pneumonia or consumption with guaranteed 50c and 1.00 bottles and free trial bottles offered by pharmacists C A Kleim and J H Mercer.
An advertisement touts a positive pasantee that cures after the first dose. It lists prices of 25c and 50c with a free trial size and notes availability at all druggists. Dated December 18, 1901.
The annual meeting of the members of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Millville will be held at the company office on Monday January 13 1902 between ten P M and two P M for the election of twelve Directors to serve the ensuing year. Ellis Eves Secretary
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