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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1902
Page
3
Renewal notice announces special rates with major dailies including The Republican and Toledo Blade for advance payments. It touts combined subscriptions at $1.50 to $2.00 yearly with premiums such as Practical Farmer and Agricultural Almanac, plus free year for clubs and multi-subscribe promotions.
Dr and Mrs A K Aldinger return from their wedding tour and host a glee club reception. Obituaries include Edward Remley at 26 after a lumber accident, William H Brooke Jr 7 with typhoid, Josiah Hess 61 in Luzerne, and John Howell 95 of Bloomsburg. Funeral details note M E Dodgen Cemetery interments and local church services.
Bloomsburg young socialites held their annual ball Monday evening at the Exchange Hotel. Ambrose D. Goldsporty Bo. has been appointed postmaster at Centralie, succeeding George W. Davis. He was recently returned from a trip to Kentucky.
Mr and Mrs W B Melick of Wilkes Barre spent Christmas with the latter s parents Mr and Mrs P W Melick at Light Street, sharing holiday time with family.
Jeremiah B. Kester appointed postmaster at Mainville to fill the vacancy caused by W. M. Langenberger's resignation. A former graduate of the office, James Kocher, now working in Nicholson Pa, telephoned with a pleasant update.
M C Andreas, a graduate of this office and well known to readers, is a candidate for one of the city assessor posts in Wilkes-Barre.
Benjamin Fetterman, aged about 81, one of Franklin township's oldest residents, died Wednesday. The funeral and interment were held Saturday at Numedia.
The Thomas W Price Co, famed paper dealers in Philadelphia, presents a highly elaborate calendar this year. The design is praised as the most beautiful and impressive seen.
Banck, longtime operator at Halls station, takes the Bloomsburg station post of the Reading Railway Company, vacated by John W. Lewar.
The next session of the Centraln sylvania Conference of the M E Church will be held in Bellefonte due to scarlet fever in Shamokin where it was planned. Samuel W Pugh and Mrs Emma Metheral married on Christmas day by Rev W H Hartman of Espy M E church. They reside on East Seventh street.
William H. Kemery of Scranton and Miss Nora Girton daughter of A. E. Girton were married at Binghamton on Christmas Day. Mr. Kemery formerly resided in Bloomsburg and had worked for Robinson and Co.
John Cromley, brother-in-law of Emanuel Lazarus, dies at home near Giovania after a week with pneumonia. Survived by wife and daughter. Cashier E. B. Tustin travels to La Cananea, Mexico to establish a bank, accompanied by W. J. Hehl who will stay three months or more to start operations.
Rev G S Womner formerly of Nescopeck and later in Dillsburg and Wellsville has accepted the M E church pastorate in Ogden Utah and left for his new charge last week. David Tyson died at his Catawissa home after a protracted illness aged 39 years. An autopsy found a cavernous growth on the liver and bowels. He worked for the P&L company as a hostler in Catawissa. A wife, son and daughter survive.
William Shaffer of East street suffered a severe lung hemorrhage Monday night. Dr Redeker stopped the bleeding and Shaffer, who turned 81 Monday, is improving. Other items note a gas-escape incident injuring Mr and Mrs John, a painter K. D. Garrison of Grovania dead, and Waples of Giovania dying of Bright’s Disease. Funeral details follow for several locals.
Chief of Police Clayberger of Berwick jailed George Sarley after Det. Holland arrested him at the Norristown Opera House while he attended a matinee with a woman claimed to be his wife. Sarley, wanted on desertion charges from a former wife, had fled while on bond, prompting a bench warrant. The pair had been boarding at a Norristown hotel since August.
The Pleasant Mount revival praise includes Chicago Moody Institute graduate W L B Crist who led music and drew many to the Kingdom. death notices report William Brober of Berwick aged 80 dying of paralysis, survived by seven children and six daughters, with decades at Jackson and Woodin Company. Mrs Beagle of Hemlock township dies at nearly 64 after two months illness, survived by husband, son Willets E and two daughters Mary and Lulu E. funeral services held at Buckhorn Lutheran church and Heller church grave.
John W. Fought of Jordan township Lycoming County died suddenly at his Unityville home from heart disease. At about 62 he was a prosperous farmer and lifelong United Evangelical Acre member and Civil War veteran. His wife died last August and ten children survive. Funeral Tuesday at 10 at his home with burial in Salem Cemetery Unityville.
Northern Pennsylvania superintendents gathered at the Court House in Bloomsburg on December 27 1901. J K Miller of Columbia County was elected chairman and Frank P Hopper of Luzerne County secretary. Major topics included Township High Schools and Centralization with the next conference planned for Wilkes Barre later.
The article discusses a vaccination requirement for schools and the penalties for noncompliance. It notes fines from five to one hundred dollars and up to sixty days in county jail for failures to enforce the act, and quotes a local sentiment about not wanting to pay fines or stay with Sheriff Knorr.
Dewitt Clinton McHenry died at his Front Street home Friday nine o'clock after a long illness. Born September 12, 1827 in Greenwood township, he was the eldest son of Absolom and Permilla McHenry and leaves a brother George, a sister Lavina, a wife Martha Naomi Jackson, two daughters Mrs. Bessie Van Tassel and Mrs. John Vannatta, a granddaughter Mrs. Clarence Pratt, a grandson Thos. Vannatta, and two great-grandsons. A respected longtime school board member for 32 years, he worked for the American Car and Foundry Company and earlier Jackson & Woodin since 1850. Funeral services were held Monday at his residence at two o'clock.
On December 25 1901 at the Albertson home in Raven Creek a large gathering witnessed the marriage of Pearl Albertson to Elmer E Shultz with Prof Stanley McHenry playing the wedding march Rev W R Mather officiating Guests enjoyed a wedding feast with music and photography lingering over the celebrations wishing the couple happiness and prosperity.
George Drumheller, a West Shenandoah Colliery carpenter, fought off two burly tramps on Locust Mountain as he made his way home to Ringtown. He prevented a serious assault, suffering only minor injuries. Also, Jennie Wintersteen of Allentown died of stomach cancer at 48, with funeral held in Mifflinville.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Fixat National Bank of Bloomsburg Pa for election of a Board for the ensuing year will be held in the cashier’s room on Tuesday January 14 1902 between 9 a m and 1 noon E B Tustin Cashier.
Advert says Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures chilblains frostbites damp sweating swollen feet and is sold at all druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Also notes the bank's strong condition as shown in its report found elsewhere in this paper.
A 19th century dispute centers on compulsory vaccination for admission to schools. The piece argues school authorities should not judge legislative intent or vaccination efficacy, citing a 1895 law requiring principals to admit only with a physician certificate confirming vaccination.
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