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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1902
Page
3
The Republican and Toledo Blade publications offer in advance yearly rates from $1.50 to $2.00 with discounts for bundles. A five-subscribe club earns the Republican free for a year, and the package includes the Republican and Press as a premium.
Birginsburg Land Improvement Company sells town lots on easy terms. J. Sanderson Woods is sales agent and N. Y. Funk is office tenant. See office Ent Building for details.
Mr John K Grotz, seriously ill last week, is improving. Benjamin Kushner, student at Rochester Business Institute, returns after two weeks vacation. 1891 taxes due Jan 21 1902 with 5 percent penalty for nonpayment. L K Kasy Collector. Union Veteran members hosted by Edwin from Washington DC. REPUBLICAN pressed a day early this week. Millville travelers notice A W Eisner Sons smith shop busy and on the go.
Mrs L B Bombay learns of her mother's death at the old homestead near New Columbia. The deceased, widow of George Bett, suffered years from blindness and rheumatism. Ella Hepmian of near Zion Grove died at Josiah Singley’s in Catawissa on Sunday morning aged 21 after a brief illness and mania while employed at the Suntan house for three years.
Tross Commandery No. 27 of Malta at Milton will confer the White Degree in full form on January 24. Sir Elisha E Teethen, the Eminent Commander, accepted an official visit to the Command, and many companions from Sunbury Williamsport Northumberland Lock Haven and other places are expected.
Saturday G. W Sterner received a telegram summoning him to Philadelphia where his son John D Sterner lay critically ill at University Hospital with typhoid malaria and heart trouble. The family arrived and visited on Sunday. Mr Sterner returned home Monday after a telegram said there was slight improvement.
About two o clock an alarm from box 13 reported a blaze in the Exchange Hotel where a can of lard burned. The fire was extinguished before damage occurred. Fire companies responded and arrived near the courthouse but were stood down as no damage was done.
Fragmentary text shows auditors reviewing district accounts and restoring balances as part of a routine year end process. Mentions Frank Hertington Su Tescott Millville Jacob Jod and P H Freeze in connection with the audit and appointments by the President and Secretary.
An interesting speaker from New York City, Mr. H. A. Blask of the International Committee YMCA, will address the men’s meeting next Sunday at 2 30 P M at the Association building. Don’t miss hearing him.
The Supreme Court on Monday handed down many decisions including the Stevenson case from Luzerne County. Justice Brown delivered the opinion reversing the lower court judgment that awarded damages for coal dirt washing onto the mill premises at Nescopeck Creek. A new trial is awarded.
Lewis Hayhurst died after a brief pneumonia illness in Catawissa at about sixty eight. He leaves a wife and worked as a wheelwright for many years. A respected former assessor, his funeral was held Monday at two o'clock with interment in Catawissa.
Rev Newell Dwight Hillis starts the Normal lecture course on January 13 1902. The schedule lists Elias Day Lotus Glee Club Dr Ethelbert D Walfield Lafayette College president and Dr J J Monro with dates January 17 January 31 February 6 and February 10. Tickets are priced at one dollar or twenty cents per each of the best entertainments offered in this course.
Joseph Fedder died Friday night after injuries from an accident. He would have faced amputation of the other leg if he had lived, with internal injuries also noted. He was about 63, formerly a farmer, later a factory employee for W. M. Monroe. His wife died five years ago. The funeral was Tuesday at ten, with services at the M. B. church and burial at Almedia.
Mrs Rosetta Deitterick widow of Elias Deitterick died at her Pottsgrove home after a long illness. She aged about eighty five and formerly lived in Montour township. Survived by four children Charles of Milton David Dora and Etta at home. She was sister to Mrs James Barton Mrs Mahala Barkley and Miss Catharine Quick. Funeral held Tuesday at nine in the morning at the home and interment followed in Rosemon Cemetery Bloomsburg. Remains were taken to Bloomsburg on P and R train at 11 45 Tuesday.
Owen McLain, 73, a Lehigh Valley Railroad watchman at Girardville, barely survived an arson attempt. He found a fuse with a cap and three sticks of dynamite in the stove as he prepared to rekindle the fire, attributing the act to enemies.
A Williamsport dispatch reports a broken suspender could implicate Charles Spencer in a Pennsylvania Station theft. After stealing from an Adams Express Company truck, the thief donned a suit in the depot lavatory and broke his suspenders, a fragment remaining on the trousers. Spencer, found wearing broken suspenders match, is jailed in default of $100 bail.
Mrs Loretta Brown widow of William N Brown died at her son in law George W Hess home on Iron Street Bloomsburg after a brief illness She was born November 30 1817 in Mifflinville to German born parents and lived there most of her life Surviving children include Albert Brown Almirs Brown James G Brown Samuel C Brown and Mrs George W Hess Also two sisters Mrs D Z Remaley and Mrs Charles Sheddy The funeral was held Wednesday with services by Rev. Dr.
Mrs Phoebe E Crouse died at her son George Crouse’s home on Railroad street in this town on Wednesday morning, aged sixty six. She was twice married and leaves two children from her first marriage, Mrs Mary Reed of La Porte and James Sones of Danville, plus children from the second marriage N B Crouse of Forks Mrs Gill Bough of Berwick and George of this town. The second husband survives at eighty six. Funeral services were held at the son’s residence Saturday at ten o’clock conducted by Rev M E McLinn with interment in Crouse Cemetery near Orangeville.
The piece argues for a new bridge across the Susquehanna at Mifflinville citing the flood wreckage of ferries and the urgent need for a crossing between Berwick and Bloomsburg. It condemns a small faction in Columbia County opposing the project as self serving and notes the public demand will push the solution.
Peter Billmeyer died at his Centre Street home Bloomsburg after an illness of months from heart disease. Born April 22 1819 in Liberty township now Montour County he lived most of life in Bloomsburg. He served as Columbia county sheriff in 1849 and later ran the Exchange Hotel and a mercantile business. Funeral Monday at 1 30 led by Rev M E McLinn with Rosemont Cemetery interment.
A long standing clash shows Commissioner Krickbaum opposing janitor Davy Coffman who refuses to quit. Coffman cites a 1900 minutes rule, noting Krickbaum unauthorized to issue notice, while Fisher and Kitchen vote to renew Coffman’s contract despite Krickbaum’s displeasure.
Elizabeth Foster Woodin, widow of W. H. Woodin, died at her Second Street home Thursday January 2 at eight p.m. aged eighty years, six months and twenty seven days. She is survived by daughter Mrs. Eudora W. Hanley and sons C. R. Woodin and John F. Woodin. Funeral Sunday at 1 30 p m from the residence with Pastor Gilbert of the Methodist Episcopal Church officiating. Pall bearers named John Evans William Lowrey B F Crispin H F Glenn S W Dixon John Taylor. Floral offerings noted as rare beauty and expensive wreaths. Our sympathy extends to the family.
The forty third annual meeting of the association will be held in Bloomsburg on Tuesday and Wednesday January 14 and 15 1902. The committee of arrangements announces special rates with the Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Reading and Lehigh Valley Railroads and prospects that services will be favorable.
The association designates The Central Hotel as general headquarters with members and delegates housed at $1.25 a day and other hotels at $1.00 or $2.00 daily. membership is $1.00 yearly. Sessions begin Tuesday afternoon. The program features Welcome Address by Mayor Frank Skeler, fruit culture talks by entomologists and editors, and evening lectures with stereopticon views and music. Howard A. Chase presides over the association with W. T. Creasy as vice president.
Educational Department of the Y M C A announces a Monday to Friday schedule for night classes Open to all men with a $3 advance cost. Courses include arithmetic grammar stenography drawing bookkeeping penmanship government and more. Enrollment aims for six applicants per study.
Public notice announces the election of directors for the National Bank of Gomaburs to be held on the designated day in the directory at 19 1902. Voting hours are from noon to E B. Tustin, the cashier, oversees the proceedings.
New Year's Eve watch meetings seen at several Orangeville locations. A group of about twenty women gathered at Miss Achenbach's home as bells rang at midnight. Local residents include Mrs. Vanderslice visiting from Wilkesbarre and Miss Blanche Eves at home on leave.
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