This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 44 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1902
Page
3
A well known resident of Main Township died on Monday at about eighty years of age. The community mourns the loss of this longtime figure.
The Joseph Rendler Construction Company of Wilkes-Barre is chartered with capital of $2000. This week they attended a State Millers Association meeting in Huntingdon. A pleasant social was held last Friday at the church under the Epworth League. F. Q. Hartman's new silk mill at Berwick is now receiving machinery. building measures 63 by 172 feet and is one story high.
A power house for the Wilker Barre and Hazleton trolley road rises at St Johns in the Conynghaw valley. The structure measures 133 feet by 84 feet.
A foot bridge was placed across Catawissa Creek at Mainville above the ee mill to carry pedestrians until a new bridge is built. A Republican caucus will convene at Bloomsburg Town Hall Monday at eight to nominate candidates for the February election.
Mr. H. A. Black of New York spoke at the M E B Church on Sunday morning about the missionary movement started and advanced by the Young Men's Christian Association.
F B Jackson Isaiah Bower and H oule reviewers will meet next Monday to survey the road from the River bridge in Bloomsburg through the Hendershott farm to the Fank farm in Scott township. George Lenahan, son of Squire D W Lenahan of Wilburton, has been elected a delegate to the National Convention of miners workers meeting in Indianapolis on the 30th of this month.
The Loyal Temperance Legion meets Sundays at 3 30 P M in the W U T U rooms above Furman s store. All boys and girls are invited to attend.
Harry Vaullen four year old son of Mr and Mrs O A Vaullen of Seventh Street died Monday from membranous croup. Funeral held Tuesday afternoon with interment at New Rosemont Cemetery.
The Pine Creek Oil Company began drilling in Huntington Valley on Monday morning after the rig was set shortly after midnight. Local farmers and oil magnates gathered as operations commenced, signaling the start of extraction activity in the area.
The hearing in the injunction case between the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company and the Columbia and Montour Electric Railway Company before Judge Sayidge was continued by mutual consent to January 30 1902.
The stockholders of the First National Bank on Tuesday elected directors E W M Low Dr J H Vassine M I Low G S Robbins E B Lustin J M Staver and Louis Gross. Dr Low was re elected President J M Staver Vice President and E B Tustio Cashier.
County Solicitor B Frank Zarr appeared in Harrisburg presenting petitions from the County Commissioners for two appointments of viewers to re establish bridges over Catawissa Creek ruined by the flood. Through agent W M Monroe of Rupert we received a Du Pont Powder Company Centennial calendar memorial noting powder manufacture began January 1 1802 in Wilmington Delaware.
Miss Dornblager will lecture at the M E Church in Lightstreet on Wednesday evening in January. The event is under the auspices of the W C T U. No admission is charged but a liberal collection is desired.
Investors inquire about purchasing Columbia and Montour Electric Railway bonds after learning interest due January 1 1902 was promptly paid from early earnings of the line.
Br. F. Vanderslies, commissioner’s clerk, holds a certificate of commendation for efficiency from county auditors. Commissioner Krickbaum laments his single vote not outweighing Fisher and Kitchen’s two votes in Vanderslice’s reelection.
Herring and Yoot, contractors for the B. and Railroad Company, report the engine house, boiler shop, and machinery shed nearing completion. A recent heavy wind storm toppled roof trusses, which were previously raised during the hurricane and rebuilt after the damage.
At the Friday meeting of the School Board the vaccination deadline for admission was extended to a later date. The May January 20 1902 note indicates a change to require vaccines in the morning, aligning with new policy.
Auditors J B DeLong H C Hese and John Scott report the Columbia County Fair Association accounts for the past year show records of a scheme alleged by Commissioner Krickbaum while Fisher and Kitchen voted to retain him. The auditors note gross receipts set a record and debt reduced, with the statement to be presented at the Annual meeting next Saturday.
The Farmers National Bank held its annual director election on Tuesday afternoon. Nine directors were chosen: W. W. Moyer M. Creveling C. W. Runyon C. A. Kleim W. M. Reber Grant Herring Dr. J. J. Brown H. A. M’Killip and N. U. Funk. The board will meet Thursday to organize.
The Bloomsburg National Bank held its annual director election on Tuesday. A. Z. Schoch was named president and W. H. Hidiay appointed cashier amid the new board lineup including H. J. Clark Joseph Ratti Paul E. Wirt Samuel Wigfall and others.
The Forty third convention of the Pennsylvania State Horticultural Association is in session at the Court House with many renowned fruit growers from across the state attending. Columbia County exhibitors lead a fine fruit display while the court room is decorated from the gardens of J L Dillon and Bryfogle. Attendance is large and interest high.
The B. and 8. Railroad Company held its annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday to elect officers. 6831 votes were cast for President Morton McMichael of Philadelphia and directors L. E. Waller J. K. Grotz J. M. Shew H. J. Conner Samuel Wigfall and Charles H. James G. G. Appleton and F. W. Buck of Philadelphia. Wigfall was re elected Vice President, H. J. Conner Treasurer, D. W. Campbell Secretary and Superintendent.
The stockholders met on Tuesday and heard a favorable report from the general manager of W. White showing a handsome profit for the year. The board for the ensuing year includes Ellis Eves, F. G. Yorks, W. Moyer, W. M. Reber, C. W. Cberrington, Gay White and J. G. Brown with T. E. Hyde as vice president and A. B. White as treasurer.
The following officers for six months are listed for Theta Castle No 276 of Bloomsburg Pennsylvania. Past Chief H C Pollock Noble Chief J B Bunting Vice Chief C T Sober High Priest W B Rhoades Venerable Hermit C E Wittenight Master of Records Jno W Lewis Clerk of Ex chequer W E Shaffer Keeper of Ex chequer C W Funston Sir Herald Dallas A Leiby Worthy Bard H 8 Barton Worthy Chamberlain Arthur Roan Encign C I Diely Jr Esquirée A A Walter First Guardsman B F Giger Second Guardsman H Werkheiser Trustees F W Redeker Representative to the Grand Castle F W Redeker
Lycoming Sportsmen's Association prompted state game board involvement leading to the arrest of Dr Charles Bastian and Zach Clark of Williamsport for deer poaching out of season. A five pronged buck was killed last Thursday and venison was found in Berrier's attic and Clark's corn crib. They were fined $100 each with $32.60 costs. The venison was turned over to Williamsport Hospital.
The text questions Commission Kitchen's nervous handling of a bill and asks editor Krickbaum to explain its contents and whether county interests were harmed by approval. It condemns personal attacks in journalism while charging that official acts deserve scrutiny in public prints.
Our townsman David T. Jones reports the death of his cousin John R. Lewis who died in Seattle two to three weeks ago. Lewis, a Bloomsburg resident years ago, worked as a bricklayer on the first Normal School building in 1866 and 1868. He later traveled to Australia and the Far East, married there, then returned to the United States, visited relatives, and hunted mining property in the Klondyke before settling in Seattle. His wife plans to return to her homeland.
In October Mr and Mrs J J Quigley of Lewistown bought a sealskin coat from a French Canadian firm at the Buffalo Exposition for 200 dollars. The coat, to be delivered after alterations, was seized last week by customs inspectors with about 500 other coats smuggled into the United States through Maine. The Quigleys were innocent but lost the coat and money.
Robert E. Dodson died after months of illness on Sunday night at about twenty years. He enlisted in Co. F Danville of the 2th Regiment at the outbreak of the Spanish War and served until mustered out. He contracted a pulmonary disease in service that led to his death. Survived by a wife and his mother Mrs Elizabeth Dodson. Funeral held this afternoon with large attendance including comrades from Co F and other Spanish War veterans.
Proceedings filed at Wilkes Barre last Thursday seek to restrain Luzerne County from distributing the $100 annual grant to the Dallas and West Pittston fairs. The petition alleges the law allows one grant of $100, but the commissioners have split it, giving $50 to each. Dallas contends only its association meets the law and is entitled to the entire amount.
Richard W Eggert former editor of the Danville Gem in Pennsylvania visited the Brooklyn Eagle office. He recently sold the Gem to an employee and has retired from business. Eggert is stopping with E E Lester of the Post Office printing department for a few days.
Hanover dispatch reports Pennsylvania and Maryland surveyors working to correct the Mason and Dixon line have reached Germany Township in Adams county. They note many boundary stones displaced, one used as a doorsill and another in a church, with others scattered. All stones will be recovered and restored to their original positions.
Joseph D Cromley and his son perished when their grain sled was struck by the Buffalo flyer at the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing in Watsontown Limestone township Montour county. The pair died on site along with both horses and the sled. David Cromley survived briefly.
West End Coal Company advances extensive improvements at Mocanaqua including eighty new houses to contractor Brown of Scranton on the Nicely farm. Scranton Electric Supply Co. will install an electric light plant for the breaker and grounds. boiler and dynamo arrived and construction to start pending weather. The company aims to bring the colliery to the best in the region.
John D Sterner son of George W Sterner died in Philadelphia hospital Thursday night from typhoid fever. A carpenter by trade he had been working around Philadelphia. His father and sister witnessed his illness, and his brother in law transported the body to Bloomsburg arriving Sunday morning. Funeral services were held Monday at the home of his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Thomas Gorrey with interment at Rosemont Cemetery.
A party of capitalists toured the mines in Penn township Lycoming county. They left Bloomsburg at 7 10 P M by the Reading railway, visited Hall's station and returned the same evening. The group included H A Keen J K Lockard C B Mellick B F Sharpless Bart Shaffer F D Rupert O L Cronin E P Williams Elias Utt E L Mumma Josiah Gigger G H Relce John Diely Thomas Hennesey I A Snyder Byce Griffiths D P Smith D O Snyder Charles Durebeck Freeland W W Rishel J G Grady W H Hughes J S Miller D L Love H H Thomas L Seller D T Bowgey Dr Drumheller and Dr ghindel of Sunbury.
A Normal Department urges Sunday School leaders to organize a normal class in their schools. Enrollment with publications is offered via the State Association office in York Pennsylvania, with books by Hubbart Marry Trumbull Vincent and others available at set prices.
Shamokin dispatch reports two shots fired simultaneously caused a concussive blast and gas surge that killed John Witt age 50 and Stanislaus Yesmuth age 45 at Cameron colliery on Saturday January 4. Witt from Oneida street was a well known Polish resident with a widow and several children. Yesmuth also leaves a widow and children.
Mrs Mary Wertz weighed over 450 pounds and was laid to rest in Pottsville after a lengthy removal from Mahanoy City. Undertakers removed a windowed coffin through the house, tore a door frame, and part of a wall to move the body en route to Reading station. Sixteen pallbearers, eight at a time, carried the casket to the grave, Wertz noted as the heaviest woman in Pennsylvania.
Certiorari leads to reversal of a judgment while the Court considers Berwick cases where licenses of James H. Fairman H. K. Heller and H. B. Williams faced revocation for alleged Brooks liquor law violations. Prosecution by Anti Saloon League included charges of selling liquor to miners and intemperate individuals, selling excess quantities, and permitting gambling. Dozens of witnesses testified as the matter remained under advisement.
A Montgomery dentist, Dr H K Frantz, faced a life or death struggle Monday as patient Morris Tyson, made insane by gas from a tooth extraction, threw him to the floor and lifted him in a frenzy before alarms brought help.
The monthly session discussed gutter repairs on Iron street and unsatisfactory hose supplies. An ice and snow cleaning ordinance was approved, bills totaling 767.83 approved, and 7500 for Fire Companies authorized. Arrears on Walp damages and other payments were ordered. Fire Chief position referred back to Fire Companies. toolbox repair and sewer issues reviewed with street and town engineer input.
A court in room 200 with Judge B R Little and associates heard multiple estate matters. Exceptions to auditors reports were dismissed and auditor reports confirmed absolute for Schuyler and Lowrey estates. A rule case against A O Freas was discharged. Certified to Common Pleas with Dennigan Brink plaintiff and William Winner defendant.
This notice promotes a muslin underwear sale with planned large-scale purchasing and reduced prices. It highlights items such as corset covers, girls drawers, gowns, cambric skirts, and lace trimmed pieces priced from 10¢ to 75¢, emphasizing quality materials and generous sizing.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.