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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1902
Page
1
The article compares planetary barren surfaces with a moonlike fate of worn stars and notes a Yerkes telescope image showing no air on the moon. It argues Earth has analogues in the universe and that cosmic evolution will unfold over centuries, with rich questions arising from life in a single drop of ditch water.
A general supply store clerk laments the chaos of lamp wick needs with about a thousand lamp and oil stove variants. Customers guess sizes and return mismatched wicks, creating hundreds of yards of unsellable stock, despite the clerk’s efforts to help if customers first learn their exact size.
The article describes a nondrug method of inducing insensibility by applying pressure to the internal carotid artery near the jaw, practiced by Java natives and noted as a potential aid for surgeons. The anesthetizer constricts the artery then releases, risking quick return of consciousness but offering a possible boon in certain circumstances.
Orrin Payton, a young criminal lawyer, meets Maude Kingdon, a Massey & Keller stenographer, and grows fond while handling a street car collision claim. He offers $25,000 damages, then $650 settlement, and proposes marriage, but Maude declines, noting she cannot let him sacrifice his career for their future.
The passage discusses spring humors causing pimples boils indigestion and fatigue and urges quick relief. It recommends taking a remedy to purge the body and rebuild strength after illness and bodily imbalance.
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as the premier blood purifying remedy. Promises radical permanent cures for scrofula salt rheum scald head bolts pimples and other humors. Claims effectiveness for psoriasis blood poisoning rheumatism catarrh and dyspepsia and urges to accept no substitute and purchase today.
Sample mailed free. One application gives relief. The continued use of Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil permanently cures Piles externally or internally, blind or bleeding, itching or burning, fissures and fistulas. Relief immediate cure certain. Sizes 25c 50c and 1.00. Sold by druggists or prepaid on receipt of price. Humphreys Medicine Co New York.
Graduate of the University of Penna specialized under Dr Frederick Peeso in continuous gum and removable crown and bridge work. Dental office located in H J Clarks building at corner Main and Center Streets Bloomsburg Penna. Tan 21 97.tf.
Payton and a woman share a tense moment over marriage and money. He insists his interest spans over a year and will marry only if it suits both, then lightens the mood by joking he will take his fee. The scene ends with a relieved smile.
The Philadelphia Press recalls a May day thirty five years ago when apple blossoms fell on a soldier's grave in a New York churchyard. Veterans and survivors honor his memory and inspire Grand Army Memorial Day proclaimed by John A. Logan to ensure veterans graves are kept with flowers and flags.
An article describes insomnia caused by abnormal brain activity and explains how to rebalance circulation by light gymnastic routines. It outlines arm stretches, knee and ankle moves, and weight transfers to move blood from the brain to extremities, with five minutes of practice noted to warm the limbs and aid sleep.
The article notes Brazil shifts its republican celebration toward the American Fourth of July. Bolsonaro, I mean Brazil, displays Stars and Stripes with Washington and McKinley portraits, government officials visit US ships, bands serenade US officials, and Brazilian lights outline US Brazil emblems. Pan-America grows as a concept and event.
Astronomers report that a southern star shows a seven hour light cycle indicating two contacting bodies orbiting as a dumbbell. In another southern system the stars have recently separated, breaking their nexus and beginning an outward spiral apart.
A fragment notes that A rez is not necessarily an angel because she constantly harps on various matters, prompting a subscribe pitch for the Republican.
The New York Tribune notes Japan is shaping its business and government buildings in European style. Modern, Western designs dominate new construction with elevators, electric lights, signals, and contemporary management, signaling a broader shift away from traditional domestic styles.
The Washington Post notes plaster medallions of faces rise in popularity. Women pose as for an oil painting while an artist models a relief portrait using wet clay, framed under glass in plush or gilt cases.
A London physician with a keen sense of smell claims he can detect impending death within forty eight hours by a distinct odor emitted from a dying person. He says the scent appears up to three days before death in slow cases and shorter in rapid disease, possibly linked to mortification, with dogs noted to sense it as well.
Ely Bros. advertise atomizers for nasal catarrh with a spray tube priced at 76 cents. A New Orleans customer reports two bottles of Liquid Cream Balm gave wonderful relief, as noted by pharmacist George W. McDuff.
The type of horseshoe common in the Orient is a plate fitted to cover the entire bottom of the hoof with a perforation in the center. The weight of the average horseshoe is three fourths of a pound. Native smiths usually cut these plates from sheets of wrought iron and crudely shape them into shoes.
A historical guide advises beginners to build lung power by repeating the syllable ah on the middle register notes. Start with a clear note then expand up and down to reduce huskiness, avoid learning pieces by ear, and focus on purity and range using the ah syllable before attempting an air with full musical notation competence.
An old advertisement warns about dietary constipation and promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills. It claims the product cleanses the system, improves digestion and appetite, and offers a price of 25 cents at local drug stores J. H. Mercer and O. A. Kleim.
Nature uses mainly four gases oxygen nitrogen hydrogen chlorine and two solids carbon sulfur plus calcium iron and a metalloid phosphorus. Mar shows nature uses iron sparingly while man uses it largely and calcium extensively in bone and in building materials with lime and other metals such as tin copper and aluminum.
A wax ball placed inside a live freshwater mussel near its hinge produced an enormous pink pearl. The mussel coated the object with nacre as a defense, creating an oval pearl about an inch and a half long. Now in the Smithsonian, the pearl’s flaw due to dryness cracked its shell and reduced value, yet it remains a priceless curiosity.
A witty remark notes that a woman loses the last word only when a gentleman offers his seat to her in a crowded streetcar saying Take my seat madam.
The historic oak tree where John Wesley preached in Savannah Georgia has been removed to make way for a new trolley car track. The event marks a clash between preservation and urban transit expansion in the city.
Mrs. A M Shields of Chambersburg Pa recalls a six month illness from Hay Fever and Asthma cured by Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption. The remedy is touted as a safe cure for throat and lung diseases including coughs colds and bronchial affections. Guaranteed bottles cost 50 cents and one dollar with free trials at J H Mercer and O A Kleim.
The custom of baptizing bells traces to Charlemagne and is first clearly noted under Pope John XII in 988. A bishop conducts watersalt consecration, crosses the bell with holy oil, prays for divine protection, then seven cross marks are made, followed by feasts akin to a wedding.
In Monmouth County the river that flows into the sea is known as Shark River, formerly Sherk River. The old name reflected native farming neglect for crabbing and eel grass gathering in briny shallows, with a mild water temperature ideal for wading. The piece notes no sharks inhabit the water and attributes the change to local usage.
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