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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
4
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A Philadelphia Public Ledger editorial argues that imports rose sharply from December to April, with 54 to 129 percent gains in key goods, including woolen cloths and silk products. The piece warns that foreign manufacturers are eroding U S domestic industry and defends protective capital and labor policies.
Political factions in New York speculate on Theodore Roosevelt’s stance as Colonel Roosevelt contemplates a shift from Progressives. Buzz centers on Whitman’s gubernatorial bid, Perkins influence, and which leaders will stay aligned as Roosevelt redefines his path amid rumors of strategic realignments and quiet demonstrations.
A historical note compares Argentina plains roads as having deep dust in summer and mud in winter, causing wagons to use wheels from six to fifteen feet in height. The quote by Henry Ward Beecher contrasts elect and nonelect as a political musing.
The article urges men and women over fifty to maintain a careful diet and use Scott's Emulsion as a nourishing food and tonic. It claims cod liver oil provides energy, promotes pure blood, and helps rheumatism and age-related ailments without alcohol or drugs. Beware of substitutes.
A man relays a dream after a friend’s suicide in which a bust of the dead man leads him to a room of open books. After turning pages he awakes to find a postmarked letter with only the dead man’s bust photograph, sent from an unknown town, with no sender identified.
A London Chronicle excerpt argues animals feel pain less due to limited imagination and memory. It says pain in animals is brief and unshared, lacking social or moral significance, while humans link suffering to past and future experiences. It notes a skylark senses only immediate discomfort, not lost liberty.
The Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a reply about a business college for young women. The dialogue notes that the school is “all right” and asks if it provides practical training. The answer claims that 60 percent of graduates marry their employers in the first year.
Bloomsburg resident John A. Fortner says Doan's Kidney Pills give prompt relief for backache and kidney discomfort when cold affects his kidneys. The ad notes the pills cost 50 cents and are available at all dealers, from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In the June 12 1914 record the Monroe family is noted with W R Monroe Bessie and H A Hall along with F Steward Hartman and A W Day as named entities or witnesses in the document.
Lawrence Barrett, known for stern dignity, once declined a popular low comedian’s proposal for a joint act. He said it would have been an unhappy illustration of Grin and Barrett.
A Boston Transcript quip recalls Smith’s debut as church usher on a Sunday. He blurts to a entering lady, This way madam and I’ll sew you into a sheet highlighting the comic misstep.
In Chicago a small nurse explains a baby's crying as fussy behavior from attempts to open the mouth with a glove stretcher. A parent ignores the scene while a judge and a lord share quips about wisdom and warmth.
A local ad by J Brown promotes eye specialty services including testing fitting and art eyes. It lists telephone contact and hours from 10 am to 5 pm. Attorney H A McKillip and other entries note their offices in Bloomsburg for January 1903.
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