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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1901
Page
1
In a quiet Sorghumville room the editor recalls a Methodist church spelling bee and youthful romance with Alice Smith. He recounts childhood bashfulness, Nat Sanders rivaling him, and a county wide reputation for spelling prowess.
The narrator recalls a school spelling bee where he bungled spelling Alice’s name under pressure. Landers and spectators react with humor and later acceptance ensues as the editor and Old Subscriber confirm Alice is his wife.
Experts predict fruit pulps will be transformed into brick like substances that stay fresh 18 months to 2 years. California researchers report ready for mass production and export to Europe with strawberry raspberry plum currant and gooseberry varieties. Manufactured at fruit centers they will be sold wrapped in oiled paper avoiding cans and keeping costs low.
Frances Campbell Jewett urges boys to pick good sound books over sensational desk novels. He advocates adventure true to life, history, invention, nature study, and poetry to foster courage, imagination, and moral character.
Mr. Blank an ocu list spends vacation observing his shotgun. He tests left and right barrels by firing at a tree target reveals one barrel aims true while the other misses. He concludes the gun has strabismus and astigmatism symptoms.
A brief tale shows Olivia visiting her grandmother in the West while her parents travel to New York to spend money. Olivia stays devoutly prayerful, recalling the Lord’s Prayer, and questions butter from the butter man, emphasizing simple faith over material wants.
Justice Laughlin of Buffalo orders a permanent injunction with costs and a full accounting of sales against Paul B. Hudson the manufacturer of Dr Clarks Foot Powder and against a Brooklyn retail dealer restraining them from making or selling the product declared imitates and infringes Foot Ease trade mark owner Allen B Olmstead Le Roy N Y Similar actions will be brought against others infringing Foot Ease rights. What a horse laugh he has said Ethel and Blanche remark on a horseless laugh
Dr Pierce of the World's Dispensary runs a free Buffalo Bureau to help Exposition visitors with lodging, mail, and travel information. It offers desks, parlors, and guidance to Niagara excursions, Toronto trips, and Great Lakes travels at no charge, emphasizing humane service over profit.
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Amica Salve for cuts sprains bruises chafing and other injuries with a 25 cent price and guaranteed cure. It lists sellers C A Kleim and J H Mercer Druggists and notes a June 5 2014 date.
A wry observation compares fashionable friendship to an umbrella that in a violent storm turns wrong side out exposing its fragility. The remark suggests social ties falter under pressure and unsettled times.
A testimonial from Mrs. W. K. Haviland of Armonk New York says her daughter nearly died from whooping cough and bronchitis before using Dr King’s New Discovery which also cured a niece with advanced consumption. The ad claims the medicine defeats throat and lung diseases and offers 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with trial samples.
The Philadelphia Record notes city waste yields 300 to 700 dollars yearly. Waste baskets feed a shafted system. paper is separated and sold. Profits go to the city treasurer via the city commissioners survey bureau and buildings department.
In advanced and chronic forms a Cold in the head is Nasal Catarrh and the source of other diseases. Ely's Cream Balm is presented as a specific for membranal diseases in nasal passages, not drying and not causing sneezing. Price 0c at druggists or by mail Ely Brothers 56 Warren St New York.
After a duel the principals lunch in a cafe. An American at the Paris exposition mocks a Frenchman’s appetite. Count de Bourleane slaps him, the American strikes back and stomps the count, asking if his honor is satisfied. The moral: no duel ends in the land of the free.
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