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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1900
Page
1
A patchwork listing presents attorneys at various Bloomsburg locations with offices near courts, banks, and post offices. Names include M Clark A Fritz A Funk Waller Quick and D M J Hess with dates indicating filing or practice details.
A lyrical meditation on flowers and summer blooms. The speaker lists garden varieties from tiger lily and clematis to Easter lily and pansy, praising the June rose as the ultimate flower amid a wealth of fruit and color.
Harry and Katie face hardship as a clerk’s wages fall short for schooling. Harry seeks work and fate appears to favor him when a mysterious donor, possibly Miss Bruce, sends $50 to fund Katie’s education, lifting their burden and revealing a potential romance.
The passage portrays relentless female labor causing sleeplessness and nervous exhaustion. It asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla restores blood health and appetite, steadies nerves, and ends with a praising note about the product.
Notice to Arthur Elwood to appear in the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County Pennsylvania on the fourth Monday of September 1900 at Bloomsburg to show cause why Eliza Elwood should not be divorced from Arthur Elwood in the case Eliza J Exwoop v. Arthur Elwood under the February term 1900.
A man recalls a long-ago seaside memory of a woman he loved and learns she is now Mrs. Lambert, a widow with a child. He confesses his lifelong affection and asks for another gift from the past, while the woman’s possible reply remains uncertain.
A distinguished physician states worry rarely causes insanity. Most cases of mental strain stem from physical factors, with nervous prostration rather than mania the common result. A sound body endures sorrow, yielding happiness when relief comes, as in the ballad line about a heart lightened by burden.
A midshipman Porter courted a commodore’s daughter aboard a flagship. He ignored parental orders by climbing in via mizzen chains and quarter gallery to visit his love. The helpful orderly was overruled and Porter stayed welcome, leading to marriage on return home.
The Supreme Court in Buffalo orders a permanent injunction with costs and accounting of sales against Paul B. Hudson and a Brooklyn retailer over Dr Clark's Foot Powder. The court finds the powder an imitation of Foot-Ease and infringes the Foot-Ease trademark owned by Allen Roy of New York. Similar suits will target other infringers of Foot-Ease rights.
This article explains the human body as a highly efficient machine. It details daily intake about eight pounds of food supplying energy for bodily, muscular, and mental work. It estimates heart, breathing, and total body work in foot tons per day.
Henry Fitch known as Whistler from Mountain End Danbury Conn faced a swarm of thousands of bees while driving oxen home. He kept whistling to pacify the insects and, with his mother’s aid and a shaken hive pan, drew the bees away and saved both man and animals from harm.
The notes warn against pinching heels tight footwear and sudden heel-to-toe changes. They advise avoiding narrow soles and heels that press into the foot hollow or force the great toe out of line. Tight boot tops harm calf motion and ankle shape while distortion can enlarge unappealing feet.
A man recalls dating tips from a sage about winning a girl by pleasing her mother. The plan backfires when the mother sues her husband for divorce and him for breach of promise, leaving the seeker with an unexpected legal entanglement.
An ad promotes Kermott's Chocolates Laxative Quisine as a cold remedy for head congestion and sore throat, noting children take them like candy.
Lieutenant Colonel Delauncey of the French Army reports a small hemipter in Noumea that counts with six turns in one direction and back, then five more, then descending until one turn in each direction. Only two specimens were found and both were lost. counting was observed on a single occasion.
An ad-like notice touts Kermott's Chocolates Laxative Quinine as an easily taken candy that quickly cures colds and sore throat. It presents a bold health claim without verification.
A court exchange features playful lines about half time effort and half a loaf proving better than none. The judge’s remark centers on efficiency and value in labor.
A vintage advertisement extols the Royal Baking Powder as the strongest purest and most economical leavening agent. It warns against cheap impure powders and cites health risks from alum powders, urging buyers to choose the best for family health and prosperity.
Judge Halsey conducted the case Isaac Benscoter vs Huntington Valley Camp Meeting Association in Wilkes-Barre. Plaintiff alleges a sewer drains into Marsh Creek polluting water. seeks injunction, costs, and damages. Defendants admit drains exist but deny harm. claim creeks are normal and not used for drinking.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a universal cure for skin eruptions fever sores ulcers boils felons corns warts sprains bruises burns and chapped hands claiming fast relief and low price of 26 cents per box sold by C A ... at local outlets.
A 19th century style ad claims women can improve appearance by health. It links beauty to strong nerves and pure blood, praising Electric Bitters as the best medicine to regulate stomach liver and kidneys. It promises bright eyes smooth skin and a rich complexion for run down invalids. Sold for 50c at O Bileim's drug store.
A Youths Companion note describes the heliograph as a portable signaling tool for British operations in the South, praising four military virtues portability rapid action range and secrecy. It explains a movable mirror on a tripod sends Morse code in sun reflected light readable only along the line of transmission.
An old ad copy claims Hood's Sarsaparilla boosts appetite and nourishes the body, presenting it as a stomach tonic and family laxative. It promotes a value offer of two papers for one year at $1.50.
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