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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1902
Page
2
The notice declares the Aurusanican’s leadership among county papers and calls for ongoing public support. It emphasizes a commitment to real news and requests readers to share any genuine local happenings.
Tax supreme court ruling states adulterated food is adulterated regardless of adulterant amount. A grocer convicted of selling raspberry sirup with adulterants is upheld under the pure food law. The decision aligns with the Superior Court stance previously in the same case.
Preliminary Census Office figures show the silk industry in the United States valued at 107 million dollars in output. The decade saw a 22 percent gain, with 843 establishments in 1900 and 65 416 workers earning about 21 million in wages. New Jersey heads states in production. Pennsylvania follows, while Connecticut ranks third in capital and New York trails in product value.
The article reports Secretary Hay's firm note to Russia and China asserting Manchuria is part of the Chinese Empire and should remain open to American trade. It links U.S. stance to Britain's and Japan's Dual Alliance and notes U.S. insistence on free access despite Russia’s privileges in Manchuria. It emphasizes U.S. neutrality in alliance terms while opposing Russian monopoly.
A Harrisburg meeting of the Pennsylvania Free Library Commission reveals that sixty four traveling libraries have been established since 1899. Each library carries fifty books to serve rural communities lacking access to literature. Despite initial funding shortages, State Librarian Dr. Reed and supporters mobilized funds to sustain the program.
The article describes a state traveling library program offering free books to communities lacking libraries. For a $2 transportation fee, a librarian and trustee manage a fifty volume oak case open two hours weekly, with two week loans and one cent per day fines for late returns.
Prince Henry, in New York Times quoted, says Americans are inspiring from faces seen at opera to crowds on streets. He notes activity and ambition without excess contentment or discontent and contrasts it with Europe’s declassed and complacent classes. He sees optimism in the American will and the 76,000,000 people as a dynamic, hopeful force.
Speeches at the seventeenth anniversary of Baldwin Locomotive Works offer insights into American industry. Styvesant Fish of Illinois Central Railroad underscores ownership of major companies and supports views on trade balance and exports versus gold imports. He notes his firm began with one seventh U.S. ownership, then ninety percent overall capital.
Jaquier argues that U S actions in Cuba over four years have transformed the country. He cites military withdrawal, payment to insurgents, famine relief, disease control, sanitation, public works, education, and governance training as evidence of enduring American benevolence and constructive occupancy.
Hampton Va March 3 1902 detailed description of the National Home for Soldiers at Old Point Comfort near Hampton Roads. notes 3500 members 800 furloughing 350 in hospital and 18 deaths per month. governance by board. facilities include Opera House Ward Memorial library and dining hall. funds from store hotel and bar totaling about 500 dollars monthly. details on rules and disciplinary measures for absentees. Also reports on P.O.S. of A district convention held Feb 22 with officers elected and resolutions on immigration and anarchism and invitations to central Pennsylvania camps.
Edward W. Ivey offers a one hundred dollar reward for the identity of the person who shot at his milk wagon on January 10 while en route to deliver milk to customers in Bloomsburg. Reward paid after arrest and conviction. March 5, 1902.
The Musical College in Freeburg Snyder County Pa is recognized as well equipped. Tuition for six weeks instructions and board is 33 dollars. Spring term will begin May 5. Catalogues from director Henry B. Moyer.
An advertisement touts Benson's Porous Plasters as a universal cure for coughs colds pains kidney or liver worries and rheumatic aches. It claims rapid relief with no substitutes and urges purchase from Seabury Johnson Mfg. Chemists New York at 25 cents each.
Letters testamentary issued for J. J. Wagenseller late of Bloomsburg Columbia County. Creditors to make payment and claimants to present their demands without delay.
The Bloomsburg National Bank reports assets of 262 008 00 with discounts, securities, and cash items totaling 418 742 31 and liabilities including undivided profits and certified checks. The statement, dated February 25 1902, lists cash from reserves and due from other banks under state supervision.
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