Terms of the Republican subscription price
The notice states a yearly advance rate of $2.00 for the Republican newspaper and $2.50 if not paid in advance, outlining payment terms and deadlines.
15 Mar 1877
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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1877
Page
1
The notice states a yearly advance rate of $2.00 for the Republican newspaper and $2.50 if not paid in advance, outlining payment terms and deadlines.
An old newspaper listing rates for various ad sizes and placements. It details price per inch for display ads, yearly and quarterly payment terms, and special rules for legal, executor notices, transient, local, and business directory listings. It names Brown as publisher and promoter and notes payment requirements.
Listing of county officials including President Judge William Elwell Associate Judges I K Krickbaum and Frank Shuman Prothonotary Frank Zarr Court Stenographer S N Walker Register Recorder Williamson H Jacoby District Attorney Colin M Clack Sheriff J W Hofman Surveyor Isaac Dewitt Treasurer H W Metteynolds Commissioners J E Sands John Herner Bilas Mellenry Commissioner's Clerk William Krickbaum Auditors E B Brown M Y B Kline John B Casey Coroner Charles G Murphey Jury Commissioners Theo Smith E Robbins Superintendent William H Snyder von Poor District Directors O P Ent Scott William Kramer Bloomsburg Thomas Croveling Scott O P Ent Secretary
Bloomsburg Banking Company with John A Fanston as president and Aril Grotz as cashier, First National Bank listing Charles R Paxton as president and J P Tustin as cashier, Columbia County Mutual Saving Fund and Loan Association with E H Little as president and C W Miller as secretary, Bloomsburg Building and Saving Lund Association with Wm Peacock as president and J B Robison as secretary, Bloomsburg Mutual Saving Fund Association with J J Brower as president and C G Barkley as secretary.
A historic church notices page lists service times for Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Reformed, and other churches. It notes ministers, Sunday School, prayer meetings, and pews or seats, with welcome to strangers and locations on Rock Street and Maitisote township GT.
A dense listing shows K H Little Robt B Little and H and R Br Little Attorneys at Law in Bloomsburg Pa with offices in Columbian Building. multiple physicians and surgeons including W H Abbott, D E Rutter, J Rutter, F J M Clark. other lawyers Funk Waller and N U Funk. notices dated 1874 to 1876 reference office locations Main and Market Streets, Browne’s Building and Hartman’s Block with brief service mentions like collections and pensions.
An advertisement extols Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry with testimonials of cures for coughs bronchitis and consumption. Readers are invited to consult Dr Swayne and Son at 830 North Sixth Street Philadelphia with assurances of universal druggist availability and mail order.
A poem by Horace B. Durant reflects on departed souls awaiting the reader across the river to a heavenly fold. The speaker recalls bidding loved ones farewell, notes their continued presence, and finds comfort in faith that they will meet again when Jesus carries believers to eternal life.
Tip and Top, two young vagabonds, wander from a circus beginnings toward a rough western farm plan. They face hunger, injury, and kindness from a doorstep woman, then find work and a safer return home, choosing a new life over city streets.
A historical anecdote argues for a two hour post lunch rest to improve health and productivity. It recalls a farmer who allowed a midday break from twelve to two, with workers napping an hour and a quarter, yielding rested, efficient labor in the afternoon.
The piece urges rural owners to invest in exterior beauty and orderly yards. It contrasts neglected huts with paint, shade trees, flowers, and sturdy fencing to show how tasteful upkeep attracts buyers and raises value over time.
The essay praises English family life where mothers host at home and guide evening gatherings. It extols the matronly mother as centerpiece, balancing parental authority with daughters’ charm, and highlights the harmonious, free yet dutiful dynamic between parent and children.
A Victorian sermon warns youth and elders to show reverence in places of prayer and avoid distracting laughter or curiosity. It recalls a Detroit streetcar prank where a smallpox joke ends with a shove into a snow drift, illustrating consequences of mischief in public.
Quote prose on feelings untranslatable by language. Longfellow compares them to glow worms that gleam in twilight but lose their beauty when exposed to reason, a metaphor about beauty and understanding.
Italy declares all seventeen universities open to women while Switzerland Norway Sweden and Denmark take similar steps. France opens the Sorbonne to women and Russia allows women in its top medical and surgical schools.
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