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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1902
Page
4
News items note Millville Tablet entering its sixteenth year and Danville political and civic updates. Entries include Charles P. Harder confirmed as Danville postmaster, Judge Bell ruling on insolvency vs federal bankruptcy, improvements by Geo W Hess in engraving, and doctors Pfabler and Applewhite forming a partnership in Pittsburg. Reprinted notices from local papers.
Bhor McHenry and Son received a steel storage tank this week for grain storage. The tank measures 30 feet in circumference and 40 feet high with capacity for 30 000 bushels. Hauling the mammoth tank to the distillery is currently in progress.
Last Friday and Saturday five millinery display drew crowds at H J Clark and Son with a packed coat room. The Watsontown soldiers monument, accepted by the monument committee, will be dedicated May 17 with expected grand demonstration. Bloomsburg Royal Arcanum occupies Golden Eagles hall and plans two April 4 meetings with likely two initiations.
The 1900 census preliminary summary lists 25 258 flouring and grist mills in the United States with total capital of 218 714 104 and 37 073 wage earners averaging wages of 17 703 418. Delaware shows capital 1 017 508 and product 1 165 800. New Jersey capital 3 004 408 and product 6 371 997. Pennsylvania capital 19 516 993 and product 36 639 423.
Hermon Lowenberger of Syracuse, guest at Hotel Haag, died at Williamsport hospital after gangrene developed in both legs following a blood clot. He was stricken about ten days ago, had one leg amputated, and died the next morning. He suffered intense pain while in Milton and opposed the operation before his death.
A group of youths in Chambersburg practiced hypnotism at a social. Miss Bessie Fisher fell asleep and could not be awakened for hours. A physician failed to revive her before an expert hypnotist finally roused her. The incident caused alarm and concern among observers.
A blaze at the Wollée house was checked thanks to timely discovery by William Faulkey. Firefighters responded quickly as a west wind fed flames on the western roof, preventing spread to Church Street homes and other buildings.
A Treasury Department panel led by Chief Electrician J. E. Powell and vault expert John P. Bergin concludes even the strongest steel vaults can be opened by expert safe crackers. They favor alarm systems over heavier walls, with near real time reporting to central offices and rapid guard response, noting past Chicago post office thefts prove limitations of steel walls. The plan aims to install alarms at Subtreasuries and post offices nationwide.
The North Carolinian memorial pays tribute to Palemon John a self made teacher doctor journalist and civic advocate who lived in Elizabeth City for over thirty years He is praised as nature s gentleman and an honest man whose republican loyalties endured through Reconstruction his quiet life supported public enterprises and he left a lasting civic legacy in the community.
Timetable for trains from Bloomsburg and nearby towns to New York Philadelphia Reading Pottsville Tamaqua Williamsport Danville Catawissa Rupert and Atlantic City. Includes departure times for weekdays and Sundays on various lines with express and accommodation services and parlor cars on all express trains. General superintendent and ticket offices listed.
Rail schedule effect January 27 1902 lists northward Train 1 leaving Bloomsburg at 8 50 am stopping Orangeville 9 16 am Benton 9 46 am to Jameson 10 08 am. Train 3 departs Bloomsburg 2 37 pm via Orangeville 3 03 pm Benton 3 33 pm to Jameson 7 55 pm. Train 21 leaves Bloomsburg 6 10 am via Orangeville 7 10 am Benton 8 30 am to Jameson 9 35 am southbound.
The Nov 24 1901 timetable lists Sunbury eastward trains to Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Washington with Parlor car service and various intermediate stops. Westward trains run to Buffalo Erie Rochester and beyond with vestibuled Pullman cars. Sundry trains connect Sunbury Wilkes Barre Hazleton and North Branch lines with through coaches and sleepers.
The article warns that spring replanting will be extensive after storm damage to shade trees and shrubs. It urges prompt purchase of stock, careful variety selection suited to soil and climate, and guarantees of true-to-name varieties. It discusses fertilization, weather risks, and the advantage of using multiple varieties for better pollination and fruit yield.
Annie O. Webster notes clover adds lime and shell quality to eggs, making it essential in chicken rations. Feed clover hay in winter, cook or chop, mix with mash, and offer stalks to maximize intake and reduce waste for economical poultry feeding.
Advice for dairy farmers on cow water needs stressing ample pure water daily for milk cows, with emphasis on keeping water accessible, avoiding ice cold sources, and warming where possible to improve digestion and milk flow.
The article argues that roots such as beets mangels and turnips are valuable in livestock diets, noting England's Breeds from turnips, market prices for roots, and the efficiency gains from labor-saving tools. It mentions corn as the main crop but favors adding roots to improve growth in young stock and overall yields. It also briefly notes the harvest mouse and a full grown steinman weight of half an ounce.
Modern ocean exploration reveals underwater mountains near Australia, discovered during a cable survey to Norfolk Island. The highest summits rise about 1,500 feet below the surface while surrounding basins plunge to two or three miles.
A claim plates Dr. King's New Discovery as a universal cure for consumption, pneumonia, bronchitis, grip, croup, and whooping cough. It promises relief for throat and lung troubles with a 50 cent to one dollar price and free trial bottles at CO A Kleim's and J H Mercer's.
Baron Francatti is described as perhaps the richest man in Venice. He is a Hebrew whose father married into the Rothschild family and has long represented them in Venice. He resides in an ancient palace restored about 50 years ago, a major showplace on tour routes. The count is a dilettante, fond of arts and sciences, and publicly spirited in Venetian affairs.
An advertorial note claims cobwebs on a cut caused lockjaw and promotes Bucklen's Amica Salve as infallible for wounds ulcers sores skin eruptions burns salves and piles. It guarantees cure or no pay and lists G A Kleim and J H Mercer drug stores as sellers. March 5 4-w
Miss Constan Applebee, an Englishwoman, has begun introducing hockey to US women’s colleges and will coach at Vassar Smith and Radcliffe. She is also starting a fencing school in Boston.
An old advertisement argues feeding differences between grain and grass fed horses reflect in children. It claims Scott's Emulsion boosts appetite digestion and growth, likening it to grain for horses and stating it rouses dull children, adds flesh, and red blood.
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