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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1901
Page
3
The Republican announces renewed arrangements with major dailies to offer discounted annual subscriptions. Prices vary by title and payment in advance, with options including the Republican and Weekly Press, Republican and Weekly Tribune, Republican and Toledo Blade, and other combinations.
Early cabbage plants at Jos Garrison's on 5th Street offer a chance for a bright young man to learn the drug business. The Watson W. Furman property on East Street will be sold privately, a large corner lot with a good house. inquire Hope Furman or C R Mendenhall for details. Town Lots for Sale by Bloomsburg Land Improvement Company. inquire J Sanderson Woods or N Y Funk at the Office Ent Building.
Benton Borough weighs installing sewers as officials discuss costs, funding, and potential impact on residents. Community members debate infrastructure needs and long term benefits amid lingering concerns about disruption and taxes.
Representative Albert Garner of the Ashland district is to be married the latter part of June, according to local notes.
Prof J F Davis an Insurance agent from Williamsport arrived in town on Wednesday for business engagements.
William Barratt acts for the Bloomsburg S C O F at the state meeting held this week in Gettysburg.
H. C. Gruver of Catawissa has accepted the role of foreman for the overhead construction work on the Columbia and Montour Electric Railway.
Our townsman Jacob L. Girton begins a trip today to Polo Illinois to visit his brother in law Harman Unger and then calls on friends in Chicago for greetings and social calls.
E B Tustin completed purchase of the M Drinker property on Third Street behind the Sloan property and now controls the full depth from Market Street.
Miss Cora Quick married John W W Chamberlin of Pittsburg at the bride’s parents home on Thursday evening, the ceremony performed by Rev W M Fryer.
An uneventful Saturday game at Athletic Park saw Bloomsburg and Berwick High School teams clash in a one sided result as visitors were outmatched. The Central Pa Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will send Rev. E. J. Gray D. D. of Williamsport Rev. R H Gilbert of Berwick and T H Murray Esq. of Clearfield to the Ecumenical Conference in London this fall.
John Vanderslice died Saturday evening at Lackawanna hospital in Clarks Summit. He was the son of the late Joseph Vanderslice and known in Bloomsburg. His remains were taken to Berwick on Tuesday by his sister Agnes of North Dakota for interment there.
Bloomsburg High School defeated Normal reserves 8 to 4 in six innings at Athletic Park on Monday afternoon. Frank Shaffer pitched for High School through six, keeping Normal hitters off balance with his curves.
Congratulatory cheers for Krickbaum's win fill the room as officials shake hands, boosting the sense he could handle state duties. A Bloomsburg stock boom draws attention with National stock changing hands near par and Farmers' National bidding up to $225,000.
The Columbia Montour Electric Railway will build a brick power house on the old Neal furnace property. The Bloomsburg Water Company will extend a main pipe along Locust and Berwick Road to the site. Construction supervised by C. H. Reimard with about 200 000 bricks supplied by William Ferguson.
The article notes Krickbaum resumes his commissioner role on Saturday amid questions about acts by Vanderslice era. It states there is no legal ground to challenge the board’s acts and cites the Supreme Court denial of a supersedeas pending reinstatement. It argues the court previously allowed the board to transact public business. The piece reassures there is no worry over the legality of past actions.
Amos Wanich is building a dwelling house in Fernville. The notice mentions sweet potato plants at Jos Jarrison’s on Fifth Street.
State Superintendent Schaffer will attend the examination at Bloomsburg Normal School. The event highlights state oversight of teacher training and marks a planned visit by the education chief to the campus.
Mr and Mrs William Mellick of Wilkes Barre visited the former's parents Mr and Mrs P W Mellick at Light Street on Monday.
Summers and Sassaman are held in $1000 bail each for trial at the next term of court at Danville for the killing of Wellington Hartman.
Mayor Frank Skeler attended a meeting of city and borough officials in Philadelphia to adopt a method aimed at ridding the country of the tramp evil last week.
A strike prevails at Centralia causing all Lehigh Valley mining operations to close. Local business men feel the impact as economic activity stalls in town.
State chairman Jones will attend with the Philadelphia quartet of vocalists to enliven the Prohibition County Convention in Evans Hall on the 28th.
Commencement Day set for Thursday June 20 at Williamsport Dickinson Seminary. Bishop Foss to deliver the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday June 16. Alumni Day observed on Wednesday June 19 with activities scheduled.
School directors chose to close Bloomsburg schools on Tuesday due to the Wallace Circus. They deemed it impossible to compel students to attend while the event was nearby.
Mr. W. M. Monroe of Rupert plans to attend the Potstown Academy semi centennial next week. He was a pupil there 48 years ago.
Another child, a little girl of Charles Penman of Hazleton, dies of scarlet fever and diphtheria. The Penman family, now quarantined, has lost two children to the scourge with one survivor.
Word comes from Mifflinburg that Mrs Fannie L Burrowes 55 wife of Prof A S Burrowes died suddenly on the 6th at their Grand Forks North Dakota home. Prof Burrowes a Bloomsburg Normal first graduate, and his wife lived in Mifflinburg when he studied.
Wilkes-Barre Times reports M. C. Andreas of Wilkes-Barre has devised a new simple daily balance process for bookkeeping enabling businessmen to know their nightly status. He is a county native and graduate of our office and invites inquiries at 237 Horton Street Wilkes-Barre.
Five freight cars loaded with four thousand desks left Bloomsbury School Furniture for Porto Rico. The cars were sent to New York for transfer to a steamer bound for San Juan, marking a large export of school furniture to the island.
An 1901 advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease tight shoes and swollen feet. It claims relief from blisters callouses and sore spots, with a 25 cent price and a trial package free by mail from Allen S. Olmsted in La Roy New York dated May 8 1901.
The Wallace Great Circus impressed Bloomsburg with a bright attractive program. Horses sleek and well groomed. animals well fed. The Nelson family performed gymnastic feats that thrilled the crowd. A mile long street parade drew universal admiration with no unfavorable criticisms noted.
The article notes the ground breaking for a trolley power house on Monday and mentions local happenings including a family with another girl at home, proposals to keep it, and a suggestion to tour the town on Sundays. It also references open Sabbaths, Sunday School, and a sick resident, Miss Jennie Watkins, who is better.
The Hazleton Sentinel records the death of Miss Kate B Fruit age about 70 at 8 oclock Monday at the home of Mr J Edwin Giles in Hazleton where she had lived eight years. An invalid for years she died from a stroke of apoplexy two weeks prior. Born in Danville she lived many years in Jerseytown Columbia county.
The deceased will be taken by the 6:50 Pennsylvania train Tuesday evening to the home of Dr. John Frust near Buckburn, Columbia County, for services at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. Interment will be in Derry cemetery.
A town urges immediate council action to repair athletic park damages caused by heavy circus wagons. The writer decries ruined fields from wheel ruts and stake holes, calls for public pressure or a subscription to restore the square, and warns against future circus concessions.
Charles E John of Frederick SD visits parents on Main street. Henry Eisner and wife visit Maha noy City and plan Wilmington Delaware. Wilson and daughter Fannie H travel west to Iowa Nebraska Illinois Michigan. Wmn. M. Reece, wife and Miss Edna Eves spent week in Philadelphia for Friends Yearly Meeting. Loulisa M. Eves and Katharine Brown gave program with Emerson school students in Boston. Music by Charles Eves and Reba and Mildred Eves. Funeral of Howard J. Eves aged 25 in Madison township at Union church with Millville cemetery interment. Funeral of Dyer Thomas held at Eyers Grove with Millville interment. Lucia M. Eves dies aged 70 in East Millville. funeral Wednesday at 2 P.M. Greenwood May 20 1901.
Mifflinville notes record residents visiting Bloomsburg and Beaver with Creasy and Keefer families visiting, a new beer pump installed at Hotel Andreas, and a planned water tank at the station this summer. Planting corn dominates farm activity as rain supports grain and fruit prospects. townspeople attend a Bloomsburg show and the festival season begins June 22. Rev G Savage to visit Bloomingdale. no preaching at M E Church next Sunday. Ray Ginter moves into the Reuben Miller house. early life at Brown prior years noted.
The Hazleton Sentinel notes Rev M E B McLian of Bloomsburg, former Hazleton secretary, visited Friday. He went to Seybertaville to seek to revive interest in reestablishing the English Lutheran church and will report to the Susquehanna Synod.
Bloomsburg is set to be known for its automobiles with several new buyers in the past year. J. M. Staver no longer owns the town's sole vehicle as E. B. Tustin Pp. E. Wirt and O. W. Funston have purchased cars, with M. I. Low and George Low of Lime Ridge also buying. Two more purchases are reportedly in prospect.
Rev Thomas Harwood informs the Missionary Board that the Greene Consolidated Copper Co operates near Cananea Mexico where four thousand residents live and one fourth are Americans with no church privileges. Mrs E B Tustin pledges funds to erect a mission church as a memorial to her father who spent his life in the ministry. This donation is described as a fitting tribute from Mrs Tustin.
Hon Daniel Edwards a leading coal operator in the state died suddenly at his Kingston home aged 76 after a four week despondency over his wife’s death. Born in Glamorganshire he rose to superintendent at Danville in 1858 and later led Kingston mines. He served as Kingston Coal Company president and general manager, Kingston Bank president, Wilkes-Barre City Hospital director, and Edwardsville Welch Church member. Interment was in Danville beside his wife.
A gangway in the Silver Brook colliery flood washed a mass of earth and three miners were buried. Foreman Samuel Klingeman age 40 and drivers Alexander Gallagher age 22 and Frederick O Donnell age 26 died. About 50 men worked to recover bodies as the top of the gangway caved in after a blast weakened the wall.
I H Strauss freight agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Wilkes-Barre received an official flag from Philadelphia headquarters. The eight by twelve foot red field white keystone with P RR letters hangs 100 feet above the pavement at the freight station corner Northampton and Canal streets. The flag flies daily year round except holidays when the Stars and Stripes replaces it.
Oliver Belles born December 9, 1880 at Hard Pan near New Columbus Columbia County died May 10, 1901, at his Berwick home after illness. He attended New Columbus Academy and B Grammar School. converted six years ago and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. Funeral held May 12 at 1 30 p m conducted by Rev R H Gilbert with large attendance. Interred Pine Grove Cemetery. survived by parents two brothers and two sisters Berwick Enterprise.
Authorities fear an outbreak of violence as the Whites and their opponents clash over a buried man in Sweet Valley Cemetery. The Whites claim they will reclaim the body using grappling irons if needed, while rivals vow to prevent desecration, risking a fatal confrontation.
Rev W T L Kelffer of Milton will address the Men’s meeting at the Y M C A next Sunday at 2 30 P M. The sixth annual Bible Conference of the Pennsylvania Y M C A is advertised with details available from the state association. The Bloomsburg Y M C A offers free ice water all summer and a reading room with magazines for members and visitors.
The council met in Town Hall with all members present. Vice-President Hartman chaired as President Skeler was absent. Ex-Treasurer Fleckenstine’s balance was settled. Fire department equipment could not be bought without a special election due to town indebtedness. A site for a soldier’s monument in Market Square will be set after an electric railway ordinance. Highway work set for the first and fifteenth monthly. Land Improvement Co deeded East Third Street to the town. prior town work noted. Opera House deemed safe by Building Inspector Shaffer. Cesspool issue traced to Samuel Turnbach Jet, not the alley.
Commissioner Neyhard notes Kinney Run bridge work and electric light renewal talks. Building permits issued to G W Sterner and Dr NM Bierman. Citizens seek firearms for funeral uses. secretary to locate suppliers. Water plug petition referred to Fire and Water. Various street repairs and bids directed. Rescue Hose Co to receive brick for pavement front. Tax collector aims to collect balances. several street crossings and gutters slated for fixes. Council approves bills totaling 946.10 and adjourns.
A telegram reports Sweet Valley authorities refused to permit hauling Ralph J. White’s coffin from Grassey Pond. The decision adds new complications as the body remains submerged and unresolved factions grow.
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