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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1902
Page
1
A fragment shows liabilities including capital stock surplus and profits. It lists individual deposits and circulation amounts with balances around 60 000 and 300 084 06 and 4 312 11 to total an undrawn balance of 1 464 113 90.
A 17 year old farm youth runs away to a city seeking fortune. He joins a plan to use a coffin and undertaker carriage as a cover for crime, then hides in a coffin in a house. He discovers the plan is risky and escapes as pursuers close in.
A joint resolution proposes adding a requirement that any proposed special or local law be submitted to a popular vote in the affected locality before introduction in the General Assembly. It specifies court orders and notice advertising before such elections and is signed as a true copy by the secretary of the Commonwealth.
Narrator recounts a failed burglary ending with a plunge into a well and rescue by a young couple. The encounter leads to a lifelong pull away from crime and toward a humorous, romancing memory. The episode culminates in the protagonist meeting the sister who teased him years later.
In Pennsylvania hill country a clergyman visiting Lehigh county is asked to christen a baby. The wife proposes the name Nias, claiming it comes from the Bible. The minister questions the spelling, and she clarifies Nias is short for Ananias, noting the child is a boy to be called Nias without Anna.
A farmer rides to town ignoring a loose shoe nail. His horse loses a shoe, then his hoofs pain and two robbers attack. With a limping horse he cannot escape and loses his horse and gear. He laments the single nail caused the loss.
The polo game is described as shinny on horseback with ponies trained to be gentle, swift, and quick. Teams may vary in size, each side defending a goal formed by two poles set six feet apart. A wooden white ball is centered on the ground and players dash for it, aiming to drive it through the opponent’s goal to win.
The firm announces renewed arrangements with leading metropolitan dailies to offer special rates for the coming year, expanding access and negotiating power for partners and advertisers.
The article profiles Senator Bailey of Texas as a frequent Lexington visitor to the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders association track. It notes his shift from politician to horse racing enthusiast, his hire of trainer Joe Rea from Bitter Root Stud, leasing a full farm for brood mares and Prodigal 2:16, and his trademark bench seat under an overhanging tree where track attendees watch his trotters.
The king of Sweden, Oscar II, is photographed wearing his crown and writes memoirs expected to delight the public. He recalls meeting botanist M. Gison Bonnier near Stockholm while both were botanizing. Bonnier unknowingly dined at home with the king, who joked he only has his palace to entertain guests and they spent the afternoon in talks on botany.
An Englishwoman present at De Wet’s gathering reports his remarks to camp followers. He laments the fallen flag and new government, cites hunger compelling surrender, and warns that disloyalty will be punished by him, Christian De Wet, under the new regime.
Mrs. Lizzie Balwin of Canton Mississippi holds the Canton postmaster job thanks to Senator Quay of Pennsylvania who secured her appointment under McKinley and helped with Roosevelt. The story links Quay’s long friendship to the post office tenure and hints at ongoing influence at the White House.
A new form preserves the healing Balm in a spray for nasal catarrh sufferers. The preparation does not dry secretions and includes a spraying tube. Price 75 cents, available at Ely Brothers New York and druggists, or by mail from 56 Warren St.
George W. Cable joked to a Sunday school class that he has three children and half are girls. He then explained that the other half are girls also, in a simple, humorous clarification for the young audience.
The Republican and Toledo Blade offer a combined subscription for 1500 dollars annually in advance.
Pennsylvania residents are reminded hunting and fishing on Sunday is unlawful. Open seasons include wild turkey pheasant grouse partridge quail and prairie chicken October 15 to December 15 woodcock July and October 15 to December 15 rail and reed birds September 1 to December 1 elk and deer November 1 to December 1equirr ela October 15 to December 15 hares and rabbits November 1 to December 15. Selling elk deer fawn or game is prohibited at any season. Daily limits apply: up to ten ruffed grouse or pheasants or fifteen quail or ten woodcock or two wild turkeys. two deer per season. Speckled trout season closed July 15 after opening April 15. Black bass and pike closed December 31 and January 31 respectively.
Weber established a permanent telegraph line linking his home to astronomical and magnetic observatories over two miles away. Signals used galvanometer needle deviations and a code alphabet. Initial speeds of one to two words per minute with interrupted currents rose to seven or eight words using induced currents.
Patient from Durham North Carolina states severe stomach and liver trouble nearly killed him before using Dr Kings New Life Pills. He credits the remedy with restoring health and cites local drugstores offering the pills for 25 cents.
A man speaks of his lord's burial today and his wife’s burial yesterday. He vows to marry again tomorrow. The widow, brushing ash from her hair, smiles and replies that she will be home tomorrow all day.
The narrator recalls a childhood game called wanderers played on the shore with eight players. Leaders chosen, teams split, and players hid and hunted in the woods while silent counts and surprise raids created a thrilling, fair chase through forest paths and bird and rabbit sights.
An Eastern exchange notes the revolver as a modern invention of Joseph Shirk of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. It traces its evolution from pepper boxes to the navy musket to today’s revolver and repeats that the weapon reshaped warfare and helped give rise to the repeating rifle, shaping strategy since before the Civil War. It references Jean De Bloch and speculative views on future wars.
Davis Kentucky druggist C T Smith hails Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as fastest selling item in six years of business. He says it cures where others fail with mothers relying on it and physicians recommending it. Trial bottles free. Regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar.
The monarchy asserts the king as guardian of grandchildren, superseding parental rights. Royal consent is required for any marriage, else it is void. This rule, enacted under George III about two centuries ago, followed disputes where brothers married commoners.
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