03 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1902
Page
1
Writings from 1849 to 1850 describe Thackeray as having a broad brow signaling intellect yet lines around the nose and cheeks mark satire. A correspondent notes his appearance as a colossal infant with smooth hair and a round face, while Thackeray himself teased his broken nose in drawings and speeches.
In a moving saga Nancy and her rival Mrs Green clash over house luxuries while Silas hesitantly agrees to help. A plan to dispose of the family cat Priscilla spirals into chaos when Nancy insists on killing the pet, wrecking the house and triggering comic misadventure.
In a humorous tale from People’s Home Magazine a man plans to drown his cat Priscilla before moving, but encounters neighbors and a vigilant officer. The bagged cat survives, the wheel is stolen, and the couple keeps the cat as they relocate, amid lighthearted town commentary.
A guest at a literary club reception asks which novel is the best of the year. A long haired young man hesitates then answers with a terse no comment, saying only that he wrote it.
A historical snippet attributes the view that a woman's happiness lies in obedience and condemns men who abdicate responsibility, citing Michelet as the source of this perspective.
At a tense political meeting Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania, once elected Democrat and later Republican, was sharply rebuked for changing sides. He compared critics to a lunatic with a broomstick, noting the hobbyish ride and the need to dismount if it were a horse.
The Rev Dr Swallow describes the critic George Alfred Townsend who writes as Gath. When asked what the initials mean he reveals the H stands for heaven, noting Townsend is not a bad man. The remark arises amid Swallow’s high profile trial before Methodists over McKinley era accusations.
The 1881 sitting began at 3:25 on Monday and lasted until 9:30 on Wednesday, a continuous period of over forty one and a half hours. The 1877 sitting ran from Tuesday July 31 to Wednesday noon at 6:15, about twenty six and a half hours.
A London physician reports a long scientific investigation into why girls cannot throw stones as boys do. He attributes the difference to female shoulder anatomy with a larger collarbone that sets lower, limiting free arm movement. He adds girls may excel in other sports not requiring this action.
The Girls' Letter Guild unites cultured women to write friendship letters to lower class girls. The aim is moral and mental uplift by dispelling false notions and class prejudices. Positive early results are reported.
A doctor notes an acquaintance who, despite being given up to die thirty years ago, survives over eighty by using oxygen. The professor quizzes the age and remarks on his condition, calling him an oxygen parian as he studies him with narrowed eyes.
A 1901 reader from Blue Island Illinois praises Cream Balm as a family doctor for head colds, used on children for nine years. The ad offers a trial size for 10 cents and full size for 50 cents, supplied by Ely Brothers of New York.
Mr. B. Davidson first tried electric tromanetic propulsion on railways in September 1842. An Edinburgh and Glasgow line test used a four wheel locomotive weighing five tons and achieved a speed of four miles per hour.
A traveler describes the South with humor noting the contrast in greetings. He says in that fever and ague country people are exceptionally polite and affectionate, joking that they shake hands with the whole body rather than just with one another.
A terse tactic from a seasoned competitor emphasizes letting an opponent hold a mistaken view while advancing through steadier, nonconfrontational moves. This patient approach seeks subtle advantage rather than direct confrontation.
A Philadelphia Record anecdote presents a barber attributing slower beard growth during sleep. The barber recounts shaving at eleven, sleeping eight hours, and waking nearly clean, then argues beard growth triples when awake. The tale frames sleep as a restraint on facial hair development and personal grooming timing.
A Washington Star report quotes a fire department member warning that children playing with matches cause many fires. He urges placing match safes high enough to be unreachable, noting a child was seriously burned recently and extra care could cut fatalities and property damage.
The article traces the invention of sponge rubber from gaslike bubbles in dough to pliable odorless sponges. It lists trial ingredients from whiting to arsenic and notes secret formulas for better grades while noting sponge’s diverse uses in bath cleaning and as a filler in gear and products.
W A Greer of Mc Connellsville Ohio reports three years of medical treatment failed for piles and fistula until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him in two weeks. The ad claims cures for burns bruises cuts sores eruptions salt rheum piles with a pay no requirement. Sold at J H Mercer and A Kleim drug stores. Sept 3 4-w.
Large vessels of old reached dimensions comparable to today yet remained unwieldy and at the mercy of wind and sea. They endured hurricanes as fragile giants unable to safely cope with tempest fury.
The piece argues against long fasts noting no general benefit from hunger. It suggests fasting only in limited cases, favors fruit diets to starve germs, and allows small dry bread like zwieback during the fast. It claims fruit juice disinfects and aids digestion.
A mound at Sunningdale near Camberley yielded twenty calcin ed bones urns in golf course construction. Under curator A G Shrubsole the Reading museum-led search uncovered seventeen more, dating 2000 to 6000 years ago and likely a pre Roman crematorium battlefield. Some urns sent to British Museum Reading Museum Oxford and Louvre Paris.
At a convention of the royal burghs two protests were lodged against Edward VII claiming the title. The Scottish Patriotic association also asked for a deputation to protest the unconstitutional title. Scots argue the king should be Edward I of Scotland and Edward VII of England.
The piece traces how cock fighting shaped language with phrases like crestfallen in high feather and crow over. It notes white feathers signal impure breeding and explains origins of fair play and foul play as gambling and murder metaphors.
Leesville Indiana man W H Brown endured severe asthma while his family feared death. He traveled 18 miles with his son to obtain Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and lung ailments. He reports instant relief and better sleep. Trial bottles free at local druggists.
The yacht owner had employed Finn as cook and deckhand, believing him single. Finn then admitted he has a wife and two boys in Finland and recently bought a $900 home from his sailor earnings. When asked why his wife doesn’t live with him, he replied she dislikes the climate.
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