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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
1
A woman debates independence and marriage with a man as they discuss gender roles. They cite tradition and modern views, comparing youth, beauty, and heart with loyalty and self control. The setting shifts from garden talk to a ballroom full of admirers.
In a dim garden escape, Hermione Saunders draws closer to a blind scholar, their hour of shared understanding quieting the room’s earlier heat. Nearby, a social maze unfolds as whispers of reputations, hired bees, and romantic tensions ripple through the party. Verona Clarke reports.
A childhood tale of General Grant shows his mother’s breakfast butter shortage driving him to borrow from a neighbor. He meets Congressman Hamar and, despite rejection, persuades with quick-witted persistence to secure a West Point appointment, attributing his future success to opportunity seized.
A Presbyterian Journal meditation compares sorrow to silence, praising faith in God as a force that strengthens and elevates the spirit. It contrasts belief with complaint, noting that serene, trusting minds build higher, like a temple where work’s noise is unseen.
Wardley Hall near Balton England, dating to Henry VI era, reputedly housed a skull in a hidden recess. The skull allegedly belonged to Roger Downes, a roisterer of Charles II’s time, giving the hall the nickname Skull House. Legend says moving the skull brings trouble to residents. The relic was once lost in a moat and was dragged out for recovery.
The poet Heine drafted a will the day after his marriage leaving all he owned to his wife on the condition that she remarry. He stated it so at least one man should regret his death.
Editorial note argues that indulgence and sensual pleasure bring no lasting profit or happiness, urging restraint and focus on virtue. It reflects moral instruction common in period coverage about self-control and spiritual wellbeing.
A 1901 appeal extols Ely’s Cream Balm as a quick cure for stubborn nasal catarrh and hay fever. Trial size costs 10 cents, full size 50 cents, sold by druggists or mailed from Ely Bros of New York. A letter from J M Scholtz of Mt Olive Arkansas requests a family bottle, praising its effectiveness.
A hot southeast wind named the Solano brings fine dust and unrest across Spain. The proverb of the Spanish emerges as people note its effects on daily life and morale.
Remarkable cases of brain injury show bullets and foreign objects often fail to impair thought. Ed McCoy survived a brain bullet after a detective’s shot and later dictated letters, while other cases include penknives, penholders, and slate pencils found in brains. Historic examples from French and German wars, plus London hospital cases, illustrate long term retention with minimal symptoms.
Local ad recounts W A Greer of Mc Connellsville Ohio praising Bucklen's Arnica Salve for healing piles and fistula after three years of other doctors failed. It claims cures for Burns bruises cuts and eruptions and notes price 250 at J H Mercer and C A Kleim drug stores.
Pastor Bartlet of Chicago proposes a plan to marshal about forty singers on the church steps before Sunday evening service. The aim is to attract passersby to enter the church with the singing.
English engineer Mr Jacob Wright argues that moral obligation varies with latitude. He claims zero obligation at the equator and rising obligation toward the Arctic, citing experiences in Northern Norway and Scandinavia and contrasting with contracts violated for self interest near the equator and in warmer regions.
A historic overview describes a era when reptiles dominated Earth across oceans, land, and air. It notes giant allosaurians in oceans, towering erect dinosaurs on land, and flying pterodactyls, then recounts their decline as newer fauna emerged.
A Leesville Indiana boy endured death's agony from asthma as he rode 18 miles with family hoping for life. He credited Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Odds with instant relief and cure. The ad touts cures for throat and lung troubles with bottles 50c and 1.00 and free trials at local druggists.
A study notes European fire services vary by background. Paris requires a soldier chief with a regimented force, Berlin favors veteran soldiers and artisans, London draws a naval leader with gallant crews, Glasgow hires a master mechanic, and Nass a Sweden waterworks unit with many women.
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