Rohrsburg Investor Buys Columbia County Bonds at Auction
Benjamin I Redline buys most of the Columbia County bonds at public sale for 13100 total, paying 12500 net with 146.75 premium. He earns 5000 yearly from 4 percent coupons over 26 years, totaling 27040 upon full redemption. Other buyers include Joel Black W H Hidlay Jacob H Maust Geo Rosenstock and H Bogart. Columbia County plans a Bloomsburg School Alumni reunion at Columbia Park with special trains and a program led by Harold Moyer and local faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagatelle
Mr. Redline
Geo. Rosenstock
H. Bogart
Mt. Pleasant
Columbia Park
Con Meday
Loomsburg
Berwick
Harold Moyer
J. H. Dennis
K. Maude Smith
Nora Pegg
Alexander
G. B. Wilbur
Caees
Iestauch
Man Charged With Assault and Housebreaking Is Committed to Jail
Thomas Corrigan of Centralia was brought to Bloomsburg by Constable Lavelle and placed in the custody of Sheriff Zehner. After a hearing before Squire Yarworth, Corrigan was committed to jail in default of bail for trial at the September term. The case is prosecuted by John Corney of Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Lavelle
Centralia
Thomas Corrigan
Bloomsburg
Zehner
Corrigan
John Corney
Lavelle
Squire Yarworth
Summer pleasures and community events at Bloomsburg
A collection of notices lists summer offerings at local venues including ice cream and sodas, Sunday dinners, and matinee races at the fairgrounds. Labor Day events, alumni picnics at Columbia Park, and a dental office update are included along with advertisements for groceries, saccharin, and local entertainment options.
Doctor Rabb Submits Claim to Retain Office
Dr. Charles W. Rabb, weighs and measures officer of Columbia County, asserts he may keep his post during good behavior under the recently signed weights and measures bill. He cites several lawyers’ opinions interpreting the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Rabb
Columbia County
Rabb
Labor Day quoits race headlines at Bloomsburg fairgrounds
Labor Day events draw crowds with a bevy of races at the Bloomsburg Fair Grounds. A novel quick hitch quoits contest opens the matinee, open to county entries with no entry fee and a half mile ride to the finish. The Bloomsburg track is set to host one of its best meets, plus notes on Mrs. Gearhart’s grave illness and a letter from Abiah Swisher recalling Quoits history in Lansing.
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Fair
Bloomsburg
Mecca
the Sentinel
Abiah Swisher
Quoits
Lansing
Michigan
Ingham County
League Park
Abiah H. Swisher
John Powers
Frank H. Prest
Tom Tinney
Abissirst
Powers
Abiah
Doctor
Presley
Tinney
Swisher
Dirt removal at Victoria Theatre site expands to six hundred yards
Contractors Gorrey and Quick report about 600 cubic yards excavated at the Victoria Theatre with eight men five drivers and seven horses on site. Hugh Quick notes 2500 cubic yards may be required overall, digging five feet deep along a hillside route from Bloomsburg to Benton and nearby towns.
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Gorrey
Quick
Hugh Quick
Funeral services for A. L. Fritz set for Monday
Funeral services for the late A. L. Fritz are scheduled for Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A prominent rail project is valued at 4,200,000 dollars, with traffic described as heavy enough to break records. Read more on page two of this paper.
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Wilson
Congress
Columbia County
A. Fritz
N.U. Fuvk
A. L. Fritz
John Gross
Friday and Saturday Specials at Bush's Quality Shop
Home Made Candy 15 cents a pound. Liberal sized fancy box of Maraschino cherries 39 cents. Ice cream in chocolate vanilla and peach. Local shop highlights quality offerings for weekend shoppers.
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Bush
The New Theatre and Arcades Labor Day Events
The page lists a slate of entertainment and promotions for Labor Day including the New Theatre with 4 reels and a detective story, a western drama, grandstand access, a lawn festival fundraiser by St Columba’s Ladies Aid, and a big day of camp meetings at Kleim's Grove. Also notes on riding races, a cuisine ad, and Ostrich Farm job training ads for home-based work.
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Ladies Aid Society
St Columba’s New
Karen
Pratt
Kleim's Grove
Catawissa
Notable Nine Mile Trek to Benton by Overnight Hike
A group walked nine miles to Benton starting at six, reached the town by 8 45 then rested. They rose next morning to fish the creek before taking the B and Ss home, totaling fifty nine miles on foot and thirty by rail across four counties.
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Bloomsburg
Millville
Benton
Central
Jamison City
Ricketts
Alaska
Charles E. Kesty
Kiteh
Jen’s Creek
Kitchen's Creek
For Sale Two Seated Carriage in Perfect Condition
Advertisement notes a two seated carriage in perfect condition offered by Gentral Hotel Livery, dated 8-16-51. An optometrist W. L. Forwald promotes eye examinations, glasses, repairs, and eye care at 2265 Centre Street with a service prompt.
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Gentral Hotel
W. L. Fornwald
Optometrist
Centre Street
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Rowasburg Man
B. F. Redline
County Normal
Colof Bonds Umbia Park
A. B. Black
Benjamin I. Redline
Rohrsburg
John T. Williams
Redline
Bloomsburg School
Oscar Hagenbuch
Stillwater
Geraldine
Washington
Roper
Bkighth
R. M. Watkins
Marmany Brothers
Croutons Celery
Fair Grounds
Labor Day
B.S. N.S
Speeral
Bel Wreck
The
Groom Law Corporation
Welles Bldg
Wilkes-Barre
Gio
Kleim
West ST
C. W. Rabb
Titman Building
Robert Pearson
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg Driving Club Fair Grounds
Grand Stand
Quoites! County
Old
Ingham
Rachel Gearhart
E. R. Harvey
East Fourth Street
Sentinel
Pine Alley
Lansing State’ Journal
George Appleman
A. H. Swisher
N ’Squire Kitchen
Creek
Victoria Theatre
Dennis
Commissioners’ Office
Squire Frank R. Kitchen
Justice of the Peace
Earnest M. Hicks
Arthur T. Lowry
William H. Hoffa
Madison
Thomas Mordan
Center
North
T. M. Adams
Franklin
Artie A. Kremser
Prof
J H. Dennis
Montour
David L. Gruver
West Scott, Hatt
S. C. Loveman
Charles Mellick
Benton Township
D. M
Fritz
Rohr M. Shultz
Scott
Frank Hippensteel
Charles Butler
Fifth Street
George Butter
West Mainstreet
Con
American Car and Foundry Company
Irondale
Ieee
the New Theatre
Arcade
Nestor
Hawkeye
the New Lyric
Red Hicks
Biograph
Jenks
Selig
Sweeney and the Fairy
Laugh! Pathe
Universal
Helen Gardner Picture Players
Charles P. Elwell
Central Hotel
Columbia Theatre
New York
Edison Talking Pictures
H. Bierman
M. D
W. Fourth St
Ostrich Farm
Savidge’s Bakery
West Main ST
Snowboy
C. H. Sharpless
Centre St
Kleim’s Grove
Montour Mills
Penna
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