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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1889
Page
1
A narrative recounts the 19th century tension with Britain, the Eliza Drum seizure by the Dog Star, and the Lennehaha, sparking US war fever. It details a private syndicate offering to fund and conduct a rapid defense war, proposing armored repellers and new mobile weapons to secure victory.
Otie Haywood and Kassie Wright visit Bloomfield Normal as enrollment sits at seventy two with ten more expected. The week includes a literature program and a call for all students to participate. A long piece promotes Warner's Safe Cure amid a detailed description of kidney disease and warnings from its proprietors. Bloomfield Lodge No. 457 Odd Fellows to mark the seventieth anniversary with an ice cream festival on April 26 at Jones Hall. admission ten cents, supper twenty-five cents.
A dense list of Greene Owen County lawyers with offices in Bloomfield Indiana offers services from abstracts to pensions. Names include Emerson Short Van Buskire Wastell McIntosh Gallemore Offett Davis Cravens and others. Physicians Dr Cravens and Dr Lowder are listed with Bloomfield addresses and 24 hour call coverage.
Notice to Wright township residents in Greene county Indiana that William Powell will attend in Jazonville each Tuesday and at his residence Saturdays in the forenoon to transact township business only on those days as provided by law, during his term as trustee.
Several Greene county Indiana trustees publish schedules to transact township business. Notices specify trustees George Bogard John D Moore Henry Borter Simon Bland Joseph Bmg-b will hold office days at homes or offices on set weekdays and Saturdays each week as allowed by law.
Hextrington reports the capture of Shamus O'Brien in Ashland Wisconsin who faced killing Newcomb and the attempted murder of Policeman Baumgartner over five years ago. Delvin and Steinbrenner were captured earlier. Delvin escaped jail. O'Brien admits the case but says he can prove aid.
A fragmented OCR item reports a fatal shooting involving a Watrehmiin and Pars with Agarn 1. W. 2" Box, watch- Spurseaper Depot. The text is severely garbled but indicates a death and possible pursuit or motive. no clear names, dates, or locations are recoverable.
Joseph Lynn of Stockton township separated from his second wife after a series of quarrels. Last week he gathered all his possessions, including feather beds and sewing machines, set them on fire in the yard, and then boarded a train to Kansas.
At Linton Indiana on May 29 1889 the Handel Philharmonic Society invites music lovers from Greene and neighboring counties to attend. A grand evening is promised with fine choruses and essays on music. Teachers of music may contact Miss Ella Yakey secretary or Will H Sherwood musical director in Linton Indiana.
Bids for the new armored coast defense monitor were opened in Washington on April 5. William Cramp & Sons bid 1,614,000. N F Palmer Jr & Co 1,690,000. Union Iron Works 1,658,930. No award yet. Vessel design features 5,000 tons, 16 inch deck armor, 16 inch armor belt, 10 inch barbette guns, 16 inch forward rifle, 12 inch rear rifle, and a 15 inch dynamite gun with multiple small guns. Built in about three and a half years.
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