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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1917
Page
3
Dan Sullivan visited Bloomfield on Tuesday and many residents attended church, visited relatives, or ran errands from Sylvania to Jasonville. A long snowstorm blanketed the area Saturday night into Sunday, with community members mentioning school terms and Masonic lodge events. The Blackwoods resigned as station agents after years of service at the Irene depot, praised for a well-kept and floral station environment.
George Lester buys a buggy. Families visit kin in Scotland and near Calvertville. A parade of folks from Eagle Nest and Gaston attend church, schooling ends, and several move, trade, or travel to Newark Bloomington and Linton. Communities share calls, visits, and Friday nights egg roasts with small-town details.
Shirley Sharr works for Orval Wilson as a snow storm disrupts daily life. Rev D A Hendricks hosts a Clifty meeting. Phillip Strauser shopped in Dresden Saturday. Opal Price stayed Saturday night at Charley Robinson's. Mr and Mrs Ed White of Bloomfield and Mrs Oscar Mullis plus child are mentioned.
Ren of Mineral visits at Sam Hudson's. Byron Royal sees his father Frank Royal Monday. Mrs Homer Frye visits Mrs D Burch Sunday. Fiona Strauser calls at Augustus Burche's Thursday. Mrs Everet Spinks and children spend Sunday with Sam Spinks. Jonas Frye, working near Switz City, returns home. Applegate attends Everet Spinks mule poisoning. Ernest Strauser visits Washington township. Clyde Collins, at Westphalia, visits Mrs D Burch Sunday. Thomas Moore and Rat Tetrick haul household goods to Switz City for Late Harper. Kenneth Strauser visits with Clyde and Jerry Hudson. Orval Collins sells Hobbieville store to Theodore Carmichael. Wm Royal visits sister at Neadmore. niece Ota Wright joins for extended visit.
Mrs. Jerry Meredith shopped in Bloomfield Saturday. Mrs. Lilbern Jackson and son Claud visited Bloomfield Tuesday. Mrs. Mollie Allen aided Mrs. Jas Chaney with house cleaning last week. Easter events and visits are noted. An Easter program drew a large crowd and several local residents attended events in Bloomfield and Clinton area.
A string of social visits and transfers is noted with residents from Tulip Allen Bland Calvertville and Bloomfield traveling to see kin. Doris Blaker Pauline Hoagland Wanda Hunter and Winona Hunter are among those mentioned visiting relatives or hosting guests over the past week.
Rena Dailey spent Wednesday with Dora Carpenter while Rex Houselaw begins spring school enumeration. Snow kept Easter flowers sparse after a snowy weekend. Frank Gilpen and Alvin Gwinnup hosted visitors. Anthony Williams and Bar ney Williams called Wednesday evening. Ruth Bynum from Furnace visited Mr and Mrs Curtis Combs as Olivena Bradley called Miss Grace and Fern Combs Saturday afternoon. Rev Dustin preached Saturday night and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Walter Briles and children visited William Dailey. Olivena Bradley and Harold Gwinnup spent Thursday with Bertha Pearson. Fern and Grace Combs attended Holtsclaw school last day Friday. A good program was given. Mr and Mrs Homer Combs with Dale and Mary Gale spent Saturday to Monday with Mr.
C s parents Mr and Mrs Aaron Combs and Mrs Curtis Hendren with children were called to Indianapolis Tuesday to attend a relative s funeral. Mrs John Abrams and granddaughter May visited Mrs A s daughter Mrs O M Heldt in Decker Tuesday. Hettie and Mary Timmons of Bloomfield spent Tuesday and Tuesday night with their little cousins Alice and Marie Wright.
The item notes Easter observances and community updates from Bloomfield and surrounding areas. It records residents fixing homes east of Bloomfield, visits between families, plastering work by Wes Neidigh, calls between Mrs. Harley Conder and Mrs. Al Workman, and a track trip by H S students to Petersburg. It also mentions Gilpen brothers returning from Indianapolis for Easter and local school activities at Furnace. It reports hens selling for various sums with questions about beating prior prices.
Dessie Dyer and her mother visited Saturday evening while May Dyer visited Mollie White over the weekend. A new Crow Elkhart auto was purchased by Sam McClarren. Walter Dyer family traveled to Coal City Saturday. Easter Sunday brought a 10 pound baby boy to Ross Dayhoff and wife. Mrs. Clara Dyer visited daughter Mrs. Mat Slough last Tuesday. Mrs. Clarence Hanna visited her parents, Thomas Franklin and wife, as Easter events occurred at Pleasant Bethel but funeral details for Mrs. Thatcher prevented program notes. Mrs. Victor Smith and son Malcolm returned with her mother Mrs. Newt Barton to Spencer Sunday. A house on the William Bubottom farm, occupied by Giles Duncan and wife, burned Saturday but furnishings were saved. Victor Smith and family attended the funeral of Mrs. Smiths uncle Elmer Norris of Jasonville, with burial at Hicks Cemetery in Freedom Sunday. Large crowd attended the funeral of Mrs. Isaac Thatcher at Pleasant Bethel Sunday morning.
William Bough and Ben Holtsclaw with family visited Bloomfield while Freeland Holtsclaw went to Cincinnati on Saturday. Various residents made business trips to Sharkey and J. R. Bullock's, and several groups spent the weekend with kin. Easter snow disrupted Sunday school and locals urged attendance next week.
Andy Martindale visited his son Jessie Monday as the local school closed last Friday. Patrons gathered at noon for a bountiful dinner. Luther Bland photographed the crowd and a short program by the teacher and pupils followed. Miss Gertrude Fordyce taught a very successful winter term and is wished success in future schools.
Newberry residents and relatives are listed visiting from Bloomfield Indianapolis Washington Petersburg and Boston. A Lutheran cantata drew a full house as Prof Crooke takes school duties during measles and family reunions unfold.
A series of visits and trips mark the week, with Mrs Ona Campbell, Roland Bland, T C Ferguson, and the Ferguson family among those hosting and visiting relatives around Solsberry Sharkey Bloomfield and Calvertville. Easter gatherings and a church service at Gaston draw a sizable local crowd.
Tom Martindale aided Millard Weaver with wood cutting Saturday. Lester Weaver and family visit Mr. Weaver's mother this week. John Rollison of Bloomfield visited William Garanett on Tuesday.
Garsnett went home with him Wednesday. Mrs. Josie Sarver of Cincinnati visited Mrs. Hannah Martindale Wednesday evening. Earl and Merle Weaver and Lexie Carmichael attended church at Cincinnati Sunday night.
Local residents attended Easter gatherings and a Bloomfield mass meeting. Visitors included Ivan Roach of Indianapolis and John Hasler’s family. Easter guests came from Scotland and Union Valley. Families from Aden Road, ed Hasler, and Combs households were mentioned with several trips to Bloomfield and Clifty fishing on a spring afternoon.
The Bloomfield Democrat offers twice weekly delivery and the Terre Haute Tribune daily for one year at $3.00. An alternate plan includes The Bloomfield Democrat twice weekly with the Cincinnati Enquirer weekly for $1.75.
An advert explains catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local remedies. It claims Hall's Catarrh Cure works through the blood to mucous surfaces and offers a one hundred dollar reward for any untreatable case, with circulars and Druggists listed.
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