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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1891
Page
3
The Bloomfield Democrat advertises itself as the county’s only all home print paper with double the circulation and invites advertisers to check subscription books. It lists a subscription price of 81 50 per year and notes it is entered at the Bloomfield Indiana post office as second class matter.
Bloomfield offers open hands and a fund to lure factories to town. The Linton Call editor praised Moes as an excellent Greene County superintendent and noted reasonable charges. The issue highlights a lengthy article on the new tax law and its expected popularity. Reports claim a vast Sahara reservoir 120 feet beneath its surface could enable Sahara irrigation.
The Democrat defends its party against any unjust assault coming from any source. It argues that Republican and F M B A assembly comments or county F M B A declarations accusing the Democratic legislature of breaking pledges on fees and military legislation are false accusations.
The piece questions why two skilled printers are paid $500 weekly to live frugally while editors receive large salary rises at the New York Saw. It notes Mrs. Dana’s editor salary jump to 50,000 annually, her son Paul’s pay rise to 15,000, and Chester Lord’s similar increase, along with a higher business manager stipend, amid a reportedly record year.
The editorial notes the FMBA opposition to Moss’s re election over charges, while debating farm policy and wages. Vermont Senator Munro railed at unrest among farmers, urging bipartisanship with Secretary of Agriculture Epwns, and Jerry Rex counters by saying farmers have entered politics to stay. Batesville growth contrasted with Bloomfield’s lumber advantage as factory sites.
A letter debate accuses the Linton Call of bias toward the telegraph and express lines in a new tax law. It criticizes Moss and the Call’s handling of expenses, printing bids, and county officials, while defending Democratic stance and urging repudiation of the Call as a party foe. The exchange laments partisan meddling and questions public trust in local newspapers.
A New York Herald account describes two shop girls aiding a tiny two year old asleep on a curb near Sixth Avenue. They exchange practical talk on carrying the child to Second Avenue while weighing the burden of the helpless mite and its sleep laden load. The scene unfolds as a quiet sermon on bearing one another's burdens.
A foreign watchmaker patents a mechanism that makes the word wind appear on a clock dial an hour or two before it runs down. Separately, a tip for preserving cut blossoms involves placing finely powdered charcoal in the vase bottom and letting stems reach to it to keep flowers in water.
In Parkersburg West Virginia M W Colling 46 stood beside Martha J Farnsworth 18 as they married. Colling towers at 6 feet 7 inches while Farnsworth is just 3 feet 1 inch tall. The unlikely pair tied the knot in a modest ceremony.
The Greene county F M B A assembly in Switz City adopts resolutions criticizing the last Indiana legislature for not enacting a fee and salary law and urging reform. They demand retirement of Moss and replacement with a trustee aligned to public interests, and request state officers to practice economy. They press questions to their Greene county representative about travels, fees, and voting, and reaffirm principles while denouncing Congress for extravagance.
Resolutions condemn the last Indiana legislature for not enacting a fee and salary law as pledged. They urge electing faithful representatives, request honest financial management, and call for petitions to defeat opponents. The resolutions were adopted April 11, 1841, with 45 present. The document notes later that the legislature did enact such a law in exact accordance with the platform.
An advertisement touts a salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fevers tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. It promises piles cured or money back with perfect extraction guarantee and lists S Stalcup as the seller at 25 cents per box.
E S Nadal argues in Scribner’s that great London clubs seek comfortable solitude rather than social life. They resemble hotels more than drawing rooms, exclude routine hospitality, and restrict entry to men of status, offering little social advantage yet shaping private independence over sociable gatherings.
A new palace poultry car appears in Indianapolis, designed to transport and house 5,040 chickens in 128 insulated cages with water and feed troughs. The design aims to reduce suffocation and weight shrinkage, improving market readiness for poultry shipments, marking a shift from stock cars to dedicated coop spaces.
A salmon shipped from Oregon to Senator Mitch ell by Col James B Montgomery of Portland stole the show at a senate restaurant lunch. Guests included the vice president Speaker Reed and many senators and reporters. Hoodwinking fish tales followed as Representative Hermann claimed salmon were thick in streams thirty years ago forcing his horse to dodge them, a claim he backed with his own eyes.
The New York Tribune notes Boston youths playfully snowball police on the common and park, shielding from arrest by shifting between regular and park officers. The piece likens Boston youth mischief to 19th century Gage era antics and compares Boston to New York.
Tens of thousands seek new homes in western unsettled regions as open lands attract settlers. Oklahoma boomers, stalled by legal fights and border migrations, faced hardships and dispersions while awaiting 1899 developments. Squatters persist along the border, with volunteers lingering near the Indian Territory frontier amid government negotiations with the Cherokee.
The piece describes a rush to claim unsettled lands in Oklahoma and the big northern Wisconsin strip as open to settlers, with lines at land offices, some using infantry to maintain order, and rapid expansion noted. It also mentions a surge of migration to Washington state and highlights imagined vast potential for water farming through damming lakes in Illinois and the Lake Plain region, arguing artificial lakes could multiply food production and transform deserts into fish-rich areas.
INDIANAPOLIS March 10 A special from Jeffersonville says Louis Monday and William Hall were fatally injured by a premature blast at Glenn's quarry Saturday morning.
A collage of brief notes and quotations on topics from toothpaste to monarchy. It lists Lenox soap, a one million annual teeth cost, a fuel efficient motor tricycle, and remarks by King Humbert. It cites Mme Pauline Lucca retirement, changing funeral designs, and literary mentions of George Eliot. It includes a penny saving anecdote about a law student and a $25 weekly allowance steering a disciplined spending bank habit.
The Chicago Times recounts a string of mine disasters from 1889 to 1890 across the United States and the Abercaw disaster in England. It notes fires, cave-ins, gas explosions, and suffocations, with hundreds of miners killed or injured, highlighting the deadly hazards of mining.
A new hand brush device cleans typewriter type bars by a rotating brush engaged at the type center. Operators press keys to bring inked type into contact with the brush, cleaning each character swiftly as the crank is turned. When not in use the attachment swings aside for instant readjustment. It promises to save time, prevent smearing, and improve alignment across thousands of machines.
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