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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1891
Page
4
Local column items report many Bloomfield area happenings including road work, church and lodge notices, births and deaths, school updates, and new businesses. Mentions C L Preraon moved to Terre Haute, John Coen opening a grocery, and a Bloomfield baseball club formation with officers. Also notes weather, crops, taxes, and various ads and notices throughout the town.
A collage of town items reports land offers near Fowlers station and river bottom acreage for sale with terms, survey notes and a request for sidewalks on Washington Street. It also covers a house fire at Greene county, a Republican-leaning funeral notice, a proposed fair association in Swift City, a Bedford marriage and farm relocation, legal election mandamus discussion, and local ads for eggs, chickens, paving stone and building material.
The county issued marriage licenses to Garry Morrison and Mollie Squire Els worth Whaley and Mary Cox Geo W Burks and Lillian Carmichael Jane Hime orook and Etla LT Price Wallace Dye and Nannie Jaksen.
A dubious ad claims Dr Miles Pills cure various ailments by regulating the liver stomach and bowels through nerves. It touts quick relief, samples, and approvals, including a 50-dose course for 25 cents, with notices about planes from a Vineland company and a call to write for circulars. Also reports death of Uncle Miller Ross and local public works progress, including a ditch project at Lattas Creek and remarks by Linton Call.
A long list records countless visits and appearances of townspeople from Golden to Newberry and Owensburg. Names include John D Combs Moses Crocker Chas Kemp Dr B A Rose W G Moss John Booker Frank Woodhouse Tom West Terhune James Stahl Marion Bennett John Benham George Over W W Summerville Mrs Boord W R Gilbreath Leport Shane Thos B Beck Henry Stafford John W Middleton W T Cavins G H Hendren Alten Crow John D Moore J L Mattox Albert Ashcraft Henry Cline Homer Fielda Al Van Deventer Mr McClarren Wilson Humphreys James Blackmore George M Burch Will O Neal David Fuller E H Ledgerwood M A Lemarest F M B A Henry Rorter Peter Fuhrer James S Gentry J A Phillipps Wish Nora Williams George L digerwood Mrs C B Clore Jeptha Moss Andrew Anderson Joe Lester Henry Heitman John O Burbank J N Hatfield A Stelting Henry Bucklen Diana details include in town visits on Mondays Tuesdays Saturdays and Wednesdays with remarks on renewals taxes subscriptions and civic duties. A death notice for Dennis Murray notes birthplace origin and life journey.
A fragmentary excerpt shows Miss Toppin and Miss Hoppin in a witty exchange about a one of a kind ribbon. The dialogue hints at a shopping plan and borrowing the piece to match attire, reflecting an intimate social moment from the era.
Robert Nivens notes Carlyle’s view that society divides into a mute great mass and an articulate minority. The philanthropists are the silent small number among the educated and humane, who strive for good but misread causes of misery. They imagine sweeping reforms while ignoring the root sin and folly Carlyle claims underlie public distress.
A Chicago man buys land along Lake View lake shore claiming riparian rights. He jokes waves wash in refuse to grow his holdings while a playful tale shows residents digging harbors to expand his land as he guides them to build piers. He explains the arrangement as a shrewd business move.
A theatre eyewitness recounts a man who boasted of a theatrical fire escape, stepping onto a garland and leaping to the stage to smother flames with his coat. When the gown indeed caught fire, he carried the actress to safety in moments, earning the audience’s cheers.
The piece argues that advertising in newspapers has transformed business, predicting relics will fade as modern methods take over. It notes newspapers now reach large circulations via faster machines and stereotypers, urging merchants to advertise or be left behind. It ends with a London eviction statistic from the past fifteen months.
A Lewiston journal notes Owen and Jason Brown of California gave their $200 nest egg to Charleston disaster relief four years ago after hearing of the Charleston flood and South Carolina hardships. An attorney who settled one son’s estate found the letter and a story of unselfish generosity, praising the brothers’ actions and their father’s legacy.
A New York Ledger excerpt denounces the most unpleasant types who cling to mistaken premises. It defends giving wide berth to inveterate wrongheaded individuals, noting their mistaking good humor for insult and their view of truth as a misty distortion. The piece laments inevitable mis misunderstands and urges cautious social distance.
A publishing house noted for three generations faced a quirky surge in sales for a household economy guide titled How She Did It. A young superintendent traced the pattern to a single persistent buyer who advertised the book in sporting journals with the line Mailed secure for fifty cents, sealed Truth.
The piece argues that active use of printers ink is essential for success in modern trade. It warns against complacency and reliance on reputation, noting Uncle Sam's mail and widespread offers as factors that seduce customers. The message urges bold promotion and participation to defend business interests.
A Philadelphia Press article praises rising advertising quality in modern papers. It highlights improved taste, literary style, and concise three line ads written by advertisers themselves. It notes substantial annual US spending and hints at business college training avenues.
We have enlarged our select stock of VY drugs with an immense line of wall paper and window shades. The patterns are chosen to harmonize with room decor and priced to please. Window shades are installed in your home at no extra charge. All stock is new, with no old stock.
Advertises numerous properties for sale around Bloomfield Greene County including 5.25 acres with orchard and house on Main Street, a Bloomfield house near gravel road with two rooms, 237 acres on a public highway priced per acre, 120 acres in Highland township with cultivation, 98 acres near Bloomfield, 200 acres in cultivation with house and barn, 120 acres near R. R., a house in Bloomfield for 525, and 37 acres west of Worthington with coal vein. Also mentions timber, pasture, and a Cavine addition property. Overall appeal to buyers, farms, timber, and town properties.
The speaker argues that clever use of advertising yields profit, but only when the product is real and well executed. It pays to advertise genuine ability and value, and to avoid promoting fraud or unattainable bargains. Advertisers should offer a credible claim for patronage.
A brief exchange quotes Mise Bleecker affirming Sue as straight goods and Miss Emerson of Boston agreeing she is undeviating though described as merely dise. The fragment preserves names and implied positions without further context.
In January a German woodman in the northern Black Forest killed a colossal serpent that emerged from a heated log. The creature measured 27 feet 6 inches long and 15 inches through the middle, with a 11-inch head. A two-ring gold ring, threaded through skin and a 1712 copper coin, bore the rough inscription "Louis Krutzer, B. G. O., 1781." Local elders recall tales of Krutzer the serpent charmer, with residents claiming the beast was about 115 years old when slain in 1801.
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