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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1917
Page
2
The Bloomfield Democrat in Greene county Indiana announces a weekly Friday edition and a semi weekly Tuesday edition. W L Slinkard is proprietor and editor with advance payment terms for subscriptions and advertising rates listed.
Readers are urged to grow diverse vegetables in small plots to maximize food supply. Advice covers rotation of crops, overplanting turnips, corn between potatoes, and preserving cabbage for winter. President Wilson's war powers message inspires praise across schools and public billboards in Memphis France England and Canada.
The piece argues that Indiana slaughtered over 90 000 veal calves in 1916, yielding nine million pounds of veal worth 1.8 million dollars for a population around three million. It suggests keeping calves to one or two years old could boost state meat output to 27 and then 48 million pounds, urging governor appeals to farmers to delay slaughter for patriotic reasons.
D. J. Terhune argues that national strength depends on sustaining both the army and the entire populace by providing the necessaries of life during the present crisis.
William Clark, a suspect in auto theft at Lyons, escaped from a jail by tampering with a window bar and using a rope fashioned from bedding. He was recaptured at a coal mine Monday morning and returned to jail. The court sentenced him to one to fourteen years in the reformatory and a ten year disfranchisement. Sheriff Moss pursued Clark to the reformatory.
County Clerk Ashcraft reports licenses issued to wed since last notice. Names include Raymond Ogden of Worthington with Verge Cornwell of the same place. William Benefield of Lyons with Lucy Campbell of Jasonville. Arthur Beasley of Linton with Pearle Page of the same place. Calvert Gregory of Shelbyville with Iona Brewer of Midland. Clinton Hall of Avoca with Amy Shanklin of Owensburg. Jesse Harbin of Stafford township with Francis Page of the same. Howard Kiser of Worthington with Maggie Vandeventer of the same. John Jones with Nellie Brough. Harley Abrams with Iva Pearl Brown.
Eightieth birthday festivities honor Uncle Jim Cravens at Ben Cravens’ home east of town last Sunday. Relatives including John A. Cravens, son Frank, and daughter Miss Mary attended the gathering and shared in a fine dinner with friends and neighbors.
The death of Mrs Mary Fitzpatrick occurred at the home of her daughter Mrs Elmer Benjamin in Worthington. The remains were brought here for burial today and the funeral was held this afternoon at the Christian church.
Mrs J D Dittimore was here last week visiting her cousin Mrs V F Spooner.
Market notes from Indianapolis show cattle steers priced by grade and weight with primes at 12 to 18.25 per hundredweight and yearlings around 10. Cows and heifers fetch 7.25 to 11, with best bulls and calves at 7.5 to 13. Hog prices list best hogs at 14 to 16.75 and mid ranges at 16.15 to 16.40 for heavies.
President Wilson delivers a national appeal urging all citizens to unite for democracy in World War I. He emphasizes food, ships, arms, and industrial output, and appeals to farmers, middlemen, and rail workers to prioritize service over profit to sustain the Allied cause. Governor Goodrich praises the flag and urges commitment to the nation.
Public Health Week begins Sunday April 22 with a statewide drive for health and cleanup. Governor Goodrich urges church services and community action to emphasize health, cleanliness, and moral duty. Officials, professionals, farmers, and all citizens are asked to organize locally to keep Indiana clean.
The Deutscher Verein of Lifayette declares renewed loyalty to the United States. They praise the nation as a lighthouse of freedom where immigrants are welcome and oppression is absent, reflecting patriotic sentiment among German Americans.
The article extols Constantinople as a seven hill great city rivaling Rome and Paris in the middle ages. It notes its strategic strength, cosmopolitan culture, public buildings, arts, and influence on southern Italian and Sicilian metalwork and tapestry, calling it the Paris of the East.
A Connecticut Yankee in South Carolina used Confederate money owed to him to buy land in Fand. As Confederate cash depreciated, debts were paid off and the man became wealthy, while his heart stayed with the South. General Godfrey was told of this by Gen Edward S Godfrey.
As wheat and rye flour grew scarce in Europe, substitutes such as waterglass kieselguhr gelatin sawdust starch and glass wool were explored to thicken electrolytes for dry batteries. A binder absorbs electrolyte formed from distilled water plus sal ammoniac calcium acetate zinc chloride and glycerin, applied between plates and sealed with paraffin to stay pasty.
A red fox seen by log haulers near Canton Centre Connecticut watched the hillside and repeatedly pounced into the air to break through the crust in search of mice burrowing beneath the snow. The Hartford Courant notes the deep snow hinders foxes in catching prey unless the mice seek cover.
The text notes Nicholas II issued a 1905 manifesto demanding a Russian duma to convene in January 1906. Elections occurred in March and April 1906, the assembly opened May 10, 1906, met in March 1907, and dissolved June 16, 1907. The current assembly was elected in 1912 for a five year term.
A humorous exchange shows a man planning to raise vegetables at home. He jokes about replacing a rubber tree kept by his wife in the hall with a potato plant, expressing pleasure in the idea.
Washington faces finding officers capable of drilling leading and caring for large forces. Many candidates exist but the pool may be insufficient. Examinations for the officers reserve corps are strict, and ages up to forty five or more may be considered with prior service or schooling. The government seeks trained material and plans to promote noncommissioned officers into commissions while expanding reserve corps and hastening officer training.
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